“Most useless in the group” indeed – let’s see if he does anything with that information, now that Heartseed has thrown it in his face.Īll that said, I think the second episode reveals some of the problems that have intermittently dragged Kokoro Connect down. I’m choosing to ignore the continued hints that Taichi’s sister is a brocon – “true love chocolate” indeed – as purely for comic effect (I hope so) but I like the fact that the show confronted what’s been the elephant in the room all along, namely that Aoki is a serious fifth wheel. The so-called “random” emotional transmissions are an interesting wrinkle, and the added elements of a group challenge and a potential rival for Iori’s heart in Shiroyama give the series some much-needed breadth of plot. This arc seems to have a lot going for it.

Iori’s arc is the most interesting of the five as far as I’m concerned, and the additional focus on Go-sensei (or perhaps I should say “You go, Sensei!” after seeing him rip up “You’ve Got Rhythm” on sax) has potential. But on balance things got off to a pretty good start. Kokoro Connect is a pretty erratic show to begin with, and then there was all the ugliness surrounding the now legendary “incident” (I see no need to re-hash it again), which delayed this arc by several months.

It’s fair to say I went into this arc expecting almost anything. That Heartseed should be a liar is no big surprise, though I suspect he was telling the truth when he said “They’ve taken an interest in me” – though as I write this I don’t know just exactly what that means.

The first thought that pops into my mind after watching the first episode of “Michi Random” is “Random, my ass” – because more so than with any of Heartseed’s prior phenomena this one is clearly timed for maximum impact (though the others have hardly seemed random either).

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