Lol y'all still on this "Kizaru was holding back so it's okay he lost to Luffy" thing?
Even though he still beat up Sentomaru and tried to kill Bonney?
He could have killed Sentomaru but chose to just KO him.
For Bonney Kizaru literally says "please dont make me hurt more people than I have to" before punting her out of the dome.
And the thing is too, when you go back through the arc and look at moments like Kizaru somehow "missing" Vegapunk's shuttle, it's pretty clear he's been waffling this entire time.
This isn't even really an agenda at this point, Oda is kind of bashing us over the head with it.