This article contains spoilers from One Piece's Elbaf Arc.
One Piece is currently in the Elbaf arc of the story, and given all the attention that has been given to the God Valley, fans know that it will only get more exciting in the coming chapters. Good Valley was first introduced for One Piece fans around 6 years ago, but its events were only recently revealed in One Piece's Elbaf arc.
While fans at one point thought so God Valley was the story of Rocks, Roger and Garpit has now become clear that this island has much greater significance to two specific characters, and at its core was played out specifically for those two characters, and they are Blackbeard and Shanks. In Blackbeard, Oda managed to preserve the blood of Davyn, which Imu deeply fears, but in Shanks, Oda may have actually preserved Joy Boy's bloodsomething that no fan of the series has even thought of right now.
Shanks may be a descendant of Joy Boy
Shanks is destiny's child
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Shanks came from God Valley, the island of destiny
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Imu fears Davy and Joy Boy the most
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Blackbeard is Davy, Shanks could carry Jou Boy's blood
One Piece's God Valley has clearly become incredibly important in the grand scheme of things. Initially, most fans assumed that God Valley was the story of the Rocks, and while that is the case in some ways, it is essentially a story about Davy as a whole. Rocks perished in God Valley, but a new Davy could live, and that is Marshall D. Teach, also known as Blackbeard.
Was that Haki even stronger than Red Hair's? There was no hostility towards it! — Dorry and Brogy at Joy Boy
Davyn's blood lives to this day in Teach, and the fans know it very well. It also makes sense why God Valley was called “Island of Doom” by Oda now. But speaking of fate, God Valley is not just the story of Blackbeard. It is also the story of two more important characters who happen to be twins, Shanks and Shamrock.
As fans know, Shanks and Shamrock were born in God Valley to an unnamed red-haired woman. This red hair is very important, and there's a reason why Oda never revealed the name or face of Shank's mother. Most fans associate Shanks with the Celestial Dragon line because of Garling, but they don't realize it his mother was from God Valleyisland of destiny
IN One Piece chapter 1164, Oda specifically confirms to fans that he fears two people the most: Davy Jones and Joy Boy. Imu also confirms that he would not allow either of the two to come back at any cost. Parallel to that, fans are shown two characters being rescued from God Valley, and they are Shanks and Blackbeard. To add to that, Shanks is called the child of destiny. It might not seem that way on the surface, though Shanks may very well be Joy Boy's very own descendant through his mother, who lived in God Valley.
Tell me, who do you fear the most? Is it Davy Jones or Joy Boy? — Rocks D. Xebec to Imu
Shanks inherited the strength of Joy Boy
Oda directly compared their Haki In Egghead
Aside from the narrative clues left behind by Oda, there is more of that ties Shanks to Joy Boy. At Fishman Island, Oda showed fans one silhouette of Joy Boy through Queen Otohime, and it looked just like Shanks, down to the hair and cape.
In Egghead, Oda showed fans a glimpse of Joy Boy's Hakiand the first person Dorry and Brogy compare their Haki to is none other than Shanks. The clues have always been there, and it's only a matter of time before Joy Boy is revealed to be Shank's ancestor on his mother's side. This would also do Shanks half D and half Celestial Dragonessentially making him the true child of destiny.
One Piece Chapter 1165 is out this week. As usual, One Piece will be released on Sunday. In Japan, One Piece will be released at 12pm JST on Monday. However, the vast majority of international readers will see the chapter available on November 9th. The official release date of One Piece Chapter 1165 is November 9, 2025. Fans can read the chapter for free on Manga Plus.
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October 20, 1999
- Network
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Fuji TV
- Directors
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Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Toshihiro Ma Shihi Endo, Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
- Author
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Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda
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Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
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Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
