Nuance due to absence of は


> その帽子に赤いマフラーが似合いそうだ。  
>  A red muffler seems to go well with that hat.

Is there a difference in nuance between the above sentence and the following
one?

> その帽子に **は** 赤いマフラーが似合いそうだ。

I get that it's emphasised that the hat is the topic in the second sentence,
but really it's hard to think about the first sentence as not necessarily
being about the hat.




`その帽子に` sounds pretty matter-of-fact.

`その帽子には` sounds more like picking-and-choosing. Also, it kind of feels as
though there is more to come—e.g., "but this green scarf does not", or "but a
yellow scarf would go with this other hat".

But, I feel like I kind of overly analyzed it ;)




`その帽子に` sounds pretty matter-of-fact.

`その帽子には` sounds more like picking-and-choosing. Also, it kind of feels as
though there is more to come—e.g., "but this green scarf does not", or "but a
yellow scarf would go with this other hat".

But, I feel like I kind of overly analyzed it ;)

