Koby a fraud… Like he went back to rookie status for me. Hachinosu has no civilians. He was had by a rando. Very troupy too. After all the hype about fighting the Kuja Pirates… if Boa would have actually joined the fight, she would have put him on a t-shirt.
I hadnt quite considered the possibility of capture, same as how I didn’t consider the possibility of Garp potentially losing. I mean his displays of power and speed. Especially being able to respond to a guy who can freeze an expanse of ocean near instantly is a huge display. I mean Garp was frozen, broke out of the ice and still managed to catch Kuzan. So you can see how I didn’t really think he could lose- obviously I wasn’t 100% on it though. But I don’t see why one would not kill a heavy hitter like Garp given the chance. I’m not too sure of motive but One Piece characters sometimes don’t follow tropes and will act in realistic fashion. To me it would be silly to let any of Sword leave alive. What kind of leverage is Garp for Blackbeard? I don’t know of anything he could gain from the World Government he hasn’t attempted already with trading for Bonney. So considering the fact that the Navy sets traps at parley, I would try to take out as many threats as possible.
I agree with the statement that he is naive and also that he has to grow. Its disappointing to me that it was apparently just Koby sent to get Boa who is very strong, like take out 2 of Blackbeard’s captains and entire army strong. I’m kinda lost on the match-up, especially if Koby is that naive- which Boa preys upon voraciously. Its kinda tough for me to just look at this piece and take it at face value when the characters have their own hierarchy within the verse.