One Piece Episode 1168: Japanese Fans React to Shamrock's Kerberos Devil Fruit — "They Definitely Did This to Kill the Blackbeard Theory"
ワンピース1168話 ケルベロス能力に日本のファンの反応
“They 100% did this specifically to kill the "Teach is Kerberos" theory dead.”
絶対ティーチのケルベロス説を無効にするためにやっただろ
One Piece anime episode 1168 revealed that Shamrock's sword holds the Kerberos zoan devil fruit, and Japanese fans immediately zeroed in on what it does to a long-running fan theory: that Blackbeard secretly ate the Kerberos fruit himself. The top reaction says it outright — the anime staff clearly timed this reveal to kill that theory once and for all, since a three-headed dog now living inside someone else's sword makes the "Blackbeard is Kerberos" idea structurally impossible. From there the thread splits into two running debates: whether the ability itself (heads flying off the sword to stab things) is a disappointingly plain way to debut a mythical zoan, and the bigger mystery nobody can crack — how do you even feed a devil fruit to an inanimate sword in the first place. It closes on fans just laughing at how silly the whole spinning-collar mechanic looks in motion.
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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 152)
- @figerland-shanks55👍 126
Honestly, the "Blackbeard is Kerberos" theory was the cleaner explanation.
正直黒ひげケルベロス説の方がキレイにまとまってたと思う
- @YWaj-w3r👍 63
Though if Blackbeard ISN'T Kerberos anymore, you have to ask what's actually going on with his body structure at this point.
逆に黒ひげがケロベロスじゃなくなったら体の構造どうなってんねんって話だよな
- @ウォー-y6z👍 11
Other people in these comments are saying it too — they definitely put this out because the Blackbeard theory got too popular.
ここのコメ欄でも言ってる人居るけど絶対黒ひげ考察されたからこれ出しただろ
- @hirohk462👍 0
If Kerberos shows up here, the Blackbeard-Kerberos theory is dead. So what's left for him — was it the octopus one?
ここでケルベロスが出てくるってことは黒ひげのケルベロス説は無くなって、あとはなんだ？ タコだったっけ？
- @アグレッシ部部長👍 0
Guess Blackbeard's an octopus now. 🐙
もう黒ひげはタコやね🐙
- @果汁先輩_淫夢ファミリー👍 0
Maybe it's connected to Blackbeard's Jolly Roger flag?
黒ひげの旗と関係あるんかな
- @hibiki9578👍 36
Kerberos doesn't really have that kind of ability in mythology anyway, and honestly it didn't even need to be Kerberos specifically.
別にケルベロスはそんな特性ないし、そもそもケルベロスである必要がないんよな。
- @tomotomo8937👍 138
It's drawn to look cool, but if the ability is really just "three heads fly off and stab something," that's a pretty plain debut.
かっこよく描かれてるけど、頭3つ飛ばして剣を突き刺すだけの能力だとしたらクソ地味だよな
- @あずあず-w1k👍 3
So after awakening, all it does is launch three big blades? Kind of weak. Even if it can do more later, the first big reveal is supposed to have impact — this doesn't.
覚醒してできることがデッカい刃を三本射出？ しょぼっ いや他にもやれることあるよって言われてもインパクトが大事な初使用でこんなしょぼいことあるかよ
- @金獅子のドフラダイル👍 0
I mean, that's just what Kerberos is as a creature.
ケルベロスはこういう生物だ
- @タケっち-o2d👍 22
At this point One Piece has basically turned into a different manga.
ここまで来たら別漫画と化してる
- @Shinya-o1j👍 58
I really want to know HOW they got a sword to eat a devil fruit in the first place.
どうやって剣に悪魔の実を食べさせてるのか知りたい
- @ぶり子-f9o👍 8
Maybe they mix devil-fruit juice into the metal when forging the blade?
剣を作る時に悪魔の実の汁を混ぜて作ったとか？
- @x-roll92👍 6
@ぶり子-f9o That could tie into Bonney's experiments too, honestly.
@ぶり子-f9oボニーの実験も含めてありそう
- @ドンクリック詐欺に注意👍 4
They still haven't explained the method for feeding devil fruits to weapons. I really thought Egghead would spell it out.
未だに武器に悪魔の実食べさせる方法明かされてないよな。エッグヘッドで明かされると思ってたのに。
- @六七佐助👍 0
Come to think of it, the technology for feeding a Zoan fruit to an inanimate object still hasn't been revealed. Is it some kind of alchemy-like synthesis using one of Vegapunk's machines?
無機物にゾオン系悪魔の実食わせる技術はどんなのか 未だに判明してなかったよなそういや ベガパンクの作った機械で錬金術みたいな合成でもするのか？
- @変態型アニオタ戦闘員6号👍 0
Seriously, how do you get a sword to eat a devil fruit.
どうやって剣に悪魔の実食わせるんだろ
- @cycleworks_1999👍 0
How did they even feed it to the blade.
剣に食わすどうやったんや
- @daedae0p👍 4
Triceratops that can fly. Brachiosaurus that turns into a snake. At this point a Kerberos with heads that move on their own doesn't even surprise me anymore.
トリケラトプス、飛べる ブラキオサウルス、蛇みたいになる ケルベロスが首だけ別行動してももう驚かなくなったな
- @宮翔太-p4t👍 4
Is this working the same way as Queen's "Brachio-snake-us" form?
クイーンの「ブラキオ蛇ウルス」みたいな仕組みか？
- @ネコスケ-s6t👍 9
Ever since the Five Elders showed up, devil fruits feel like they've gone past biology and turned into actual wizardry.
五老星あたりから、悪魔の実を超えて魔法使いみたいになってる気がする
- @くりすたるあるふぁ👍 106
Personally I think the hound of hell suits Red-Black's crew — Shamrock's sword gets Kerberos, and Shanks' sword gets a Griffin.
地獄の番犬は個人的に赤黒似合うと思う シャムロックの剣にはケルベロス、 シャンクスの剣にはグリフォン
- @木兎さん推し👍 7
Wonder if Shanks can actually manifest a Griffin too.
シャンクスはグリフォン具現化できるのかな
- @インコ-y7s👍 4
Honestly I wish they'd kept Shamrock down to just swordsmanship and Haki. 😢
シャムロックは剣技と覇気だけにして欲しかった😢
- @デスたも👍 0
Gecko Moria: "I was the original Kerberos."
ゲッコーモリア「私が初代ケルベロスだ」
- @白茶色の犬👍 2
I couldn't help thinking it looked more like "Emperor Penguin 2" than a hellhound.
皇帝ペンギン２号じゃねって思っちゃったんだけど
- @teinpro2119👍 3
So the spiky collar just spins around and flies off? That's the kind of dumb move a middle schooler would come up with.
トゲトゲの首輪が回転したら飛ぶのか？中学生が考えたようなバカな技
- @名無し-j4m7s👍 0
This is basically just a Kerberos-shaped launcher firing drones! Where'd the swordsmanship go, Shamrock?!
ケルベロスの形した発射台とドローンだろこれ！なにがシャムロックやねん
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