One Piece: Can Vegapunk Bring Back Kuma’s Memory?

Bartholomew Kuma was a complicated individual when he debuted in One Piece, as a former member of the Revolutionary Army turned Warlord of the Sea serving under the World Government. To begin with, his association with the Marines, and Dr. Vegapunk in particular, resulted in the Pacfista project, which produced mindless cyborg weapons in his image, forced to do the World Government’s bidding. In the process, Kuma was himself turned into a cyborg with no will of his own, effectively bringing an end to his own life.