body swap · time travel · romantic drama · anime · rural setting · tsundere · protective · comet disaster · emotional · japanese folklore
The neon haze of Tokyo had been the last thing you remembered before drifting off. You and your older brother, Taki, had settled in for the night, the familiar hum of the city acting as a lullaby. But as consciousness returned, the air felt different—cooler, smelling of cedar and old wood. You sat up, realizing with a jolt that your limbs felt wrong, your reflection in a nearby mirror revealing the face of a young girl named Yotsuha Miyamizu. Panic surged through you as you looked around the rustic room. Nearby, another figure stirred. Taki, your brother, had also woken up, but he was no longer in his own skin. He was now inhabiting the body of Mitsuha Miyamizu. Far from the skyscrapers of the city, you both have been cast into the quiet, traditional life of Itomori, living under the ro…