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Receiving a treating as with 〜れる

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Cocoa wonders why it is that she didn’t like coffee before, but she’s crazy about the coffee Chino makes.

チノ:
「でもココアさんは(あじ)(ちが)いわからないじゃないですか」
“But you don't know the difference in taste, right?”
「ただのカフェイン中毒(ちゅうどく)ですよ」
“That makes it just a caffine addiction.”
ココア:
中毒(ちゅうどく)(あつか)いされた…」
“I got treated like an addict...”

Key Points

  1. 中毒(ちゅうどく)(あつか)いされた = “I got treated like an addict”

    • (あつか) after a noun means treating, labeling, or classifying someone as that thing.

    • Cocoa is reacting to Chino’s カフェイン中毒(ちゅうどく) comment as if Chino has labeled her an addict.

  2. (あつか)いする → Ⓐ(あつか)いされる

    • (あつか)いする means “to treat someone as Ⓐ” or “to regard someone as Ⓐ”.

    • The receptive form (あつか)いされる means “to be treated as Ⓐ”.

  3. された is the past receptive of する

    • する becomes される, and in past tense された.

    • The sentence focuses on Cocoa receiving the treatment, not on Chino as the person doing it.

  4. Omitted subject: Cocoa is the receiver

    • A fuller version would be 私が 中毒(ちゅうどく)(あつか)いされた or 私は …, depending on emphasis.

    • The line leaves out because the reaction is thought by Cocoa herself.

  5. Do not split the as sentence-ending

    • In (あつか)いされた, the begins された, the receptive past of する.

    • The structure is 中毒(ちゅうどく)(あつか)い + された, not (あつか)い + さ.