I'm 50/50 on Kuma surviving.
On one hand:
It's Oda and not dying is usually the safe bet when it comes to him
On the other hand:
Oda's made it real hard to explain how Kuma will live.
and on top of all that, the Blackbeard Pirates are somewhere skulking about.
On one hand:
It's Oda and not dying is usually the safe bet when it comes to him
On the other hand:
Oda's made it real hard to explain how Kuma will live.
- Half his face and a leg is gone
- His mind is essentially wiped
- Bonney's already absorbed his memories
- It'd be weird to transfer his consciousness to S-bear after establishing Clones to be their own people
- S-bear, even if we ignore the above is locked away AND inside a Seastone prison
- Vegapunk isn't at his lab and the way to get there was destroyed
and on top of all that, the Blackbeard Pirates are somewhere skulking about.