User blog comment:DerpyDoodle/The Plotholes of One Piece/@comment-10543621-20140821012205/@comment-10543621-20140821040829

For Pell, I also rationalise it (just for the sake of being less annoyed) as he didn't actually hold the bomb when it exploded, instead, he flew up, threw the bomb up high and tried to fly away. The explosion obviously struck him and he got blasted away, but wasn't enough to kill him.

Enel's victims though, especially Wiper (who also reject dialed three times prior) were straight out struck by lightning directly.

That's just... Bleahhhhh