User blog comment:Kaido King of the Beasts/Chapter 866: The Iron Non-Giant/@comment-31516508-20170526022638

I don't think this is an attempt by Oda to give Linlin some "redemptive" quality but if he doesn't give her some kind of backstory, then he runs the risk of making the Marvel Cinematic Universe's mistake of creating one-dimensional villains. You just cant do that with a Yonkou