Help with a sentence from manga でもあの様子だとワザとってわけじゃなさそうだし


> でもあの様子だとワザとってわけじゃなさそうだし...

My translation (which is probably not complete and even wrong) is this:

> _But if that's the situation it doesn't seem like it is a trick._

However I'm not sure what the だと, ワザ, とってわけ, and し mean here or if I got them
right. Is the だと functioning as a conditional? Also if ワザ means trick, what's
the point of writing it in Katakana? I've actually noticed a few words that
are usually written in hiragana but that appear in katakana throughout the
manga. Regarding the とってわけ part I'm lost there and couldn't find anything in
Google. Lastly, I read somewhere that the しat the end could mean "so", is that
right?




This is how you should parse the sentence

> でも、(あの様子だと) (ワザと) (って) (わけじゃなさそうだ) し
>
> But, if that's case, it seems unlikely that it is done on purpose.

だと - Yes you are right, it is a と conditional. It works for nouns. You can
learn more about this
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/52928/).

ワザと - An adverb meaning "on purpose." と fossilized in this word. Katakana is
probably used for emphasis. It is almost like using bold or italics in
English.

ってわけじゃなさそうだ - って is short for という and it is used to modify わけ. You understand
what わけじゃない means, right?

し - reason marker




This is how you should parse the sentence

> でも、(あの様子だと) (ワザと) (って) (わけじゃなさそうだ) し
>
> But, if that's case, it seems unlikely that it is done on purpose.

だと - Yes you are right, it is a と conditional. It works for nouns. You can
learn more about this
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/52928/).

ワザと - An adverb meaning "on purpose." と fossilized in this word. Katakana is
probably used for emphasis. It is almost like using bold or italics in
English.

ってわけじゃなさそうだ - って is short for という and it is used to modify わけ. You understand
what わけじゃない means, right?

し - reason marker

