Yes but my actual thoughts on Kuma have very little to do with the DF number theory. He is, objectively, the only other character sans Jinbe that has greatly affected the crew. Jinbe is extremely close to Luffy due to the events of Marineford, and Kuma is essentially the savior of the crew on multiple aspects.
Theres also the fact that his background has been hidden from us since his introduction, and has built up over the course of close to 700 chapters at this point. That aspect is evidently super tragic and one that Oda has been planning for years since Bonney was created to essentially highlight back in preTS. Then you have the fact that he is from a unique species, which hasnt been addressed yet.
Kuma is vary atypical of other characters in this story. He doesnt fit a damsel character (i.e. Bonney here lol) or an arc exclusive character (i.e Kyros or Oden).
Im just saying to keep a lookout if he lands in Egghead and Luffy starts to have a strong interaction with him. Yes, Yamato had the same feel too, so ofc it doesnt matter all that much.
Theres also the fact that his background has been hidden from us since his introduction, and has built up over the course of close to 700 chapters at this point. That aspect is evidently super tragic and one that Oda has been planning for years since Bonney was created to essentially highlight back in preTS. Then you have the fact that he is from a unique species, which hasnt been addressed yet.
Kuma is vary atypical of other characters in this story. He doesnt fit a damsel character (i.e. Bonney here lol) or an arc exclusive character (i.e Kyros or Oden).
Im just saying to keep a lookout if he lands in Egghead and Luffy starts to have a strong interaction with him. Yes, Yamato had the same feel too, so ofc it doesnt matter all that much.

And for him being a special race maybe the last 4 members will all be special races