Too suspicious with 〜すぎる

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Rize comments on how Chino and Cocoa seems to have gotten over their fight. Syaro and Chiya didn’t realize there was anything different between them.

リゼ:
「こいつらが鈍感(どんかん)なのか(わたし)勘繰(かんぐ)()なのかわからなくなってくる…」
“I can't tell whether these two are oblivious, or if I'm reading into it too much...”
Literal: “I start not knowing whether these people are insensitive, or whether I am suspecting too much...”

Key Points

1勘繰(かんぐ)()ぎ means reading too much into the situation
  • 勘繰(かんぐ) means suspecting hidden motives, and the noun-like stem joins () to mark excess.
2なのか〜なのか presents two competing explanations
  • Rize cannot tell whether the others are oblivious or she is overthinking things; わからなくなってくる shows her growing uncertainty.

Vocabulary

(Insensitivity)

鈍感(どんかん) means dullness, insensitivity, or lack of awareness. It often describes someone who is slow to notice emotions, hints, or subtle changes.

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