One of the biggest mysteries in One Piece is the identity of Joyboy, an incredibly important individual in the Void Century who played an important role in the history of Fish-Man Island and left behind a special piece of inconceivable worth on the last island of the Grand Line, thereby becoming a legendary and well-remembered figure in the world of One Piece.
However, no one truly knows who was Joy Boy or to which race he belonged. The anticipation of his identity revelation has kept the fans stuck to the series for so many years.
However, some recent manga chapters might have revealed Joyboy’s true identity or at least his race ending a long wait for the One Piece fans and disclosing one of the biggest mysteries in the story ever.
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Joyboy’s True Race Revealed in One Piece
The latest chapters’ revelation of Kuma’s terrible background, as well as the heritage and persecution of the strange species he belongs to, the Buccaneers, maybe the final thread fans need to weave together to comprehend Joyboy’s identity. Buccaneers are a virtually extinct race of humanoids that are taller than regular humans but shorter than giants.
The manga’s Chapter 1096 reveals that, in addition to the heinous act they were alleged to have committed, the Buccaneer race may have been wiped off because they shared Nika’s rebellious ideology of equality and freedom.
Joyboy was almost certainly a Buccaneer, which could help to explain the heinous atrocity performed by the Buccaneers mentioned by Saint Saturn. Many theories support the assumption that Joyboy was a Buccaneer answering one of the biggest mysteries of the series. These theories may not be revealed yet in the story, but when connecting them they make a pretty good argument and hence prove Joyboy to be a Buccaneerian.
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Joyboy Belonged to the Buccaneer Race
The dreadful fate of the Buccaneers has been predetermined by history, as Saturn stated in Chapter 1096. If history is written by the World Government, one can believe the Buccaneers once sided with Joyboy, which ended in racial genocide of the Buccaneers since the Government worried the race creating a new Joyboy, considering the narrative of Nika was handed down among them.
Another notion that Joyboy belonged to the Buccaneer race is the huge straw hat that was observed at Marijoa. While the massive size of the hat led admirers to believe Joyboy was a giant, the straw hat appeared to be too little for the giants, suggesting it would better fit a Buccaneer instead.
All these theories point out to the fact that Joyboy was a part of the Buccaneer race which not only solves the mystery of his identity, but many other unanswered questions like the giant straw hat and the crime of the Buccaneer race.
