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I was translating some lines earlier and I ran into a snag after the speaker
said this:

その言葉は重くて、遊びで戦っているのではない事だけは俺にも伝わりました。

My main problem comes from the 遊びで戦っている part and I'd like to confirm that I'm
reading this right.

What I'm seeing is that the speaker's saying that that he understood, from a
mentor's words (that he overheard a few seconds ago), that they are fighting
despite not liking it?

Addendum: Or it also mean that they're not fighting as a game/for the hell of
it? Because the whole point of this scene is that the speaker has realized
that everyone around him has a reason to why they're fighting in the first
place.

Is this interpretation correct?

Thanks for the help.
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Need small clarification regarding this use of 遊び
Your latter interpretation is correct. "遊びで戦っているのではない" basically means
"本気で戦っている". Without context, it is hard to infer whether they like the fight
or not, though.
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