「対なすもの。あるいはその中間」
Well, I don't quite get this 「対なすもの」... Does it perhaps stand for 'something with no counterpart'?
And what could they mean by 「その中間」?
I'll be glad if somebody explains.

Just in case, here's the full text this came from:

ある時、無から有が現れた。
同一軸より生じた双子は、不思議な運命を共有する。
失われた半身を求めて、どこまでもどこまでも追い続ける。
光を超えて――。
無限を超えて――。
対なすもの。あるいはその中間。
男と女。仮面の落とした影。老賢人に添う太母。
道化を装う英雄。朱と青。その中間。
すべてを掌握するもの。全てであり全てでないもの。
三位一体。神でも悪魔でもないもの。
アイツは……どこだ？

Thank you.Thanks, Hiro. I think I kind of understand the meaning of these words now. However (my bad, should've said this from the very beginning... sorry) I'm still not sure how exactly should this phrase (「対なすもの。あるいはその中間」) be translated. What I mean is, e.g... Does something rather literal like 'A pair. Or rather, something inbetween' sounds like an acceptable translation to you Japanese speakers? Or would you prefer to put it in some completely different way?

p.s. Yes, it is from 'Remember11 - the age of infinity -'. :)That's not true, Hiro, I perfectly understood your previous examples (and the concept of "something which is in the middle ground between two extremes"). It's just that still, no matter how I look at the phrase it seemed pretty... vague\strange to me, so I wanted some additional clarification.
Now, however, I can close this all right. Thanks again. :)

Question

「対なすもの。あるいはその中間」
Well, I don't quite get this 「対なすもの」... Does it perhaps stand for 'something with no counterpart'?
And what could they mean by 「その中間」?
I'll be glad if somebody explains.

Just in case, here's the full text this came from:

ある時、無から有が現れた。
同一軸より生じた双子は、不思議な運命を共有する。
失われた半身を求めて、どこまでもどこまでも追い続ける。
光を超えて――。
無限を超えて――。
対なすもの。あるいはその中間。
男と女。仮面の落とした影。老賢人に添う太母。
道化を装う英雄。朱と青。その中間。
すべてを掌握するもの。全てであり全てでないもの。
三位一体。神でも悪魔でもないもの。
アイツは……どこだ？

Thank you.Thanks, Hiro. I think I kind of understand the meaning of these words now. However (my bad, should've said this from the very beginning... sorry) I'm still not sure how exactly should this phrase (「対なすもの。あるいはその中間」) be translated. What I mean is, e.g... Does something rather literal like 'A pair. Or rather, something inbetween' sounds like an acceptable translation to you Japanese speakers? Or would you prefer to put it in some completely different way?

p.s. Yes, it is from 'Remember11 - the age of infinity -'. :)That's not true, Hiro, I perfectly understood your previous examples (and the concept of "something which is in the middle ground between two extremes"). It's just that still, no matter how I look at the phrase it seemed pretty... vague\strange to me, so I wanted some additional clarification.
Now, however, I can close this all right. Thanks again. :)

Answer

'Remember11 -the age of infinity-'?? I feel this text is like poem and prayer.

「対をなすもの」= pair, Taoism
「あるいはその中間」= not either, middle, halfway, intermediate...etc

白と黒は対をなす。しかしグレーはどちらにも属さない
 White and black is pair, but gray is not either.

仕事と家庭は対をなす、あるいはその中間(人生)。
Job and family is pair, there is life balance in middle.

Male and female, or  the one in the middle. 
 Mask and shade,  or  the one in the middle.
 Old sage and great mother,  or  the one in the middle.
 Clown and hero, or  the one in the middle.
 Red and blue, or  the one in the middle.
 God and evil, or  the one in the middle.

World has gray zone, not right or wrong. 
I not play game. But this poem is very deep.

Answer

Sorry, I might have confused you. Because my english is poor.
'A pair. Or rather, something in between' =「対なすもの。あるいはその中間」

чета = 対なすもの(a-b)
или не пара  = あるいはその中間(a-?-b), что-то, половина, ромежуточный, промежуточный

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