One Piece: Joy Boy's True Identity Revealed, Solving Decade-Old Mystery
Warning! Contains MAJOR spoilers for One Piece chapter 1043
After a long wait and much teasing, one of One Piece's greatest mysteries has finally been revealed. At the end of chapter 1043, readers finally discover the true identity of the enigmatic figure known as Joy Boy.
Joy Boy is an important figure from the Void Century, a period of history 900 years before current events in the manga whose events are kept secret by the World Government. Joy Boy was first mentioned in chapter 628 — eleven years ago — as a man who visited Fish-Man Island, leaving an apology letter for breaking a promise made with its inhabitants. Joy Boy's next mention occurred nine years later, during Kozuki Oden's flashback in chapter 967. Oden and Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King, reach the Grand Line's final and hidden island, Laugh Tale, where a mysterious treasure that would become known to the world as the One Piece was left by Joy Boy. After that, mentions of this mysterious figure became more frequent, and several characters have mentioned an expected return of Joy Boy, a «second coming,» leading fans to speculate that this could be a title that someone can inherit. Chapter 1043 finally revealed that this theory was at least partially right.
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A key turning point was the recent reappearance of Zunesha, the giant elephant that carries on its back the island of Zou, home of the Mink tribe. Readers already knew that Zunesha was condemned to wander the seas for a big sin committed in his past, but in chapter 1040 Oden's son Momonosuke revealed that Zunesha was actually Joy Boy's companion 800 years before. Momonosuke is the only one who can hear Zunesha's voice, and this fact
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