One Piece Clues Hint Oda Is Teasing Another Two-Devil Fruit User—and It Isn't Blackbeard

Spoiler alert: Light manga spoilers for One Piece, including a moment from chapter 1169.

So, here is the vibe in Elbaph right now: Oda is stacking power systems like it is the last arc sprint, and Loki keeps getting framed as a much bigger problem than we first thought. The latest fan theory floating around is bold but not crazy: Oda might be circling back to the whole two-Devil-Fruit idea again. Not another Blackbeard copy, but something sneakier that still plays by the rules.

Remember the rule Oda bent, not broke

One Piece drilled one thing into our heads for years: eat two Devil Fruits and you die. Then Blackbeard marched out of Marineford with two, shrugged off the rule, and the series quietly left the door cracked. Ever since, Oda has kept the mechanics fuzzy, teased loopholes, and reminded us Devil Fruits are not exactly fair. In this series, when a rule gets bent once, it tends to come back later in a different shape.

The Ragnir clue: chapter 1169

In chapter 1169, Loki’s hammer, Ragnir, moves on its own. In One Piece, that is almost always a Devil Fruit tell. And we already know in-world that objects can eat Devil Fruits because of Vegapunk’s experiments. That is canon, not speculation.

The working theory goes like this: Ragnir has the Ratatoskr Devil Fruit, making the weapon itself a Devil Fruit user. On top of that, the hammer is believed to be guarding Elbaph’s legendary 'treasure' Devil Fruit — the one Loki likely consumed. If both pieces are true, Loki fights with two different Devil Fruit abilities on the field without actually eating two himself.

That is the clever part. Loki would only have one fruit in his body, so the death rule stays intact. But his weapon has its own powers, so in practice you are dealing with a two-ability package. Ragnir already feels less like gear and more like a partner — that lines up with what we saw.

This does not duplicate Blackbeard’s anomaly. Teach breaks the rule with his body. Loki — if this is what Oda is doing — bends it through mythic theming, ancient weaponry, and the established Devil Fruit science around objects.

Why Loki was terrifying before any of this

Loki is an Ancient Giant. That tier sits above normal giants — city-level wreckers by default — and he is confirmed to wield Advanced Conqueror’s Haki, the same rare coating we have seen from Roger, Whitebeard, Kaido, and Shanks. That combo alone puts him next to the top names in the series without a single trick attached.

If the theory sticks, the ceiling moves

Now stack it all: Ancient Giant physicals, Advanced Conqueror’s Haki, a legendary Devil Fruit for Loki, plus a sentient weapon with its own Devil Fruit. That is a cocktail even Roger and Whitebeard did not have. It feels like Oda is sculpting Loki into a walking power cap — a new definition of 'top tier' for the final saga.

• Gol D. Roger: 0 Devil Fruits; Advanced Haki
• Whitebeard (prime): Gura Gura no Mi; Advanced Haki
• Blackbeard: 2 Devil Fruits; Advanced Haki
• Kaido: Mythical Zoan; Advanced Haki
• Loki (theory): 1 Devil Fruit + a Devil Fruit weapon; Advanced Haki

Big picture: what this would mean for Elbaph

If Loki really is the second great Devil Fruit anomaly after Blackbeard, Elbaph is not just a scenic pit stop — it is a centerpiece arc with massive endgame implications. Even if the theory only lands halfway, Loki is still a historic-level threat on paper. And yes, the idea that Oda might repeat the two-Fruit shock in a totally different way is exactly the kind of nerdy mechanical twist he likes to pay off later.

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