Kokoro Connect

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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.

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Story Synopsis

The story involves five high school students, Yaegashi Taichi, Nagase Iori, Inaba Himeko, Aoki Yoshifumi and Kiriyama Yui, who are all members of the Cultural Research Club. One day, they begin experiencing a phenomenon in which they randomly swap bodies amongst themselves. As these five friends face many different phenomena at the whims of a mysterious entity known as «Heartseed», their friendship is put to the ultimate test.

Translation

Updates

January 11, 2013: Volume 2 Chapter 3 completed
December 30, 2012: Volume 2 Chapter 2 completed
November 6, 2012: Volume 4 completed
November 6, 2012: Volume 4 Author's Notes completed
November 6, 2012: Volume 4 Chapter 7, 8, 9 and Epilogue completed
October 25, 2012: Volume 4 Chapter 6 completed
October 21, 2012: Volume 4 Chapter 5 completed
October 20, 2012: Volume 4 Chapter 4 completed
October 17, 2012: Volume 4 Chapter 3 completed
October 12, 2012: Volume 4 Chapter 2 completed

Older updates can be found on Kokoro Connect Updates page.

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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: Hito Random (Random People) (Full Text - PDF)

Volume 2 - Kokoro Connect: Kizu Random (Random Wounds)

Novel Illustrations
Prologue
Chapter 1 - Can't Stop It, Can't Stop It, Can't Stop It!
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 Out What Has Been Said
Epilogue - Inaba Himeko Strikes Back
Author's Notes (Incomplete)

Volume 3 - Kokoro Connect: Kako Random (Random Past) (Full Text - PDF)

Volume 4 - Kokoro Connect: Michi Random (Random Courses) (Full Text - PDF)

Volume 4.5 - 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++ - (progress: 11/128)
Author's Notes

Volume 5 - Kokoro Connect: Nise Random (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 6 - Kokoro Connect: Yume Random (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 Who Was 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 6.5 - 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

Volume 7 - Kokoro Connect: Asu Random (I)

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