Meaning of っていうのにも


We know that Yamada is not afraid of anything. Then, Nagasawa says:

> 「山田君のように、怖いもの知らず **っていうのにも** 、ちょっと憧れちゃうけどな...」  
>  Like Yamada, even though I said I'm not afraid of anything, I have a little
> admiration but...

I think my translation must be wrong because Nagasawa never did say that he
wasn't afraid of anything (we only know this about Yamada). Also, It's not
clear to me why this would result in him having admiration.

So I think I'm messing up the っていうのにも part. I'm guessing that the whole
sentence is supposed to mean:

> I have a little admiration for people like Yamada who aren't afraid of
> anything but...

But I can't bend っていうのにも to my will. How do I break down this sentence?




> 「[山田君]{やまだくん}のように、[怖]{こわ}いもの[知]{し}らず **っていうのにも** 、ちょっと[憧]{あこが}れちゃうけどな...」

「っていうのにも」＝「っていうの + にも」

「の」 is a nominalizer. ⇒ "this thing called 怖いもの知らず (as seen in Yamada)"

「に」 always goes with the verb 「憧れる」 as in 「～～ **に** 憧れる」 = "(I) yearn for ~~",
"(I) long for ~~", etc.

「も」 here is the implicit kind of "also" and I am sure you have seen it before
(because we use it like 80 times a day, literally). The speaker does **_not_**
say what other things he longs for.

Thus, the middle part of your first TL: "Like Yamada, even though **_I said
I'm not afraid of anything_** , I have a little admiration but..." is pretty
much guesslation. The speaker did not **say** anything, and it is not him who
is not afraid. It is Yamada.

Your second TL is much better and is closer to what the original says.

My own attempt:

> "I sorta yearn a bit for the (kind/level of) fearlessness as Yamada's,
> but..."




> 「[山田君]{やまだくん}のように、[怖]{こわ}いもの[知]{し}らず **っていうのにも** 、ちょっと[憧]{あこが}れちゃうけどな...」

「っていうのにも」＝「っていうの + にも」

「の」 is a nominalizer. ⇒ "this thing called 怖いもの知らず (as seen in Yamada)"

「に」 always goes with the verb 「憧れる」 as in 「～～ **に** 憧れる」 = "(I) yearn for ~~",
"(I) long for ~~", etc.

「も」 here is the implicit kind of "also" and I am sure you have seen it before
(because we use it like 80 times a day, literally). The speaker does **_not_**
say what other things he longs for.

Thus, the middle part of your first TL: "Like Yamada, even though **_I said
I'm not afraid of anything_** , I have a little admiration but..." is pretty
much guesslation. The speaker did not **say** anything, and it is not him who
is not afraid. It is Yamada.

Your second TL is much better and is closer to what the original says.

My own attempt:

> "I sorta yearn a bit for the (kind/level of) fearlessness as Yamada's,
> but..."

