So recently, I stumbled about a sentence that caused me an interrogation while reading a web novel. The said sentence goes like this : レイリをいらないと決めたのは彼らだ
I did not have struggle to understand what it means and I analyzed it as follow (I will provide step by step translation to illustrate better what is causing me trouble) : レイリを for marking the object (Layli) いらないと決めた (decided that she was not needed) のは彼らだ (it is them). So if we put the pieces together, "it is them who decided that Layli was not needed". However you will notice that according to this analysis the を particle doesn't apply to いらない since I know 要るis an intransitive verb that should not be able to be marked by this particle. Thus, I thought the を applies to 決めた as this one is a transitive verb that can be marked with this particle. Then いらない would just be the thing that is 決めた by the 彼ら of this sentence as shown by the use of a と after it.
Still I was curious if it would be possible to analyze this sentence like this : レイリをいらない (we don't need Layli) と決めた (decided) のは彼らだ (it is them). So if we translate this in a way that sounds a bit unnatural in English but that illustrates the point I want to make : It is them who decided "We don't need Layli". Still I know that 要る isn't supposed to take を so I asked Chat GPT's opinion about this sentence. According to it 要る can actually take を even though it is technically listed as an intransitive verb and gave examples like お金を要る (which would be : I need money). I explained to it my interpretation and said that "both interpretations were okay". Still I kind of think that Chat Gpt told me bullshit and that 要る cannot take を and that, therefore, only the first interpretation is correct. Still I have doubts because I know that sometimes colloquial Japanese can mess things up a little like people saying "を食べたい" whereas it should actually be "が食べたい" since this form isn't supposed to take the を particle.
Therefore, I am asking to people with more experience than me whether を要る is correct, colloquial or simply does not exist.
by GibonDuGigroin