Review of Kokoro Connect
So you would think this is one of those biased reviews where I randomly put 10's just because I love the anime. It's not true, because I actually think all of those fields deserve 10's. Just by looking at some pictures of Kokoro Connect, you would think it's one of those anime where there's different routes, and it's basically just a story about a group of friends with problems. In this anime, it's different. There's an actual plot and conflict in the anime. Story-The story is perfect for a slice of life anime. All these mysterious things keep happening that's bringing the friends apart. The charactersconflict, fight, go through hard times, and eventually become closer. It makes you think, "Is Heartseed doing this to make them closer"? And you will never predict what events come next. From Heartseed trying to kill Iori, to Yui beating up a guy at a train station. It's unpredictable, with very touching scenes about friendship and love. Also, it does a good introduction at the beginning of the characters and the problem that's going on, so the watcher can understand what's going on.
Art-While watching, I noticed that the art looks exactly like the art from K-ON! and Kyoukai no Kanata. This art style really fits the anime, and the characters are drawn well. They all look like average high-schoolers, instead of one of those anime where one character has beautiful blue hair, and this other character is some rich blonde hair girl-they look normal, which makes the anime more natural. Even though it's the same art style as K-ON!, the characters from Kokoro Connect don't look like the characters from K-ON all that much, so they did a good job of making them look unique.
Sound- The opening matches the anime well. It sounds like an average opening for any romance or slice of life anime, but that's what makes it perfect. Kokoro Connect IS an average-looking anime, and it IS romance and slice of life. Now to the voice acting. It wasn't anything special, but it wasnt that bad either. Inaba's mature voice matched her tsundere-character. Iori's immature voice matches her hyper personality. It's hard to describe Yui's voice, but it did match. Aoki and Taichi's voice matched perfectly. They sounded like average high schoolers. During the touching parts of the anime, the soothing background music really matched the mood, and adds on to the addiction people get while watching it.
Character-The characters were amazing. You really get to develop a love for they're unique personalities. They all have they're own stories and problems. In most anime, when two girls like the same guy-you mostly vote for the first girl, and get annoyed by the second. But in this anime, the two girls (being Iori and Himeko) cannot be dislikable. Instead of going route to route like most of Key's work, all the character's stories and problems develop together, and they make it work. It's one of those anime where there's a lot of really different characters and it's extremely hard to choose a favorite.
Enjoyment-I really enjoyed this anime. I finished it all in one day. It was really addicting, because you always wonder what's gonna happen next. What're they gonna do about it? Is it going to be okay? Is Iori really going to die? Will they still remain friends? The way everything goes together gets you really addicted, and I admit I cried a lot on the feels episodes. It's really good, and I really recommend it!
Overall-Almost everything about it is perfect, basically. If you like touching anime with unique characters and tons of plot twists and an amazing friendship, this is the anime for you!