The buccaneer secret trait is their willpower. Kuma has shown the willpower to literally will himself through death, overcoming both his mind being wiped and the kill switch in order to come to Egghead and save Bonney.
Throughout OP, there are 2 other characters that have similarly defied death. Those being WB and Zoro. I believe both of them are buccaneers.
For WB, I think most people already suspect him being a buccaneer. He has a similar chin to Kuma and Alvida did say Kuma was as tall as WB.
But I think Zoro is also another interesting one that deserves serious analysis. Apart from Kuma and WB, no other characters have shown the level of endurance as Zoro. This isn't merely a statement of Zoro's powerlevel, rather evidence that Zoro has a unique trait that sets him apart from others.
How was Zoro able to take Luffy's pain when Kuma stated that even he might lose consciousness from it? How was he able to scar Kaido with broken bones, or survive getting that pain doubled due to the mink medicine? Forget Luffy, when have Kaido or BM ever shown the ability to take such pain? Yes, they can take more damage, but that's only due to their durability. Neither of them have shown the ability to endure the sheer amount of pain that Zoro, Kuma, or WB have endured.
Another characteristics of these 3 is their relation to the D clan. They were all servants of Ds. Kuma served under Dragon and helped Luffy along his journey. WB served under Xebec, raised Teach, and would have made Ace PK. Zoro is Luffy's RHM. I believe that the buccaneers are the servants of the Ds. The reason that they were targeted for elimination is so because without the buccaneers, no D would ever be able to rise up against the WG.
However, I think the buccaneers were smart. They interbred with humans until ultimately you had ones like Zoro who were virtually indistinguishable from humans. I think several lineages of buccaneers also stopped spreading the legend of Nika, as this story made them more vulnerable to persecution by the WG. Was Kuma the last buccaneer? In a sense he was, in that he was the last one who carried the history and the culture of the buccaneer tribe with him. But I think there are still those who have buccaneer ancestry, they simply aren't aware of the culture as their ancesters fully assimilated in order to avoid persecution. This is why you have others like Zoro and WB who possess the buccaneer special trait, but aren't aware of Nika.
Anyways that's the theory. If WB is a buccaneer, then so is Weevil, which begs the question: which D will he serve? My guess would be either Law or Vivi. Preferably Law, but I think Oda will also highlight Vivi's characteristics as a D, as she is descended from Lily.
Also, I think its possible that Teach is both a buccaneer and a D, which might be why he can eat two DFs.
Throughout OP, there are 2 other characters that have similarly defied death. Those being WB and Zoro. I believe both of them are buccaneers.
For WB, I think most people already suspect him being a buccaneer. He has a similar chin to Kuma and Alvida did say Kuma was as tall as WB.
But I think Zoro is also another interesting one that deserves serious analysis. Apart from Kuma and WB, no other characters have shown the level of endurance as Zoro. This isn't merely a statement of Zoro's powerlevel, rather evidence that Zoro has a unique trait that sets him apart from others.
How was Zoro able to take Luffy's pain when Kuma stated that even he might lose consciousness from it? How was he able to scar Kaido with broken bones, or survive getting that pain doubled due to the mink medicine? Forget Luffy, when have Kaido or BM ever shown the ability to take such pain? Yes, they can take more damage, but that's only due to their durability. Neither of them have shown the ability to endure the sheer amount of pain that Zoro, Kuma, or WB have endured.
Another characteristics of these 3 is their relation to the D clan. They were all servants of Ds. Kuma served under Dragon and helped Luffy along his journey. WB served under Xebec, raised Teach, and would have made Ace PK. Zoro is Luffy's RHM. I believe that the buccaneers are the servants of the Ds. The reason that they were targeted for elimination is so because without the buccaneers, no D would ever be able to rise up against the WG.
However, I think the buccaneers were smart. They interbred with humans until ultimately you had ones like Zoro who were virtually indistinguishable from humans. I think several lineages of buccaneers also stopped spreading the legend of Nika, as this story made them more vulnerable to persecution by the WG. Was Kuma the last buccaneer? In a sense he was, in that he was the last one who carried the history and the culture of the buccaneer tribe with him. But I think there are still those who have buccaneer ancestry, they simply aren't aware of the culture as their ancesters fully assimilated in order to avoid persecution. This is why you have others like Zoro and WB who possess the buccaneer special trait, but aren't aware of Nika.
Anyways that's the theory. If WB is a buccaneer, then so is Weevil, which begs the question: which D will he serve? My guess would be either Law or Vivi. Preferably Law, but I think Oda will also highlight Vivi's characteristics as a D, as she is descended from Lily.
Also, I think its possible that Teach is both a buccaneer and a D, which might be why he can eat two DFs.
