～とは関係なく - ~is unrelated? Regardless of~?


Sorry for another silly question so soon. :S

>
> マジかよ。本当にユーがやったのか？だとしたら、俺が探している犯人はユーなのか？いや、京子ちゃんの事件は連続殺人事件とは別件なのだろうか？だから生き残ることが出来たとしたら？逆に、俺の事件が連続殺人とは関係なく、連続殺人の犯人がユー？

For quick context, the main character (who's thinking the above) and Kyoko
both respectively happened upon a murder (so two different cases) perpetrated
by what is believed to be a serial killer. Yu is a good friend of the main
character. The main character is asking Kyoko about the murder she witnessed
(and barely managed to survive) and she's saying that the killer looked just
like Yu which the main character refuses to believe, cue the above exposition.

I'm having a hard time pinpointing the exact meaning of とは関係なく here. So the
character ponders with the idea that Kyoko's case may have been an isolated
incident not connected to the serial murders which is why she managed to
survive. Then he entertains the idea that Yu may have been the serial killer.

  1. He says 逆に here but I'm not exactly sure if I'm supposed to read this as（それとも）逆に, contrasting the previous statement（京子の事件は別件なのだろう？それとも僕の事件が別件なのだろう？）or if this is some sort of continuation of the previous statement and I'm interpreting 逆に wrong. If it's contrastive, my next question is redundant.

  2. How am I to understand とは関係なく here? Is it "On the contrary, the case I was involved in doesn't have anything to do with the serial killings and Yu is the serial murder?" or is it "On the contrary, regardless of my case having to do with the serial killings, is Yu the serial killer?" (doesn't make any sense but at this point I'm completely lost on this whole scene anyway).

The way I see it とは関係なく can have two different meanings, "~is unrelated" and
"regardless" and I'd lean towards the former translation for the sentence
above but as I said, the 逆に is throwing me off here.




I’m not sure I get the context right.

Let

  * A = 俺の事件 
  * B = 京子の事件
  * C = 連続殺人事件.

Now `京子ちゃんの事件は連続殺人事件とは別件なのだろうか？` means the speaker's suspect B ≠ C and
`俺の事件が連続殺人とは関係なく` means A ≠ C. These make contrast whence 逆に. It is more or
less _**or**_ here.

関係なく here is used synonymously with 別件(だ), that is _**to be unrelated**_.

The passage describes the following line of thoughts:

  * The first sentence seemingly assumes A = C, and ユー is the murderer for both;
  * The second means B ≠ C, whence 京子 survived;
  * the third, A ≠ C, ユー is the murderer for C.




I’m not sure I get the context right.

Let

  * A = 俺の事件 
  * B = 京子の事件
  * C = 連続殺人事件.

Now `京子ちゃんの事件は連続殺人事件とは別件なのだろうか？` means the speaker's suspect B ≠ C and
`俺の事件が連続殺人とは関係なく` means A ≠ C. These make contrast whence 逆に. It is more or
less _**or**_ here.

関係なく here is used synonymously with 別件(だ), that is _**to be unrelated**_.

The passage describes the following line of thoughts:

  * The first sentence seemingly assumes A = C, and ユー is the murderer for both;
  * The second means B ≠ C, whence 京子 survived;
  * the third, A ≠ C, ユー is the murderer for C.

