Kokoro Connect: Michi Random (Kokoro Connect OVA)

Not long after putting the previous supernatural incident behind them, the members of Yamaboshi Academy's Student Cultural Society (StuCS) must deal with Fuusenkazura's newest trial—emotion transmission. This phenomenon allows the club members to hear each others' true thoughts, but with one catch: the timing, sender, and recipient are all completely random. To make matters worse, the club's supervisor, Ryuuzen Gotou, may have to step down due to his responsibilities for the upcoming school year. With emotions running high and Valentine's Day around the corner, the seemingly close bonds of the StuCS will be tested when their true feelings for each other are laid bare.

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Episodes 14 and 15 aired at a special event at Cinemart Shinjuku from November 19 to 25, 2012. Episodes 16 and 17 aired at a special event at Cinemart Shinjuku from December 10 to 16. All four episodes aired on AT-X on December 30. The first and second pairs of episodes were released on Blu-ray on March 27 and April 17, 2013.

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Inaba, Himeko

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Sawashiro, Miyuki
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Nagase, Iori

Main

Toyosaki, Aki
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Yaegashi, Taichi

Main

Mizushima, Daichuu
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Kiriyama, Yui

Main

Kanemoto, Hisako
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Aoki, Yoshifumi

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Terashima, Takuma
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Fuusenkazura

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Fujiwara, Keiji
Japanese

Yaegashi, Rina

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Oogame, Asuka
Japanese

Fujishima, Maiko

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Itou, Shizuka
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Gotou, Ryuuzen

Supporting

Fujiwara, Keiji
Japanese

Enjouji, Shino

Supporting

Touyama, Nao
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Masaki, Daisuke

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Oonuma, Shin

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Kawatsura, Shinya

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Kameyama, Toshiki

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"Kimi Rhythm (キミリズム)" by Masaki Imai

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"I Scream Chocolatl" by Team.Nekokan [Neko] featuring. Lia

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Jan 1, 2013

Ru-chan

Recommended

Before I'd like to start my review, I'd just like to give a few reminders.

First of all, a happy new year to everyone! I hope everyone had fun last year and will have fun this year. For this year, I decided that in my new year's resolution, I will start writing reviews in the anime I've watched, primarily those which have struck me with awe. In other words, this is my first review so please be easy on me. Secondly, I apologize if my review may seem long as, reiterated, it's my first time and I tend to pour myself out on stuff like this. ...

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Feb 9, 2013

Deagle_zero

Mixed Feelings

At the time of writing, these last 4 episodes of Kokoro Connect were ranked #147 on MAL.

Overrated. Definitely overrated.

****Spoilers may be found from here on****

Story (5/10): Michi Random picks up directly from where the main series left off and yet again we find the plot centred on Iori. This time, emotional transmissions galore.

Seriously, guys, why don't we just call it "Iori Connect" already?

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Jul 20, 2016

JackOfHearts

Not Recommended

This anime was complete shit. Do people actually like it or are they ironically rating it this high? I will now tell you why this anime is objectively shit.

One of the main problems with the whole thing was that the drama was so forced it hurt. Nearly every arc focused on one person and made them have a problem for no reason. Iori was probably the worst of the characters for this reason. The only person with a real problem was the girl who was almost raped but that was dealt with early on.

Another problem throughout the whole anime was that the main character was ... such a prefect little Garry Stu that it was ridiculous. He calls himself selfish because he wants to help people so bad. If that isn't the biggest load of shit I ever heard. They could have made it cool by giving him a mental reason to want to help these people, maybe for the sheer satisfaction, but unfortunately writing is too hard for these people so they just made him a perfect character instead.

The body switching arc was bad. You couldn't tell whom was in whom's body because none of the characters have enough personality to give it away. They also made it complete random so it wasn't like Yamada-kun and the 7 witches where one person had to contact the others lips to change bodies. We also learn that the body changing will not be permanent and assume the other phenomena will stop whenever.

The doing desire act was just as bad. It happened like 5 times in total. Everytime it happened nearly nothing went wrong because they were stopped immediately and there was no consequence. The one girl who fought off some male harassers decided to stay in her room for days which just made for an annoying plot. And I hope you like the singling out one person thing because it never stops.

The becoming younger arc was OKAY nothing special. It focused on boring Aori who is confirmed boring in this phenomena. When one of your characters main problems is that the girl he loves looks like another girl he loved, they are a shit character. The cute younger girls made up for this arc so it wasn't as bad.

The last 4 episodes mind reading arc was back to being bad. Iori decides to change into bitch mode for no reason. I hope you didn't want an explanation because you won't get one. At the end of 13 she learns friendship is magic but she is back to thinking the way she was before. Hooray for pointless character development

The only reason I decided to continue this anime after episode 6 was because I wanted to know more about Heartseed/Balloon Vine. But of course there is no frickin' explanation. This was probably the saddest part of the anime for me. We never learn what he was. We never learn what his motivations are other than "for entertainment". We never learn who the other people he talks about are. Overall this anime was just a bad romantic comedy with supernatural stuff shoveled in.

Feel free to say why you liked this anime. Maybe you felt the comedy was good. I'll admit the first masturbation joke was pretty funny but it gets old the 50th time. Some of the later jokes were funny but totally not worth the watch.

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