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Why did Bartholomew Kuma want to take Luffy's head after the Thriller Bark
Arc? Wasn't he a member of Revolutionary Army and secretly working for his
father Dragon? If it wasn't for Zoro, Luffy would have died.


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Why was Bartholomew Kuma after Luffy's head at the conclusion of the Thriller Bark arc?


Bartholomew Kuma was a undercover member of revolutionary army, he cannot just
say to the marines that he wont kill Luffy. Similarly, Straw Hat Pirates and
Rolling Pirates (Lola's group of pirates) heard the order of the marines and
Kuma can't just take a risk of blowing his own cover.

Hence he pretends to fight them all, since that also gives him a chance to
check the loyalty of his crew and what are there potential.


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I've always thought of it as, he knew that their crew wouldn't make it any
further without hard training, so he had to make him realize what it would be
like to lose his crew. It was also a great way to keep his cover in the
military.


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The answer contains spoiler from the Sabaody Arc:

> I suspect that he was never after Luffy's head to begin with. I'm thinking
> that Kuma did, in fact, go to Thriller Bark at the behest of the WG however
> he intended, first to test the Straw Hats (as someone above said) and
> secondly to send them off (as he eventually does later on Sabaody). However,
> he was touched by the way everyone tried to protect Luffy and, seeing their
> desperation/determination couldn't bring himself to do it. Also bear in mind
> the situation on Sabaody basically forced his hand (if he hadn't sent them
> off Kizaru would have owned them eventually) while on Thriller Bark, they
> would be okay even if Kuma didn't send them off.


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