Review of Kokoro Connect

If you are looking for a nice anime about friendship and romance (notice that friendship comes first), this is it. Story - 6/10 The story is about three girls and two guys that have nothing in common spending their school free time in a club they formed for themselves. If that was all to it, it would have been become boring pretty soon, but then something interesting happens. That is the major flaw in this story, as it feels like literally the script writer presented itself as a supernatural entity and spiced the story between the characters using supernatural abilities. The power this entity has and theway it uses it, feels exactly like the author forcing something to happen so the story does not feel dumb and boring. And this entity literally says it does it for an "entertainment". Almost all story development relies on this entity. And the entity story goes nowhere, the entity is present for no reason and mostly getting in the way of the actual story, which is about friendship and romance. I would have really appreciated, if the script writer would have not used any supernatural element, but instead used some drama to advance the story. It would have been way more difficult, but the story would have been way more easy to relate to.

Characters - 10/10
The one thing that saves the show is the characters. They are just a normal students, that if not experiencing any supernatural circumstances, they would have been pretty boring. Therefore, spicing the things between them for no apparent reason does work. No character is extreme, so there is no awkward scenes where the perfect opportunity for romance is missed, because the character is too shy. Everyone act logically with both their minds and emotions. For this reason it is easy to sympathize with the characters and fully immerse in the surrounding emotions.

Art - 7/10
The art is good. The characters expressions are nice and the surroundings have sufficient details. But otherwise, the first time I thought about the art is writing this review. Therefore, it is good enough to not notice it, but not good enough to remember it.

Sound - 8/10
The OP and ED are nothing noticeable, I always skipped them. The background music mix well with the atmosphere of the scenes. I like almost everything played by a piano, so I am a bit subjective here, but the effect was nice. However, I do not particularly remember and isolate a specific background music, so it is nothing outstanding.

Enjoyment - 10/10
I really enjoyed this anime. Seeing the blossom of friendship and romance in a normal way, by talking (not by cherry blossoms, fairies) with characters that one can easily relate. The drama in this series feels forced, as it is mainly forced from the omnipotent entity. However, somehow that never stays in the way of how characters are developed. There is no comedy in this show, but I laughed. There is (almost) no action scenes, but I was thrilled. But most importantly there was friendship and romance that I immersed in and really enjoyed.