The name “Kokoro Connect” stuck with me ever since I first heard it.
It’s short, memorable, gets the general vibe and idea of the story across. “Kokoro Connect” always felt to me like the perfect title. I never watched it but the aesthetic of the anime stood out to me, but not nearly as much as the name.
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In the second arc, they would randomly speak their inner thoughts out loud for the world to hear, which, again, leads to inevitable conflict between them.Kokoro Connect is a series I’ve been aware of since 2013, when I got into anime. I won’t spoil you any more that what I’ve already said, but how things turned out in the end was pretty good. This meant they have to decide who will die with Iori’s body. In the first arc’s end, Nagase Iori’s life hangs in the balance and Heartseed gives them the power to change personalities at their command. Now she’s caught between antagonizing her friends and keeping all the stress in.Īfter a few episodes focusing on character development via the body switching, Heartseed declares his boredom and takes matters in his own hands. The logic here is that since they are the ones closest to her, they’re also the ones who can hurt her the most. For Inaba, her best friends also happen to be her worst enemies. The thought of people taking control of her body, most of the time without her consent or supervision, is driving her nuts. This is due to her innate trait of not trusting anyone no matter what. But it didn’t take long before someone broke, Inaba being the first. They were able to manage the switching for awhile. They tried to retaliate violently, but to no avail. He leaves everyone with the tip that there will be other phenomena that will occur randomly, but will end once he gets his amusement. His reasons? Their bunch fascinated him, and that he had a grand time with this experiment he did on a whim. Later on, it is revealed to them that a certain supernatural being called Heartseed is the cause of everything. The guys, on the other hand, are enjoying their stay in the girls’ (though nothing perverted is suggested, which means, it’s all up to your imagination! Lol.) It’s pretty funny at this point since the girls are awkward taking control of the boys’ bodies, feeling disgusted when having the urge to go to the restroom. And after days of randomly experiencing this phenomenon between the five of them, they agreed it could happen just about anywhere and anytime so they devised countermeasures. But in the next day, Inaba, Chihiro and Yui had a three-way body swap. Things went back to normal after 30 minutes. To have the short of it, he became Iori Nagase. Meanwhile, Iori Nagase went out to get her notebook in the classroom, and protagonist Taichi Yaegashi suggested they have some hot tea to calm things down a little.īut after a blink of an eye, Taichi, while looking at Inaba, suddenly finds himself looking under a chair drawer… This of course baffled their club leader Himeko Inaba, but she would have none of it. Then everything went back to normal after a few minutes have passed.
Plot: It’s just an ordinary day at the Cultural Research Club, except that Chihiro Uwa and Yui Kiriyama have disturbing news: that they woke up in the middle of the night last night in the other’s room, possibly suggesting a body switch. But if our bodies lose their significance because of the personality switching, will we still be ourselves?” -Nagase Iori That’s why we typically use physical appearance to identify a person- that means that the body is the foundation for the identity. “Our souls and personalities cannot be seen or touched. In the first arc, we are asked the age-old question: what makes you, you? Despite the body switch being a problem that definitely needs solving, Kokoro Connect, or rather Heartseed, mainly uses this instance as an opportunity to dwell deeper into the unique personas of our five main characters. The cause of this? Some bored supernatural being called Heartseed wants to be entertained so he decided to mess with them for a bit.Įach arc will feature a different phenomenon caused by Heartseed, and the first will be about the body switching. The anime starts with your cliche high school group of five hanging out in their after-school club, but things get complicated when they suddenly start switching bodies with each other like crazy. Honestly, Kokoro Connect‘s first episode was really good that I was hooked on the show right off the bat. Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School, Slice of Life, Supernatural