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So we all know that [_Luffy_](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Monkey_D._Luffy)
ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi Devil fruit and I found in the Gomu Gomu no Mi's
[_wiki page_](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gomu_Gomu_no_Mi) that Luffy is
able to stretch a length of 72 Gomu Gomu's. So is there any real way to turn
72 Gomu Gomu's into a real world measurement of length?

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Is there any real world equivalent measurement to a Gomu Gomu?


**No there is not.** At the [SBS of chapter
30](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_4#Chapter_30.2C_Page_90), Oda
was asked how far Luffy's arm can stretch. He humorously replied

> O: Pretty far. Right now it can stretch about 72 Gomu Gomus. Luffy was
> telling me before how he wanted to try hard and reach 100 Gomu Gomus.

Later at the [SBS of chapter
47](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_6#Chapter_47.2C_Page_66), he was
asked how many liters go into 1 Gomu Gomu and he replied

> O: Oh, you've come again! Gaimon's son. In "1 Gomu Gomu" there are "10 Fairy
> Tale Gomu Gomus". And in each "Fairy Tale Gomu Gomu" there are "10 Funky
> Gomu Gomus" so, in other words Luffy's arm can stretch around 7200 Funky
> Gomu Gomus. Understood?

When reading the SBS's you will see more of these funny replies and
measurements come up, but you will never get a real world comparison.

The problem is that Luffy moves around too much. Oda was never able to measure
how long one Gomu Gomu is. We will just have to trust Luffy's word, that it
really is 72 Gomu Gomus and we can only imagine the real world distance.


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