The story follows 5 seemly normal youths (Aoki, Inaba, Yui, Taichi, and Inori) who's weaknesses are exposed through the meddling of some higher being. This higher being, Fuusenkazura, essentially just wants to experiment on the cultural research club for both his and our enjoyment. It is weird that the story never really highlights why Fuusenkazura is toying with the members of the club, but I suppose they are too busy dealing with the mess he causes to be asking questions.
The main character of the story is Taichi, a noble person who honestly wants to help people out, a good character to view the story from as the rest of the cast experience body swapping, uncontrollable impulses, mental telepathy, time reversal, etc.. The story develops all the characters at once, but each event seems to cause the most trouble for specific members of the clubs who in turn of, for example, body swapping become extremely uncomfortable due to their inability to be around the opposite gender.
While I mentioned that Taichi is the main character, it is really hard to make that judgment since most of the characters have equal involvement and impact in the story. Yui is an surprisingly docile girl for somebody who was well known for her martial art skills in middle school. Aoki is always high spirited and excited. He also has a crush on Yui, whom continuous to ignore his feelings, but thankfully Aoki is not annoying. Typically such a character drives me insane, but Aoki fawns over Yui like a 'normal' person would since after all she doesn't just quit the club. Inaba is very mysterious, serious, and looks out for the rest of the club members. Inori is always putting on a smile for everyone and acts friendly to the other members.
The characters all have their own unique quirks that become apparent as the show continues - I don't want to say anymore since the vast majority of the show is discovering the true identities of the characters and how they change.
The show has no fan service, and none of the supernatural occurrences have any sort of presence in the animation at all. To be honest the art isn't very impactful, but it is still very clean. It does clearly depict the characters emotions, and doesn't detract from the meaning behind their words and actions.
Overall, I would recommend this show to pretty much anyone. Some of the lessons the characters experience kind of make you reflect on your own life and how you live it. I will say that certain arcs had more impact than others. In finishing one arc I resonated with my heart and made me reflect for a good while. It managed to lift my spirits for a few days to be honest, but that is because it happened to coincide with what I had been thinking about. The show was Great (9), and I had no complaints watching this, so neither should you!
