Kokoro Connect
I finished this the other day, so I thought of posting some impressions in case someone is interested. Spoilers of course but if anyone is interested I could post some spoiler free impressions. I wanted to watch this for some time now but I only recently found the chance.
First, it seems like a second season isn't coming, a real shame. About the show, I liked the premise despite being general but I loved the fact that the show focused on the relationships of the characters more than paranormal phenomena themselves. Love is part of the relationships but I didn't really like it that by the end this was the main focus. The personality switch arc was the best and it didn't focus much at this. Instead, it had Taichi solving the problems, most of them being way more serious than what I'd imagine in such a series. The climax of this arc was really great and it actually felt sudden(in a good way) and a real twist. I think the series should have followed this arc more, as far as the tone in concerned. The "villain" felt extremely threatening on this one.
The second arc(desire unleash) wasn't exactly bad, but very underwhelming. Drama became kind of insufferable there. The phenomenon couldn't cause as much trouble as the other ones if everyone was careful and worked together. Instead, Yui decided to shut herself and Inaba ignored everyone despite opposing to this at first. Aoki was pretty much non existent there too. Despite preferring Inaba, I didn't really like the way it was revealed that she liked Taichi. Iori was the best in this arc and the one that essentially saved the group but nobody really cared.
The third arc, while not bad at all, wasn't as good as the first. The time reversing phenomenon was interesting and worked really well, but the only real problem there was the fact that someone would see them. But nothing really happened. There were some nice moments and Inaba x Taichi became even more prominent and that's it. When the Second punished Taichi, I hoped for something more threatening but again nothing extremely important happened. The ending was satisfying though.
The extra 4th arc was really, really weird and mediocre. The phenomenon itself was certainly not something threatening but you had Iori become something entirely insufferable for no reason. I understand that she was treated like rubbish and had suffered the most but her change was sudden, in certainly no a good way. But others characters kind of sucked there too. Aoki did absolutely nothing, Inaba was causing more problems than good and Taichi was useless for the first time. Iori returned to her normal self on her own and this was followed by a lame kidnapping.
Generally, I'd say that it was nice but I wanted more. Too much focus on love triangle, while Yui and especially Aoki barely had any time. Aoki's plot was generally very stupid but this is what happened to all the characters in the end.
