#be referred to as son stemming from that kaido was STILL willing to do so anyway????!?!?

[frankencanon]

We've moved on from Wano but I still frequently see people disagreeing over what pronouns to use for Yamato, and so I thought I'd throw in my two cents since it is my belief that the answer is a lot more simple than people make it out to be...

When deciding how to refer to Yamato, most people ask: "What is Yamato's gender?" "Does Yamato identify as male or female?" Etc.

I'm here to tell you that none of that matters.

I repeat, Yamato's gender identity is irrelevant.

Here's what does matter:

Yamato openly and consistently refers to himself as the son of Kaido, and those that are familiar with him (such as Kaido, Luffy, and the Beast Pirates) obide by his wishes by doing the same.

What more do you need to know?

It doesn't matter what Yamato's gender is; What does matter is that Yamato wants to be referred to as a man, as male, as a son.

Even your beloved Captain—the future Pirate King, Monkey D. Luffy himself—treats Yamato the way that he wants to be treated, giving him the masculine nickname "Yama-o" (Yama-guy).

ヤマ男

YA-MA-O

Compare with Tora-o and Giza-o, Luffy's canon nicknames for Law and Kid respectively, where the "o" suffix is written using the Japanese kanji for "male" (as shown above).

So what does it matter what Yamato's gender is, when you could instead ask: "What does Yamato prefer to be called?" & "How does Yamato prefer to be treated?"

In which case, the answer is obvious...

[taccendaa]

YAMATO.

The relationship between father and son, or a parent and child, is a bond Zephyr considers to be of a unique nature. This view stems from the fact that they are unfamiliar with this type of relationship. Most of the people they met along there travels were simply friends or a simply acquaintance.

Zephyrs relationship with Yamato is difficult. As certain behaviour of them is rather upsetting to him, such as insisting on refering to him as the ‘son of Kaido’.

This is irritating him to say the least, although there lies no malicous intent behind those words. Treating him with respect whenever their paths crossed, even willing to listen to each tale he would tell about the man called Kozuki Oden. For Zephry it is simply a fact, Yamato was the result of a relationship between Kaido and an unknow partner, therefore Yamato was his son.

Yamato argued that his fathers treatment of him is not deserving of his respect. To that Zephyr could agree. Shackled like they themselves and yet their had been no form of exchange that would grant Kaido the privilage of making such a desicion. In truth it seemed that he had just been using the power he had over his son to restrict him and that was unjust. Yet who was she to protest, she was well aware after all that not everyone had the same views as her on the topic of trade. In addition was it not part of their agreement for her to interfere with his matters.

Still, he was Kaidos biologically, even if he bared no interest in being associate with that man, so would it no be disrespectful for them to not adress him in this way ? Zephyr had began to doubt their own thoughts about the matter. For now they would continue to do as they did before, but perhaps in the future, this would change.