Now, where's my favourite tin foil hat? Ah, here it is!
When discussing the ridiculously miraculous survival of Pell in Alabasta arc, people often tend to forget that there was one before that, not as implausible but arguably much more significant. And perhaps that is exactly what was intended. Oda most probably revived Igaram after deciding that Robin would join the crew, so he needed her hands to be clean from blood of named characters. And so that people do not think too much about the reasons for Igaram's survival and don't start looking behind the curtain, right before Robin joins he inserts the miraculous survival of Pell that seemingly serves no narrative purpose. And so, forms a shift from "Oda would resurrect a character to keep the controversy away from main cast" to "Oda just doesn't like killing characters, that's how One Piece is".
When discussing the ridiculously miraculous survival of Pell in Alabasta arc, people often tend to forget that there was one before that, not as implausible but arguably much more significant. And perhaps that is exactly what was intended. Oda most probably revived Igaram after deciding that Robin would join the crew, so he needed her hands to be clean from blood of named characters. And so that people do not think too much about the reasons for Igaram's survival and don't start looking behind the curtain, right before Robin joins he inserts the miraculous survival of Pell that seemingly serves no narrative purpose. And so, forms a shift from "Oda would resurrect a character to keep the controversy away from main cast" to "Oda just doesn't like killing characters, that's how One Piece is".
