3) Kaido’s Defeat Versus Luffy
– Eventually Kaido will lose to Luffy and this is when I believe Kaido’s Joy Boy storyline will come full circle as this entire time Kaido has been in Wano gatekeeping the country in hopes that someone in the world will achieve what Kaido himself couldn’t and claim the title of Joy Boy. Kaido will accept defeat like a warrior as he loses to the prophesized Joy Boy, Monkey D. Luffy.
Kaido accepting he is not actually the person worthy of being Joy Boy plays as the main factor in all of his actions throughout the entirety of the story since his introduction. Whether or not it was actually Rocks D. Xebec who influenced Kaido to this path of wanting to change the world, he eventually reached the conclusion that he himself isn’t Joy Boy and instead used his might and power to seek out the real Joy Boy. This is why he occupied Wano for over 20 years and has not done anything of relevance since arriving in Wano. Like Kozuki Oden stated in his backstory, “Joy Boy will arrive in Wano” and Kaido wants to be the one who witnesses this phenomenon first hand.
Both Oden and Kaido occupying Wano showcases parallels that they both were aware of Joy Boy’s eventual arrival to Wano. Oden guided by Roger discovered this and sought out to open the borders of Wano, while Kaido occupies Wano and has kept the borders of Wano closed also awaits for Joy Boy meaning Xebec played a role in guiding him to knowing about Joy Boy.
Now my last question, Why does JoyBoy have to come to Wano? This is probably the biggest key to solve this mystery about Joy Boy, Wano, & Kaido’s obsession. Well this too is somewhat hinted at us in the story on two occasions. First, at the end of Chapter 957 Sengoku speaks to Akainu and proclaims that all these hot shot pirates all somehow end up in Wano is “not a coincidence”, this highlights that something in particular attracts people to Wano. Secondly, in Chapter 1016 this idea is confirmed when Kaido outright says to Yamato “I’m here because it’s Wano!!!” so again this tells us that Kaido had some kind of information prior to being in Wano because we also know Orochi was basically setup to be Shogun in order for Kaido to rightfully enter the Land of Wano.
Now what can be of such significance that will warrant the attention of all these pirates and more importantly Joy Boy himself?
Well, basically WANO IS THE ANCIENT KINGDOM.
And this ties back to the real life legend of Jayabaya where Asians essentially waited in the East Java kingdom for the arrival of Jayabaya. Now if we can relate this legend into One Piece we can assume that a similar story is told regarding Joy Boy and his eventual arrival into Wano.
Through all of this we can possibly piece together that Rocks D. Xebec’s ambition to become King of The World had gone too far and he learned about the Legend of Joy Boy and the Ancient Kingdom. Then proceeded to use this knowledge as a way to bring Kaido on board his crew and had him believe he was destined to be this Joy Boy. Eventually Kaido learning some truths of the world lead to his ambition to change the world and ultimately lead to his morale downfall whenever it came apparent that Kaido himself was not destined to be Joy Boy. Now Kaido is the person with all of this Joy Boy knowledge occupying Wano as a gatekeeper waiting for the day that the TRUE Joy Boy will arrive.
*Theory by IAmBrotherE
