The Beauty's False Accusation Slap

This happened a few years ago.
It was on a morning commuter train heading into the city.
It was the usual scene, packed with salarymen and office ladies.

That day, a rustling sound could be heard from somewhere in the car.
It sounded like someone's earphones were leaking sound.


Then suddenly, a woman in her mid-thirties, slightly chubby and dressed in somewhat dowdy clothes, shouted, "It's noisy!"
For a moment, the train car went silent.

And then, that chubby woman suddenly slapped the young girl standing next to her.

The sound of the slap echoed around, and the air in the vicinity froze.

The person who was hit was a fair-skinned, Japanese-style beauty in her early twenties who looked like Dan Mitsu.

The beauty who was hit wasn't even wearing earphones; it was a completely false accusation.
She stood there stunned, holding her cheek, with tears welling up in her eyes.
Then, she finally managed to say, "I-it wasn't me."

However, the woman who did the hitting remained angry and refused to listen.

Then, the middle-aged men around them all started to defend the beauty at once.
They berated the chubby woman who had hit her, saying things like, "What are you doing!", "You've got the wrong person!", and "This girl isn't even wearing earphones."

However, the woman didn't even apologize; she just snorted, "Hmph," and stomped off the train at the next station.

The men were doing their best to comfort the beauty as she wiped away her tears.
"Are you okay?", "What a terrible person."


What an absurdity. Poor Dan Mitsu-like beauty.
I hope she doesn't get traumatized by this...

But if it had been me who was hit, would the men have defended me in the same way?
There's a high chance they would have just looked the other way.

If that happened, what should I do?
Should I cry, or should I swing the bag I'm holding to fight back?

Various things happen in the confined space of a commuter train.
When I told my colleagues about it at work,
"It feels like a microcosm of human nature, doesn't it?" they said.

If you divide people into those who get defended and those who don't, unfortunately, I'm sure I fall into the latter category.

A middle-aged woman who is neither beautiful nor young, and who looks like she leaks sound.
It's me! Eek!