One Piece Confirms Huge Joyboy Theory with Latest Reveal

Some One Piece characters are truly larger than life, and not just because of the absurd stature many of their characters boast. In the case of Joyboy, the manga’s most mysterious character tied to the Void Century, his latest appearances confirm what many have suspected. Joyboy’s size relative to Emet in One Piece strongly suggests he’s not your average human.

This is not a new theory, and is backed by multiple previous instances, beyond the One Piece episode #1153 preview. While not necessarily a member of the Giant race, Joyboy’s stature still stands out thanks to one key flashback and a certain choice relic he leaves behind. But it ultimately still leaves One Piece fans asking more questions.

Joyboy’s Latest Appearance Leaves Little Room for Doubt of This One Piece Theory

No Longer Simply a Tall Tale?

In the preview for One Piece episode #1153, among brief glimpses of the Straw Hats’ continuous struggle to retreat from Egghead, there are tiny glimpses of Emet’s flashback with Joyboy. This includes a scene with the two in very close proximity, highlighting just how large Joyboy is compared to other humans or humanoids in One Piece.

For context, Emet’s height is triple that of an average Giant of the era, approximately 60 meters tall, more closely resembling the Giants of the Void Century. While Joyboy’s neither the size of a Giant, nor bears the physical mass of a Buccaneer, he’s roughly 10-11 meters tall as shown by his relative height matching that of Emet’s head.

By comparison, in both the anime episode #1097 and manga chapter #1067, when Luffy is seen standing atop Emet’s lifeless head, he’s noticeably tiny. However, there’s still plenty of mystery surrounding the rest of Joyboy’s physiology.

Joyboy possessed the powers of the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika, indicating at least similar abilities to control his mass, but his moment with Emet strongly suggested he was in his base form. This is important because of the telltale massive straw hat kept by Imu, one of their most mysterious relics which always suggested Joyboy’s size in chapter #906.

One Piece Still Has Plenty of Secrets About Joyboy

Emet Seemed Convinced Luffy Was His Ancient Friend

Naturally, Emet returning to the fight while meeting Luffy in his Gear 5 mode triggered his memories of Joyboy in episode #1152. But rather than simply saying he was the spitting image, Emet was certain the vision of Nika before him was Joyboy himself.

Theories continue to persist, meanwhile, due to this silhouetted image both in the anime and manga possibly concealing a peg leg. Due to Oda’s propensity for drawing skinny legs, this could be a mere speculation for now. This also applies to the possibility, however strong, that Joyboy is finally confirmed as the eyepatch-wearing pirate Oda once alluded to.

But these are superficial details of a stereotypical pirate image, whereas fans could be fixating on what Joyboy represents. He’s the world’s first pirate, and his story is a key to understanding the Void Century. The series is clearly building him up strongly, but to exactly what, remains to be the true question in One Piece.