Audience reviews
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Hibbington
So I'll start by saying what would of made the show a 10 out of 10 for me.
The brain is a very complex part of the human body that we still today do not know everything about.
Sigmund Freud was the first to scratch the surface.
Modern day we have neuroscience.
It would been really awesome if they went psychology route but you really can't expect a fluffy cute anime to dive into advance psychology. It is beyond most people's general knowledge.
I'm not going to penalize the show that much for that. It just would of been a big bonus.
The show just gives us that she was in accident and she suffered a brain injury that most likely affected the cerebellum. It is left up for your imagination.
When you look at the tags of the show.
There is no drama or romance tag. The selling point of the…
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Just finished watching One week Friend... This Anime is so disappointing, the main characters is so doll and annoying, except for the supporting cast but even them couldn't save the show from extinction...
The Animation and the background music is so doll that i prefer to sleep than to watch this anime..
PS: Just watch 50 first dates instead starring Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore..
They've Similar Concept 'cause One Week Friend is unwatchable and it failed so hard to become a better anime
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"You eat your octupus weiners feet first."
-Kaori Fujimiya, Episode 8
50 First Dates, the anime! This show began with much promise, and was interesting to watch, but just seemed to fall apart towards the end. It got to the point where I was hoping there would be an unfortunate ending. (the resolution provided was very unsatisfying)
One of my biggest complaints is about the two main characters, Hase and Kaori (I don't remember people's full names because more often than not, they're not memorable). They both start off as decent-enough characters, but they become annoying with time.
75% of the time Hase is talked to, he will respond in a generic surprised way (ex. "W-Where did that come from?"). This might seem like a minor detail, but trust me, it will get annoying.
After Kaori [major plo…
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(My english is HORRIBLE, so I'm really sorry if reading my review will give you a cancer. Really.)
Maybe as so much people, I watched Isshuukan Friends because everybody said that's a really really REALLY good anime. But... NONONONONONONONONONONONONONO, no, please, NO.
I wasted my time and I hope you'll not make the same mistake.
The chara-design is HORRIBLE (all in this anime is horrible, in fact) and I think I don't need to explain why : the faces are the same and not really developed (any details), the mouth is small, the nose... Jesus, but just : where's the nose? e-e
About the story itself, I don't know what to say because there's NOT story. You can watch the first episode and just after, watch the last without screaming to spoil yourself. It's literally boring.
In fact, the 80 %…
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Let me be totally honest with you. There's no real love story in Isshuukan Friends. You can easily describe all the feelings and interactions between main characters as 'love', but they actually put themselves in a 'friend-zone forever' situation. I keep wondering myself, if it's all because of memory loses, or because Hase was just a wet-rag.
The story is really mediocre, but that's doesn't make it bad. I can really describe it only with the words 'long-wided' and 'caramelized'. It can be boring at times, but is always warm and heart-melting.
The artstyle it what cought my eyesight at the firstplace, and it really lived up all my expectations. The characters and surroundings are colourful and well-drawn in general. Not much to say about the sound, but I find, that all the voices fit the…
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One Week Friends is a cute, slice of life story that pulls at your heartstrings. Yes, this series does center around the repetitive, selective amnesia plot device. I know it's been done before. You know it's been done before. That said, it's worth getting past just that into the story itself. Plot devices are recycled constantly, and One Week Friends did a good job of making me care about the characters and their feelings very quickly. You initial response might be to recoil because of an overused plot device, but you'd be missing out if you let that alone make you avoid this series. It's a plot device, and this series did a really good job of dragging me through the highs and lows with the characters using it.
In a way, you know what you are getting pretty quickly with One Week Friends.…
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A heart-warming and satisfying story centering around true friendship and the subjectivity of memories and all the meanwhile it doesn't get too stifling in the process of the story: Isshuukan Friends. Such a marvelous story that people should give a watch.
Story: Isshuukan Friends is about a girl named Fuijimiya Kaori who has post traumatic stress disorder, and her memories reset every Monday. One day, she meets a boy named Hase Yuuki who wants to be her friend, and the story starts from there. As Fuijmiya continuously forgets who Hase is, Hase tries to keep their friendship alive, or start their friendship anew, again and again by asking Fuijimiya to be his friend. In this friendship/romance anime, there's no love triangle, violence, or anything crazy like that. It’s about making friends…
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This is not a romantic comedy or a romance. Instead, you get a groundhog day adaption on young relationships in high school with a small amount of generic slice of life. We can sum up this anime as heartwarming but uneventful. This anime is adapted from a manga (partial 4 koma) by the same name and covers 4 of 6 volumes. Also, the manga is better than the adaption as much of the interesting dialogue that gives characters personality is absent in the anime.
Watch this if you like sickeningly yet bland sweet slice of life that moves at a snail's pace and enjoy fictional relationships. Do not watch this if you enjoy dramas, are looking for romance in your anime, or want to punch weak characters in the face.
Story/Plot/Summary
The anime about a young boy (Yuuki Hase) who tries to befriend (…
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Amongst other anime, this anime only rely s on 1 heroine and that's what makes it special. The plot of the story is quite unique and fragile because the MC is trying to build a strong relationship with the heroine, however the plot is unique in this stage as the heroine always loses her memory of her friends.
What really caught my attention was the unique plot behind the content, its not some regular romantic comedy series it has a strong and confined plot to it. It brough me to tears as the MC learns that all his hard work goes to waste as the heroine's memory resets weeky.
It is a true taste of a very fragile relationship, every episode got deeper and deeper and the thoughts and actions were just so memorable.
The anime had quite the good ending, but kinda lame one.
Overall a very…
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"One Week Friends" is one of those rare animes that you don't enjoy because of the overly-dramatic moments or complex plot; it's an anime you thoroughly enjoy through it's simple story and loveable characters. It's a work of art that deserves more praise than it's getting right now. Let me tell you why.
The anime evolves around two friends; Hase-kun, a shy teenage boy with very few friends, and Fujimiya-san, a lonely girl who used to have many friends. When Hase-kun one day dares himself to talk to Fujimiya-san, she completely tries to push him away. It isn't until numerous attempts when Hase-kun gets closer to Fujimiya-san and learns her dark secret; she forgets everything about her friends once the week is over. It's up to Hase-kun to find out why and to help keep their friendship intac…
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Isn't it simply frustrating to overcome all your fears, work really hard, only to be sent back to square one? Isn't it absolutely irking when you try to remember something but no matter how hard you think, you can't remember?
Romance is supposed to be simple...right? Is it, then, complex? Meet, be happy, fight, makeup, be even more in love?
In Isshuukan Friends by Hazuki Maccha, no easy ending lays in sight for the main couple as the two polar opposites struggle with not only their own character and problems, but with reality as well.
- - - - - - - - - - - - From the beginning to the end, One Week Friends provides a refreshing view of an overused archetype in not only anime but drama as well--memory loss. Despite the seemingly lackluster plot, the presentation of the characters and the…
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I am unwilling to repeat what others have already said so read if you want a different opinion on this anime.
"Everyone hates a Monday, right, it marks the first day of a long week ahead but what'd happen if you feel like you have to start all over every Monday?" A special feature to slice of life is that while some ignore the genre, a certain section enjoys it whole heartedly, the only strong points of slice of life anime are the characters from it, each one with a different personality coming from different backgrounds, It's like getting to meet and discover new people.
There's nothing more to the plot of Isshuukan Friends than what could be read in the synopsis on MAL and it actually sounds like one that could be very fitting to an anime centered around fanservice, where the makers co…
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**SPOILER FREE REVIEW**
Friendship: it’s a concept that has been done to DEATH not only by anime, but also by virtually every other form of entertainment known to man. When you think of cliché themes that TV shows and movies have senselessly bashed into our skulls repeatedly to the point that it becomes sickening, it doesn’t take long to think of “friendship”. However, One Week Friends (“Isshuukan Friends”) is proof that an over-done concept can still be very enjoyable and extremely effective when presented in a fresh and outside-the-box manner. At the risk of sounding much more like a girl than a guy, this anime can really be summed up in one word: cute. Not in the disgustingly moe, in-your-face kind of cute, but in a very pure and genuine kind of cute that lulls you into a state of tran…
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I have watched a fair amount of anime in the last couple months and my most enjoyed genre is slice of life/romance. I barely come around to writing reviews but I made the exception with Isshuukan Friends. ( I.F for future shortening). I remember looking at this anime on the anichart website. The description gave good premise of what was going to be and the hook for this fish (being me obviously :P) was that the main girl Kaori forgets her friends every Monday.
Once it aired I was watching it contently and awaited each week for a new episode to air. The characters were wonderful and the dialogue and banter between the characters so innocent and pure. The art style was stand out in my eyes as it almost looked like it was a watercolour painting half the time. The music was nice albeit not m…
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*very minor spoilers*
Wow, I can't believe this Anime is done.. I started watching this anime when it was in its 4th episode,
I found that i would catch up with the series on the same night.
At first I have to say, I was confused as of why I was so intrigued by this show. As the show went on and on, I realized it was of how cute it was. Yuki Hase and Kaori Fujimiya have such a chemistry that one can only wish for. It is as if the creators wanted to make these two as cute as possible. And unlike most Anime Cliches Yuki was actually aware of all of Kaori's feelings, and wasn't a pervert not even in the smallest sense. For example, when they went to the beach, most anime guys would be totally stoked to see the girl in a bikini. Yuki was just happy to be there with Kaori. The relationship be…
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In Depth Anime Review: Isshuukan Friends
Story
Isshuukan Friends, like most other slice of life anime, is almost solely about the characters. There is no really plot line other than the everyday life specific to these characters. That's not to say it's bad in any way. It is the proper course that all slice of life should end up taking. Life is a hassle. There are just as many challenges in life as there are in say a war or the defensive of earth. These maybe completely different in what's at stake, getting along with someone vs. millions of lives, but these challenges can be on equal ground depending on how they are presented. The magnitude of the challenges that these characters face determines the quality and can range from underwhelming to forced and over dramatic. Isshukan Friends pre…
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Story:
The show is perceived as a innocent slice of life anime. It serves it's purpose with that. The show was told in a nice fashion. It achieves a good momentum in which the story is told. The story was simple to understand for the most part and there wasn't really much complexity. There was never really a dull moment in the show where I got bored of watching it. As soon as a problem ended there was always something new in the way. For a "slice of life" anime, it really kept me wanting more. The plot of the show was unique itself, since I haven't heard about another anime that has to do with a character losing her memories of her friends every week. The ending was very heartwarming. After the series ended it had me wanted more of the two characters to see where their lives lead them.
Art…
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While there are some people who prefer solitude and independence, most people are social by nature, and they desire friends to laugh and struggle with in both the good times and the bad. Good company is invaluable, and thus it is important to distinguish who your true friends are. Genuine friendship should not rely on a relationship that is give and take, but rather a relationship based on mutual respect, trust in one another, and unconditional support. A good friendship takes time to mature and develop into an unbreakable bond, and oftentimes requires that friendship to undergo trials and tribulations. One Week Friends explores this concept and follows the growing relationship between Hase Yuuki and Fujimiya Kaori and the struggles they encounter as they begin to understand the meaning of…
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“Please be friends with me” – Hase. (every single week)
A show about making friends that can be said in 5 simple words. You might think that could turn into a century old trope but Isshuukan Friends (One Week Friends) does something different. It revolutionizes that very simple idea of making friends to bring about a show that is so much more. Based off the manga of the same name written by Matcha Hazuki, making friends is more than just reaching out and extending your hand.
Taken for granted, Isshuukan Friends has a very simple premise. It’s about making friends. The title itself is also easy to take notice as translated to “One Week Friends” because main characters Yuuki Hase and Kaori Fujimiya become friends for one week before she loses her memories in the case of amnesia. The show…
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In the world of anime we tend to expect the unexpected. Explosions? A fantastical world? Monsters? Super powers? Super kawaii moe characters? BOOBS!?!?!?!? In the world of anime, all of those seem to be normal and expected in a show. However, once and a while a show comes out that is “unusual” and includes NONE, that’s right, NONE of the aforementioned things. In anime, the usual is unusual, and what makes it even more unusual (confused yet?) is when it is as excellent and beautiful as Isshuukan Friends.
Story - 7.8:
Read the summary that MAL displays above and you will completely, 100% understand what the plot of this show is. Its not a mind-bending psychological thriller, or an action-adventure with underlying political conflict. No. Isshuukan Friends’ story is as simple as the 2 senten…
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