With the recent revelations in the anime, fans have once again, a year and a half after the original manga story, begun to focus more on the character of Joy Boy, a very mysterious and enigmatic figure in the history of One Piece. Now that Zunesha has identified Luffy as the new Joy Boy, fans are once again wondering about the original Joy Boy, and in this article, we will tell you who he was and what happened to him.

Joy Boy is the name and title of a legendary character in One Piece lore. Joy Boy is considered a liberation warrior whose goal is to bring peace and freedom to the people of One Piece, as he is said to be the one to free them from all forms of tyranny. The original Joy Boy lived a long time ago, and his true identity was never revealed. However, he was a friend of Zunesha, so the gigantic elephant knows everything about him. This is why Zunesha was able to identify Luffy as the current Joy Boy.

In the rest of this article, we'll tell you everything we know about the character Joy Boy in the One Piece franchise, as you might have guessed from the title and introduction. You'll learn about the character's known history and notoriety, including why the title Joy Boy is such an important factor in One Piece mythology, and why Luffy's identification as the current Joy Boy has a lot to do with his future role in the series. This article may contain a number of spoilers, so please be careful how you approach it.

The original identity of Joy Boy remains unknown for now, but Zunesha holds the key to identifying him.

As fans of the series know, Joy Boy is an incredibly important part of One Piece's story. Joy Boy's story is one of freedom and liberation, which is why his name and title play such a significant role in the series.

The title Joy Boy is, at the time of writing, associated with Monkey D. Luffy, who was identified as the new Joy Boy by Zunesha in Wano Country. But since we know everything about Luffy's new form and title, we won't be covering him here. In this article, we'll focus on the original Joy Boy, the first one (so far, only two people have been called this), and tell you what we know about him and his fate in the series.

Joy Boy was a legendary figure in One Piece history who lived during the Void Century and had a significant impact on the history of Fish-Man Island. He was originally referenced in the Sea Forest Poneglyph, which is the first time Joy Boy is mentioned as a character. Around 900 years ago, Joy Boy brought Noah, the ship, to Fish-Man Island, and around 800 years ago, a century later, when he wrote his repentance, the Poneglyphs were created.

This would imply that Joy Boy was a real person and had global influence for over a century, which wouldn't be too odd for One Piece's story. The One Piece treasure, or at least part of it, once belonged to Joy Boy, and his share of the treasure would be everything Roger would later hoard and hide on Laugh Tale.

The inhabitants of Fish-Man Island made a promise to Joy Boy about nine hundred years ago, when he first appeared. Joy Boy gave them Noah, who would one day play a central role in their history. It seems Joy Boy was unable to keep his promise, regardless of the details of this promise.

The inhabitants of Fish-Man Island swore to protect Noah until a special day, though we haven't discovered all the details yet. Joy Boy later apologized to Poseidon in a letter found in the aforementioned Poneglyph for not keeping his end of the contract. At the time, Joy Boy was also a friend of Zunesha, and they were both well known at the time, though information about their shared adventures is still quite scarce.

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Joy Boy eventually made his way to the last island in the Grand Line and left behind some of the treasure that would later become known as One Piece, which we mentioned above. The Fish-Man Island vow was partially broken during the events of the Fish-Man Island arc when Monkey D. Luffy was ordered to protect the island by any means necessary, even if it ultimately meant destroying Noah.

A squad of Sea Kings that Shirahoshi unwittingly summoned managed to stop Noah before Luffy completely destroyed it, thus preserving Fish-Man Island and fulfilling the nation's commitment to Joy Boy. However, the ship still suffered significant damage. The ship was then transported to the Sea Forest by the Sea Kings, where repairs would be made. And with that, the known history of the original Joy Boy comes to an end.

As mentioned, very little is known about Joy Boy, as Zunesha wasn't exactly forthcoming about this part of his personal history. We know the connection between Joy Boy and Fish-Man Island, but the identity of the great liberator has yet to be revealed, nor his ultimate fate. It is assumed that he is dead since so much time has passed, but it is still unknown whether he was killed or died, but we have no doubt that Oda will reveal more details about the original Joy Boy later in the story.