Usage of という話に。。。


I'm reading a manga where the character is shocked at how quickly he has
leveled up. He says:

> ただ。。。ありえないほど伸びてる。。。これじゃあ僕のこれまでの半月は一体何だったんだ **という話に。。。**

I'm interested in this usage of ending a sentence with という話に but I'm uncertain
on the meaning. Is this a common pattern? Should we assume the
ellipsis/missing words implies something along the lines of という話になるだろう ?

And is it accurate to translate this roughly as:

> It's just... I'm growing an insane amount... Now people will be talking
> about what the hell I've been up to this past half month.

Basically does the 話 here mean the character will be the subject of talk by
other people?




Yes it's short for ～という話になる(だろう), which is a colloquial set phrase that means
"amounts to ～", "would effectively mean ～", "leads to the conclusion that ～",
or something like these. In other words, it's almost the same as
[～ということになる](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/%EF%BD%9E%E3%81%A8%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E3%81%93%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AB%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8B%E3%80%82).

> これじゃあ僕のこれまでの半月は一体何だったんだという話に(なる)。
>
> It makes me wonder what the hell I've been up to this past half month.  
>  It effectively means my efforts for the last half month have been
> meaningless.

～という話だ is used in the same way. Do not take this 話 too literally. See also:
[Meaning of
どんだけお人好しなんですかって話ですよね](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/21064/5010) /
[みすぎって in the phrase
韓国たのしみすぎって話](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/57726/5010)




Yes it's short for ～という話になる(だろう), which is a colloquial set phrase that means
"amounts to ～", "would effectively mean ～", "leads to the conclusion that ～",
or something like these. In other words, it's almost the same as
[～ということになる](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/%EF%BD%9E%E3%81%A8%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E3%81%93%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AB%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8B%E3%80%82).

> これじゃあ僕のこれまでの半月は一体何だったんだという話に(なる)。
>
> It makes me wonder what the hell I've been up to this past half month.  
>  It effectively means my efforts for the last half month have been
> meaningless.

～という話だ is used in the same way. Do not take this 話 too literally. See also:
[Meaning of
どんだけお人好しなんですかって話ですよね](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/21064/5010) /
[みすぎって in the phrase
韓国たのしみすぎって話](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/57726/5010)

