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so, like... how the fuck does に work exactly? there are times when it doesn't impede my understanding and there's times where it completely fucks me. like, in what direction does the information move when nouns and verbs are connected to ni?

idk if this will make sense, but here it goes:
in instances when adverbs/adverbial nouns/whatever show up like 明らかに、完全に、正直に、ように etc. i always have this sense that the information is moving seamlessly from left>right/ top>down.

but in cases like just recently i found:
直は、いそいそと着替えを取りに部屋に戻った。

or

おそらく、俺に会いに東京に来た最大の目的が、こうして俺の協力を取り付けることだったからだろう。

or hell, in simpler cases like にする、になる, i feel like the information is moving in reverse, or rather i feel the need to need to walk the information backwards to make it make sense to me.

noun(non location) + ni + verb tends to feel like tends to feel like を at times, i know it's not, so that mades me even more confused.

any insight on this?

inb4 read more because im going to be doing that anyway, i just thought maybe a hint would be helpful

mfw i see obese girls waterfalling fat rolls