Review of Kokoro Connect

Kokoro connect can and most likely will have a profound affect on many people. Kokoro literally means Heart; Mind; Mentality; Emotions; and Feeling. The connection of all those personal things being shared between 5 friends. All of this leading to them to either becoming closer to each other or losing faith in them. The story is something of a hit and miss with me. The Story is very slow paced, each arc lasting 4 to 5 episodes. With each ending of an arc having lasting affects on a future one. Swapping bodies, Uncontrollable Impulses, Age regression, and finally Telepathy of innerfeelings. Each of these being a Catalyst for a specific characters story arc. The reason for my Hit and miss comment is that they didn't delve nearly deep enough into Taichi's psyche. I had to go back after i finished to remember why he feel like an Outcast. Overall though the story will make you remember, people will always have more than one side to them regardless how close you may be to them.

At the start of Kokoro I thought the Art was terribly sloppy for the 1st arc. But I was glad i stuck with it because it either grew on me, or perhaps is was that it matched the more comical side of body swapping, or maybe it just got better. I don't know. The characters aren't exactly eye catching either. Though I think it's better this way, just for fact that the characters have such colorful personalities, if they were drawn an any other way it would of taken something from that.

Kudos to the Japanese cast, there wasn't a single time in the whole show where i would do anything different. Double Kudos to you Heartseed you creeped me the hell out every time you spoke. The BGM isn't anything thing to sneeze at either, during some of the more intense scenes it worked really well.

Finally to the Character god i wish i could make this an 11. Each character is so well fleshed out that its almost criminal. The only person you don't really get to know is Heartseed but hes played so well it's forgivable. Whether a Character is so scared to the point of hiding herself in there room because she can't control themselves or someone so stressed out with worry they get sick, it's all shown to great affect. It's hard to hate any of the characters for to long just for the fact that Heartseed has such a hold on them you can almost feel the stress you would go through if you had to deal with it. I guess an a way I would of liked Taichi to be a little bit more broken. Just for the fact that everyone else has so much going on, he seems kind of out of place.

Besides the slight issues with me getting into the show due to the art, this will always stick with me where ever i go. I will most likely be getting this on DVD in the future and read some of the Light novels just because i want to spend a little more time with these characters.

So yes to Watch, Yes to Rewatch, and Yes to supporting it creator.