Understanding 北野武 「全思考」 I was reading an excerpt from this book and it read something like this: > **** > > () > > > > **** Here are my questions: 1. `` is just ``, similar to the one explained here, right? 2. What is the of the sentence``I would translate it as "It's not that I'm showing off (here). Even if I (myself) become like that (i.e., ), I would/will feel the same (i.e., )." I don't understand it because the author doesn't seem to be showing off or being pretentious. Or am I not noticing something? P.S.: I can remove the if you think it's necessary to finding the .

1. Yes, this is like "also" or "even".
2. The subject of is in general. Here refers to saying ("I'm suffering") even though they objectively seem highly successful and happy. The author thinks a successful celebrity saying such a thing may seem pretentious or contrived, but he is saying that the pain successful people are feeling is a real one, not a feigned one.