He identifies himself only as “Heartseed” and says he more or less is the cause behind the body swapping- however his purpose for this is only for his entertainment. Later on, a different being, who steals other bodies and uses those to communicate, appears to tell the children what is going on. Now none of this is at will and the person you swap with and how long is completely random. Eventually though, the phenomenon of swapping occurs with all the friends at random- however the switching is limited to each other, the friends can only swap bodies with one another.

One day, two of the members find out they have traded bodies and understandably they are confused at what to do and how to go about explaining it to their friends. Going to a club is mandatory for them, so they have no real choice but all in all, they become great friends through this club and spend almost all of their time together. The story is purely centred upon five individuals, all of whom for one reason or another failed to get into a school club and hence form their own small club, the school’s Cultural Society. It’s one of those anime which will make the viewer ask questions about what they would do if they were in the characters shoes- or in this case, bodies.

That is the idea upon which Kokoro Connect builds upon. To be honest neither seems to make much sense. Now, you either had a burning desire to have plastic surgery to look like them or you seem to have traded places. You’re in your friend’s room, you wonder how you got there, perhaps you were staying over? You walk over to a mirror and then you freeze, that reflection isn’t you, you see your friend’s face in place of your own. Imagine you wake up one day, you get out of bed and stretch and then look around. “What are people? What is the “self”? So long as you look like someone else, no one can’t tell who’s really on the inside.”- Lori Nagase Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,School, Slice of Life, Supernatural

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