One Piece Theory: Joyboy is a toy

This article contains mild spoilers for the Egghead Arc of One Piece.

Summary

• Joy Boy, a mysterious figure in One Piece, may be the first ever pirate and the original user of the Nika Fruit.

• A fan theory suggests that Joy Boy could be a toy created by giants, imbued with the powers of the Nika Fruit.

• With Joy Boy being a toy, it fits the themes of One Piece, exploring the concept of what it means to be truly alive.

Being such a massive spectacle and full of many mysteries, One piece theories circulate constantly in the community. While these speculations are often far from accurate, it's always fun to try to come up with theories that fit the story well. Theories with limited evidence are also great to discuss because they introduce ideas that many members of the theory One piece the community may not think.

One of these theories involves one of The one from One Piece more mysterious characters, Joy Boy. This ghostly figure, despite being incredibly important to the story as a whole, has had almost no information revealed outside of his existence. For this reason, many theories have arisen about Joy Boy One piece were created by the community, including one that suggests Joy Boy may not be a human as many fans had anticipated.

Joy Boy is the first pirate of One Piece

An ancient figure who originally used the Nika fruit

Joy Boy was born approximately 900 years before the initial events of One pieceduring the series' mysterious Void Century. As the original user of the Human-Human Fruit: Sun God Pattern Nika, Joy Boy was a major force during the Void Century period and what many would consider the first ever pirate. Additionally, Joy Boy will also leave a treasure on the island that Roger will name Laugh Tale, which would eventually become known as One Piece.

Joy boy!! He's back!! -Zunesha

Aside from the few messages Joy Boy left on Poneglyphs, little is known about the figure itself. Joy Boy's appearance has also been largely kept under wraps with just one icon One piece silhouette of the existing character. However, a recent fan theory concluded that behind Joy Boy's silhouette there may not be a human, but instead a toy.

A Reddit user suggests that Joy Boy could be a toy

With strange proportions Joy Boy seems inhuman

• Joy Boy's body may have the proportions of a toy

• The toy may have been created by giants and given the fruit Nika

In a post by 00-000-001-0-01 on Reddit, the One Piece fan explains how Joy Boy could be a toy. First, the fan explains how Joy Boy's main silhouette looks extremely strange, with strangely thin legs and oddly shaped hands. Although the Reddit user initially thought that these were wooden legs, on second thought he believed that the legs might be thin because they are made of wood. Furthermore, the hands of The one from One Piece Joy Boys are more claw-like and reminiscent of Dressrosa toys.

In this theory, the Reddit user goes on to explain it The one from One Piece Joy Boy may actually be a toy created by giants. Subsequently, the toy was imbued with the powers of the human-human fruit: the Nika model, causing it to come to life. So, being a toy, Joy Boy decided to spread joy to as many people as possible, earning himself the title of Joy Boy. Ultimately, this would lead to his role in the Great War and his defeat at the hands of what would become the current World Government.

Joy Boy being a toy fits the themes of One Piece

A living toy is something that makes sense for Oda to write

Finally, the theorist explains that this is in line with many of the themes Oda is currently exploring. Mainly the poster explains that Oda is currently exploring the concept of what it means to be truly alive, especially with Vegapunk and its satellites. For this reason, the Reddit user potentially believes that Joy Boy could be a reference to Pinocchio, a puppet who eventually became a real boy, and decided to spread joy to others. While there isn't much evidence for this specific conclusion, it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility for someone like Oda.

What you left behind is truly a treasure! A story full of laughter! – Roger after seeing Joy Boy's treasure

Ultimately, while Joy Boy is a mysterious figure One piecethis theory would make sense in the current state of history. Overall, it would be an interesting twist if Joy Boy were a toy and would fit well with the established themes of the One piece world. While it's more likely that Joy Boy was a normal person with the powers of the Nika Fruit, this could be an interesting, if not a little silly, alternative.