Anime Thread - 2012

[A Black Falcon]

In this case, AnoHana. It takes a bizarre, supernatural concept that easily could have been played for dumb laughs and treated it as the basis for a serious examination of the loss of childhood, learning to let go of those who have passed on, and coping with tragedy. If Kokoro Connect just wants to be high school goofiness with a supernatural/scifi angle, then I just do not care to spend my time on it.

Um, I already said that Kokoro Connect isn't just vapid comedy. Did you forget that? It isn't Anohana serious (I mean, nobody's dead), but Kokoro Connect definitely has a serious side as well as a comedic one. The premise may seem silly, but the show takes it seriously. On that note...

Kokoro Connect 2 - While the first episode was just an intro, this one explains some of the reasons why the body-switching is happening, and starts getting into some of the issues that would come up if people did randomly swap bodies like that. I think this episode mixed the silly and serious elements of this show quite well. They really did a good job here with both -- there were some parts that were definitely amusing, and others that brought up some good questions. There was a bit too much about going to the bathroom, but well, it IS true that randomly swapping into someone of the other gender (who you know) and then they have to go to the bathroom would be an obvious issue. And it's not just played for laughs here or something, this show isn't like that.

So yeah, it was great seeing a bit more depth from the characters. Each one of the five has a different personality and interesting character. The group is made up of two guys and three girls, and they're each interesting in a different way. I guess this episode has a bit more of Taichi and Iori than the other three, though. Iori raises some good questions here. And Taichi... yeah, I can see why the girls don't really trust you. :p

The being responsible, whatever it is, takes over their teacher and says that it's all basically being done in the hopes that there'll be entertaining results. What a troll. Understandably, the five of them are not thrilled about this...


Sorry, Taichi, but you can probably figure out why they don't entirely trust you... though they do somewhat.


But are they really sure you'll stick to this? :)


Indeed, Iori. This show certainly raises that (metaphysical) issue.

So yes, this was a great episode, even better than the first one for sure. Kokoro Connect is a good, high quality show certainly worth the watch.