One Piece hints at a parallel between Joyboy and its new villains

The Egghead arc is at its highest point since it begansurprising readers with each event that has arisen in this incident, as Dr. Vegapunk has been revealing information about the Void Century, giving a deeper look at this part of history than the World Government has been in charge of hiding for a long time.

One of the most shocking revelations that Dr. Vegapunk has made has been the true identity of Joyboy, since the prominent scientist gave more details about this enigmatic character who had a great involvement in the events of the Empty Century when confronting the World Government.

However, this shocking revelation has also hinted that the enigmatic Joyboy could have some parallels with the Five Eldersthis being a detail that many fans have been speculating for a long time and that could change everything.

This post contains spoilers for the manga One Piece.

Joyboy could have some parallels with the Five Elders

Everything seems to indicate that Joyboy had some similarities with the Five Elders in terms of power level.

As we have mentioned, chapter after chapter, Egghead's arc continues to reveal part of the great mysteries of the workpaving the way for a surprising stage that will change everything, since, for the first time, information about the Void Century and those involved in this incident has been made known, since Vegapunk let it be known that Joyboy became the first pirate and the great enemy of the World Governmenthaving a devastating confrontation that changed the geography of the entire world.

Likewise, the few details that Vegapunk has revealed about Joyboy suggest that This mythical character could have some similarities with the Five Elderssince everything seems to indicate that this individual He had powers very similar and even superior to those of these villainswhich is logical, since, if not, he would not have become a great threat to this nefarious group of antagonists.

In fact, during the most recent chapter, the Vegapunk confirmed that Joyboy was so powerful that all 20 nations had to unite to confront him. this enigmatic pirate, which confirms that his skills were at another level, as has currently happened with the Five Elders, who have more than demonstrated that they are very powerful, since they have great agility, resistance and are probably immortal. In addition to this, they are capable of acquiring monstrous and intimidating shapes.

Furthermore, one of the many parallels between Joyboy and the Five Elders has to do with the clouds that surround the neck of the transformations of these villains and of Gear Fifth himself of Luffy, this being a pattern that appears in awakened Zoan-type Devil Fruit users, hinting that these antagonists could be Akuma no Mi users after all, although this is a detail that Oda has yet to confirm.

The similarities between Joyboy and the Five Elders go further, since this pirate is one of the few who has directly faced these villains, a detail that indicates that Their abilities were on par or even surpassed those of this groupsince Only a being with similar strength would be able to hurt them.unlike Luffy, who has not been able to cause any damage to them, suggesting that Gear Fifth has yet to evolve his abilities.

But that's not all, since many fans have hinted at many more similarities between Joyboy and the Five Elderssince they have speculated that he may have been linked to this group and that after various disagreements he broke away from them, becoming their enemy to put an end to their dirty methods, which would not be surprising, since during chapter 1115 of the manga One Piece, Vegapunk mentions that he does not know what caused this confrontation so he cannot be sure which side is good and bad.