Do you think the Kuma vs Zoro scene seemed kinda forced?

[ahill1]

Cool as hell though it was, Kuma trying to kill Zoro in a way that would put his resistance to test seems an awfully convenient way for Zoro to escape death, don't you guys think? Unless Kuma wanted to test Luffy's companions and I missed his true intentions?

 

[SSJ2]

Wouldn’t really call that convenient considering the amount of damage the captain took, and all of that was being sent to Zoro. Logically that should be more than enough to kill Zoro from Kuma’s perspective.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Along with what SS2 said, Kuma still had his personality at this point with his true intentions still being to aid the Revolutionaries and the Straw Hats, so it makes sense for him to not outright try and kill Zoro and Luffy.