After a couple of years off, the creators finally dropped a third season of this show, oddly titled with 2024 in it for some reason I genuinely can't figure out. The story basically picks up right where things left off, following our lead Mobu as he keeps trying to survive inside this whole BL universe, just another character desperately trying not to fall for another guy. Season two left us with his relationship with Kikuchi, and this season kicks off right as Kikuchi heads off to university, which means Mobu's single again and honestly couldn't be happier about it. With six episodes, each running about 23 minutes, this is a quick, easy watch. Now that Mobu's back to being single, he's got to stay alert for every signal or trope that could end up pulling him into another relationship with a guy if he's not careful. So across these episodes, we watch him run into two of these signals per episode through the people around him and how they end up falling for each ...
A-Bu, a single gay man in his 40s, with his sharp wit and humour, is the owner of a gay bathhouse Mermaid Sauna. He has two employees: a young 22 year old university student Xiao Chi who is works there so he gets free nude models to draw and Hua Hua, a beautiful and very flirtatious female who has a complicated love life because of her continues seductive charms on every guy. Xiao has a girlfriend who like shim very much but he is a very shy guy and doesn't know much about love or anything. One night the trip are partying and they end the night drinking up a special sake. Next day they wake up and are mortified to find that their bodies have swapped. Xiao Chi is now in A-Bu’s body, A-Bu is in Hua Hua’s body, while Hua Hua has transferred to Xiao Chi’s body. They don't know how to reverse the effects and since they are stuck in a different body, they have to get used to a new routine and life based on in twos body they are. Each character goes through his/her journey. Xiao Chi realizes his love for his girlfriend, A-Bu ends up meeting the possible love of his life and Hua Hua understands what she wants from life. Of course, the end is happy where they manage. To get their hands on the special sake to get their lives back to normal.
The one things that stands out about this show is the leads and how good actors they are. They do an amazing job of keeping their original personality but also modifying it based on who they become after soul swap and this is what makes it very exciting. Expectedly, the humor is goofy and whacky and you can't take it seriously but it does end up bringing a chuckle and a smile. It did for me at least. The show does try to stereotype each of the characters traits in the beginning but thankfully towards the later half of the show we see good growth in their arcs. Every once in a while, we see hints of hidden depth that go beyond their intended archetypes. But again these are not meant to be taken seriously by us as audience. The budding romances are half baked, be it with a wanna painter or the rich and handsome young man. But still there is a certain charm in the way they were developed. We do get to see a few kissing scenes and some hot bodies, but other than that the show is pretty PG, with a mix of gay-straight characters and scenes.
Overall, a decent show shot with two possible endings with a subtle difference. It was a decent timepass that did bring a smile to my face. (5.5/10)
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