Motobaro
- Name
- モトバロ (Motobaro)
- Status
- alive
- Affiliation
- Flying Fish Riders
- First seen
- Ch. 494
“Duval’s Beloved Bison” · alive · mount of Duval, boss of the Flying Fish Riders
Profile
Motobaro — a giant bison wearing an iron mask that matches his master Duval’s, the charger/mount of the Flying Fish Riders boss (“Duval’s Beloved Bison,” Ch. 494 p. 10). A named animal companion in the register of Karoo / Eyelashes / Pierre.
Arc-by-arc updates
Sabaody Archipelago — introduction (Ch. 494)
- First on-page: charges out trampling the Riders’ own hideout as it carries Duval into the fight against the Straw Hats (pp. 9-10).
- Bears the masked Duval in the chapter’s reveal sequence — the bison’s iron mask is a visual mirror of Duval’s own (pp. 10-15).
Sabaody Archipelago — KO’d by Luffy without a touch (Ch. 495)
- Its horns (“Heart-Ripping Horns”) can punch air-holes in dams and break out of cages — how Duval escaped the Navy (p. 15).
- Charges Luffy, who halts and KO’s it without any visible action — Robin: “It looked like Luffy wowed him into unconsciousness” (pp. 16-17). The first on-page (unconscious) Conqueror’s-Haki-effect target. See Luffy Knocks Out Motobaro Without A Touch Conquerors Haki Precursor.
Notes
- Named animal companion (beast);
race:left blank per §Races (fauna do not get a Races-and-Groups note).