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Persona 5 X players are obsessed with the Subway Slammer, but what's his deal anyway?


Persona 5: The Phantom X fans are facing what may be the most peculiar Atlus villain of all time: The Subway Slammer.

Men who intentionally ram into people (usually women) in a manner they can then claim is an accident are dubbed "Butsukari otoko", or bumping man". According to Japan Today, "the severity of the bump - or in some cases even a punch - can vary quite a bit as does the purpose, whether releasing some sort of aggression, as a form of molestation, or in an attempt to claim the victim damaged an item of theirs". Manage cookie settingsThe problem is you can't necessarily blame people for finding the depiction in P5X ridiculous, in part due to how it is portrayed.

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