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> でもまぁ結局この着物 **も** 、隣を歩く美咲が恥ずかしくねぇように、ってことだろ？

I'm quite familiar with the use of the も particle, but I am puzzled by what
it's doing in this line. If I break it down:

でもまぁ - correct me if I'm wrong but I was told that this doesn't have any
particular meaning, though you could translate it to 'well'

結局 - after all/in the end

この着物 - this kimono

も - also/too/even if

隣を歩く - walk next to

美咲が恥ずかしくねぇ - Misaki won't feel embarrassed

ように - in order to/so that

ってこと - I read that this = 'you/I/it mean(s)'

だろ - you know?/isn't it?

Now putting this all together I got:

> "well, it means that in the end it's this kimono so that Misaki won't feel
> embarrassed walking next to me isn't it?"

As you can see I haven't incorporated the も particle in the translation at
all, I just don't understand how it would fit here? If the も was referring to
its 'too/also' definition then wouldn't it come afterように instead?
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meaning particles syntax
What is the purpose of も here?
I imagine there is another/other things like "this kimono". For example, it
looks too flashy though he took into careful consideration what he should wear
to go out with her. And he had his hair cut, but it is eccentric and doesn't
look good on him. He doesn't have good taste and they both actually make her
feel embarrassed against his will. this kind of situation let me use も in
conversations.
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I would say that you might translate も in this sentence as "even", as in "Even
in this kimono, ...". It's kind of an extension of the idea that も means "too"
or "also", and also relates to the similar meaning of にも or でも.
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> でもまぁ結局この着物も、隣を歩く美咲が恥ずかしくねぇように、ってことだろ？

Here 「も」 implies that this kimono is a measure taken so 美咲 won't feel
embarrassed by [the speaker].

(Elaboration: This could be in addition to other things...

What those "other things" could be:

  * Something known from context about the speaker
  * other things that the speaker could do that 美咲 could possibly be embarrassed about (past events, or things that could go wrong in the speaker's imagination, etc.)

... but the real-world usage doesn't necessitate this as a pre-requisite. As
@user4092 has pointed out this can show contrastive nuance or exclamation as
well.)
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