

After Moriah takes sailors shadows he puts them on a boat and sends them out
to sea. But he says that if the person who the shadow came from dies the
zombie they gave the shadow to will die. So why does Moriah send the originals
back out to sea? Wouldn't it make more sense to just lock them up so they
don't die? Otherwise their zombies would just keep dying.


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Why does Gekko Moriah set sailors back out to sea if their zombie version will die?


To understand this situation we need a bit of context into Gecko Moriah. One
of the Shichibukai, major antagonist of the Thriller Barque and the user of
Kage Kage no Mi. His Devil Fruit power allowed him to manipulate shadows in a
physical and tangible form.

Moriah maintains a very relaxed and laid back stance at all times. He rarely
fights against his opponents directly, preferring to use his doppelman to
outmaneuver them and then steal their shadow. (Luffy and Robin both lost this
way). Or he may order his crew to take care of it. **In general, he will avoid
a conflict all together**

His tendency to avoid conflicts shows how he collect shadows for his Zombie
Crew. He ambushes pirates in the Florian Triangle, steals their shadows and
leaves them adrift at sea. His crew of Abasolom and Perona also have powers of
the kind which can defeat an opponent without fighting head on.

However, keeping the pirates whose shadows he has stolen would prove counter
productive. One of the reasons Moriah was defeated was because of the pirates
whose shadows he stole.

  * **Zombie's Weakness** \- Brook was able to discover the weakness of Moriah's Zombies because he was left on Thriller Bark
  * **Rebel Alliance** \- The survivors on Thriller Bark banded together and plotted to bring down Moriah. They understood his powers as well as stole over hundred shadows. They used the shadows to power up Luffy.
  * **Handicap** \- Due to a weakness to the sun, a Shadowless person would have a great handicap and once set adrift would not be able to search for Thriller Bark properly. However, due to extreme fog in the Florian Triangle, this weakness is negated somewhat. 

**Tl;Dr**. There is a greater chance of Pirates rebelling and stealing their
shadows back if they stay on Thriller Bark, rather than if they're sent away
because of their instinct of Self preservation. It is also in line with Gecko
Moriah's nature to avoid conflict until necessary.


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Luffy is strong, probably the strongest shadow Moria caught, but we can all
agree that if he went to sea alone and shadow-less he would die instantly. I
think the best for Moria is to keep the originals prisoners in a Seastone
prison, but keeping all of them is counter productive like you said and fodder
shadows are easily replaced but general zombies are not.

Sanji had a 77 million bounty and he was made into that penguin but Zoro was
120 million and was made general zombie, so I think general zombies are all
100+ shadow bounties or just special bodies like Ryuma and maybe Captain John,
etc, so it's better to capture these shadows in a Seastone prison and send the
others. Having 20-50 prisoners isn't that bad.


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