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A guy desperately needs a bathroom, finds a nice man on a bench, and this somehow becomes a wrestling adventure shot like found footage crossed with a fever dream. The animation is intentionally broken, the plot refuses to hold a shape, the censoring is absurd, and the soundtrack slaps hard enough to make you question what you're even watching. If you've ever loved something specifically because it failed in exactly the right way, this OVA knows what you came for.
SYNOPSIS
A desperate sprint to the bathroom brings prep school student Masaki Michishita face-to-face with Takakazu Abe, an attractive stranger lounging on a park bench. When Abe locks eyes with him and casually suggests a wrestling match, Masaki finds himself powerless to refuse. His weakness for charming men has always gotten him into trouble, and this chance encounter proves no exception. What begins as a simple grappling session quickly spirals into something far stranger and more unpredictable. Masaki discovers that Abe operates by his own peculiar logic, where normal social rules don't quite apply. As their interaction unfolds across the OVA's runtime, the line between playful wrestling and genuine weirdness blurs considerably. The humor derives from Masaki's increasingly desperate attempts to navigate this bizarre situation while fighting against his own attraction and poor decision-making. It's absurdist comedy that thrives on awkward chemistry and the absurd escalation of an encounter that should have remained forgettable. Viewers seeking offbeat humor with a distinctly Japanese comedic sensibility will find plenty to laugh at here.
