Moss (モス)
Breed	Mastiff
Affiliation	Moss' pack (leader), Ohu
First appearance	GNG manga Vol 4, chpt 3
Last Appearance	GDW manga Vol 45, Chpt 2
Status	Alive (Anime) Deceased (Manga, Killed by Bozlef's soldiers)
Family or owners	Jaguar (son), Unnamed Owner
Voiced by	Daisuke Gouri (GNG), Shiro Saito (GDW)
Birthplace	Misty Mountains

Moss in Ginga Nagareboshi GinEdit

Moss was the leader of Kasumi Dake (Misty Mountains). Sniper killed one of his subordinates, Lloyd, and tried to kill Jaguar, Moss's son, and blame it all on Ben's pack. Moss believed this plan and fought against Ben's pack. At one point, Moss pushes huge boulders on Ben's pack. To save Cross, Ben gets hit by the boulder, which almost kills him. After Moss understood that Ben did not kill Jaguar, he joins the pack to fight Akakabuto. Moss soon becomes a main character in the show.

He adopts Chibi (later named Tesshin) in episode 13, and goes to Mutsu with Jaguar and the rest of his pack to recruit the big "Four Heavenly Kings of Mutsu." During this episode, the Mutsu Kings trap Moss and the rest of the dogs in Mutsu's ravine of death, though with the help of Terry and Ben they are able to fight their way out and get the Four Heavenly Kings to join the Ohu army. He also gives parenting advice to Ben in episode 17. Moss has a very jolly nature and enjoys laughing and playing around, however, when he's provoked, he has a vicious temper. He also has a great fondness for puppies, this became apparent when he adopted Chibi. He became his surrogate father and loves the puppy dearly, he is often seeing playing with him.

Because Moss is a mastiff, he is very large, this has led to his rather unfortunate nickname of the pig. Alongside Ben, he is the largest dog in the show.

Ginga Densetsu Weed mangaEdit

Moss meets Mel when the puppy tries to steal food from him. After finding out that Moss is an old Ohu soldier, Mel quickly tells him about Gin, Weed and Hougen. Moss decides to follow Mel at once. After a while, Moss leaves Mel to find more dogs to help in the final battle. He returns with several dogs including an old friend, Musashi, and his own son, Jaguar. Moss doesn't get much attention in the series until the "Hokkaido" plot. Here, Moss is captured together with Gin's pack in a gorge. They are kept hostages by the German shepherd, Victor.

As they try to escape, Moss fights fiercely to let Gin, Akame, Kurotora, Tesshin, George, Ken, Jaguar and the rest of the pack escape. However, when Teru is trapped, Moss manages to save him. Tesshin is the one to notice that Moss stayed behind and immediatly charges back with the pack to save him. They push back Bozlef's pack and find Moss on the brink of death. They desperately try to keep him alive, but it was too late. Whilst his family and comrade's try to save his life, Moss enters a dillusional state, and he ends up in a river, with Riki, John, Smith, Hyena, Bill, Great and the rest of the dead Ohu soldiers on one side, and Gin, Tesshin, Akame and the other soldiers on the opposite side. Moss knows it was his time, and desides to go to the afterlife.

He was happily reunited with his old Ohu comrades. As he does this, his soul leaves his body, and his comrades know that he is dead. Teru then crawls out from underneath Moss, and starts to cry when he finds out that the old soldier is dead. Tesshin throws himself over Moss's body and weeps, as do the rest of the pack and howl to the sky in sorrow.

Ginga Densetsu Weed animeEdit

Moss appears in episode 18, when he comes along with Musashi to help Weed and Ohu's army after he was informed by Jerome. With his arrival, and the idea of GB, Kamakiri and his soldiers retreat. He also assits in the final battle against Hougen.

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