Kokoro Connect

The Kokoro Connect series is also available in the following languages:

• Russian (Русский)

Volume 1 cover

Kokoro Connect (ココロコネクト) is a Japanese light novel series written by Sadanatsu Anda, with illustrations by Shiromizakana. Anda entered the first novel in the series, originally titled Hito Tsunagari Te, Doko e Yuku (ヒトツナガリテ、ドコへユク?), into Enterbrain's 11th Entertainment Awards in 2009 and the novel won the Special Prize.

Story Synopsis

The story revolves around five members—two boys and three girls—of a school cultural club who end up switching bodies through an unknown effect.

Updates

• September 6, 2012: Volume 1 Chapter 9 completed
• September 4, 2012: Volume 2 Epilogue completed
• September 4, 2012: Volume 2 Prologue completed
• August 31, 2012: Volume 1 Chapter 8 completed
• August 30, 2012: Volume 1 Author's Notes completed
• August 29, 2012: Volume 1 Epilogue completed
• August 28, 2012: Volume 1 Chapter 7 completed
• August 23, 2012: Volume 1 Chapter 6 completed
• August 13, 2012: Volume 1 Chapter 5 completed
• July 29, 2012: Volume 1 Chapter 4 completed
• July 8, 2012: Volume 1 Chapter 3 completed
• June 21, 2012: Volume 1 Chapter 2 completed
• June 17, 2012: Volume 1 Chapter 1 completed

• June 17, 2012: Page created

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Format Standards

• General Format/Style Guideline
• Project specific Guidelines: Names and Terminology (might contain spoilers)

All edited translations are to be in British English.

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The Kokoro Connect series by Sadanatsu Anda

Volume 1 - Kokoro Connect: Random People (Full Text - PDF)

• Novel Illustrations
• Chapter 1 - By the Time We Realized It, It Had Already Begun.
• Chapter 2 - 'That' was Started from 'th'
• Chapter 3 - That Guy Who was Interested
• Chapter 4 - The Week of Fostering Relationships and Detonating Bombs
• Chapter 5 - Jobber's Reflection
• Chapter 6 - Low Blow's Most Powerful Theory
• Chapter 7 - Finale and Another Starting Point
• Chapter 8 - She was Born With That
• Chapter 9 - A Confession and the Arrival of Death
• Epilogue
• Author's Notes

Volume 2 - Kokoro Connect: Random Wounds

• Novel Illustrations
• Prologue
• Chapter 1 - Can't Stop It, Can't Stop It, Can't Stop It! (Incomplete)
• Chapter 2 - By the Time We Realized It, It Had Already Begun. (II)
• Chapter 3 - Have Our Usual Lives Changed?
• Chapter 4 - The Collapse and Detachment of Their Bonds
• Chapter 5 - Working Together to Help the Collapsed
• Chapter 6 - Found Out by Accident
• Chapter 7 - Hiking Turned Out to be a Battlefield
• Chapter 8 - To Act What Has Been Said
• Epilogue - Inaba Himeko Strikes Back
• Author's Notes

Volume 3 - Kokoro Connect: Random Past

• Novel Illustrations
• Prologue - January 1 of This Year
• Chapter 1 - By the Time I was Reminded, It Had Already Begun.
• Chapter 2 - Some Things That Happened in the Past
• Chapter 3 - The Past Self and the Present Self
• Chapter 4 - Because It is Something That cannot be Helped
• Chapter 5 - New Year's Eve
• Chapter 6 - Bye
• Chapter 7 - No One is Noble but Me
• Chapter 8 - Starting Again
• Epilogue - Simply Words
• Author's Notes

Volume 4 - Kokoro Connect: Random Courses

• Novel Illustrations
• Prologue
• Chapter 1 - The Love Confession by Yaegashi Taichi
• Chapter 2 - The Valentine's Day for Inaba Himeko
• Chapter 3 - The Battle Method of Aoki Yoshifumi
• Chapter 4 - The Love Dilemma for Yaegashi Taichi
• Chapter 5 - The Striving Act of Kiriyama Yui
• Chapter 6 - The Realization of Inaba Himeko
• Chapter 7 - The Solution for Yaegashi Taichi
• Chapter 8 - The Resolution of Nagase Iori
• Chapter 9 - The Turning Point for Yaegashi Taichi
• Epilogue - A New Chapter for Nagase Iori
• Author's Notes

Volume 5 - Kokoro Connect: Clip Time

• Novel Illustrations
• The Correct Way to Use a Scoop Photo
• Kiriyama Yui's First Time Experience
• Inaba Himeko's Solo Battle
• Pentagon
• Author's Notes

Volume 6 - Kokoro Connect: Random Fakes

• Novel Illustrations
• Prologue
• Chapter 1 - Sports Festival
• Chapter 2 - Her Temptation
• Chapter 3 - This World is the Best XXX
• Chapter 4 - An Opened Door that Cannot be Closed Again
• Chapter 5 - And Then the Pentagon was Erased
• Chapter 6 - The Protagonist of this Tale
• Chapter 7 - This World, No Matter When
• Chapter 8 - On the Day of the Sports Festival
• Epilogue - Whose World Has Already Changed
• Author's Notes

Volume 7 - Kokoro Connect: Random Dreams

• Novel Illustrations
• Prologue
• Chapter 1 - The Season for the Preference List has Come
• Chapter 2 - The Announcement of the Beginning of the Last
• Chapter 3 - The Cupid of Love
• Chapter 4 - Parting of Ways of Which They Believed In
• Chapter 5 - She, the Detective
• Chapter 6 - The Decisive Battle and the Trap
• Chapter 7 - Under the Starry Night
• Chapter 8 - Their Individual Resolutions
• Epilogue - And Thereafter
• Author's Notes

Volume 8 - Kokoro Connect: Step Time

• Novel Illustrations
• First Encounter
• The Friendship of Those Two
• Date x Date x Date
• Sprint Towards My Way
• Author's Notes

Project Staff

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Translators

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• Pudding321 (very slow)
• Lantern (very slow)

INACTIVE

Editors

ACTIVE

• Chia (Drive-By Editor)
• Arczyx (Minor Editor)
• Unkani (Real Editor)
• Kira0802 (Irregular Editor)

INACTIVE

Series Overview

• Kokoro Connect 1 -ココロコネクト ヒトランダム (January 30, 2010) ISBN 978-4-04-726290-4
• Kokoro Connect 2 - ココロコネクト キズランダム (May 29, 2010) ISBN 978-4-04-726537-0
• Kokoro Connect 3 - ココロコネクト カコランダム (September 30, 2010) ISBN 978-4-04-726775-6
• Kokoro Connect 4 - ココロコネクト ミチランダム (January 29, 2011) ISBN 978-4-04-727030-5
• Kokoro Connect 5 - ココロコネクト クリップタイム (May 30, 2011) ISBN 978-4-04-727280-4
• Kokoro Connect 6 - ココロコネクト ニセランダム (October 29, 2011) ISBN 978-4-04-727585-0
• Kokoro Connect 7 - ココロコネクト ユメランダム (February 29, 2012) ISBN 978-4-04-727839-4
• Kokoro Connect 8 - ココロコネクト ステップタイム (June 30, 2012) ISBN 978-4-04-728122-6