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My main concern is really that people are missing out on Kokoro Connect because of the crappy synopsis that makes it seem like a joke when it's much more involved than that.

The bit about the ranking isn't as important, but the show would definitely be getting more attention if it had a hyper-inflated rating like Sword Art Online. I'm not saying that Kokoro Connect necessarily deserves a 8.64 average, but I do think that it's at least on the same level as SAO and has really shown much greater potential so far. So the discrepancy bothers me.

About waiting and stuff:
While I agree that we can't really judge how the good the anime is as a whole since we've only seen 4 episodes of it, my complaint was that it is underrated/undervalued based on what we have seen so far.

Incidentally, I have Kokoro Connect rated at a 8 right now.
For reference, SAO is a 7; Tari Tari and KoiChoco are 5s.

It's really all about first impressions when it comes to ratings of a currently airing anime.

People thought Kokoro Connect would be like K-ON with body switching and so the haters rated it low on purpose.

Personally, I don't rate shows until I finish them, and I believe most people do this as well since scores change significantly once an anime ends.

Also there's a lot of shows this season that are underrated. Jinrui, Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate and Tari Tari are good examples. People judge too early based on the first ep and/or the pic + synopsis on the MAL page.

I'd wait until the show ends before worrying too much.

Stop comparing it to SAO, seriously. SAO LN is one of the most popular LN in recent years and also well received by many so there will always be fanboys who will be biased to their rating because they finally get to see their favorite LN animated.

Although SAO is rated higher than it is supposed to be, the first episode showed a lot more potential, better visuals and much more better setting (MMO survival game) than Kokoro Connect who had a lackluster first episode and just starting to pick up in the last two episodes.

Also, it's not like this is the first good anime to be snubbed because of poor synopsis. There have been a lot like this before. Don't like how it gets snubbed because of that? RECOMMEND IT.

I actually think it was because its only genre for a while was slice of life. A lot of people on mal use the genres to see if they will like an anime. Having an anime as a "pure" slice of life is considered boring or daunting to many.

I noticed the genre has changed. So I hope that more people will keep coming out to see it~

I'm surprised you still remember that, maybe the fact that it's a palindrome helps. Also, I may revive this from my drop-list. Mayyy.

I'm the only one who started to view this expecting exactly what it gives? The masturbation secret was unexpected but all the others things were not

I agree that this it's not worst than SAO but that does not mean it deserves more, SAO it's just overrated

While I don't think it's necessarily underrated, I agree that the synopsis belittles it.
Still, yeah, it's too early to judge how it'll end up. I have it on 8 at the moment, but that's just because the 4th episode was pretty damn good IMO, and the next one is looking good as well.

SAO is insanely overrated though...It's not bad per se, but the only thing special about it is the premise. And that's considering I didn't even read the LN, otherwise I'd probably rate it lower since they're apparently rushing things.

The genre issue is definitely part of it too. K-ON art + slice-of-life genre + crappy synopsis definitely made me not want to watch Kokoro Connect to begin with. That prejudice also lasted through the majority of the first episode, so it's kind of a big deal for people who are trying out the show. If they didn't go into it trying to fit Kokoro Connect within their conceived notions of it being a generic and superficial slice-of-life anime, they would be more willing to give it a chance and simply appreciate it more.

Since no one has come up with anything with regards to the synopsis, I'll start drafting one based on these first few episodes.


The first episode of SAO was good, but the next three so far have been pretty lackluster, as you might say. Not that I didn't enjoy them (well, episode 2 sucked pretty hard), but they weren't anything special. Kokoro Connect started out a bit slower and was a bit more confusing, but all four episodes so far have been of high quality.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say, actually. What's wrong with comparing SAO and KC? They have a lot in common. Namely, they air on the same night, they are both anime, etc.

Jokes aside, I'm trying to get more people to try out Kokoro Connect if they happen to drop by the page for the anime, and two of the main things that are relevant to this are the ranking/rating and the synopsis. Comparing to SAO was just for reference. What I'm more concerned about is doing something proactive like fixing the synopsis or, like you mentioned, making recommendations.

no one cares about ranking when an anime hasn't completed
SAO is frickin terrible at the moment while kokoro connect has hit its stride though so that'd be biased to use

So you're saying that it's biased to compare a "terrible" anime with a good anime?
How does that work?

I also usually wait until I have finished watching a show to rate it. The only time I deviate is when a show seems to be getting an unusual amount of unwarranted hate and I really like it (cough..MGX...cough). Then I will rate it a 10 just to bump the average that is decreased because a bunch of people that never watched it are rating it low.

I also think it's because of the crappy synopsis we currently have on MAL.

ataraxial, what do you think of Crunchyroll's synopsis? I think their one seems to capture what Kokoro Connect is actually about...

This is what they have:

Oh, that's pretty good. I think it would be even better if we could drop the exclamation point at the end, but either way, it's exponentially better than what we have now.

I also found this from a blog:

Right, a better synopsys would be welcome. When I first saw the page, the picture grabbed me because the colors of that sunset didn't match the straightforward comedy those character designs were playing in my head. But then I read the description and I was like "oh wait, it's not promising after all".

But I have no idea how to capture this show's appeal in two or three paragraphs. Looking at some other pages, I think I kinda like AnoHana's summary best. No lifelessly compressed details and misplaced hype, just a few lines with the hope that people will check it out and see. If it were me writing (it will not), I'd just describe the situation (five members of a club find themselves switching bodies at random and it seems there's more tricks coming) and the mood (though they're friends, trying to understand themselves and each other enough to deal with this may be harder than it looks). I'd probably even leave out the character descriptions because they really don't have the surface appeal to be worth condensing into 3 words each. I like Taichi, but nothing about a "selfless wrestling nerd" attracts me. Most importantly, the exclamation marks need to go.

EDIT: Okay so Crunchyroll's description is basically what I said, except well-written. Go for it.

Looks like someone submitted Crunchyroll's synopsis or a mod saw this thread and did it themselves.

Either way, I re-submitted this version with a couple minor edits (notably, getting rid of the exclamation point):

I forgot I submitted it prior to posting on this thread xD Just wanted to see the previous synopsis gone ASAP.

Yes, it seems better without that exclamation point. Good thing the synopsis will be resolved in the end.

I appreciate that you're trying to improve the awful synopsis (it's poorly written), and I hope you suceed in making it better, but if the Crunchyroll one is close to the truth, this is still a show I wouldn't be interested in.

What I got from both was: there's a group of students (first offence), they switch bodies (might go either way, but looking at the genres, this is #2), and then "In the school, the three guys met. Their relation had been changed in the season, and turned into three love stories." (clawing at the sockets by now).

#1: I hate highschool more than I did when I attended, but it's not a death sentence for the story. These guys are more interesting than most groups of students. They do sorta fit into certain stereotypes, but they develop those stereotypes into something more human and they have nice chemistry in their group.
#2: What genres would it take to convince you? The drama tag isn't for decoration, their issues are pretty legit so far. The first episode mostly takes care of the usual gender switching jokes and such, then it's more or less used for character development.
#3: Um...what? Well yeah, Taichi's raising some flags with his weird self-sacrifices and Yui is tsundere for Aoki, but as I said, the chemistry is there. I think it's gonna be fun.
The show's only my second favourite in this season so I won't promise your mind will be blown if you give it a chance, but do consider watching two or three episodes it if you get bored.

I don't really think that Kokoro Connect is meant to appeal to guys like phnsr anyways.
Judging by his list, he prefers plot-based anime, preferably with action elements.
That's precisely what KC isn't, so nothing lost there.

The whole point of fixing the synopsis was because the old one made it seem like a generic, trivial school anime when it isn't. It's set in school, but it builds upon that foundation in an inspired and interesting way. But if you'd rather watch Death Note or Yu Yu Hakusho than Haruhi, then yes, it is kind of irrelevant either way.

It's not quite right to rate an unfinished anime at the first place. So Yvese's exactly right, you should wait until the show ends before worrying too much. Also, there are people who decide Kokoro Connect "deserved to be watched or not" after it's finished.

It's just majority of people tends to find anime through synopsis, it's bad for you to be concerned about it too much. If Kokoro Connect turns out to be great, a good review certainly comes and make "less" people missing out Kokoro Connect.