Who Is Shamrock Figarland in One Piece? Shanks Twin Explained

Eiichiro Oda has been carefully dropping hints about Shanks having an evil twin brother for years. He successfully caught the fans off guard with the last chapter of 2024 where he introduced a new character. Since then, Shanks’ look-alike was always shown hooded and remained a mystery, fans wait with bated breath for the complete reveal of this character. In recent chapters, Oda has finally revealed more about Shanks’ brother, the newest member of the Figarland family. So, here’s everything you need to learn about Shamrock Figarland in One Piece.

Shamrock Figarland in One Piece Explored

The One Piece creator has been hiding the true identity of Shanks’ twin face cleverly with the hood for the longest time. However, fans have been dying to see this character’s design and meet Shanks’ brother. Now those aren’t dreams anymore as Oda sensei has put the spotlight on the evil twin who is shaping up to be the main villain of the Elbaf arc.

The evil twin brother of Shanks has been officially revealed to be Figarland Shamrock. Yeah, you heard that right, he is confirmed to be the son of Figarland Garling, the newest Elder, which has also cleared the doubt of how Shanks relates to Garling. House Figarland has instantly become one of the most powerful families, like the Monkey D. family, with the arrival of Shamrock.

Furthermore, Shamrock has been mentioned to be the captain of the God’s Knights aka Holy Knights. Since Garling has been promoted to the Elder Star position in the story recently, he must have made his son take over his supreme commander role.

How Is Shamrock Related to Shanks?

Should that even be a question now? Although it has not been explicitly disclosed that Shamrock and Shanks are related, their indistinguishable character design has already given it away. Before Shamrock’s official introduction, fans were wondering about the relationship between Garling and Shanks in the story, such as whether the old man is Shanks’ father or grandfather.

Now that Shamrock has been revealed to be the son of Garling, it is evident that Shanks must be the long-lost brother of Shamrock. In case you aren’t aware, Roger found a baby Shanks inside a treasure chest after the God Valley Incident. As Garling was also present with his children on the God Valley island, this must be where Shanks was separated from his family.

As the Elbaf arc is inspired by Norse mythology, fans already predicted Garling’s twin sons could be based on Skoll and Hati, the wolves that chase the sun and the moon. Shanks has always stood with Luffy (the sun god Nika) and Shamrock is following in the footsteps of his father who has a crescent moon-shaped design. Now this theory is becoming more and more real with each passing day.

Shamrock’s Character Design in One Piece

One look at Figarland Shamrock and you can already tell that he possesses the unreal charisma of his brother. To top it off, Shamrock remains calm and composed, just like Shanks. The only way to differentiate both is, of course, their character design!

Shamrock has long braided hair but the most important thing is he doesn’t have any facial scars and also his left arm is intact. The fandom is already calling Shamrock the most handsome version of Shanks.

One Piece Shamrock: Powers and Abilities

Since Shamrock has just been introduced, we don’t know about his powers and abilities. We need to wait for a few more chapters to learn about that. However, since Gunko is revealed to be a devil fruit user, there is a high chance that Shamrock will be unveiled as a devil fruit user soon.

I mean, don’t you think it’s perfect for the twin brother of a non-devil fruit user like Shanks to have an overpowered devil fruit power?

For ages, Shanks has been trolled to the extreme for being a rat because he was seen talking about a certain pirate to the Gorosei in the Levely arc. This led to theories stating that Shanks could turn out to be an antagonist towards the end of the story, but there was one massive problem — it completely contradicted what Shanks’s character was all about.

Now, Oda sensei has brilliantly answered one of the long-standing mysteries in One Piece. What do you think of Shamrock’s character and his powers? Let us know in the comments below.