I’ve been watching Kokoro Connect in anticipation each week to see what happens next in Inaba’s journey.  What stuck out this week was the idea, again, of loving yourself versus loving others, and the sacrifice it takes to do the latter over the former.  The same message was conveyed in episode seven of Sword Art [...]
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So much yelling this week.  I hate yelling, it made me feel all sad inside.  The whole act on impulse is getting to everyone and it is straining every ones relationships with each other.  The worst is really being brought out in Himeko, I have come to the conclusion that she really isn’t the best [...]
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Written by: Cholisose at Sea Slugs! Anime BlogSummary: Yui is staying home from school. Meanwhile, the rest of our club members are on edge as aspects of their personalities are heightened at inopportune moments. Taichi’s desire to sleep upset his little sister, Iori’s desire to liven the mood made for an awkward moment during a class test, and Aoki’s desire to avenge [...]
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Written by: Cholisose at Sea Slugs! Anime BlogSummary: Yui is staying home from school. Meanwhile, the rest of our club members are on edge as aspects of their personalities are heightened at inopportune moments. Taichi’s desire to sleep upset his little sister, Iori’s desire to liven the mood made for an awkward moment during a class test, and Aoki’s desire to avenge [...]
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It seems that the “unleashing of desires” is not making things any better. From the look of things, I think having one’s desires unleash at unpredictable times is several times worse than body swapping. With body swapping, you can control yourself from doing stupid things, although there is a huge possibility it will happen. Still, [...]
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Poor little sister. But yeah, things are starting to seriously escalate…it’s a very precarious situation they’re in. Not only are their true feelings coming out, everyone else knows that this is what they truly feel, so nothing can be taken back. Clearly, this is what Inaba feared. Something I’ve been wondering about this new situation…how [...]
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I’m too lazy for a fleshed-out post. I’ll just give my thoughts in annotated form. • Y’know, it may seem natural for Inaba to physically reprimand Taichi from time to time, because we expect her character to be a little … Continue reading →
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Impressions over the seventh episode of the anime series Kokoro Connect featuring wallpapers of the main heroines named Inaba Himeko, Yui Kiriyama and Iori Nagase.
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….. ouch. That had to hurt Inaban real bad. Taichi can get really overboard with his “helping others” passion. And so, the “desires unleashed” heads straight in to drama mode already with Yui and Inaban both getting the worst of it. Inaban especially, since she looks like she’s really holding everything in. At the end [...]
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This is why I don’t regret picking-up Kokoro Connect in favour of a shitty comedy anime. More teenage angst in my already powerful melodrama? Bring them in! Despite the lack of sharpening for the animation, the visuals do their job well. It’s still powerful like the voice acting, music, and ...The post Kokoro Connect 07 – Falling Apart appeared first on The dere-moe Project.
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Kokoro Connect's latest endeavor is a tightening around the current critical situation - the characters all feel pressure as result of the position they're in, however, Inaban in particular seems to be silently collapsing.
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The club members are set free to unleash their wildest desires, and what they do? Sleep in and yell out embarrassing things. I love how down to earth this show is. Sin and Blame Now that everyone’s inner desires are unleashed, … Continue reading →
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At first, the unleashed-desire episodes seem mostly harmles, like Taichi oversleeping or Iori shouting “Yahoo!” during a pop quiz. But gradually the effects of the episodes take their toll: Aoki must fight the urge to take revenge on Heartseed for hurting Yui, Iori suddenly snaps at a classmate who asks about Yui, and Yui herself [...]
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With a new set of worries on their collective minds, it's time to see what Japan's unluckiest group of high school kids have to face next under the constant threat of their normally suppressed desires running out of control. Inevitably, things aren't working out particularly well in terms of keeping those desires hidden - in Taichi's case, his subconscious desire to sleep means that he simply
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Once again, I am here to put some Seiyuu fangasm on a certain Miyuki Sawashiro character. Here are my reactions. What’s happening to Inaba? Oh… my… goodness. FUJIKO FINE IS BACK! Oh, not really. It seems that Inaba is unconscious. Oh my, Heartseed will come in 3… 2… As Yui goes in the police custody, her hidden desire to save the girls is unleashed. As Iori calls Taichi unconsciously, her hidden desire that she love him (?!) was revealed. As Inaba strips off unconciously, Fujiko Fine’s legacy lives on her hidden desire is revealed. We shall now focus on the ED featuring Inaba. The Fujishima-Inaba conspiracy is born. Cue the music. One question though: will be there a death flag again? Also, #kokoroco in 17 eps — EEEEEEHHHH?! It seems that a great story like this is something hard to formulate - and they’re staying there to prevent formulating confusing plots. Right? Now, what will happen next?  Other good reads:  @draggle_kun - http://blog.draggle.org/kokoro-connect-06-the-epistles-of-paul-animated-edition/ Charles (@thetangles) - http://beneaththetangles.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/kokoro-connect-06-wanting-what-we-desire/
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Minor timeskip of three weeks with this weeks episode – three uneventful weeks with no body swapping apparently.  Interestingly the formula gets shaken up a bit this week too and it looks like the start of a new arc – should be interesting~! So this arc will be about releasing your deepest desires, or to [...]
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An obvious pitfall with doing these three-episode samplings of ‘new’ anime series is that I will eventually find one that I don’t just dislike, but which I actively dislike.  Congratulations, Kokoro Connect, you are the winner of this dubious honor. … Continue reading →
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With this episode, I have to say that I’m actually liking Kokoro Connect even more. I like how they did not only focus on the idea of body swapping because keeping it right there might make the series somewhat boring somewhere in the series. The title Kokoro Connect seems to actually tell the whole story [...]
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