The villager was talking about Luffy, not the original Joyboy
Luffy stole Ryuma's parallel from Zolo, and Zolo was largely irrelevant in Wano, his arc, he didn't gather the Samurai and he didn't even visit Ryuma's grave lmfao, gotta be the most mistreated deuteragonist in history
Luffy stole Ryuma's parallel from Zolo, and Zolo was largely irrelevant in Wano, his arc, he didn't gather the Samurai and he didn't even visit Ryuma's grave lmfao, gotta be the most mistreated deuteragonist in history
Saying he can rival Ryuma is not a parallel. It's Oda's way of telling us that Ryuma and the original Joyboy are on the same level.
They don't know what happened during the war. They have no idea that Luffy is Joyboy, he needed Zoro to protect or save if from Kaido. They just know a mystery warrior named Joyboy beat Kaido and Ryuma could do the same so they can said he's someone who could rival Ryuma.
We have no idea if Zoro visited the grave or not.