Review of Kokoro Connect

Introduction: If I could express how much I loved this anime, we would need a word which held more enjoyment value than masterpiece. I must say this show had me unsure about the ending throughout the entire show. Not only does this show have great voice acting but an amazing story which will drive you through one emotional trip. If you enjoy or seek romance anime like myself I must say this is a must watch. Drop whatever you're watching and watch this anime. Now I might be exaggerating this anime moderately however, I'm expressing my view from watching quite a few romance anime and thisis definitely the best or tied for it. Now I must admit the anime takes a couple episodes to really hook you in good however, I can say once you've reached that point, it's just so good. You become so attached to the characters and what they're feeling. Also, this is one of those animes where you're either on one side or the other for who you think they should be with.

Story:

The story to this amazing anime is we have a group of friends who are all apart of this club (they're the only members) and the only reason they've joined is because they don't fit into any other club. Then all of a sudden strange things start happening for example, they start switching bodies which creates mass confusion and alert.

To avoid any big spoilers these strange incidents keep happening in different forms however, with every new incident the group faces new social problems within their group. Weather it be romance problems, past problems or just emotional problems they're all in the same area but feel very different from each other. The show doesn't have a direct goal but rather just living through the series of incidents. Very early in the show you learn who and why these events are happening but thats not what the show is going for. Instead how each character is affected by the events.

Characters;

Interestingly enough the show does have the typical anime roles however, I felt they frequently changed throughout the anime which I've seen in very few. To elaborate, when I mean change, I literally mean characters personality will completely change or will see a significant change. Personally, I felt that was done very well and very good explanations support their flip. In addition, there wasn't any episodes dedicated to one character's development. In fact, what I've noticed with this show is that when something happens, there is depth in their reactions, so rather than making slow/boring episodes dedicated to someones past or whatever. We have an ongoing story rather than taking a break and mass character development. That in fact is one of the key things I enjoyed with this anime.

Notes:

- The artwork is very good for it's time

- There is a sub and a dub for the anime.

- The romance starts coming in more around episode 10 however, there are hints before but the good/real stuff comes in around episode 10

- There are a total of 17 episodes, keep in mind there is Kokoro: Micchi Random too!

- There are five main characters: Three girls & two guys (gender unbalance always creates romance triangles)