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Revision as of 13:20, 7 March 2014

Toys are normally just man-made playthings for children, but on the island of Dressrosa, toys are living beings capable of independent action and human behavior who coexist alongside humans. They were first introduced in the town of Acacia.

In actuality, the toys are human beings who were turned into toys by Sugar, thanks to the Hobi Hobi no Mi, who came to the island ten years ago with the Donquixote Pirates. Only the toys themselves have any memory of them being human, while everyone else they knew forgot about them, even each other, no matter how close their previous relationship was.[1]

Appearance

The living toys of Dressrosa, much like ordinary toys, come in a large variety of forms, sizes and appearances. Many of them resemble marionettes, toy soldiers, dolls, animals, robots and other common forms of toys but are about the size of humans. Oddly enough, there appear to be toy children and toy babies as well who look much like the adults but are far smaller in size. They also seem to be made of different materials, depending on what toy they are, ranging from metal and wood, to even cloth with cotton stuffing.

Interspecies Relationships

Living toys are only seen on Dressrosa and appear to live happily with its human inhabitants, coexisting without difficulty and some humans and toys are even seen walking together arm-in-arm.[2] Even the toy children are seen together with human children and are treated like regular kids by the guards.[3] It is, however, a strongly enforced law that no toys must ever visit a human's house and no human must ever visit a toy's house.

Wanting to return to their original forms, some toys joined forces with the Tontatta Kingdom in an attempt to overthrow the Donquixote Family.[4]

Beliefs

Toys, along with the human citizens of Dressrosa, believe in the existence of fairies which have been an important part of their lore for as long as they can remember and because of this they revere them as deities. They also believe that the fairies are responsible for the random thefts that occur on their island,[5] but they do not seem to mind this at all (however the ones actually responsible for the thefts are dwarves from Green Bit[6]). According to Kyros, toys believe that they are supposed to make people laugh and that there is no such thing as a serious toy.[7]

Any toys who express their human side are diagnosed with "Human Illness" (人間病, Ningen-byō?) and are thrown into the scrap heap.[8]

References

  1. One Piece Manga — Vol. 72 Chapter 717, it is revealed that all toys used to be humans.
  2. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 71 Chapter 701 and Episode 630, the Straw-Hats witness the toys living happily amongst humans.
  3. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 71 Chapter 702 and Episode 631.
  4. One Piece Manga — Vol. 72 Chapter 718, The Thunderous Soldier of Rage is an ally with the Tontatta Kingdom.
  5. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 71 Chapters 701702 and Episodes 630631.
  6. One Piece Manga — Vol. 71 Chapter 711.
  7. One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 71 Chapter 703 and Episode 632, Luffy and Franky talk to the One-legged Soldier.
  8. One Piece Manga — Vol. 72 Chapter 717, a toy who tried to persuade Esta he is her boyfriend was arrested and thrown into a scrap house.

External Links

  • Toys — Wikipedia article about toys.
  • Marionettes — Wikipedia article about marionettes.

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