Kicking Claw Force
Elite Royal Guards of Alabasta · a four-man unit · serves the Alabasta crown · introduced Ch. 196
Profile
A four-man unit of the elite Royal Guards of Alabasta (a sub-corps of the Royal Guard, distinct from officers Chaka / Pell). Introduced in Ch. 196 — captioned “THE KICKING CLAW FORCE — ELITE ROYAL GUARDS OF ALABASTA” (p. 4).
Arc-by-arc updates
Alabasta — Alubarna Palace (Ch. 196) — forces the palace gate; drinks the Fatal Fuel; defeated by Crocodile
- Forces the Alubarna palace gate open to confront Crocodile (Ch. 196 pp. 2-4) — “THE KICKING CLAW FORCE GOT THE GATE OPEN!” (p. 3). Captioned debut (p. 4).
- LOAD-BEARING — drinks the Fatal Fuel (Ch. 196 p. 7) — to stand a chance against a Warlord, all four drink a lethal potion granting temporary super-strength at the cost of only minutes of life: “They drank the ‘Fatal Fuel’! They only have a few minutes to live… they can’t be saved!” Motive: “This man must feel… Alabasta’s wrath!!” / “the pain our kingdom has suffered.” Cross-link Kicking Claw Force Fatal Fuel Suicidal-Power-Boost Royal-Guard Sacrifice (new — load-bearing).
- Defeated by Crocodile (Ch. 196 pp. 5-9) — Crocodile dismisses them as vermin (“They’re vermin. Don’t bother.” / “Go home.”) and fells all four with a single sand-blast (SH-ROOM!!). Crocodile: “You’d sacrifice your lives to challenge me, eh?! …Heh heh… I suspected as much.”
- Cross-link Crocodile (Ch. 0196 defeats-the-Force), Chaka (Ch. 0196 tries to restrain them), Alubarna (Ch. 0196 palace-set-piece).
Notes
- Individual member names are not legible in the read; this is a unit-note, not four individual character notes.
status: aliveis ambiguous — they drank the Fatal Fuel (few minutes to live) and are downed by Crocodile; their fate is not resolved on-page this chapter.