Did he “needed” to go there for Akainu? I don’t think so bud
This shouldn’t even be a conversation, Kuma was running rampages until Akainu came to the presence and sparked his head leaving him to resorting to a instant retreating tactic
in fact he ran soon as Akainu blasted his head out, while he was Akainu chased and took a limb than Kuma must’ve teleported instantly
if this isn’t fear then I’d like to hear about your perspective in what kuma was feeling/thinking
If as you claim Kuma has no feelings, he wasn't feeling anything, it was a rational decision. It is regardless debatable if he doesn't have feelings because feelings would explain why he's rushing to Egghead in the first place.
Yes, he could have "jumped" earlier, just like he could have also jumped vertically onto the Red Line instead of slowly climbing from the port while taking accumulating damage. The simplest explanations are:
- Buildings were on the way of his jump. He had just destroyed them when Akainu arrived, so it makes perfect sense he dipped instants later regardless of Akainu.
- He planned to run to the edge of Red Line before jumping, like he did on Kamabakka Kingdom, where he also run to the seashore before jumping. Akainu in this scenario made him jump sooner as he had destroyed his leg and would obviously had killed him, so he jumped a little earlier than planned, not out of fear but out of efficiency (dying vs completing his objective). It will ultimately change nothing other than have Kuma more damaged when he lands, but he was already a mess.
We know for a fact Mariejoa was just a midway point of his travel from Kamabakka to Headhead (Paradise to New World). His rampaging was most likely self defense.
What is headcanon are the conclusions that you're drawing about Akainu "making a souless cyborg feel fear and agony". Nothing remotely suggests that.