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Gravure idol and cosplayer Minami Awa (29) reported on October 1 via X (formerly Twitter) that she’d been targeted by a “bump attacker” (butsukari-ya — people, often men, who deliberately slam into pedestrians, frequently targeting women) at Tokyo Station. She said the man was slim and short, and that she, weighing 70kg, came out the clear winner — he staggered back, glared at her, and walked off. Her line “I didn’t eat all this for nothing” caught attention online, and on 5ch a debate broke out over whether it was really a deliberate attack or just an accidental collision.
10/1 (Thu) 11:47
Gravure idol, cosplayer, and talent Minami Awa (29) updated her X account by the 1st, revealing she’d been the target of a bumping incident.
She reported, “I ran into a bump attacker at Tokyo Station today.” She explained further: “As it happens, he was a somewhat slim, short guy, so at 70kg I won easily. He went flying back a little, glared at me, and walked off.” She addressed her followers: “Tough luck for him — I didn’t eat all this for nothing. Everyone, watch out for bump attackers too.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
Nobody beats a sumo wrestler in a collision.
what's even the deal with that?
Doesn't look like 70kg at all.
I don't think he'd have picked her, no?
Isn't 158cm/70kg actually the perfect build to bump into?
Too light and he'd worry about hurting her,
any bigger and he'd risk hurting himself.
Even if it turns out to be made up, it kind of makes me want to root for her.
got bounced right back. The catcher was Kagawa of the Nankai Hawks.
Couldn't it be that she was the one staring at her phone and he just bounced off her?
Is it really okay to just assume he was a 'bump attacker'?
And it's pretty questionable whether it even really happened.
Guess that says something classy about her, in a way.
She looked so different from her promo photo that people thought she hadn't arrived yet.
A cute chubby girl is rarer and arguably more popular, don't you think?
She's definitely got good looks, no question.
Then again, maybe being heavier is actually part of her appeal.
Background and Key Points of This Story
“Bump attackers” (butsukari-ya) have become a recurring social phenomenon in recent years, repeatedly covered in the news and on social media as people — often men — deliberately slamming into women on the street, so complaints like this aren’t unusual on their own. What split opinion in this thread was the fact that Awa’s post is a one-sided account. Aside from her own explanation, there’s no way to confirm whether the man really targeted her on purpose or simply wasn’t looking where he was going and brushed past her. On 5ch, skeptical voices calling it “probably just an accidental bump” appeared alongside more favorable takes calling it “a clever way to turn her build into a selling point.” As the headline notes, it’s also worth keeping in mind that Awa previously had a handshake event cancelled due to zero attendees, which has led some to suspect this story was cooked up for publicity given her relatively low profile.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “70kg Gravure Idol Reports Crushing a ‘Bump Attacker’ at the Station: ‘I Didn’t Eat All This for Nothing’ — Previously Had a Handshake Event Cancelled Due to Zero Fans.”
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