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I think it exists becomes some people are small. Small people often need protection as larger people consider them easy targets for abuse.
If you remove the magazine system a lot of weight can be dropped and the gun made even more slender and light. Using a lower powered round like 380 means it can be lighter than a 9mm version could be and will transfer less energy back to the (small) shooter. Holds more rounds than other subcompacts or wheel guns. In most actual person to person encounters reloading simply does not come up, it's over within the first four rounds.
It's not for going to war or protecting your big bunker, it's for your sister because some guy on her block keeps trying to trap her in an alley and you're not there all the time.