I want to talk about one of my favorite Majimako moments because I'll never be over Majima looking with the most tender, agonizing expression at Makoto on that roof in chapter 16,
He understands everything, the empathy is so strong here she doesn't even have to say what she wants, he already knows—and that's probably what he feared from the very beginning. That the yakuza was going to destroy Makoto to the point the girl that went through hell and beyond and still managed to be sweet and kind (to him, even!! Like he doesn't deserve it..) became something completely different, because Makoto has it in her.
Not that he'd love her any less, but Majima, despite all the yakuza pride and identification, is very much aware of what the yakuza is and what it does. They did it to him, and it's difficult to believe that scars like those will ever disappear. As much as I recognize that his final choice to leave Makoto behind is related to the danger and the suffering she would face in that environment more than anything else, I think that another big reason for him to cut her out of his cursed life is that he doesn't want her to turn into someone she doesn't have to turn into.
(And yes, I can probably talk about all the juicy headcanons out there with Makoto as a gokudo wife, but maybe another time)
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