He was able to stay emotionally detached until it was personal and now he feels guilty. It's normal storytelling. He'll die to redeem himself or some shit.
i think it's actually very likely that he had the full concept down from chapter 1. the ONLY inconsistency in the depiction of haki is the absence of Armament Hardening before pre-timeskip. this can be handwaved by saying "armament hardening is just one technique, and you happened to not see it"...
that panel seems very obvious in retrospect to have been about haki. crocodile's face is in panic, as if he's going this kid with a low bounty in paradise has good armament?? he learns it's water on the next page and laughs, he's relieved. If he always thought it was water he wouldn't have...
luffy says they have haki. franky just has haki.
he suplexes a random guy in wano and there are black sparks. he picks up caribou in fishman island. he probably has haki.
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red king is a vice admiral. all vice admirals are required to know haki
similarly, i dont think Shamrock's sword has the Cerberus fruit. That's just actually possessed by a demon. None of the "Demon" forms of the Gorosei or Cerebus got "devil fruit" titles, they just got the demon names.
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