(L) Kokoro Connect [anime]

[EssTEss]

Just caught up with all the eps, and wow this is really good. Only gripe so far is that there's too much Taichi being the white knight. I'm hoping the guys' problems will be and handled as seriously as the girls' were though.

[TheEroKing]

@Kirito: Sure feel free to use it
Don't have any more of Inaba at the time being but got others.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by TheEroKing

Don't have any more of Inaba at the time being but got others.

Here's some to stock up

[TheEroKing]

More Inaba you want? More you shall get~

[Chaos2Frozen]

Well Damn... I might actually have to change my sig... once I get off this bus -_-

But I wasn't expecting you to turn them into sigs so soon

[Sakanaka Shouko]

I'll be taking this one. ^_^

Thanks a lot.

[Aqua Knight]

Originally Posted by TheEroKing

Freebies.

Can I take this one?

[Midonin]

KokoCo 05 - Ward 9B

Iori's death was through no fault of her own - if anything, before Heartseed took over her body, she looked like she was feeling fine. I agree with Taichi's general philosophy, and the things he said to Iori were true. Everyone plays different roles in life at different times, that's how it works. I'm not one to comment on shipping that much, so all I can say is the Heartseed put himself as being just a notch below Kyubey here. Maybe he's also doing this for entropy-related reasons? Sure, his apathy is kind of funny, but it's also dangerous. He's the real freaky stoic character here.

[DXMichael]

Episode 5:

That smile Inaba had at the end was one evil, devious smirk. I wonder what she has planned fot Taichi

Quite the episode though, I enjoyed it the whole way through It had it's sad and tense moments, I found it nice that it was ended was comedy to lighten up the mood

And I am indeed happy from the outcome of this episode.

[GoddyofAus]

A creative yet somewhat predictable twist.

Spoiler for plot spoiler:

They were never going to kill off Iori so early in the series, if anyone at all. All it really did was create even more uncertainty surrounding Heartseed and his motives.

Spoiler for plot spoiler 2:

That line "It seems clear you don't know what my intentions are" tells me that he may have an evil outcome yet planned that he will actually follow through with, just to keep them guessing. Will be good to see what they throw at us.

[Blaat]

Spoiler for large image:

You know half way through I was thinking to myself that I would be more emotionally invested if I knew these characters better but I'm glad I wasn't.

Also am I the only one who had to look sophistry in the dictionary?

[HandofFate]

**** this 'Heartseed' guy.

What a jerk.
Even if they 'benefit' from the experience, as he said, its still an evil move.

And wtf, it seemed like Iori was gonna be fine with Taichi's confession to her anyway, then he takes over Iori's body, and attempts suicide in her body. And at the end, its almost the same result, only now with 10x more drama.

Don't care what 'intentions' or whatever it is. He's a bad entity.

[Seiryuu]

This episode really surprised me on many spots. I'd heard a few bits and pieces, but that'd led me to expect something far from what we got. I knew that someone was going to try and fool Taichi for one reason or another, but I should've figured that it'd be like that. And I'm glad that that's how the "suicide" turned out, in all respects. The one thing I'm wondering is whether Iori will want to take back her last request...

Spoiler:

that Taichi not "go out" with her. She admitted that she loves him back, and she made it pretty clear the reason she didn't want him to be her boyfriend is because a relationship of five or six minutes would be just plain stupid. Now that she's not on her way out, she shouldn't have an excuse; I guess the real question is whether Taichi goes and asks her out again now that she's well, or whether she'll beat him to the punch and ask him to forget her request.

From what I've heard, that's the end of Heartseed, right? I think I heard each volume was a different weirdo doing something different to everyone...

[Kaoru Chujo]

Worked for me. We got a nice emotional hit, but without it being too intense.

Spoiler for ep5:

I was certainly thinking that Toyosaki Aki couldn't die so soon, and was wondering about how she might be revived, perhaps in an outsider's body. So her imminent death was not as huge a deal as it might have been. Which, as I say, worked for me.

Floating Vine became even more complex. Did he mean it when he said he wouldn't harm an innocent person? And which of us is truly innocent?

We even got a bit more of why Taichi is not such a perfect person. He's being a selfless freak "for his own sake." I sense/hope that we will gradually burrow further into Taichi's problems as we go on.

Will Taichi and Iori start "going out"? What would that mean under the body-switching circumstances? Will Aoki continue to become less silly and more boyfriend-able?

Another one of those good anime episodes that is over before you realize it.

[GoddyofAus]

Originally Posted by Seiryuu

This episode really surprised me on many spots. I'd heard a few bits and pieces, but that'd led me to expect something far from what we got. I knew that someone was going to try and fool Taichi for one reason or another, but I should've figured that it'd be like that. And I'm glad that that's how the "suicide" turned out, in all respects. The one thing I'm wondering is whether Iori will want to take back her last request...

Spoiler:

that Taichi not "go out" with her. She admitted that she loves him back, and she made it pretty clear the reason she didn't want him to be her boyfriend is because a relationship of five or six minutes would be just plain stupid. Now that she's not on her way out, she shouldn't have an excuse; I guess the real question is whether Taichi goes and asks her out again now that she's well, or whether she'll beat him to the punch and ask him to forget her request.

From what I've heard, that's the end of Heartseed, right? I think I heard each volume was a different weirdo doing something different to everyone...

I don't know how that would work. I thought the whole premise around this show was the body swapping thing, and without Heartseed, that doesn't happen.

[HandofFate]

I didn't like the beginning part with Iori/Taichi/Inaba.

Iori pretends to be Inaba, and Taichi believes that, and Iori feels betrayed and runs out crying. And Inaba blames Taichi and punches him.

Iori wanted to be able to trust Taichi, and yet pulls that little act off which pretty much if anything helps to break any trust Taichi would have in her. But because its Taichi, Iori gets off with no repercussions on that.

[ookamigirl]

Aoki confessed to Yui. It was nice ^^
Well... at least until he got rejected.
Taichi is really something.
Always there to help his friends deal with their problems.
Sudden appearance of Heartseed was pretty surprising.
Especially when it/he possessed Nagase.
It sure gave them an interesting task.
Wow, that Heartseed guy really has a weird sense of doing things.

[DragoonKain3]

Yeah, never in my mind I thought Iori was in danager. Heartseed pretty much said in the beginning he was doing all these just for kicks, and what's more trolololol than having them squirm at the thought of sacrificing one of the group when it was all just a joke? XD

Which on the other hand didn't give me the impact the drama scenes should have had, unfortunately. Nothing like taking out the drama when you know the very foundation of that drama is a lie.


And oooh, Iori and Taichi confessed to each other. Now I'm looking forward to next episode as to how Inaba is going to react when those two are all but official. Ganbare Inaba!

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by ookamigirl

Aoki confessed to Yui. It was nice ^^
Well... at least until he got rejected.

In a harem series any guy besides the MC is fated to be forever alone.

Although, if that blush is any indication, Aoki might be able to pull it off. I'm not holding my breath though.

[Kanon]

Although I didn't buy Iori's death for a second, this episode was still emotional for me. Iori's farewell scene to Taichi was fantastic, Miyukichi did a terrific job there. That definitely made up for last week. Taichi's speech even made sense this time. What he said to Iori rung true. I don't know if that will be enough to "cure" her, but she seems to be on the right path after what she's experienced.

Heartseed has dubious methods but good intentions, I think. As he himself pointed out, this whole experience has been beneficial to them.

Originally Posted by Seiryuu

From what I've heard, that's the end of Heartseed, right? I think I heard each volume was a different weirdo doing something different to everyone...

No way. I doubt there are other supernatural entities around that would happen to take a fancy to our protagonist. Besides, Heartseed's intentions are still not clear and he said he'd see them again as he left. He'll definitely be back. I think it's probably the end of the body switching though. He strongly implied there was more he could do, so I'm expecting him to come up with something new and far more bothersome next.