The body-swap gimmick isn't window dressing, it's the fastest way to make two people who'd never talk actually understand each other. Yamada and Urara develop real chemistry because the premise forces them to live each other's lives, not just exchange knowing glances across a classroom. Twelve episodes compress what should be a longer series, but the romance moves at genuine speed, building from antagonism to something that actually matters, with a cast that grows alongside them instead of staying decorative.
Ryu Yamada, a second-year at Suzaku High, picked the school so no one would know his past as a violent delinquent, but boredom has pulled him back into laziness, fights and terrible grades. Urara Shiraishi is the opposite: a beautiful honors student and the brightest at the school. When the two fall down a staircase together, their lips meet and they swap bodies. They soon learn that a kiss lets them trade places whenever they like, a power that proves both handy and troublesome. Toranosuke Miyamura, a student council officer and the only member of the Supernatural Studies Club, recruits them, and the eccentric Miyabi Itou joins soon after. Together the club learns of a legend about seven female students, the Seven Witches, each holding a different power triggered by a kiss, and sets out to find out who they are. The result mixes comedy, romance and supernatural mystery.
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