volitional + nimo 作ろう＋にも?


What does the 「にも」 after the volitional form 「作る」 do here?

> 死んだら食べ物は必要ないし、死んでるんだから、物は当然産まれない。 **作ろうにも材料も何もないし。**
> がっかりさせて悪いけど、天国にはね、何にもないのよ。(『この素晴らしい世界に祝福を』シリーズ、第一巻)

I would assume it means something close to "in order to" but I'm not entirely
sure.

I would assume the sentences together mean something along the lines of:

> When you die, there's no need for food, because you're dead, so it's natural
> things are not produced. There's not even any ingredients to make anything.
> It's difficult to feel so disheartened but that's heaven, there's nothing.

I feel like I'm missing quite a few things here but there one thing I know I
don't understand is the 「作ろうにも」材料も何もないし.




This is an instance of the pattern VようにもBない

作ろう is what is often called the "volitional form" in English. The root verb is
作る [to make].

にも expresses "even though" and when joined to the volitional form makes a
conditional "even if you wanted to V". Here, it means "even if you wanted to
make some thing [to eat]"

材料 = ingredients in this context

も何もない = there is not anything to

So altogether it becomes

> Even if you wanted to make [food], there are no ingredients [to use].

See <http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=younimonai>




This is an instance of the pattern VようにもBない

作ろう is what is often called the "volitional form" in English. The root verb is
作る [to make].

にも expresses "even though" and when joined to the volitional form makes a
conditional "even if you wanted to V". Here, it means "even if you wanted to
make some thing [to eat]"

材料 = ingredients in this context

も何もない = there is not anything to

So altogether it becomes

> Even if you wanted to make [food], there are no ingredients [to use].

See <http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=younimonai>

