also women sometimes still use boku wa/ore wa. like big mom uses male pronouns is she a man??
I don't think that's the argument. It's the fact that Oda is contradicting himself and trying to play both angles. Narration box introduced Yamato as Kaido's daughter. Yet Kaido has only referred to Yamato as Son. Yet Kaido ALSO has told her parading as Oden is ridiculous as he has tried to kill her.
I still refer to Yamato as "her" because Yamato keeps saying "As" Kozuki Oden. She has not "transitioned" as wanting to be a man with purpose, she's just emulating her idol.
On the flipside, I say Kiku is "she" because she has come out and said she's always had the heart of a maiden and purposefully has done so.
Anyway, don't want to get into gender politics. Let people be what they want. I'm just not seeing why this matters to Yamato. It does to Kiku. Not Yamato. And this is Oda's fault for not really highlighting that she's just emulating someone she adores. If Oden was replaced with Toki, Yamato would still be a she is my point.
But in the end, who fucking cares, let Redon/Lance says he. Let anyone else say she. There is no agenda with this character.