> はーあほらし なんか **イイ具合に** 緊張したのにさ まったく俺らなんで付き合い続いてんだろうな 正反対なのに

(since it's from a manga, I put spaces to indicate separated balloons)

Context: two friends have just had a discussion (as they often do) before a
decisive battle against their enemies. One said that he will stop his friend
if he tries to kill people during the battle.
[Here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6liXM.jpg) you can see the pages in question
(the sentence with 具合に is at the beginning of the second page).

I found on a dictionary that よい具合に means 'fortunately', but it doesn't make
sense to me in this case. Even if I translate it as "in a nice way", I still
don't get the meaning. Could it be that the sentence is not connected to the
next one (まったく俺ら...), so I'm not getting the right meaning? My attempt:

> It's ridiculous. Even though we are tense in a nice way(?) and we are the
> exact opposite, why do we continue to be friends?
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translation meaning words syntax manga
Meaning of いい具合に in this sentence
**Edit: The OP has provided additional information which has changed my
answer. What you see now is the new answer. Old answer is further below for
reference.**

Thank you for providing additional information. With more context, the
translation changes a bit.

Note that the conversation in the first page (on the right side) indicates
that there was a tension-breaking moment between the two, where the man in the
black coat (hereinafter Black Coat) said to the man in the white coat
(hereinafter White Coat) "That's fine, you do what you think is right, and
I'll do what I believe is right." Then you can see at the last cut in the
first page that White Coat has relaxed considerably, and is now playfully
basically saying "Dude, you say that now but don't go getting all pissed off
and telling me to get out of your way later, aight?"

Right afterwards is where the conversation you quoted in your original
question takes place. Here, White Coat is playfully lamenting the fact that he
no longer feels as tense as he did moments before, which is kind of
unfortunate because he was just at the right place where he wasn't overly
nervous but he was in high gear and ready to go kick some ass, and also
laments about the fact they are still friend despite being polar opposites,
which he obviously doesn't actually mind.

White Coat's monologue there roughly translates to "Man, I feel so stupid now
(Because he was all worked up, but now the tension's gone). I was in a good
place, too (He was in high gear and ready to kick some ass). " Then he thinks
to himself, 'But that's fine.' Then he says, "Dude… Why are we still even
friends, anyway? We're like polar opposites. You know what, never mind,
whatever. Let's go have a XXXX (An after-party, maybe? I couldn't see the
漢字here, resolution was too low)" The dialogue that follows is evidence that
they are no longer feeling tense, since they are discussing going to McDonalds
after "cleaning up" aka kicking ass. Note that 「まったく」 in this case is a
comment on its own and not a part of another sentence, an expression of
lamentation like "Man…" "Dude…".

* * *

**Old Answer:**

To be more accurate, 「具合」 in itself merely refers to a condition or state of
being. 「いい具合」 can be translated as being convenient, lucky, healthy or happy
depending on the context, but what it literally means is "a good condition" or
"a good state of being". So let's try and apply this to your specific
situation.

"(I was) nervous in a good state of being/condition"? Somewhat awkward, but
you can get a grasp of what they are trying to say. "(I was) nervous, but in a
good way."That person was nervous, but not in the nerve-racking, anxiety
inducing kind of way, but in a more positive way, such as waiting to see what
gift your rich grandparents bought you for your birthday.

From the conversation you provided, it sounds as if the two were anticipating
something good happening, but unfortunately it did not pan out and now they
are playfully taking jabs at each other for it ("Dude, why are we still even
friends?") in a way that only close friends can do.
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I'm not sure the context but I could draw a mental picture as the following.

They are friends. They often have discussion or quarrel with each other. They
have quite different characters but warm to each other.

If they have huge fight, they might part company with each other for ever.
However, they can't go that far. "いい具合に緊張した" have such nuance. "いい具合に = not
too much not too little."

"いい具合に緊張した" is a rhetorical expression. We never use this kind of rhetorical
expression daily.
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I doubt this いい具合 refers to the strength of their tension. I would say this
いい具合に means something like "in a way that is favorable/convenient to me". I
don't know if there are [sentence
adverbs](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/sentence-adverbs) also in
Japanese, but this いい具合に here is semantically closer to "to my joy,"
"thankfully," "luckily," etc. いい感じに also has a similar usage. Such a usage of
いい具合に/いい感じに is fairly slangy.

Judging from the context, the guy in the manga seems to have said いい具合 because
he thought what happened before this scene that made him nervous (a serious
discussion?) was a good chance to build a better relationship between the
other guy.

Examples:

>   * いい具合にいなくなってくれた。  
>  Luckily they disappeared. / They disappeared at a convenient time (to me).
>   * (while playing a video game) よし、いい感じに死んだ。  
>  [The enemy] died (and that made me happy).
>
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I think fortunately is not a good translation of よい具合に in this case.

具合 means "condition", so "in good condition" would be more direct translation.

Well, it can sometimes mean like "fortunately" when the condition is made
accidentally. For example, よい具合に彼に出くわした。 (Fortunately, I bumped into him.)

And, it can also mean nicely or "not too much not too less." For example,
よい具合に焼きあがる。 (It is grilled nicely.) 風呂加減がよい具合だ。(The bath is not too hot not
too tepid.)

In this case, it also means "in good condition", but good in a sense "to make
something happen."

So, in this case, イイ具合に緊張した implies "The relation was strained. It was in
'good/perfect' condition to make them fight or break up."

> はーあほらし

What we were doing was ridiculous.

> なんかイイ具合に緊張したのにさ

Even though we have been tense (enough to break up), but we haven't.

> まったく俺らなんで付き合い続いてんだろうな

I wonder why we continue to be friends?

> 正反対なのに

even though we are the exact opposite.
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