User blog comment:Pacifista15/PX-Franky/@comment-4493594-20111122230209

Well, laser beams are laser beams, aren't they? Now if Franky had shot it out of his mouth like the Pacifista do I would have agreed with you but, no, I don't think the attack was inspired by the Pacifista. Not in the first place at least. It's just a laser beam for the sake of epicness.

Maybe I didn't pay attention, but what makes a Pacifista different from a regular robot? They blindly follow the orders that were programmed into them. Why was it necessary to turn a human, namely Kuma, into a machine?

If we only talk about battle... I'd say Franky has the advantage of creativity. Something the Pacifista lacks. His other dis-/advantage is the fact that he has emotions, that might could his judgement but might also give him additional strength.