Kokoro Connect

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Synonyms: Kokoroco

Japanese: ココロコネクト

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Type: Light Novel

Volumes: 11

Chapters: 91

Status: Finished

Published: Jan 30, 2010 to Sep 30, 2013

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural

Themes: Love Polygon, School

Serialization: None

Authors: Horiguchi, Yukiko (Art), Anda, Sadanatsu (Story)

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Ranked: #597²

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Light NovelHoriguchi, Yukiko (Art), Anda, Sadanatsu (Story)

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The story involves five high school students, Taichi, Iori, Himeko, Yoshifumi and Yui, who are all members of the Cultural Research Club. One day, they begin experiencing a phenomenon in which they randomly swap bodies amongst themselves. As these five friends face many different phenomena at the whims of a mysterious being known as Heartseed, their friendship is put to the ultimate test.

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Kokoro Connect has been published digitally in English by J-Novel Club since August 22, 2018.

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Alternative version:	Kokoro Connect, Kokoro Connect: On Air
Adaptation:	Kokoro Connect: Michi Random, Kokoro Connect

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Inaba, Himeko

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Nagase, Iori

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Yaegashi, Taichi

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Kiriyama, Yui

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Aoki, Yoshifumi

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Fuusenkazura

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Yaegashi, Rina

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Fujishima, Maiko

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Gotou, Ryuuzen

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Enjouji, Shino

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Jul 12, 2021

91 of 91 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

SynphonyKnight (All reviews)

7 people found this review helpful

Kokoro Connect follows the members of Yamaboshi High School’s Cultural Research Club, or CRC for short. Though formed mostly by happenstance, the five members of the CRC, Yaegashi Taichi, Inaba Himeko, Nagase Iori, Kiriyama Yui, and Aoki Yoshifumi, became a close-knit group of friends. For various reasons, they attracted the attention of a supernatural entity calling itself ‘Heartseed’, who, claiming to seek ‘entertainment’, subjects the CRC to a series of supernatural phenomena that forever change their lives.

Kokoro Connect is a story about the CRC fighting against their unfortunate supernatural circumstances, their bonds put to the test and their will pushed to its limits. If they read more

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Sep 6, 2021

91 of 91 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

Alex_Jaro (All reviews)

3 people found this review helpful

Kokoro Connect is a light novel about the Yamaboshi High School’s Cultural Research Club and how a mysterious entity called "Heartseed" decided to mess up their everyday life and put them through all kinds of tests for its own satisfaction and entertainment. By the end, we can tell the members of the CRC group have grown in several ways and are now closer than ever before. The romance and comedy just bind all this together.

The story is not too original but also not bad, if anything I found it quite fun as it shows us how the characters feel and their relations, each personality is read more

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Sep 17, 2012

7 of 91 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

yu3 (All reviews)

84 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

This is my very first review here in myanimelist so, please bare with me and my grammar. I'll be honest, I only read chp.1 - 7 of vol 1 of the novel in baka-tsuki but, I knew every plot of every volume because of random Japanese and English website. I'll just give a quick and short review. So here it goes.

Story: 10
Kokoro Connect was not really all about swapping souls just like in the synopsis because, every volume have different plot and problem to be solve. Though the story has a fantasy in it, I find it to be realistic. If you look at it in different way, you will see that those things really do happen in real life.

Art: 10
I'm a fan of Yukiko Horiguchi and I love her artworks (Specially K-On.). I was surprise (well, most of us I think) that the character designs in this novel looks very the similar to K-On. In fact, when the novel begun to published in Japan, it attract more attention to lovers and non lovers of light novels because of the art design. It's very moe/cute. But I think, the character design is appropriate to the series. Also, I find the artwork very refreshing, deep and emotional. The way she draw and put color in her drawings was very very suitable in the story. Its "GOOD JOB!" for me.

Well, if you don't love cute characters, feel free to deduct 3 points in it.

Characters: 10
The development of every characters are very interesting. First you will hate this character but then, after you read some chapters, you will eventually like him or her. The most interesting character for me is Iori, then followed by Taichi, then Inaba and then Yui and Aoki.

Why Iori? Because, shes the most developed character in the series. Its a very long story so I'm not gonna elaborate it.
And about Taichi, well, I find some or most of the people hate Taichi. My suggestion is, don't judge into conclusion. Taichi was the most interesting character here because of his "selfless freak" attitude. The vol 7 of the novel is really important to Taichi because, it explains everything about him.
Inaba in the other hand is a really really interesting character. The way she love and support her friends (specially Taichi and Iori) is really strong. She's the most likable character for me.

Enjoyment: 9
Well, I'm not really into drama's and it lacks comedy (which is I'm really fond of.) but, I really enjoy it compare to other slice of life because, it has this thing called "story".

Overall: 10
Kokoro Connect was the very first light novel that I fell in love with. The art and the story is a combo, a masterpiece. The series didn't really aim for a love story but, it aims to show each persons personalities and the way people live. I pray that they published it on English so that, everyone can know how awesome is this series. Also, I prefer the light novel than the anime and manga because, it contains more details, explanation and expression more than the other two. ^_^

Note: Theirs a possibility for me to edit this review but for now, I think this is okay. ^_^

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