> 何で高校の制服。。?

Why I got to wear a high school uniform?

最高に似合ってる

It fits you the best!

And the answer is

> 感想を求めたんじゃないんだよな

What is the purpose of んじゃないんだin this sentence? I guess he saying he didn't
ask for the other impressions?
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verbs particle-の negation
Use of んじゃないんだ in this sentence
In this sentence, there are two
[explanatory-の](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/5398/5010) used in a row.
The first one is used with ない. A very literal translation would be "It's that
it's not that I asked for your impression".

  * 感想を求めた **ん** じゃない **ん** だよな  
感想を求めた **の** ではない **の** だ(よな)

The first の(ではない) indicates 感想を求めた is a reason/explanation for the previous
context, so it's somewhat like "(not) _because_ I wanted your 感想". From
[Tofugu: んだ・んです](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese-grammar/explanatory-nda-
ndesu-noda-nodesu/):

> Adding an explanatory tone is one of the most common features of んだ.

And the second の(だ) is used to convince the listener or resolve a
misunderstanding. An English equivalent might be "Hey", "Come on", "I tell
you" or something. From the same article:

> んだ can be used to fill in the gap of understanding between you and your
> listener not only when your listener is missing some information, but also
> when they’re misunderstanding something.

So to put the original sentence very verbosely, 感想を求めたんじゃないんだよな is like "Hey
you're misunderstanding, (the reason I said "何で高校の制服?") is not because I
wanted your impression!" Of course something like "I didn't asked it!" is
usually enough as an English translation.
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