7.2/1061 votes#1 - A Story That Had Already Begun Before Anyone Realized It
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/8/2012
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
7.5/1058 votes#2 - Some Fascinating Humans
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/15/2012
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
7.7/1062 votes#3 - Jobber and Low Blow
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/22/2012
As the body switching becomes more common place, the Student Cultural Society members become more adventurous with each other’s body.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.1/1058 votes#4 - Twin Feelings
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/29/2012
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
8.5/1071 votes#5 - A Confession and Death...
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/5/2012
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
7.3/1048 votes#6 - A Story That Continued Before Anyone Realized It
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/12/2012
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
7.5/1048 votes#7 - Falling Apart
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/19/2012
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
7.1/1048 votes#8 - And Then There Were None
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/26/2012
All the infighting between the club members is beginning the boil over. Good advice comes their way from an unlikely source.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.3/1048 votes#9 - Can't Stop, Can't Stop, Can't Stop
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/2/2012
The group is learning to be more honest with their desires, except for Inaba. Heartseed decides to pay her a special visit at home.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.0/1053 votes#10 - Putting into Words
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/9/2012
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
7.4/1046 votes#11 - A Story That Began as We Realized It
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/16/2012
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
7.9/1055 votes#12 - Into a Snow City
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/23/2012
While Kiriyama deals with a friend from the past and the promise she can’t remember. Aoki must decide who he really loves.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.5/1045 votes#13 - As Long as the Five of Us Are Together
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/30/2012
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
The Best Episodes of Kokoro Connect Season 1
Every episode of Kokoro Connect Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kokoro Connect Season 1!
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...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"A Story That Had Already Begun Before Anyone Realized It" is the best rated episode of "Kokoro Connect" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 61 votes. Directed by Shinya Kawatsura and written by Fumihiko Shimo, it aired on 7/8/2012. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Some Fascinating Humans".