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「......てめえ、覚えてろよ」
「女の子はそんな言葉遣いしちゃ駄目よ。そうそう、仕上げにこれをつけてちょうだい」
「あ？」
士道は眉をひそめながら、琴里から絆創膏のようなものを受け取った。
「それをのどに貼り付けてみて」
Context: the first speaker is the brother (士道) and the second speaker the sister (琴里). The sister forced her brother to dress as a girl. And she gave him a device for him to stick to his throat, so that the brother’s voice could change into a girl’s voice.
Hi. What is the function of the に in 仕上げに? Is the に the same as として? Or does the に indicate purpose? Thank you.
This に is a role/function marker ("as" or "for" in English). 仕上げにこれをつける means "to put/use this as a finishing touch". 仕上げに is indeed interchangeable with 仕上げとして (although I feel the latter is a bit verbose in a casual sentence like this).
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