Understanding っていうんじゃ


> 「……別に琴里は、狂三を軽視しろと言っているわけではない。むしろこちらからも、可能な限り彼女の援護を行うつもりだ」 「え？」
> 士道が目を丸くして琴里を見ると、琴里は大仰に肩をすくめてみせた。 「そりゃあ、ね。いくら狂三でも、DEMと正面切って総力戦 **っていうんじゃ**
> 分が悪いわ。もちろん士道が生き残るのが前提だけれど、そのあと狂三を封印できるのが最良だもの。助けられる場面で助けないような真似はしないわよ」

Context: 狂三, a girl and a 精霊, was fighting a war with an evil company called
DEM to prevent the company from killing 士道. 琴里 was going to help 狂三 because
she wanted protect 士道 too.

Could you please explain why there is a っていう before んじゃ? What is this usage? I
know のでは is a fixed grammar construction meaning “if”. But I would use
総力戦なんじゃ.




This っていう is basically just と言う, but it has a nuance here. With explanatory-
no, と言うのだ is often used to add a "this is unexpected/surprising/unwanted" kind
of mood ("to my surprise", "even", "really", "!", etc). You have asked about
this before:

  * [What does というのである mean here?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/77795/5010)
  * [Is というのだ similar to "in addition"? Or it is "they said"?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/80737/5010)




This っていう is basically just と言う, but it has a nuance here. With explanatory-
no, と言うのだ is often used to add a "this is unexpected/surprising/unwanted" kind
of mood ("to my surprise", "even", "really", "!", etc). You have asked about
this before:

  * [What does というのである mean here?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/77795/5010)
  * [Is というのだ similar to "in addition"? Or it is "they said"?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/80737/5010)

