diff --git a/backend/app/models/post_implication.rb b/backend/app/models/post_implication.rb
index 21c5a59..2ea8ec3 100644
--- a/backend/app/models/post_implication.rb
+++ b/backend/app/models/post_implication.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class PostImplication < ApplicationRecord
   validates :parent_post_id, presence: true
 
   validate :parent_post_mustnt_be_itself
+  validate :parent_post_mustnt_create_cycle
 
   private
 
@@ -16,4 +17,24 @@ class PostImplication < ApplicationRecord
       errors.add :parent_post_id, '親投稿に同じ投稿を設定することはできません．'
     end
   end
+
+  def parent_post_mustnt_create_cycle
+    return if post_id.blank? || parent_post_id.blank?
+    return if errors[:parent_post_id].present?
+
+    ancestor_ids = Set.new
+    frontier_ids = [parent_post_id]
+
+    until frontier_ids.empty?
+      if frontier_ids.include?(post_id)
+        errors.add :parent_post_id, :invalid
+        return
+      end
+
+      ancestor_ids.merge(frontier_ids)
+      frontier_ids = PostImplication.where(post_id: frontier_ids)
+          .distinct.pluck(:parent_post_id)
+          .reject { ancestor_ids.include?(_1) }
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/backend/spec/models/post_implication_spec.rb b/backend/spec/models/post_implication_spec.rb
index 8a11600..3cd34f7 100644
--- a/backend/spec/models/post_implication_spec.rb
+++ b/backend/spec/models/post_implication_spec.rb
@@ -48,4 +48,47 @@ RSpec.describe PostImplication, type: :model do
     expect(duplicate).not_to be_valid
     expect(duplicate.errors[:post_id]).to be_present
   end
+
+  it 'rejects a parent that would create a two-post cycle' do
+    described_class.create!(post: post_record, parent_post:)
+
+    implication = described_class.new(
+        post: parent_post, parent_post: post_record)
+
+    expect(implication).not_to be_valid
+    expect(implication.errors.of_kind?(:parent_post_id, :invalid)).to be true
+  end
+
+  it 'rejects a parent that would create a three-post cycle' do
+    ancestor_post = create(:post)
+    described_class.create!(post: post_record, parent_post:)
+    described_class.create!(post: parent_post, parent_post: ancestor_post)
+
+    implication = described_class.new(
+        post: ancestor_post, parent_post: post_record)
+
+    expect(implication).not_to be_valid
+    expect(implication.errors.of_kind?(:parent_post_id, :invalid)).to be true
+  end
+
+  it 'allows a parent with an ancestor when no cycle would result' do
+    ancestor_post = create(:post)
+    described_class.create!(post: parent_post, parent_post: ancestor_post)
+
+    implication = described_class.new(post: post_record, parent_post:)
+
+    expect(implication).to be_valid
+  end
+
+  it 'terminates when existing ancestors already contain a cycle' do
+    ancestor_post = create(:post)
+    described_class.create!(post: parent_post, parent_post: ancestor_post)
+    legacy_implication = described_class.new(
+        post: ancestor_post, parent_post:)
+    legacy_implication.save!(validate: false)
+
+    implication = described_class.new(post: post_record, parent_post:)
+
+    expect(implication).to be_valid
+  end
 end