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| Hito Random |
| 1 | "A Story That Had Already Begun Before Anyone Realized It"
Transliteration: "Kizuita Toki ni wa Hajimatteita toiu Hanashi" (Japanese: 気づいた時には始まっていたという話) | July 8, 2012 (2012-07-08) |
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Taichi Yaegashi, Iori Nagase, Himeko Inaba, Yui Kiriyama, and Yoshifumi Aoki are first-year high school classmates and members of the Student Cultural Society. As Taichi, Iori, and Himeko try to brainstorm about a new topic for a news article, Yoshifumi and Yui later arrive in the clubroom and claim to have temporarily switched bodies the previous night. Taichi, Iori, and Himeko are pretty skeptical of this, but when Iori goes to a classroom to retrieve a notebook, it is soon proven to be real when Taichi suddenly switches bodies with Iori and briefly gets hit on by the class president, Maiko Fujishima. After spending the rest of the afternoon convincing Himeko what had happened is real, Taichi and Iori eventually switch back to their original bodies, before the five of them leave school to return to their homes. |
| 2 | "Some Fascinating Humans"
Transliteration: "Nakanaka Omoshiroi Ningen-tachi" (Japanese: なかなか面白い人間達) | July 15, 2012 (2012-07-15) |
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The next morning, Himeko, Yoshifumi, and Yui all switch bodies together, though soon revert to normal. After the gang are excused from absence in class, Taichi briefly ends up switching places with Yui before getting grilled by Iori over what happened the previous day while he was in her body. Just then, the gang is approached by someone who had swapped bodies with their homeroom teacher Ryūzen Gotō, calling himself Heartseed, who is revealed to be responsible for the body swapping, vaguely explaining the situation before leaving. A week later, the group discuss how best to handle the situation without making anyone else suspicious. As Iori later swaps bodies with Yoshifumi, she talks with Taichi about how the switching may affect their individuality before she switches back. The next day, as Taichi and Himeko switch and end up volunteering for off-campus cleaning duty with Maiko, Himeko decides to get revenge against Taichi and declare to Maiko that Iori is hers while in Taichi's body. |
| 3 | "Jobber and Low Blow"
Transliteration: "Jobā to Rōburō" (Japanese: ジョバーとローブロー) | July 22, 2012 (2012-07-22) |
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As Taichi questions Himeko about what she said in front of Maiko, she implies to Taichi he has feelings for Iori while also worrying about how the body swapping could eventually break them. Later, Taichi and Yoshifumi learn Yui has androphobia, the fear of men. At night, as Taichi switches with Yui, they meet up in a park, where she reveals she gained fear after almost being raped in middle school, believing she could not beat a man in a fight. Wanting to help her get over her fear, Taichi teaches Yui the crotch is the one weakness all men possess. The next day, as Yui becomes a bit more confident and decides to take up martial arts again, Himeko suddenly collapses before Taichi. |
| 4 | "Twin Feelings"
Transliteration: "Futatsu no Omoi" (Japanese: 二つの想い) | July 29, 2012 (2012-07-29) |
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As Taichi and Iori escort Himeko home, Taichi is forced to spill the beans about what happened last night with Yui, leaving Iori a bit shocked as she was unaware of Yui's androphobia. After dropping Himeko off, Iori tells Taichi about the troubles she faced due to her mother Reika Nagase constantly getting remarried, having to keep changing her persona to fit the tastes of others while eventually forgetting who she is, and she feels the body swapping would cause her to just fade away. The next day, Taichi confronts Himeko, who eventually reveals she cannot trust them to use another's body for evil deeds, hating herself for feeling this way. As Taichi tells Himeko she does not need to change who she is to be accepted by others, he tells her a secret about his lustfully thought of her and the other girls in the past. Moved by his confession, Himeko decides to share her issues with the others and finds the others accept her. |
| 5 | "A Confession and a Death..."
Transliteration: "Aru Kokuhaku, Soshite Shi wa..." (Japanese: ある告白、そして死は...) | August 5, 2012 (2012-08-05) |
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Yoshifumi once again confesses to Yui, but she declines since she is not ready to date anyone just yet. Iori pretends to have swapped places with Himeko to find out how Taichi feels about her. After he says he likes their current relationship, Himeko walks in on them, causing Iori to run off in embarrassment. Taichi realizes his folly and chases after her, finding her on a bridge over the river. Taichi expresses his admiration for her and confesses to her, but Heartseed suddenly possesses Iori and forces her to jump off into the river, which results in her being hospitalized for intensive care. Heartseed, who then possesses Gotō, tells the others Iori will soon die, allotting them thirty minutes to decide amongst themselves whose soul will die with her and giving them the ability to switch bodies on verbal request. As Iori swaps with Yoshifumi and learns of the situation, she offers to die with her own body, not willing to sacrifice anyone else. As she spends time talking to everyone individually, she confesses to Taichi and kisses him while in Himeko's body. It turns out Iori managed to survive and the Heartseed planned out this whole ordeal. As Iori recovers from her injuries and returns to school, the gang assume the body swapping has stopped, while Himeko gets revenge on Taichi for stealing her first kiss. |
| Kizu Random |
| 6 | "A Story That Continued Before Anyone Realized It"
Transliteration: "Kizuita Toki ni wa Mata Hajimatteita toiu Hanashi" (Japanese: 気づいた時にはまた始まっていたという話) | August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12) |
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Three weeks following the body swapping incident, Taichi and Iori have yet to have a chance to talk alone since the club has been busy writing a paper. One day, as Taichi and Himeko are alone in the clubroom, Himeko suddenly starts stripping and making advances on Taichi before they are interrupted by Yui, who suddenly smashes the table without realizing it. Later at night, both Taichi and Iori end up doing things unconsciously, though it does give them a chance to finally talk about the confession. The next day, Taichi, Iori and Himeko learn from Maiko Yui and Yoshifumi had been taken into police custody after Yui had beaten up some guys hitting on some girls, while Yoshifumi was trying to protect her from being taken away. As Taichi, Iori and Himeko discuss the voices they had been hearing in their heads, Heartseed appears again, explaining they are being put through a new phenomenon in which their bodies will impulsively act on their deepest desires. As Taichi, Iori, Himeko and Yoshifumi discuss how they need to be more careful to try and not get innocent people involved, Himeko hides her doubt from the others. Later, Iori calls Taichi to tell him they should put off dating until the phenomenon is over. |
| 7 | "Falling Apart"
Transliteration: "Barabara to Kuzureru" (Japanese: バラバラと崩れる) | August 19, 2012 (2012-08-19) |
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As the others grow concerned about Yui, who has not shown up at school since the incident, Himeko tells Taichi he could be in danger if his desire to help others is unleashed. As the others visit Yui the next day, she reveals her worries she might end up hurting others again. However, Himeko ends up unleashing her desire to scold her, stating her belief they could all be in danger if they do not satisfy Heartseed's desire for entertainment. As Yui doesn't know what to do, Himeko tells her to stop whining, her crying and hiding isn't gonna solve her problems, which causes Yui to have a breakdown. Because of the incident, Himeko tries to keep herself out of the situation, but Taichi's desires cause him to argue with her and lectures her for giving up on her friends and being a coward. She is visibly hurt by this and walks away, with Tachi showing remorse for his words. |
| 8 | "And Then There Were None"
Transliteration: "Soshite Dare mo Inakunatta" (Japanese: そして誰もいなくなった) | August 26, 2012 (2012-08-26) |
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As Himeko distances herself from the others, concerns over Yui cause Taichi and Yoshifumi to argue with each other. When Iori tries to stop them from fighting, Taichi's desires cause him to inadvertently injure her. The next day, as Maiko makes plans with the class for a field trip, Iori becomes worried as both Himeko and Taichi are becoming more distant from her, in which she gets into a fight with Himeko, nearly unleashing her desires in the process. At the moment, Maiko steps in, declaring Himeko and Iori will be a part of her group, much to Himeko's annoyance, as she argues she can't make such decisions. However, Maiko tells her as class representative she can, forcing her to stop protesting as she has no say in the matter. Later, Gotō asks Taichi to help him carry some school equipment. As Tachi doesn't know what to do, Gotō suggests Taichi should turn to his friends for advice, while Maiko later suggests Taichi should consider what is most important to him. |
| 9 | "Can't Stop, Can't Stop, Can't Stop"
Transliteration: "Tomaranai Tomaranai Tomaranai" (Japanese: 止まらない止まらない止まらない) | September 2, 2012 (2012-09-02) |
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Taichi apologizes to Iori and tells her he would rather stay with his friends and risk hurting them than distance himself from them. After making up with Iori, Taichi also manages to make up with Yoshifumi, but Himeko is still avoiding them. Recalling how the body swapping allowed Taichi to help Yui with her androphobia, he and Yoshifumi assure Yui their desires can be controlled with enough will and convince her to attend school again. Meanwhile, Heartseed appears at Himeko's house at night, bringing to light her withheld feelings she fears could tear apart the group if revealed, indirectly revealing her feelings for Tachi. As Heartseed digs deeper, asking who she cares for the most, Himeko snaps and angrily demands he stop talking. Heartseed smiles, stating Himeko is now fully aware of her feelings and with that, his work here is done. Himeko appears weak, trying to reject what has developed, but Heartseed expresses how easy it is to manipulate her and how he looks forward to what's to come. As he exits, Heartseed warns Himeko to stop hiding. |
| 10 | "Putting Into Words"
Transliteration: "Sore o Kotoba ni Suru toiu Koto" (Japanese: それを言葉にするということ) | September 9, 2012 (2012-09-09) |
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As the school goes on the field trip to the mountains, Himeko remains concerned over what Heartseed had told her. Iori takes notice and learns Himeko also has romantic feelings for Taichi. Iori confronts Himeko, who reveals she never acted on her feelings as she did not want the group to fall apart, believing no one would want a weakling such as herself and she didn't want to put herself between Iori and Tachi. Iori tells Himeko to stop putting herself down and reassures her their friendship will always remain despite her flaws and their shared love of Taichi. Just as they make up, Heartseed possesses Iori and tells Himeko Taichi had been in an accident, causing Himeko to panic, believing he had fallen down a cliff. Upon discovering had simply fallen off a tree while rescuing a kitten, remaining relatively unscathed, Himeko breaks down in tears out of relief. With the desire unleashing phenomenon declared over, Himeko decides to confess to Taichi and, despite getting rejected, remains confident in the fact she may one day win against Iori and then gives him a kiss. Laughing gleefully, Himeko looks toward a brighter future where she can be true to her feelings. |
| Kako Random |
| 11 | "A Story That Began As We Realized It"
Transliteration: "Kizuki o Ataerarete Hajimatta toiu Hanashi" (Japanese: 気づきを与えられて始まったという話) | September 16, 2012 (2012-09-16) |
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On the day before winter break, following a brief period of peace after the desire unleashing incident, a new phenomenon takes place in which Iori and Yui temporarily revert to children from noon to five o'clock in the afternoon. After returning to normal, they lose memory of what happened, but remember things from when they were at the age. Later at night, a second Heartseed appears before Taichi through his younger sister, Rina Yaegashi, tasking him to watch over the others and warning him not to tell the others about his existence. The next day, Taichi stumbles upon Yui, who is argued at by an old karate rival, Chinatsu Mihashi, over breaking a certain promise which she cannot remember. As the gang meets up at an abandoned building, this time Himeko and Yoshifumi shrink, with the now ten-year-old Yoshifumi likening Yui to a girl named Nana Nishino. After reverting to his normal age, Yoshifumi explains Nana was a girl he went out with once before she moved, leading him to be conflicted over how his feelings stand for both her and Yui. The next day, as Taichi and Himeko watch over a fourteen-year-old Iori, Himeko voices her worries. |
| 12 | "Into a Snowy City"
Transliteration: "Yuki Furu Machi e" (Japanese: 雪降る街へ) | September 23, 2012 (2012-09-23) |
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As the gang have to look after Iori who winds up as a baby, Yui is confronted by Chinatsu, who challenges her to a karate match and defeats her. Meanwhile, Yoshifumi ponders if his feelings for Yui are because of her similar appearance to Nana. On the second day of the New Year, Yui reverts to right after she was assaulted and, upon returning to normal, remembers vividly about during age. As Yui refuses to talk things out with Chinatsu and lashes out at Yoshifumi for only liking her because she resembles Nana, he scolds her for refusing to face her problems, she keeps making excuses and giving up and she has no right to criticize him. Both walk away from their outburst, ashamed of their words. Talking with Taichi alone, Yui reveals her promise with Chinatsu was to meet each other at the national karate tournament, which she was unable to keep after contracting her androphobia, and laments how weak and reliant she has become, but accepts her fate nonetheless. After sending Yui home, the others speak with Yoshifumi, who remembers his personal vow to live carefree and decides to go visit Nana to tell her about his love for Yui. Afterwards, Yoshifumi reconfirms to Yui he loves her for who she is. This encourages Yui to stop running away and facing her own problems, embracing Yoshifumi and overcoming her androphobia. Afterwards, Himeko becomes suspicious of Taichi hiding something from everyone. |
| 13 | "As Long as the Five of Us Are Together"
Transliteration: "Kono Gonin ga Ireba" (Japanese: この五人がいれば) | September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30) |
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As Taichi is forced to tell the others what he had been hiding, the second Heartseed reminds them of the consequences, making the age revert phenomenon happen at random times and including Taichi in the phenomenon, which forces them to stay at the building to avoid others discovering themselves. Iori becomes stressed from believing Reika is in danger from her violent second husband, who wants to get back together with her. Iori, briefly turning younger for a short period and regaining memories of that age, is stopped by the others when she tries to head off on her own, as they tell her she shouldn't try to do this alone and ask for help, which she does after much needed pep talk. As Taichi, Iori and Himeko reach the house and hear violent noises, they are forced to retreat after Iori turns into a baby. Just then, the first Heartseed approaches them, ending the age revert phenomenon and offering Iori the opportunity to go back in time and rectify some of the bad decisions she made in her youth. After some encouragement by Taichi and Himeko, Iori declines his offer, saying her past mistakes have allowed her to become the person she is now. Afterwards, everyone goes with Iori to see Reika, where they both realize they had both made mistakes trying to make the other happy. After Reika gains the encouragement to turn her second husband away, Iori gives thanks to everyone who made her who she is. Yui apologizes to Chinatsu, promising to meet her at the next karate tournament. As winter break comes to an end, Iori starts to question if she truly loves Taichi. |
| Michi Random |
| 14 | "The Days Fall Apart"
Transliteration: "Kowareteyuku Hibi" (Japanese: 壊れてゆく日々) | December 30, 2012 (2012-12-30) |
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Heartseed puts the gang through another phenomenon, in which their true emotions will be randomly transmitted to each other, shown when Iori turns Taichi down when he asks to start dating her three days later. As Valentine's Day comes and Maiko suggests Taichi turn his attention towards Himeko, the gang grows concerned when they learn Gotō will only be able to be an advisor for one club, meaning they will have to outdo the Jazz Band Club in a presentation in order to keep him. While the discussion turns to Valentine's Day, both Himeko's feelings for Taichi and Taichi's rejection by Iori gets transmitted to the others. As Himeko tries to get Iori to speak her reasons, Iori's selfish thoughts end up getting transmitted to everyone, which in turn leads Iori to hear everyone's concerned thoughts about her, including a harsh one from Himeko. When Himeko asks Iori about it privately, Iori responds the experiences with Heartseed has affected her decision making, which makes her uncertain about if she actually loves Taichi or not. Afterwards, Taichi and Himeko have a talk, where she confronts him for not talking to her first before he asked Iori out, listing the things he likes about Himeko, although still pointing out he is in love with Iori. As the gang decides what to do for their presentation, Yoshifumi hears Iori's thoughts about how everyone has their own idea of her personality. Later, Heartseed approaches Yoshifumi and notices how useless he is, which urges Yoshifumi to strengthen his resolve with thoughts of Yui, who also hears his thoughts. |
| 15 | "You Don't See It, You Don't Get It"
Transliteration: "Nanimo Mietenai Nanimo Wakattenai" (Japanese: なにも見えてない なにもわかってない) | December 30, 2012 (2012-12-30) |
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As Iori struggles with her identity, she ends up being cold and distancing herself from everyone around her, first shown when she turns down Shōto Shiroyama, a boy from the Jazz Band Club. also angering Kaoru Setouchi, who reprimands her for this, but Iori brushes off her threats and offends her, unintentionally making enemies with her in the process. When Taichi hears Himeko thinking about disbanding the Student Cultural Society, she explains it as a possible method to stop Heartseed from interfering with them, though Taichi easily tells she does not want it to come to that. Concerned about Iori, Yui later tries to reason with her, but Iori denounces her claims, stating if she likes her no matter who she is, then she's missing the point of what liking someone means. At the moment, Yui's telepathic transmission activates, stating her horror at what Iori has become. Knowing how she really feels, Iori tells Yui they can no longer be friends and leaves. As Yui is approached by Heartseed in the evening, she resolves to stop relying on others so much, later giving Taichi some encouragement to help save Iori. The next day, Himeko tries to get Iori to say what she truly feels, in which Iori responds by saying it is Himeko's selfishness concerning Taichi is to blame. |
| 16 | "Determination and Resolution"
Transliteration: "Kakugo to Hyōkai" (Japanese: 覚悟と氷解) | December 30, 2012 (2012-12-30) |
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As the gang continues on their presentation without Iori, Taichi makes a bold statement in class in order to quell the rumors surrounding Iori. However, Kaoru is not fooled by this and plots to scheme something as payback, worrying Iori in the process. Later, the gang returns to the clubroom to find their presentation has been torn to shreds. Despite the others putting it aside and deciding to remake the project from scratch, Iori discovers this, becomes infuriated at Kaoru for supposedly getting others involved and threatens to get revenge. This forces Taichi and Himeko to stop Iori in her tracks. They manage to stop her from hurting Kaoru. After calming her down, Himeko forces Iori to explain why she's distancing herself by sharing an embarrassing dream about Taichi. Iori eventually breaks down, and due to all the stress and suffering the Heartseed incidents have caused her, she reveals she's had enough of the suffering and how she cannot stand to keep up her fake, cheerful personality anymore. Himeko reprimands her, stating she shouldn't care what other people think and she should just live the way she wants to, whilst Taichi mentions he still loves her even if it was not her true personality. As Iori asks to think about it, Himeko encounters the group of boys who were responsible for messing up the clubroom, and when she tries to confront them, she ends up being kidnapped. |
| 17 | "Connecting Hearts"
Transliteration: "Kokoro o Tsunaide" (Japanese: 心をつないで) | December 30, 2012 (2012-12-30) |
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As Taichi, Yui and Yoshifumi learn of Himeko's kidnapping via the emotion transmission and rush to save her, Iori remains conflicted over what she should do, but inevitably decides to follow Taichi and Himeko's advice and live for herself. As the others start fighting against the boys who kidnapped Himeko, one of them puts a knife towards her. Just then, Iori arrives and manages to use the emotion transmission to get Himeko to safety and taking down the last guy. Kaoru, who showed resentment towards Iori for turning down Shōto in the past, apologizes for taking her actions too far. Noticing Kaoru also changed personalities to be accepted by others, Iori gives Kaoru the same advice she was once given before and soon befriends Kaoru. As the gang makes their way home, one of the kidnappers comes at them with a metal pipe, hitting Taichi as he protects Himeko. After Taichi and Iori have a mental discussion via the emotion transmission, where they decide to start their relationship from scratch, Taichi awakens and decides to ask Himeko out, to which she agrees. Elsewhere, Iori is suddenly greeted by Heartseed, who tells her the phenomenon is over. Iori accuses him of turning her against her friends, but he denies it and tells her she learned something from it and he takes his leave. As the phenomenon comes to its conclusion, Gotō is impressed by the gang's presentation and decides to continue moderating both clubs. Maiko tells Taichi her father arrested the kidnappers and they won't be bothering them again. With Taichi and Himeko start dating and Iori making friends again, the gang enter the new school year with their paths ahead of them. |
