Kokoro Connect (2012)

Animation · Comedy · Drama

Five members of the school culture club—Taichi Yaegashi, Iori Nagase, Himeko Inaba, Yui Kiriyama, and Yoshifumi Aoki—encounter a bizarre phenomenon one day when Aoki and Yui switch personalities without warning. The same begins to happen to the other club members, throwing their daily lives into chaos. At first the five students find some amusement among the confusion, but this connection also exposes the painful scars hidden within their hearts... When their calm lives are shattered, the relationships between the five students also begin to change!

IMDb rating: 7.4 (3,202 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 ↑ +0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: JA
Type: Mini-series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

7.95 avg 17 episodes 7.4 → 8.5 25 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Story That Had Already Begun Before Anyone Realized It	7.4	89
2	Some Fascinating Humans	7.8	84
3	Jobber and Low Blow	8.0	88
4	Twin Feelings	8.3	83
5	A Confession and Death...	8.6	118
6	A Story That Continued Before Anyone Realized It	7.5	69
7	Falling Apart	7.8	71
8	And Then There Were None	7.4	70
9	Don't Stop, Don't Stop, Don't Stop	7.5	69
10	Putting Into Words	8.4	81
11	A Story That Began as We Realized It	7.7	64
12	Into a Snowy City	8.2	75
13	As Long as the Five of Us Are Together	7.8	65
14	The Days Fall Apart	8.1	65
15	You Don't See It, You Don't Get It	7.8	63
16	Determination and Resolution	8.3	68
17	Connecting Hearts	8.5	87