Wasn't it a shock with 〜だろう
Grammar Explanation: Presuming with 〜だろう and 〜でしょう
Rize explains that Chino’s been acting cold because Cocoa finished off the puzzle Chino has been slowly working on.
- リゼ:
- 「楽しみが取られてショックだろうな」
- “It must have been a shock to have her fun be taken away.”
- Literal: “Having her fun taken away is probably a shock.”
- “It must have been a shock to have her fun be taken away.”
Key Points
1ショックだろう marks Rize’s informed guess
- Rize infers Chino’s feelings from the lost puzzle activity and says she must be shocked.
2だろう expresses probability rather than certainty
- The English “must have been” conveys a strong inference here.
3な turns the statement into reflection
- The final な sounds like Rize thinking through Chino’s reaction for Cocoa.
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