Dude I like Kuma, but you have to agree that Kuma joining because he believes Luffy is Nika is completely abnormal since every other straw hat joined cause they believed luffy could become Pirate King and to pursue their own dream.
Let me rephrase, why are are we assuming that Oda treats Nika and Luffy different from each other? If Kuma sees that Luffy is the prophesied return of Sun God Nika, why cant Kuma support Luffy with his own dream JUST like Jinbe and every other strawhat does? Im not getting the argument you are trying to make here
And you said it best “kuma wouldn’t want to fight with NIKA.”
When did I say this lol? How did you take the exact opposite of what I just said above? He does want to fight with Nika, he wants to be exactly like the Warrior of Liberation
Luffy is Luffy, he isn’t just Nika and oda making someone join the straw hats because they believe in a person who’s not Luffy is not fitting with the rest of the others when they joined
It doesnt matter what Luffy himself thinks he is. Jinbe thinks Luffy will free Fishman island when he's never uttered the words, but Jinbe has heard Luffy talk about what Pirate King means to him and his ideals for taking the PK seat.
Again, Im not sure why this is any different from how any other character treats Luffy. If Luffy reinvigorates Kuma's belief that freedom is coming through him, why is it so hard to beleive that Kuma would want to fight with Luffy/Nika and liberate the world?