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I just came across a sentence in the structure of V+ようになりましょう, and I'd like to
understand what connotation it brings compared to the standard V+ようになる

As far as I know, ようになる is used when something becomes a certain way, in the
sense that it happened not necessarily due to someone making it so; but with
the volitional form, there's a will to have it become that way, right? To work
towards that change? And if that's the case, how does it differ from ようにする?
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ようになりましょう - what is the volitional doing here?
Do you remember the volitional form (う/よう) also has the sense of invitation or
recommendation? For example, 食べよう can mean either "(Now) I'm going to eat" or
"Let's eat". So ～ようになりましょう usually just means " **Let's** be/become ～". But
when the subject is clearly "I", it emphasizes the speaker's own
will/volition/intention.

  * 納豆を食べられるようになる。  
納豆を食べられるようになります。  
I (will) learn to eat natto.  
(More literally, "I (will) be able to eat natto." Expressed as a "fact" in the
future.)

  * 納豆を食べられるようになろう。  
納豆を食べられるようになりましょう。  
Let's learn to eat natto!  
Okay, I (decided to) learn to eat natto.  
(The meaning depends on the context, but ましょう tends to mean "Let's" because
it's has the polite ます)

  * このモンスターは成長すると空を飛ぶようになる。  
このモンスターは成長すると空を飛ぶようになります。  
This monster will start to fly when it grows up.  
(Correct: this is a description of a plain fact that happens in the future)

  * ❌このモンスターは成長すると空を飛ぶようになろう。  
❌このモンスターは成長すると空を飛ぶようになりましょう。  
(Incorrect: Since the subject is neither "I" nor "you", there is no need to
express someone's volition. Actually, the う/よう form has another uncommon
function (inference/推量), so these are not incorrect as old-fashioned sentences
said pompously by a prophet-like character. But beginners may forget this for
now.)
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