Bink's Sake Tells the Story of Joy Boy | One Piece Theory

[@CStark20]

Congratulations bro. You won.

[@mistaironpirate3579]

Love this theory! Its amazing to think Oda put this in front of us the whole time and no one had any idea. I can only imagine the smug look on his face coming up with the idea for the song.

[@StrawHatJedi]

Yeah, there must be an immense sense of satisfaction in burying clues so well throughout the series. And I'm really looking forward to learning about all the ones we have yet missed. Like, I'm really curious if the Poneglyphs are an actual language. I wonder if Oda encoded any secrets about the true history. Like, imagine, he gives us a cypher for the Poneglyphs once the true history is revealed - go back and the truth was there all along.

[@mistaironpirate3579]

@@StrawHatJedi That would be insane if he developed the poneglyph idea that much. Knowing Oda it would be incredibly simple to figure out too. I wonder if anyones tried to look into it before.

[@lupejedi7841]

This is my favorite theory of yours. Gonna be a sad day when the strawhats disband in the end. However it may play out.

[@tercial]

When they disband I hope we get a compilation of what each Strawhat will be doing

[@duxcky5153]

Bro the storm and drum thing make so much sense now

[@tiagomoreira8905]

Nice theory. I think Bink's sake feels more like a generic pirate tale than about a single figure like Joy Boy, but it's an interesting thought I never had before.

[@StrawHatJedi]

Thanks! It could certainly be a general folk tale as well which explains the general ethos of piracy in the One Piece world. It's really interesting because the calendars in One Piece date back 600 years before the Void Century began and there are civilizations like Alabasta with history dating back thousands of years. Once we get answers about the void century, I'm really interested in learning what the world was like before whatever happened, happened.

[@rubberbandba11craft]

how about now??

[@brobbledboy2456]

This is an interesting take, nice stuff

[@DevinCollinsGolf]

Here after seeing the OP 1043 spoilers, dang now I can't unsee it 😳

[@ahmedalissa7620]

1:30

[@jolly1559]

You ever get Jack In The Box tacos? I like to dip them in ranch and eat them two at a time, like Kobeyashi or Noah's Ark

[@StrawHatJedi]

That's something I have not yet experienced, but you certainly describe it very vividly!

[@senmysun8200]

Did you just predict chapter 1043?

[@JayAlastor]

.... Port/harbor. Logue town, The salty seas (water 7/all bue) The birds circle above,,, an island unknown. Beats of the drum will go with the rise of the sun.... For crying outloud oda told us the story of one piece

[@sophiliamajestign9303]

Binks's* Their name is "Binks." We know this from the Japanese version of the song because of the "su" at the end of "Binku(su)." It's not possessive because that's what the next word "no" is for. I blame Viz Media for it, though. They messed this translation up, ngl

[@rinmartell2678]

Best theory ever.

[@NicklasZandeVGCP2001]

Funny Traveling Tale = Laugh Tale

[@anonym0us363]

This might be on to something

[@ifantsaurells3014]

Joy boy the adventurer,

[@gabriel_nadal]

Did you just... stole that theory from "El Quinto Emperador"? Because it's the same theory and he posted it some months before you...

[@RyuPlaneswalker]

There is one issue with this, putting space so that spoilers are hidden. Where does the World Government Fit into the song? We know that The World Government fears Laugh Tale being found again, and that Newgate knows whatever is there will shake the foundations of the world. If Bink's Sake is Foreshadowing for Joyboy's journey then one would expect there to be some reference to whatever conflict lead to Joyboy;s story becoming so feared and hated by the World Government that they are willing to cause a war with a Yonkou just on the chance that Ace would follow in his father's footsteps.

[@StrawHatJedi]

Hey, great question! I agree with your assessment of the overall structure of the narrative arc. Joy Boy's group failed to prevent the rise of the World Government, or perhaps more specifically the evil force which controls it. Ultimately, I think the 20 Kings unknowingly made a pact with the devil so to speak and are now the World Gov functions as an apparatus of this entity's whim. I talked about this a bit more in the Moon Symbolism video I posted, but generally, I think the sun / moon or day / night pattern alludes to this evil without mentioning it overtly. Pedro names his crew the 'Nox' Pirates (Latin for night) because there is no night which doesn't end in sunrise. Luffy was born on Dawn Island, sails on the ship Thousand Sunny, and is meant to bring the light of a New Dawn. The first chapter is even titled Romance Dawn. What we see is this recurrent symbol of the moon as a symbol of hope - primarily in the societies entrusted with the Road Poneglyphs. The moon reflects the sun's light in the night, even when the sun itself remains out of view. Bink's Sake doesn't overtly reference the evil / dark force, but it does feature this day and night motif. The sun is setting in the early verses. This alludes to the group of friends / pirates / adventurers recognizing their time is running short and that they will not succeed in stopping night from falling. So they resign themselves to their fate, recognizing their own mortality. 'Someday we'll just be bones'. But they put a plan in place to preserve the truth and leave One Piece behind, trusting fate will guide the right successor, guided through the night by an impossible dream, to the final island at the appointed time. Roger also arrived too early, recognized his inability to confront the world, and again left the task to a successor. I'd say that in this sense 'the night' represents the evil force. Pedro's speech to Perospero alludes to the world being in a state of night - having been in a state of night for 800 years. I think what the song instead focuses on is hope - a belief that though things now look dark, the sun will someday rise. Like Pedro said, there is no night which doesn't end in sunrise. Roger saw his time was coming to an end. He learned the world's dark history, but laughed at Joy Boy's funny traveling tale. The crew described in Bink's sake are forever parting as the sun sets - never to meet again. Yet they take joy in the fact that the moon will rise during the night to reflect the sun's light. The night will pass and a new dawn will arrived. Sorry, a bit of a long answer and I might have repeated myself lol. I'm interested to hear your thoughts.

[@mrbushido56]

I had the same idea

[@SplyttScreen]

What if Binks Sake is the one piece😂

[@tercial]

I think the giant Strawhat belongs to Joyboy he probably was a giant

[@StrawHatJedi]

That does seem like a very strong possibility! It definitely seems like the most likely case. But then the big question is why Imu treasures it or at least still holds onto he hat.

[@tercial]

@@StrawHatJedi I think Joy boy and Imu were enemies in the void century but Imu is immortal maybe from the OP fruit. I think he has his hat like a trophy but I think Imu knows Joyboy will come a 2nd time that's why he had the bounty posters of some characters.

[@StrawHatJedi]

@@tercial Yes, I agree on all counts, except, I think perhaps Imu is the source of Devil Fruit or at the very least is responsible for their creation.