by Samurai23
Two middle-aged men.Two different lives.One mistake. One night, something goes wrong.They wake up in each other’s lives.Not bodies.Lives. Different country.Different language.Different people depending on them. No explanation.No reason.Just a life that isn’t theirs. And the longer they live it—the more something feels wrong.Because in another man’s life,they begin to see it.The truth.What they were running from. And when this ends—what will be left of them? Author’s Note:“Ossan” is a casual Japanese word for a middle-aged man.This story was originally written in Japanese and is also available on Kakuyomu. The English version is translated with the help of AI, so please forgive any awkward phrasing. I hope you enjoy the story. 《Updated Mon / Thu / Sat》
| # | Title | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prologue - The Changeling Incident | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 1 — The Night Something Changed | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 2 — The Man on the Other Side of the World | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 3 — When the Lights Crossed | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 4 — The Wrong Morning | 0 |
| 6 | Chapter 5 — My Wife Thinks I’m a Japanese Doctor | 0 |
| 7 | Chapter 6 — My Neighbor Thinks I'm an Australian Surfer | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 7 — My Wife Thinks I Need a Psychiatrist | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 8 — Vegemite Is Not Food | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 9 — Natto Is Worse Than Vegemite | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 10 — Kendo Hurts More Than Natto | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 11 — I Tried Surfing… Then My Ex-Wife Rejected Me | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 12 — My Ex-Wife Destroyed Me… Then I Got Attacked by Australian Barbecue | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 13 — Kendo Nearly Killed Me… Now I Have to Be a Doctor | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 14 — I’m Not Even a Doctor… But I Just Dealt With a Crazy Patient | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 15 — I’m a Doctor—So Why Am I Running a Company With a Hangover? | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 16 — I’m Not a CEO… So I Apologized Instead | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 17 — We Almost Met | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 18 — While One Tried to Go Back, the Other Moved On | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 19 — I Asked About His Kids… Big Mistake | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 20 — I Got Punched by Sons That Aren’t Mine | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 21 — I Tried Kendo… Now I’m Forced Into a Tournament | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 22 — I Thought This Was Just Another Match… Why Is Everyone Cheering? | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter23 — We Finally Met in the Dream… and Somehow Started Merging?! | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 24— I Tried Emailing My Old Self… and Someone Actually Replied?! | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 25— I Finally Got Through to Him… and Then My Phone Rang | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 26 — We Finally Talked… and Something Was Already Wrong | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 27 — We Tried to Meet… But Real Life Got in the Way | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 28 — Same New Year… Completely Different Lives | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 29 — Hangover vs Kendo Hell | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 30 — This Was Supposed to Change Everything | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 31 — What If I Never Go Back? | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 32 — What If I Was Wrong? | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 33 — I Was Wrong. And They Knew It. | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 34 — I Thought I Was Strong. I Was Wrong. | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 35 — Corporate Coup. One Day Left. | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 36 — One Day Left. I Choose to Fight. | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 37 — I Might Lose Everything Today | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 38 — Interlude: Once Upon a Time… (Not Really) | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 39 — Finn’s Day Off | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 40 — I Thought I’d Moved On… Then the Ocean Called Me | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 41 — I Tried to Surf Again… Something Was Off | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 42 — Kenichiro’s Day Off | 0 |
| 44 | Chapter 43 — I Wasn’t Supposed to Miss Kendo… But I Did | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 44 — Something I Thought I’d Lost… Was Still There | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 45 — The White Dream Returned | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 46 — The Day the World Felt Too Quiet | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 47 — I Was Still Me | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 48 — Maybe Happiness Was Never About the Life Itself | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 49 — And Then They Woke Up | 0 |
| 51 | Chapter 50 — The Same World, A Different Man | 0 |
| 52 | Chapter 51 — Maybe I Finally Learned How to Breathe | 0 |
| 53 | Chapter 52 — Meaning Was Never Waiting for Them | 0 |
| 54 | Chapter 53 — The Day I Stopped Fighting Myself | 0 |
| 55 | Chapter 54 — The Waves Never Return the Same | 0 |
| 56 | Chapter 55 — Two Men, One Table | 0 |
| 57 | Chapter 56 — Maybe It Was Just a Fairy’s Prank | 0 |
| 58 | Epilogue — The Changeling Incident | 0 |
