Void Century

Obviously what the One Piece is has been one of the most mysterious questions in One Piece for as long as anyone can remember. I thought of a theory for what the One Piece is and I just want to get it out into the world so that maybe someone can tell me if I'm being crazy or forgetting something really important. prepare yourself for an unhealthy amount of yapping.

What we actually know about the One Piece

First I'm going to go over the confirmed facts and hints about what the one piece could be. Firstly (and most obviously) we know for a fact that it is on Laugh Tale and that it was Joy Boy who left it there. Thanks to Whitebeard we know that it is something of great significance and will change the world when it is revealed. we know that some part of the One Piece is in Wano, or at the very least is connected to Wano. Vegapunk also said that the fate in the world would rest in the hands of whoever laid claim to the One Piece. The real kicker though, and the killer of almost every major theory about the One Piece, is that the One Piece is very funny since all of the Roger pirates burst out laughing when they saw it.

What I think the One Piece is

I want to preface this segment by saying that this is not a perfect theory. There are some problems and potential arguments against it and there's a pretty high likelihood that I'm wrong. That being said, I do believe that there is some sound evidence backing this theory up and I believe this is the best idea I can come up with from the information presented thus far. So now that that's out of the way. My theory on the nature of the One Piece is thus. I believe that the One Piece is the story of Joy Boy, whether that be through the form of a Poneglyph or a mural similar to the one on Elbaph, I believe that the One Piece is a chronicle of Joy Boy's adventures and what he did during the Void Century.

The Evidence

the most significant piece of evidence in support of this theory is that when Roger saw The One Piece he described it as a tale full of laughs (hence why he named the final island Laugh Tale), additionally after Roger had seen The One Piece he openly wished that he could have been alive during Joy Boy's era which would be a natural reaction after seeing all the things Joy Boy did in that era. This would also be key information on what happened during the Void Century which would certainly "turn the whole world upside down" as Whitebeard said.

The Problems

I want to very quickly cover some of the potential problems with this theory, I don't think any of these definitively prove the theory wrong but they do make me more cautious about fully investing in it. First of all, is the fact that Vegapunk said that the fate of the world would rest in the hands of whoever found the One Piece, now this could be explained by information we simply don't have yet. For example maybe this chronicle (Poneglyph, Mural, etc) could have some important secret pertaining to the Ancient weapons. The only other major issue I could think of is what Big Mom said about some part of the One Piece being on Wano or at the very least connected to it, my best guess would be that maybe it has something to do with the Kozuki clan's ancient stone-working techniques (the very same techniques used to create the poneglyphs) but again I'm not certain.

The Craziest Part of The Theory (you can ignore this part if you want... but please don't)

This is the part where I might truly go off the rails crazy about this theory but funnily enough, this is the part that I'm most invested in. If this theory is true then I think it would be very interesting from a meta-perspective because that would mean that in a sense, One piece IS the One piece. What I mean by that is that the whole One Piece manga would then be Luffy's One Piece. For us, the real treasure wouldn't be some world-changing revelation. It would be the stories we told, the adventures we shared, and yeah... the friends we made along the way.

Is it possible to write a fanfiction in which the Nika Fruit doesn't exist? I mean, the Void Century's story must be similar to the original, but Nika would be a real deity and not a DF user (i.e. Luffy eats the Tremor Fruit, but he's still Joy Boy).

Something like Naruto's concept of Asura and Indra, I guess.

We all know Robin has been getting all the information she can but what really happened? share your ideas with me.

I had an epiphany like Paul on the road to Damascus while thinking about the last chapter and why Laugh Tale is called that... Based on what Vegapunk said in his post-death speech, Joy Boy fought a war against the 19 countries of the world government because of their different ideologies; but this happened after he left his "treasure" since he died in that war. In my opinion, Joy Boy feared or even knew that he wouldn't make it, and that's why he decided to pass down the 3 ancient weapons to posterity, precisely to help them defeat the world government and complete his will.

So, what is at Laugh Tale? And why did Roger laugh when he saw the One Piece? And why did none of the crew decide to take possession of it? Simple, because they couldn't.

As of now, we only know that the One Piece is an enormous treasure left by Joy Boy and that those who find it learn the truth about the void century... so we can hypothesize that the One Piece, or a part of it, is something that tells a story, like a Poneglyph... "One Piece" could mean what this priceless treasure is, "A Piece", one single thing, the One Piece is a treasure composed of a single object, a Poneglyph... but not just any Poneglyph, but the most important one of all where Joy Boy wrote: his story, his will (which will be known as the will of the D) and how and why to fulfill it.

The One Piece is nothing more than a way for Joy Boy to be sure that sooner or later he would win against the world government; but not someone else, it would be him! or rather, his reincarnation... In fact, when Luffy becomes Nika, all of Joy Boy's old companions (Zunisha, Emeth) recognize him as such; so, just like "Poseidon" was reincarnated in Shirahoshi... Joy Boy was reincarnated in Luffy.

So the One Piece can only be for one person: Joy Boy, in this case Luffy; because it contains the necessary information to defeat the world government and become the new emperor of the world. But why is it only for Luffy? Because the One Piece is a "message" that Joy Boy left for himself, and in this case, it refers to Luffy since he is the only one who can become Nika.

One must "be" Joy Boy to take possession of or use the One Piece, anyone else who finds it will have made a pointless journey and that is precisely why Roger laughed, because after Oden read the Poneglyph to him, he realized that it wasn't meant for him, because he wasn't Joy Boy, and thus his journey was in vain.

So I think there won't be any problem if someone reaches the One Piece before Luffy because they won't be able to do anything with it; but it will only be when Luffy finds it, that after learning everything, his devil fruit or the will of Joy Boy residing in him will fully awaken, granting him greater strength and a new objective. Who knows, maybe the fruit will even make him relive or see some of Joy Boy's memories?

Anyway, this is my theory, let me know what you think.

If ancient weapons were used during void century which caused sea levels to rise up by 200 meters and swallowed landscape I think there has to be reason why devil fruit users can’t swim is it related to void century or some kind of mystery no wonder?

There is much to explore during underwater what’s your theories and thoughts on this

As we know, the World Government was created 800 years ago. After the war against the Great Kingdom, the World Government went to great lengths to hide what happened during the century long conflict. They continue to go to great lengths to hide the true history which includes hiding Joy Boy, Nika, and the name of the Great Kingdom. The World Government hides the true history to prevent uprisings and such things. My question is, why is the World Government continuing to go to great lengths to hide the Void Century? Is knowing the truth really that important? I’m willing to bet that the average citizen in the One Piece world doesn’t care about the Void Century, Joy Boy, the One Piece, or even the world’s history. Most of the time, average citizens only care about their work and being able to provide for themselves and their family. If Imu really is immortal and is from the Void Century and he/she fears Joy Boy that much, it’s possible he/she is projecting their fears onto the Five Elders and thus onto the World Government. The World Government practices slavery and are responsible for the Amber Lead Incident (Law’s backstory), the Ohara Incident, and they cover up numerous terrible crimes, all of which is somewhat widely known. Seeing that the World Government is 800 years old, they probably have committed thousands of atrocities in the world and cover ups are extremely common. All that being said, what else could the World Government possibly be hiding? What could they possibly fear being revealed? Something worse than slavery, the Celestial Dragons having diplomatic immunity, and the World Government basically having the power to blow up any island they deem a threat. I can’t really imagine something worse than slavery and the Celestial Dragons, but maybe some really dark and evil stuff happened during the Void Century. What are your thoughts?

Never thought in million years of my life that joyboy and does this mean that we got to see what he really looked like in the past or not?

Like my mine is in process mode right now and I can't connect

This one might be a long one. In the Enies Lobby Arc, we see an orrery of some kind in Ohara, an island that used to be in the West Blue. That orrery depicts Earth having six moons which would explain the erratic weather in the Grand Line. It’s known that there used to be an ancient civilization on one of the moons and that civilization are the ancestors of the Skypieans, Birkans, and Shandorians. That moon civilization had very advanced technology and architecture, but they left due to the lack of resources and they went to Earth which took place over 1,000 years ago. I think that Imu, if he/she truly is immortal, and the old ancestors of the Celestial Dragons are from another moon which is why the current Celestial Dragons wear space suit like outfits (I’ll refer to them as Ancient Celestials for simplicity). I think that the Ancient Celestials went from moon to moon greedily taking what they can in terms of resources, power, etc. and when nothing was left on the moons, they finally went to Earth, but they arrived after the people of the Moon civilization who, by then, greatly befriended the tribes and people that were already there: Giants, Minks, Humans, Buccaneers, etc. and formed a very harmonious, advanced Kingdom. The Ancient Celestials who arrived during the height of that Kingdom were welcomed with great kindness, but they eventually grew envious of the Great Kingdom and coveted the resources, power, wealth, etc. that the Kingdom had gained. As the Great Kingdom continued to rise in power, the Ancient Celestials bided their time, becoming fierce fighters, warriors, and creating weapons. As they did that, they created Houses: Nerona, Nefertari, Donquixote, Jaygarcia, Topman, etc. and the heads of those Houses named themselves Kings. When the Ancient Celestials were ready, they waged war against the Great Kingdom. I think that the people of the Great Kingdom were complete pacifists who had never or at least very rarely knew war or violence. The advanced technology they had was used to harmonize with the land, the sea, the sky, the animals, and the people, all of which was freely shared amongst everyone and was not used for war, battle, or greed. I think they built the Ancient Weapons Uranus, Poseidon, and Pluton out of desperation. As the war was nearing an end, they created the Ponegliffs to tell their story and the Ancient Celestials won soon after and created the World Government. I think Imu created the Five Elder Star ranking system who would “rule” the World Government, naming the ranks after the moons which they came from; Ju Peter, Saturn, etc. What do you all think?

There are many indications that 800 years ago there were 6|7 moons orbiting the One Piece planet, for example the noble families of Wano Country/Golden Country had their names inspired by 5 moons.

Shimotsuki Family = (霜月) frost moon

Kozuki Family = (光月家) light moon

Kurozumi Family = (黒炭家) black charcoal

Amatsuki Family = (天月) heaven moon

Uzuki Family = (雨月) rain moon

Fugetsu Family = (風月) wind moon

Ever since Luffy was revealed to be a joyboy but what were the connections to him though, think about it why Luffy is the one who becomes the next joyboy, and what or how did you sense joyboy

from him?? that's my question why did Luffy be joyboy in the first place????

And besides, the giant hat that we saw at Marie Jois with imu-same with Luffy's wanted poster and I why would he or she cares for someone like Luffy, i mean how will imu know about that, and now that I think how did imu and joyboy meet 800 years ago

And how powerful was joyboy is anyways and as soon as we learned about joyboy past and the void centuries that five elders and imu only knows about it but one thing I do know is that Luffy is the renunciation of joyboy

Like , what happen in the 100 year void ? Like think about it. the kouziki clan has been making poneglyph's in the 100 year void but wats the scoop on the five old men of marijos ? ik my spelling is shiii.

P.s gf was watching me and im not tryna give her any spoilers.

What if Luffy's, previously Shank's, previously Rogers Straw Hat was actually fed a extremely powerful devil fruit? Possibly owned by Joy boy or another famous Man/Woman in history?

According to Oda, a "certain professor" will explain the complex mechanisms behind all of the Devil Fruits in the series at some point in the future.[1]. Dr. vegapunk is said to be 500 years ahead of everyone else when it comes to intelligence. His work includes discovering the secrets and uses of seastone, the secrets of how Devil Fruit powers work, the co-discovery of the Lineage Factor and its applications, and various other scientific achievements that are said to be at least 500 years ahead of current technology.[3][4. So that would explain a lot if vegapunk knew about the ins and outs of devil fruits if he knew how to counter them.

(If my guess is correct)This theory is about "the one's who carried will before roger and after void century"

This must be the plot"if one who inherit the will appear the next one will appear in half of the time " keep this idea in mind and start reading

First one must be joy boy who traveled in void century who was the first one to inherit the will if I guess. Because the word joyboy mustn't be his original name

.There is a catch that he is the ruler of ancient kingdom, and ancient kingdom (ancestors of d tribe) is a pirate kingdom where all race co exists. So joy boy is the title given for the Ruler of and kingdom so it is equal to modern day's pirate king

Joy boy = pirate king

Here what the catch next inherited in half the time of joy boy 400 years before Montblanc Noland . He is free spirited adveturer with good deeds (pretty much like other D) He might be an hidden D (just like Trafalgar D water law) or someone who is inherited the will "(he mustn't be blood related to inherit the will)(plus we seen it so many times before)Roger -luffy (not ace) dragon-sabo(not luffy)" he just like roger ,luffy who like to do adventures .

Remember this ship falling from the sky at start of sky Island saga , if you remember correctly they said it 200 years ago (half time of Montblanc noland) they it was a famous travel shop "st briss" 200 years ago (oda gives accurate time and date of the ship) if my theory is correct captain of this ship must inheritrer of the will "might be an unknown or yet uncover D just Jaguar D Saul and portgas D rogue"

Next one might be rocks d xebec or someone lived (probably from monkey D family) in his time who inherited it to roger ,so rocks might have killed him , so roger and garp joined hands to kill him.

And to save the world.

Next one is roger one who inherited after 50 years (basically the half time of previous one) , so I don't need to talk about it much but regarding roger because he was so close to achieving it

Next one is luffy , in pre time skip oda mentioned 22 years ago roger was executed exactly one year before he became pirate king and after time skip 2

Years passed . So now luffy completed Roger's half time (25 years) so he might become next pirate king any time soon!!!!

In the end it just a theory but it seems so well with the time oda gave us .

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