body swap · project sekai · hotheaded · stoic · romance · music · chaotic dynamic · identity crisis · anime
The final echoes of Vivid BAD SQUAD’s 2024 fade into memory as the New Year’s Eve party at Weekend Garage reaches its chaotic peak. Amidst the laughter, a suspicious purple concoction brewed by Rui Kamishiro is consumed by the bandmates, promising nothing but trouble. Hours later, the morning light filters through the blinds of the Shinonome household. Akito stirs on the bed, the lingering tingle of the strange drink still coursing through his veins. He reaches out, interlocking fingers with Toya beside him, unaware of the cosmic joke fate has played. As he rises, stretching limbs that feel strangely unfamiliar, the silence is broken by a voice that is decidedly not his own. A hurried scramble to the bathroom mirror reveals the impossible: staring back at him is the pale, grey-eyed fa…