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D00D · 2012-08-28, 10:36

Mod Edit:
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but:

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-11512.html

The series has been cut back to 14 episodes.

(edit: This was a misunderstanding of the Japanese article and is not true.)

frivolity · 2012-08-28, 10:50

That's terrible. With 14 episodes it'll probably only cover up to Vol.3

Obelisk ze Tormentor · 2012-08-28, 11:09

Is there no additional/exclusive episodes on Blu-ray like OreImo?

SPARTAN 119 · 2012-08-28, 11:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by D00D

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but:

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-11512.html

The series has been cut back to 14 episodes.

Hopefully they will continue it in a second season at least.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Now in 8bit

!

What is this exactly? Doujin game made for a now-public domain platform? I'm a little disappointed that there's no gameplay footage (imagines the cast Kokoro Connect in a Super Mario Bros-style 8-bit platformer!)

Kenju of the Right · 2012-08-28, 11:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by D00D

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but:

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-11512.html

The series has been cut back to 14 episodes.

The anger that is welling up in me....hope this isn't true..

Guardian Enzo · 2012-08-28, 11:56

Pre-orders aren't looking great, so this isn't terribly shocking. Shame, though.

nirvana12 · 2012-08-28, 13:17

Does this happen often ? I don't think i've ever heard of a series being shortened.

Guardian Enzo · 2012-08-28, 13:23

Mitsudomoe S2 was shortened from a planned 13 to 8 episodes due to poor sales, though this was announced before it started airing.

nirvana12 · 2012-08-28, 13:24

Really

This sucks.

Blonto · 2012-08-28, 13:38

That's terrible news. This has been the most enjoyable show for me this season. I really didn't think it'd do so bad financially.

Guardian Enzo · 2012-08-28, 13:55

It's interesting to see Tari Tari doing very well in pre-orders (it looks as if it might clear 10K) while KC is struggling. The shows are very different despite their superficial similarities, and I like them both about equally - but TT obviously matches up with the profile of shows that appeal to otaku a lot better than KC does.

Arya · 2012-08-28, 14:21

Yep, very bad news. This is one of the shows I'm liking the most this season. Sure the format sounded a bit odd from the beginning, I mean, 17 episodes, last 4 of which not aired.
So, looking at the numbers I suppose they will skip the next arc to jump directly to the last one. Given the arc structure of the story I don't think that merge two arcs is viable.

bastek66 · 2012-08-28, 14:44

Oh God, you croakers

It's regarding a VA named Ichiki Mitsuhiro, who they played a prank on for the purpose of the Kokoro Connect pre-air talk show that was streamed on NicoNico before the series started, in which Ichiki was told he was auditioning to act in the series but then afterwords revealed he was really going to have the job of driving the Kokoro Connect promotional van around cities to promote the show.

The tweet in the yaraon post said that Ichiki will be acting in the actual show after all from episode 14 onward. But the tweet was deleted for some reason. The yaraon blog comment is just, "Huh, wonder why they deleted it? Didn't sound like a bad thing."

And that's the entire story.

Lantern · 2012-08-28, 15:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by bastek66

Oh God, you croakers

It's regarding a VA named Ichiki Mitsuhiro, who they played a prank on for the purpose of the Kokoro Connect pre-air talk show that was streamed on NicoNico before the series started, in which Ichiki was told he was auditioning to act in the series but then afterwords revealed he was really going to have the job of driving the Kokoro Connect promotional van around cities to promote the show.

The tweet in the yaraon post said that Ichiki will be acting in the actual show after all from episode 14 onward. But the tweet was deleted for some reason. The yaraon blog comment is just, "Huh, wonder why they deleted it? Didn't sound like a bad thing."

And that's the entire story.

Thanks for the heads up

Blonto · 2012-08-28, 15:49

Not sure how something like that could be misinterpreted. But good to hear. What would we do without people who speak Japanese?

***relentlessflame*** · 2012-08-28, 17:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blonto

Not sure how something like that could be misinterpreted.

I'm guessing it must be really bad auto-translate or something. Just got here now, but yeah -- it was obviously false. The official website still lists disc 7.

I stroked out the bad rumour post, but wondering if it's better to delete the interim posts to avoid further misunderstanding.

Chaos2Frozen · 2012-08-28, 17:58

Looks like something exciting happened while I was asleep

So many headless chickens

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPARTAN 119

What is this exactly? Doujin game made for a now-public domain platform? I'm a little disappointed that there's no gameplay footage (imagines the cast Kokoro Connect in a Super Mario Bros-style 8-bit platformer!)

I'm pretty certain thats all there is

Just a 8bit rendition of the OP

Shimapan · 2012-08-28, 19:13

Taichi's apology finally came, but - as expected - to late, to little. The damage was already done, and Inaban had already decided to distance herself. If he'd apologised right away, he could've possibly still done some damage control, but this late, it just felt very insincere, something that was just done like an afterthought.

It comes at no surprise that things go sour sur quickly now without Inaban. Taichi and Inaban do a good job of getting at each other's throats, even without any unleashing (at least Aoki is decent enough to apologise afterwards). Then Taichi goes and shoves Iori around harshly. Unleashing or not, someone who actually *wants* to shove girls around harshly like that can't have a good character. That's just oil in the fire of my theory which I already mentioned: Taichi was a very unpleasant (if not downright wicked) person before, generally being very nasty to others. Then a crucial event happened, which shocked Taichi to the core, and since then he's trying to balance out his former nastiness by helping everyone, even at the cost of his own well-being.

Iori is doing an admirable job of not giving up and still trying to fix things. I wouldn't have expected her to be that strong.
However, without Fujishima's instrumental help, trying to get them back together again, it probably would've still been all for naught, and everything would've gone to hell in a wicker basket.
Fujishima really deserves a major "thank you" from them, once things are over.

HeartSeed's objective is getting ever more unclear. While in the first arc, you could still assume that he's at least neutral, doing it only for fun, or even benevolent, trying to help them to get to know each other better.
That would still hold true for the very beginning of Kizu, where Inaban advanced on Taichi. It could've been for Inaban to realise her feelings for Taichi.
But after that, the unleashing was only used to have them attacking each other (with the exception of Inori's "Yahoo"). That certainly didn't help them, quite the opposite. If HeartSeed is really entertained by them attacking each other, he must be quite malevolent.

Quote:

Originally Posted by frivolity

Meh episode with nothing much going on. Feels like a filler. This episode probably could have been combined with the previous one seeing that both are simply setting up things for the climax.

I'll have to agree with this one. This was the first episode where I felt it was a bit dull. They should've ended the Kizu arc with this episode and be done with it. While it started very interesting, it went downhill very quickly after that.

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Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

A conversation where Taichi’s little-sister is asking about her older-brother’s health is stupid? Or do you meant when she gave Taichi an “advice” to his “love problem” by saying “Boys are stronger, so protect the girls!”? Where’s the stupid part in that?

All that his little sister meant by that is that he should go and make up again with his "girl friend", which she assumed she should have. It wasn't meant as a statement in general, so it shouldn't be taken as such.
It's not even culture specific, a little sister over here could just say the very same thing in an attempt to get her big brother make up with his girl friend again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Coloured me surprised as well.

The world is filled with such strange people with different thinking

True. Without Fushima's help, their friendship would've been over now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Klashikari

It isn't about being strange, but rather how you perceive plot and mood.
I personally think Fujishima breaks way too much the mood with her interventions to the point it becomes a bit jarring. Sure, Kokoro Connect isn't supposed to be a full blown drama/angst series, but really, Fujishima "comic" lesbian tendencies and pushy attitude isn't exactly appealing, not in a universal sense that is. So considering people not liking Fujishima as "strange" is quite displaced.

You seriously mean that?
People being homophobic and not liking her because she's a lesbian and such is even beyond strange, it's just plain ugly.

Anyway, now for something lighter:
The Kokoro Connect OP train stop song!

YouTube

https://youtu.be/n9RShkVwYDI

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Flawfinder · 2012-08-28, 20:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shimapan

All that his little sister meant by that is that he should go and make up again with his "girl friend", which she assumed she should have. It wasn't meant as a statement in general, so it shouldn't be taken as such.

And all I'm saying is that you either need different subbers or a different script-writer, because I have never liked the dialogue in this anime. I find it unnatural and cringe-worthy to listen to (or in this case, read). If that's what she meant, there was no reason the dialogue couldn't be something different. And more natural-sounding.

Quote:

It's not even culture specific, a little sister over here could just say the very same thing in an attempt to get her big brother make up with his girl friend again.

I hated it those times as well. Oh, and I hate that little sister too (Hahaha, I'm such a jackass, aren't I?

).

Chaos2Frozen · 2012-08-28, 20:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flawfinder

(Hahaha, I'm such a jackass, aren't I?

).

We're used to it.

Besides, at this point it's almost comical.

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D00D Junior Member Join Date: May 2011	Mod Edit: Hate to be the bearer of bad news but: http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-11512.html The series has been cut back to 14 episodes. (edit: This was a misunderstanding of the Japanese article and is not true.) Last edited by relentlessflame; 2012-08-28 at 17:48.

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Obelisk ze Tormentor Black Steel Knight Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Indonesia	Is there no additional/exclusive episodes on Blu-ray like OreImo? __________________

2012-08-28, 14:21	Link #1692
Arya Senior Member Join Date: May 2004	Yep, very bad news. This is one of the shows I'm liking the most this season. Sure the format sounded a bit odd from the beginning, I mean, 17 episodes, last 4 of which not aired. So, looking at the numbers I suppose they will skip the next arc to jump directly to the last one. Given the arc structure of the story I don't think that merge two arcs is viable. __________________ *The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.*

2012-08-28, 10:50	Link #1682
frivolity My posts are frivolous Join Date: Nov 2008 Age: 35	That's terrible. With 14 episodes it'll probably only cover up to Vol.3

2012-08-28, 13:17	Link #1687
nirvana12 Member Join Date: Nov 2011	Does this happen often ? I don't think i've ever heard of a series being shortened.

2012-08-28, 13:24	Link #1689
nirvana12 Member Join Date: Nov 2011	Really This sucks.

2012-08-28, 13:38	Link #1690
Blonto Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Age: 31	That's terrible news. This has been the most enjoyable show for me this season. I really didn't think it'd do so bad financially.

2012-08-28, 14:44	Link #1693
bastek66 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012	Oh God, you croakers It's regarding a VA named Ichiki Mitsuhiro, who they played a prank on for the purpose of the Kokoro Connect pre-air talk show that was streamed on NicoNico before the series started, in which Ichiki was told he was auditioning to act in the series but then afterwords revealed he was really going to have the job of driving the Kokoro Connect promotional van around cities to promote the show. The tweet in the yaraon post said that Ichiki will be acting in the actual show after all from episode 14 onward. But the tweet was deleted for some reason. The yaraon blog comment is just, "Huh, wonder why they deleted it? Didn't sound like a bad thing." And that's the entire story.

2012-08-28, 15:49	Link #1695
Blonto Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Age: 31	Not sure how something like that could be misinterpreted. But good to hear. What would we do without people who speak Japanese?