Damn. he's really still mad about this.
The realisation dawned on him a lil too hard I guess. However, not the only realisation some should be having right now though, lmaooo.
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This has all been inevitable for months and now we're properly seeing the fruits of Oda's labour in developing the YamaMomo bond all this time.
She is his guide. The one he can understand the most. His partner. In a way, his own idol. She teaches him how he should act. How a shogun should act. And it's so patently clear that Momo needs her.
Contrary to what our resident sake brewers might think, no Oda did not build up this entire relationship from scratch just for shits n' gigs. He'd only do so if there was a purpose in Yamao and Momo being so close, going into the future.
He's spent next to zero time building any bonds with Yamao and the crew. Not a single straw hat even knows Yamao by name. Forget being seen as a family, or even a friend...the vast majority of the crew does not even know she exists... Meanwhile Oda spent all of her development time building up her trust and camaraderie with Momo.
Absolutely hysterical how blatant it is at this point. The two are sticking together.