I had flashback fatigue after the last chapter, and this seems just for completion’s sake, roughly as expected. This King Bekori back-and-forth seems too repetitive. And Dragon remains largely unknown, due to the tight regulation of what topics Oda allows to be talked about.
I hope we will get at least 1 ½ chapters of Egghead before the next break, but I’m not super-hopeful.
But that aside, I’ve been thinking that part of the concept behind Bonney’s name and background might have been the old song, now mostly a children’s song:
“My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
My Bonnie lies over the sea,
My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.
Bring back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me, to me.
Bring back, bring back,
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.”
Although originally the reason for it in the story would have been “bring back my Ginny to me” and then it got reversed to Bonney saying “bring back my Kuma/daddy to me”. Though apparently “Bonnie” is a word and not a name anyway and can serve as a general theme here. Before the flashback this reference would have been meaningless and trivial.