Possible interpretation? The use of 脅かされる in this sentence


So, I came across a line in a manga that I'm interpreting in two ways. There's
the main character who gets cornered by a monster, and the MC is vexed because
he was weakened from a previous fight and can't believe that he monster is
about to cause damage to him, when usually the MC would have finished it off
easy. MC says:

> 腹立たしい 腹立たしい 弱者のように脅かされるのは

After this he says nothing, he gets up, very determined and kills the monster,
not wanting to die there.

Now, I think he says "It's so annoying...so annoying. To be threatened like a
weakling" But, I also thought of another way which I don't know if it is right
and maybe needs to be rephrased in another way. ""It's so annoying...so
annoying. The one who should be getting threatened (or scared) like a weakling
should be..." Would this sound okay? I feel that the MC could say that "It
should be you (monsters) that should cower in fear", something like that. Can
this interpenetration work or the sentence needs to be rephrased? I would like
to know if it's a possibility!

Thank you!




"It's so annoying...so annoying. To be threatened like a weakling" sounds
adequate. "It's so annoying...so annoying. The one who should be getting
threatened (or scared) like a weakling should be..." does not. If I were
writing a manga and wanted to convey the latter, I would either write it out
as a full sentence (弱者のように脅かされるのは[whatever the MC refers to the monster
as]であるべきだというのに) or at least write 弱者のように脅かされる **べき** は, with べき to denote that
the situation of the monster being frightened is not happening at the moment
of speech but rather how the thing _should_ be.

Hence, I believe the only possible interpretation is your first one.




"It's so annoying...so annoying. To be threatened like a weakling" sounds
adequate. "It's so annoying...so annoying. The one who should be getting
threatened (or scared) like a weakling should be..." does not. If I were
writing a manga and wanted to convey the latter, I would either write it out
as a full sentence (弱者のように脅かされるのは[whatever the MC refers to the monster
as]であるべきだというのに) or at least write 弱者のように脅かされる **べき** は, with べき to denote that
the situation of the monster being frightened is not happening at the moment
of speech but rather how the thing _should_ be.

Hence, I believe the only possible interpretation is your first one.

