Meaning of 冷たいのは違う


Context: She was waiting in the snow for someone and after she met him and
after they had gone inside and she had touched his face with her hands he said
"バカ、こんなに冷たくなるまで俺のこと待っていたなんて. She then whispers "冷たいのは違う”(as indicated by the
ぽそ sound effect) before she responds. The reader knows that she is a 雪女(whilst
he doesn't) so it would make sense for her to be 冷たい, but my problem is with
grasping what she meant by that. I think this might be her saying that,
that(referring to her standing out in the snow all this time) is not why she
is 冷たい although I am not quite sure.




I think that you are reading between the lines "correctly". Unless the larger
context proves otherwise, what you stated would be the most natural and
logical way of understanding the phrase 「冷{つめ}たいのは違{ちが}う」.

It would mean something like "Me being cold has nothing to do with it." with
"it" referring to the fact that she had waited (outside?) so long on a cold
day.

Since this line is not one she, as a snow fairy, wanted to say assertively and
clearly, she said it 「ぼそっと」= "murmured it".




I think that you are reading between the lines "correctly". Unless the larger
context proves otherwise, what you stated would be the most natural and
logical way of understanding the phrase 「冷{つめ}たいのは違{ちが}う」.

It would mean something like "Me being cold has nothing to do with it." with
"it" referring to the fact that she had waited (outside?) so long on a cold
day.

Since this line is not one she, as a snow fairy, wanted to say assertively and
clearly, she said it 「ぼそっと」= "murmured it".

