も当然だ details
Examples
it's only natural that; no wonder — given the stated circumstances, a reaction or result needs no further justification
あんなにひどいこと言われたら、怒るのも当然だよ。
anna ni hidoi koto iwaretara, okoru no mo touzen da yo.
After being told something that awful, of course you'd get angry. casual
準備もせずに試験を受けたのだから、落ちたのも当然だ。
junbi mo sezu ni shiken o uketa no dakara, ochita no mo touzen da.
Since he took the exam without even preparing, it's only natural that he failed. neutral
長年このプロジェクトに尽力されてきたのですから、皆様が惜しまれるのも当然でございます。
naganen kono purojekuto ni jinryoku sarete kita no desu kara, minasama ga oshimareru no mo touzen de gozaimasu.
Given how many years you devoted to this project, it is only natural that everyone should be sorry to see you go. formal
Formation
plain clause + のも当然だ(N・na-adjは なのも当然だ)attaches to plain clause
Notes
drops it and is ungrammatical; only 怒るのも当然だ works.
Related patterns
Similar
だけのことはある judges a specific person or thing as living up to a known reputation or effort, and stays admiring (三年勉強しただけのことはある); のも当然だ judges a REACTION as unsurprising given the circumstances, with no admiration required — 怒るのも当然だ excuses anger, something だけのことはある could never do.
はずだ predicts from evidence or calculation what SHOULD be true, and can be proven wrong when reality defects (来るはずだったのに); のも当然だ never predicts — it retroactively judges a reaction or result everyone already knows about as unsurprising, and is never falsified by events.