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!
The best episode of "Kokoro Connect" season 1 is "A Story That Had Already Begun Before Anyone Realized It", rated 7.2/10 from 58 user votes. It was directed by Shinya Kawatsura and written by Fumihiko Shimo. "A Story That Had Already Begun Before Anyone Realized It" aired on 7/8/2012 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Some Fascinating Humans".
Being required by their school to be in a club, Yui, Iori, Himeko, Taichi, and Aoki are members of Student Cultural Society. One day, Yui and Aoki come in with a problem... they claim to have swapped bodies last night.
Director: Shinya Kawatsura
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
The Student Cultural Society members have a problem and it seems to be escalating. The group doesn’t know what to do until a mysterious figure explains almost everything.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
As the body switching becomes more common place, the Student Cultural Society members become more adventurous with each other’s body.
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Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
Inaban is not well and she has been hiding it from the group. Taichi, after switching with her, has felt her physical pain and is determined to help her.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
Heartseed has grown bored with the group. So spice things up he takes over Iori body and jumps from a bridge. He offers the group the ability to switch bodies at will, if one cares to take Iori’s place in death.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
After weeks of peace, the members of the group have started hearing voice and once again their lives have been turned upside down.
Director: Jin Tamamura
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
Acting out on their desires is causing members of the StuCS to lose friends and even turn against each other.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
All the infighting between the club members is beginning the boil over. Good advice comes their way from an unlikely source.
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Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
The group is learning to be more honest with their desires, except for Inaba. Heartseed decides to pay her a special visit at home.
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Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
Heartseed warned Inaba that he would make things interesting. Inaba, Iori, with knives and unleashed desires will leave someone crying.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
With Heartseed gone the group enjoyed some time off, but a visitor to Taichi is set to stir up new troubles.
Director: Jin Tamamura
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
While Kiriyama deals with a friend from the past and the promise she can’t remember. Aoki must decide who he really loves.
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Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
Taichi screws up and everyone pays the price. While dealing with the situation, Iori gets a call from her mother and the team sets out to help.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo