Taichi Yaegashi/Story Plot

Hito Random arc
When Taichi first heard about the ‘body-swapping phenomenon’ from Yui and Aoki, he also dismisses it as a joke like the other two members of the StuCS club.However he soon believes the phenomenon when he personally experiences the ‘body-swap’ first hand with his classmate Iori. After escaping from the clutches of their class rep Fujishima, Taichi and Iori finally regain their bodies after trying to convince Inaba to believe their story. It was the end of the day, so everyone left with the assumption that it was just a brief phenomenon.

It was not until the next day that he learn that the ‘body-swapping phenomenon’ was still occurring and learn that their club adviser Gotou have been briefly taken over by the sentient called Heartseed; the perpetrator of the whole affair. The club member tries to oppose Heartseed but failed in their attempt, witnessing how futile they effort were against this foe. A few days, Taichi meet up with everyone at Inaba’s house to discuss the handling of the events. When it was time for everyone to return to their home, Taichi wait and talk with Iori; who had switch body with Aoki, at the train station.

The next day, Taichi tries to volunteer him-self for the cleaning job asked by Fujishima, however unfortunately for Inaba; Taichi switches body with her at the last moment and therefore bring her along to help as well. When the two later regain their bodies, Inaba confronts Taichi on his feelings for Iori, Taichi hears from Inaba that that Iori is very fragile and will need someone to protect her. Taichi tries to be positive that everything will be fine, however his attitude annoy Inaba. They both later apologize and continue their work.

After getting caught by Inaba and Yui in the StuCS clubroom, as Taichi and Aoki were trying to record themselves acting all feminine in their bodies. The two girls warn Taichi and Aoki severely to never try anything similar to that again. If was after this that Taichi and Aoki discover that Yui has Androphobia, which Inaba confirms as she already knew. As the guys were walking back home, Aoki stated to Taichi that he sometime think that Taichi may be a better candidate to help Yui, because he is more kind and considerate. Later that night, Taichi meet up with Yui at a park when they swap bodies with each other at their own homes. After listening to the past of how Yui’s phobia began, Taichi risk his body to help her slightly overcome it; by engraving in Yui’s mind the pain of a man who got hit at their most vulnerable part, easily restraining them from being able to attack her further.

At school the next day, Taichi was confronted by the other three StuCS members when they notice Yui being at higher spirit. After helping Yui, Taichi faces another problem when Inaba suddenly faints in front of him. After having her rest at the school infirmary, Iori and Taichi escorts Inaba home and Taichi got force to relinquish how he help Yui along the way. After dropping Inaba at her home, Taichi sat with Iori at a stone steps and learn about Iori’s problem with her family. After listening, Taichi promises Iori that he will always recognize her for who she is.

On another school day, Taichi and Inaba swap bodies and Taichi learn that Inaba body was very sick as she was vomiting in the girl bathroom. After bring Inaba’s body to the StuCS clubroom to rest, Taichi confronts Inaba on her problem. Defeating Inaba in their argument, Taichi learns that Himeko was overly insecure of herself, and she confesses that she was always worried sick of whether she can fully trust people, including her friends. Taichi tells Inaba that her friends will always accept her and tries to convince her that their friendship will not change even if she tells them this information. To help Inaba believe, Taichi voluntarily tells her one of his darkest secret. Inaba was amazed by the stupid confection that Taichi told her, and was touch on much he fully believe in her. So as promise, Taichi watches as Inaba tell the other StuCS members that she had trouble trusting her. As Taichi predicted, they were all still friends. At the end of the day, Taichi listen as Inaba mischievously tell her one of her secret that was similar to Taichi’s.

On another day, Taichi hide with Inaba and Iori in the bushes as they watch Aoki make another confession to Yui. Inaba brought Taichi and Iori to give them some ideas for their relationship. Taichi was at the StuCS clubroom when school ended, Iori enters while pretending to had switch body with Inaba. Iori ran out of the clubroom crying when the real Inaba enters. Taichi then realizes that he had failed to keep his promise to Iori to always recognize her. After getting punch by Inaba, Taichi chase after Iori after receiving Fujishima’s bike. He finds Iori at the bridge and apologizes to her. Iori was still upset as nobody knows the real her, however Taichi was able win Iori over by arguing that all of her personalities she exhibit were all parts of her real self. Taichi left confesses his love to Iori, just as Iori felt Taichi’s words, Heartseed intervene. Bored with the recent event, he escalates the situation by throwing Iori’s body over a bridge and sending her to the hospital.

When everyone gather at the hospital to check on Iori, Heartseed reappear and announces that Iori’s body will soon die and that they must make a choice between which one of them will disappear along with Iori’s body. Taichi couldn’t bear to handle the pain of Iori dying while he lives, so he tries to volunteer himself as the sacrifice which Inaba was fully against. After deciding that Iori will be to die along with her body, the group uses the power that Heartseed momentarily given them to allow Iori to say her goodbyes. When it was finally Taichi’s turn, Iori was using Inaba’s body. Taichi held back his tears to allow Iori to cry, and as her last request, Taichi gave her their first and possibly last kiss. When Heartseed heard their answer to whose soul will depart along with Iori, he congratulates them on making the appropriate choice. As Heartseed was in full control over everything, Taichi and the rest of the StuCS members learn that Iori will live. Heartseed made his goodbyes and left them. During the whole time of Iori’s absence, the ‘body-swapping’ phenomenon seems to have stop. As the StuCS members welcome back Iori’s return to the clubroom with a party, Taichi fear for his life as Inaba told him that she heard about the kiss that Taichi and Iori done, while she was in her body, so meaning that Taichi have stolen Inaba’s first kiss.