This last chapter we got confirmation that Bonney is the Daughter of Bartholomew Kuma. So I wanted to look over Kuma and his relationship to the World Government.
We'll start off with the first major point
Kuma at one point was the King of the Sorbet kingdom.
Bartholomew Kuma at one point in time was a Royal, but more than just a Royal, he was the King of one of the 170 Kingdoms of the World Government. The two following images support the idea that even now, Sorbet is still a WG member
"Connie" being able to attend the Reverie acts as proof that the Kingdom is still in good standing with the government
Lindbergh's statement on why they responded to Kuma the way that they did.
Now of course, one could presume that Kuma as a revolutionary took over a Government controlled country and it was eventually returned to Government control. However I don't think that is the case, because the world at large did not know that Kuma was a Revolutionary. The two examples of this I can provide are
Kuma revealing his position to Rayleigh
Doflamingo having no idea how Kuma was connected to Ivankov
These two are very important because it suggests that to the greater world, even people as knowledgeable as Ray and Doffy, Kuma's status as a Revolutionary was unknown. Which leads into my next point, which is Kuma's status as the King of Sorbet and his past. From Morley, we're told that Kuma has always had a hard life due to the World Government.
And we can see suggestion of this from Kuma's child picture
This is not the look of a child born into wealth. Which leads me to believe Kuma took to the throne of Sorbet in one of three ways.
I personally think option 2 may be the most likely and would like to direct you towards Bonney and Queen Dowager Connie. Bonney's vivre card mentions that when she ages up, she resembles Connie. Knowing that Bonney is Kuma's daughter, it wouldn't surprise me if Connie is Bonney's Grandmother (or less likely, but still possible, her mother). And the possibility is that Bonney's mother is Connie's child and the rightful heir/current Queen of the kingdom of Sorbet. This would, beyond Kumas personal sacrifice, explain why Sorbetis still in good standing with the World Government.
There is, however, the possibility that the entire kingdom, down to the royal family are poor, and I think the strongest argument for this is Bonney's child picture
Here we have Bonney as a child, equally as covered in dirt as her father was when he was a kid.
Now if we leave out the possibility that Bonney was adopted, this would suggest that the Princess of the Sorbet kingdom was also living in fairly squalor conditions. In which case, it may be a situation where the World Government with all their tributes was bleeding Kuma's home dry, which I feel would ingratiate a King to Dragon's Cause by feeling the suffering at the World Government's hands.
We'll start off with the first major point
Kuma at one point was the King of the Sorbet kingdom.
Bartholomew Kuma at one point in time was a Royal, but more than just a Royal, he was the King of one of the 170 Kingdoms of the World Government. The two following images support the idea that even now, Sorbet is still a WG member
"Connie" being able to attend the Reverie acts as proof that the Kingdom is still in good standing with the government
Lindbergh's statement on why they responded to Kuma the way that they did.
Now of course, one could presume that Kuma as a revolutionary took over a Government controlled country and it was eventually returned to Government control. However I don't think that is the case, because the world at large did not know that Kuma was a Revolutionary. The two examples of this I can provide are
Kuma revealing his position to Rayleigh
Doflamingo having no idea how Kuma was connected to Ivankov
These two are very important because it suggests that to the greater world, even people as knowledgeable as Ray and Doffy, Kuma's status as a Revolutionary was unknown. Which leads into my next point, which is Kuma's status as the King of Sorbet and his past. From Morley, we're told that Kuma has always had a hard life due to the World Government.
This is not the look of a child born into wealth. Which leads me to believe Kuma took to the throne of Sorbet in one of three ways.
- He started a revolution that was recognized by the World Government after the fact.
- He married the Queen of Sorbet and became the King as a result
- Sorbet is a dirt poor nation to the point that even the Royal Family lives in squalor.
I personally think option 2 may be the most likely and would like to direct you towards Bonney and Queen Dowager Connie. Bonney's vivre card mentions that when she ages up, she resembles Connie. Knowing that Bonney is Kuma's daughter, it wouldn't surprise me if Connie is Bonney's Grandmother (or less likely, but still possible, her mother). And the possibility is that Bonney's mother is Connie's child and the rightful heir/current Queen of the kingdom of Sorbet. This would, beyond Kumas personal sacrifice, explain why Sorbetis still in good standing with the World Government.
There is, however, the possibility that the entire kingdom, down to the royal family are poor, and I think the strongest argument for this is Bonney's child picture
Here we have Bonney as a child, equally as covered in dirt as her father was when he was a kid.
Now if we leave out the possibility that Bonney was adopted, this would suggest that the Princess of the Sorbet kingdom was also living in fairly squalor conditions. In which case, it may be a situation where the World Government with all their tributes was bleeding Kuma's home dry, which I feel would ingratiate a King to Dragon's Cause by feeling the suffering at the World Government's hands.
