who is joyboy what is joyboy why is joyboy more importantly when was joyboy has one piece chapter
1049 given us more answers or more questions let's break down what we know the first time joyboy
is mentioned in the story is at fishman island robin reads the ryugu poneglyph and learns about
a promise joyboy made to the fishman people around 900 years ago the promise entailed that luffy with
the help of poseidon would use the arc noah to carry the people of fishman island to the surface
and free them from their endless oppression however for reasons we don't know joyboy
would never carry out that promise the legend of who would fulfill joyboy's promise in his stead
was passed down in secrecy among the royal lineage all the way until robin would uncover the truth by
reading the poneglyph and confronting king neptune little does she know but she's actually been
traveling with joy boy all along which i think is really funny in retrospect just imagine for
a second jinbei's face when he finally figures out luffy's joy boy and then he also figures out that
luffy has the nika nika fruit which is the name of the sun god from the other fishman legend like
he's he's gonna lose his mind speaking of that who's who mentioned during his fight with jimbei
that there is a shared legend among oppressed people about the sun god nika in fact it's part
of the reason fisher tiger created the sun pirates nico was a figure that slaves would pray to since
they believed that one day the sun god would come to free them the reason why this is so important
is because we only found out that luffy was joy boy when his devil fruit the hitohitomi monomica
was awakened the gorosei mentioned that the nikanika fruit carries the power of a god so
it's safe to assume that whoever joyboy was in the distant past probably had this fruit
as well another thing we learned about joyboy is that apparently him and zunisha were like bestest
buddies i'm actually really curious about this because we all know how big zunisha is now but how
big was zunisha 900 years ago was zunisha a kid back then kind of like when laboon meant brook i
think it's clear that zunisha would have been too small as a child to hold an entire civilization so
where did the minks come from anyway i'm getting a bit too far off topic so let's get back to the
joyboy facts during the void century the person to leave the one piece was actually joyboy himself he
not only left behind a tangible and real treasure but he also left behind a story a story full of
laughter and history joyboy's journey is basically oda's secret file cabinet where he keeps all of
the one-piece mysteries that we've been dying to know for years the most confusing thing about this
for me is how did they know joyboy would return what sort of omnipotent knowledge or power did
the people of the void century have to be able to actually determine when luffy would awaken his
devil fruit at first i thought it was just them making a prediction based on inherited will and
when the next poseidon would be born but the more i thought about it the more eerily specific it
became think about toki she used her devil fruit to travel forward in time in search of joyboy's
return however she transported herself over 20 years too early obviously she must have known she
was in the wrong period of time because of the whole nine shadows wait 20 years shakespearean
poem she read out to orochi so how did toki and the people of the void century predict
exactly when luffy would come to wano and how did kaido know that joyboy would be the one to
defeat him in the latest chapter 1049 kaido told king that joyboy would be the man to defeat him
how did kaido learn this is kaido a part of the prediction made from the void century if so how
did the people from the void century learn about kaido was all of this just a product of someone
with really [ __ ] good observation hockey you see what i mean by having more questions than answers
from what we know of the void century and the ancient kingdom their advancements in technology
and power were incredible so much so that the world felt they needed to be eliminated or so
the story goes maybe a part of the technological advances that they had included the answers to all
of this weird fortune telling it could explain why roger wished he was born in joyboy's time
since the ancient kingdom was probably a pretty fun place with super innovative technology the
last little piece of joyboy related information that we know of is that odin's logbook has a lot
of information about joyboy maybe not enough to spoil the ending of the series since odin very
thoughtfully ripped some of the most important pages out thank you odin but enough information
to help yamato deduce that luffy is joyboy i mean if all it took was the information left
in that journal and ace telling yamato luffy's true dream to figure out that luffy was joy boy
and momonosuke is important then i think it's very fair to expect a huge lore dump at the end of wano
unfortunately that's all of the current definitive information we have on joyboy which is kind of
crazy seeing as how we're over 1000 chapters into the story and joyboy seems to be one of the most
important people in it and while we now know that luffy is joyboy that still doesn't really answer
our first question who is joyboy it sounds like it does right like luffy is obviously joyboy but
joyboy has also been stated to be two individuals a person from the past and of course luffy so the
answer to who is joy boy isn't really just luffy joy boy at least in the way that i see it now
seems to be the one to carry this power or devil fruit it's a title that can only be gained through
the power and will of nika the sun god luffy was only given the name joyboy when zunisha could hear
the drums of liberation signaling that luffy has finally awakened his nika powers that the previous
joyboy had granting him the title of joyboy this also kind of leads us into that discussion on
whether or not the nika fruit chose luffy or if luffy's journey is driven by fate or destiny and
if so what does that mean for free will can free will even co-exist if destiny or fate is involved
i actually made a video addressing this issue so if you're interested you can check it out after
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to the alliance okay now it's time to dive into some speculative territory here is my
current thesis on joyboy joyboy was clearly a figure of influence during the void century and
had affiliations with the people of wano fishman island and the minx knowing the nature of luffy
joyboy probably had a lot more alliances than just that i think most people assume that joyboy was
a member or even a king of this ancient kingdom however i can't picture anybody like luffy ruling
over people even if he was a benevolent and kind ruler someone like luffy would definitely want to
travel the seas and explore places without the responsibility of ruling over a nation
i mean we all know how overwhelming that could be just look at what happened to naruto after
he became hokage i'm more under the impression that the joyboy of the past was a member of the d
clan who were inhabitants of the ancient kingdom a kingdom that stood as an example of what all
other kingdoms should strive to be joyboy from the past being the type who leans towards adventure
left the island to explore the world this is how he became aligned with the other various nations
like wano fishman island zunisha the minks and more during his journey joyboy learned about
the injustice that plagues the world and started tearing a hole in it just like luffy he probably
freed everybody at every single place he went to leaving them to their own devices to build a
better civilization for themselves this is also most likely what led to the epithet warrior of
liberation the corrupted nations of the world caught onto this pretty quick and realized that
the people the power and the advancements of this ancient kingdom are spreading influence across the
world they knew that eventually whatever power they had built up would be stripped away from
them if they let the ancient kingdom continue to develop so what did they do well they generated
propaganda saying that the power the ancient kingdom holds is too dangerous to be allowed
to exist and used that propaganda to justify completely eradicating the kingdom they then
formed what we now know as the world government as a means of suppressing that power making sure
it never is known of or awakened again as the generations pass the conditioning of the marines
and those within the world government turn from propaganda to a genuine preconceived notion that
what they are doing is actually for the betterment of humanity all of their beliefs completely based
on ignorance and centuries of conditioning akainu's absolute justice being a perfect
example of that imu who is seemingly the ruler of the world is the one who is working all of these
gears behind the scenes and is someone who i feel had a direct connection with joyboy from the past
joyboy through whatever means knew exactly what was going to happen and had the kozuki leave
the pornoglyphs as a way for the next joyboy to have the necessary knowledge and tools to carry
out his dream his promise and his will alright so now that we have all the definitive facts
about joyboy as well as my thesis on joyboy's backstory do we have enough information to answer
the questions from the beginning of this video let's go ahead and find out who is joyboy joyboy
is luffy and a person in the distant past who sought out true freedom it's possible that other
people with the title of joy boy have existed and it's possible that there were others like
roger and between luffy and the previous joyboy who had the potential to gain that title if they
wielded the right power what is joyboy joyboy is a title given to those with the power and the will
of sun god nika the warrior of liberation why is joyboy when a world is as corrupt as the one-piece
world an unstoppable and unbreakable force is needed to destroy the current establishment
make room for a new and better one and leave a trail of smiles and laughter along the way
finally when is joyboy joyboy is in the past in the present and in the future joyboy comes when
joyboy is needed as you can see the questions kind of bleed into each other and then the true nature
of joy boy is revealed joy boy is literally just luffy in every single arc of one piece he shows up
makes friends those friends reveal a problem with the system that [ __ ] them over and joy
boy destroys that system so that his friends don't have to suffer he encourages people to trust one
another chase their dreams and build a better world it's why i don't think luffy is ever gonna
rule over anything and also why i believe that the last joyboy wasn't any sort of monarchical king
luffy or joy boy leaves the liberated people with a clean slate yes everything is destroyed yes the
current establishment is broken but you are no longer a slave you are no longer an oppressed
person now you can rebuild and make a better world where everyone can eat to their hearts content and
no one has to suffer the question still remains was luffy destined to be this godly figure well
the answer is yes and it is no if you click this video right here i promise you will understand why