Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
ItIsMaynard
The basic premise seems decent, supposedly being a "first-person" anime where characters talk to you about their day. The series however, fails at its most basic conceit before even getting to its other issues. First and foremost, the camera changes angles frequently, sometimes jumping behind the character and back to their front within seconds. Other times there are conventional establishing shots, shots where the viewer is clearly higher than they should be (one even being high up outside a window before teleporting back into the room). Not only does the show frequently violate the 180 degree rule, but half the time the camera appears to be handheld like some kind of Dogme film, which is funny since Dogme clearly forbids temporal and geographical alienation.
The show's inconsistent visu…
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First-ever review
I am gonna be honest and say this. I only watched this for the ending theme because I play OSU!
I didn't care about the plot as it was 4 minutes episode and was pretty boring. Every episode I was just waiting for the ending to come on. This show could have been watchable if it had a full runtime rather than a measly 4 minutes . And i didn't like the first person POV as it almost felt like playing a VN.
Overall if you want to listen to the ending just watch a YT video instead of doing what i did and watch the anime and be bored.
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There are slight spoilers in this review, but not anything too specific, read at your own discretion.
I will be reviewing this by each arc and then overall.
Arc 1 // New neighbor, busty underclassman - 6/10
This arc is pretty easy-going and has a story. Overall average, but very nice art and happy ending.
Arc 2 // Energetic, cheerful, and petite sister - 1/10
I am not a big fan of sister complex's much less petite figures. Not to mention the story is pretty lame and the ending is just ?? like ?? wasted 16 minutes of screentime for what?? Sister stuff, just not my cup of tea.
Arc 3 // Busty childhood friend - 10/10
Loved this arc, absolutely loved it. The angles, the cleavage, the story, the piano, it was all quite enjoyable.
Story: 5/10
Art: 10/10
Sound: 6/10
Character: 4/10
Enjoym…
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Short review: Get any dating sim or "visual novel" for better results.
This anime is just a dating sim / VN turned into anime by cutting out ANY dialog selections, you just see the animated scenes that follow your dialog selection.
I see the only purpose of this anime is a preview or AD for a similarly named game. Where you probably can choose different options and go different routes with the girls.
And lo and behold, such a game is coming out.
From anime point of view, this is a collection of short stories of one guy and three girls in his life. The stories might be 4/10, they are extremely short and schematic and even sister's teasing is not totally revolting because "Okaerinasai, anata! Gohan wo taberu? Ofuro ni suru? Soretomo, wa. ta. shi?" (dinner, bath or me) is a Japanese meme…
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Honestly walked into this after hearing about it, thinking it was going to be one huge mess. But it's actually surprisingly not?
The characters are cute, and all have realistic goals, attitudes, and personalities. Which is a great thing to see. The art is really great to, with how the visuals can be stunning, along with the sound be really fitting and nice too. From the ending theme, to the sounds within scene by scene as the show went on.
But even with that, it just felt like an awkward mess at times lol. Some of the camera angles were really not needed, along with in general parts of the story just being real weird.
Overall, wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. But still an awkward cringy fest.
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Holey! Yet a first person Anime that cures much of my daily stress and depression that brought me one second thought... "Why don't I have these kind of girls (people) in my daily life?" Oh, well! People work around in mysterious ways and we might not have seen this coming... or would come soon.
The art and music is nice. It really blends well throughout the show. The art though reminds me of Kantoku-- ahh yes! He is the illustrator. Kudos Kantoku on that one... love the art style and everything!
These girls surely showed different expressions and feelings... even their reactions on pervert stuff. Too bad imouto killed the book... R.I.P. Book.
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I’ll just say it from the start: this anime fulfills a certain niche. Is it bad? Sure. But is it trash? Well… yes, for varying reasons. Of course, with every episode lasting only four minutes, I found myself done with the anime before I could even start hating it. Its length probably kept me from giving it an awful score.
I think that the biggest problem with this anime is not awful—it’s just exceedingly mediocre. One Room is generic. The art, the story, the characters—we’ve seen it already in other anime except other anime did it better. What we get is a montage of cliches squished into four minute episodes.
Just look at the camerawork. Every shot is fan-service. Watch a random episode (or don’t, because you really shouldn’t). Chances are, the camera’s right in the middle of girl curv…
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I decided to write a review for "One Room" to provide a point of view from someone who's actually in the demographic for the show, as opposed to the all-too-common feigned outrage or outright mockery things like this show tend to attract. There seems to be a lot of hate for this series that I don't think is at all justified.
That's right, I'm actually writing a serious review for once!
With that out of the way, I suppose I should talk about what this show is actually like. First off, the art is gorgeous. Kantoku did a great job making characters that are stylish and memorable, without being too over-the-top.
The animation is also extremely pretty. Falling leaves, loose strands of hair, sunlight streaming in through the windows of the protagonists small apartment. It's all there like yo…
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Hello anime fans! Have you felt like your taste in anime is too good lately? Are things in anime going to well for you? Do you feel like you need to torture yourself with something after watching only bliss and good stuff?
If so then this is the perfect "I wanna shoot myself in the face" anime for you! For only 4minutes an episode and 12 episode long you can get this wonderful suicide contemplating deal with added gun shot wound to the face as a FREE extra. All you have to do is sell your soul to the demons of DATING SIM ANIME!
That's right my fellow anime fan, there's an anime which is a dating sim! I shit you not, it's a thing and boy will it make you wish for the suffering to end! From the get go, the one sided conversation with a chick that looks like she's about to bust out into a y…
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What is fiction? What is reality? At what point do these two worlds intersect?
On the outside, One Room's universe is pleasant: placid, reticent, and content. Disturbances, competition, and adventure are uncalled for here, as there is no need for them in this world. These suburbs are complacent and familiar; this world is built around your desire for external support and comfort. Your interests won't be challenged by the motives of others because this world was not created for them. Here, you are of utmost importance.
Of course, this aloof existence won't suffice for your other needs. Humans crave reinforcement in social institutions, or else they'll become lonely and miserable. What good are your world views if they aren't shared by others, no matter how blindly? What good are others if…
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Ok, now that's over, here are my ratings for this short anime.
Very Good 8, Story.
Ok, there is none, in fact the story plot was more like a game where we the audience were the first person character's here, in fact , it's no different than "Tawawa on mondays" , the reason I've gave it such rating was this time the first person character (which is us) has no speaking lines.
Decent 4, Art.
Ok, so far only Moka is the hottest around here, and don't be expecting some fanservices coming from Hanasaki Yui and Momohara Natsuki. Decent 4, Sound
Cu'z I have no comment about the seiyus who did Moka, Yui and Natsuki's voices, but I do like Yui's arc ending theme.
Decent 4, Character
Ok, so I like Yui, and Moka, but not Natsuki, but, how ever we put it each were a representation of a typical…
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This anime short is more awkward than self-insert parody on the omibus harem format.
What can LA really say about One Room, it's about a nameless protagonist or YOU having a POV perspective and having 3 girls (with 4 episodes each) visiting you and...things happen.
Problem?...the POV perspective become increasingly creepy with it's lingering moments and forced chest to ass shots even with a 3 minute runtime each and what's worse?...one of the "harem" is "your" younger sister...you can all roll your eyes now.
Sure the animation done by TYPHOON GRAPHICS aren't that bad from the decent character designs that are bright and poppy and LA really liked their irises of the 3 girls, intricate and mesmerizing. But the animation doesn't help with it's content being a POV creeper anime short where…
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This is my first review on any anime. This one not great. It didn't grab much of my attention nor enjoyment.
Story: You basically are the character in it, watching it from the male lead, or female who ever is watching it. Three different stories that weren't really all that amusing. More drama than anything.
Sound: Fine
Character: Kind of boring. Didn't get any excitement.
Art: The art was actually good. Enjoyment: Didn't enjoy it much. I was just watching. It more to calm anyone down more likely.
Overall: Not really all that great. Should had made this one a hentai. Would have been 10 times better.
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Some members of the anime community always seem to make a point to show public outrage when random seasonal show-x doesn't meet some arbitrary standard of 'maturity' or 'artistic integrity,' all in some weird attempt to distance themselves from "those kinds of anime fans." When doing this it's always easier to go after the low hanging fruit, shorts like these which most people don't care about or don't have high expectations of. This review of One Room is written with the expectation that nobody else on this site will defend it.
The fact that this is a POV anime seems to be enough to send most people running. If it calms you down, you should know that it is not entirely done in POV. It's more of a hybrid of alternative views (when POV wouldn't make sense) and actual POV (when it's import…
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One Room- Anime of the season for sure. Yes this is a decently sized review so of course a tl;dr will follow, have no fear all lonely otaku's pondering this show, all your questions are answered in the most spoiler free way possible.
there's a lot of hate for this show and I understand why, this show is for lonely otaku's to give them the perfect waifu so of course normal weebs would see it as an iffy show. However I approached it more leniently and tried to enjoy the cringefest that was One Room, and succeeded to a certain extent.
Story- probably the worst part of this show. The main character is you, the viewer, and one of 3 girls who aren't all sisters (the synopsis is clickbait) with each story detailing their happy fun times in your one room (creative name). Each girl has their own…
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Oh boy! It's that time again to review another terrible show that is only around four minutes in length and features cute girls, one of whom is underage, as they talk to you, the audience, through the eyes of the voiceless main protagonist! One Room is strange. Damn strange. I have no idea what the show is trying to convey or achieve and belongs in that certain type of anime, under the "what the bloody hell is that crap?" with titles such as Pupa and Sleeping with Hinako.
While on the topic of that big titted slut, Hianko, One Room also follows a very similar structure and idea as that show, that being that we watch and interact with these girls who are speaking to some unknown guy whom we can't see, and instead we assume the role of him instead and that's it! That's the entire show and i…
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One Room is an interesting experience. The first person perspective that seems almost out of a visual novel is one that is not usually utilized in anime and for that alone it makes One Room that much more unique. That said it has also been called creepy and has been known to give the watcher a weird feeling. So what is it exactly?
Personally, I think it's all of those things. One Room more than any show depends on your mindset. If you want to live the part of this unseen first person and watch the bonds of the fake-you grow with three girls I think One Room is good for that. If you don't want to you'll find some disconnect between it and yourself creating some sort of weird feeling. To make it even more polarizing the camera shows you all sorts of fanservice of the girls over the small ti…
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One Room is like the anime equivalent of having an abortion: a perfect representation of why there is a birth rate problem in Japan. The mere fact that this anime even exists is legitimately disturbing.
On paper, One Room sounds decent and simple enough. It is a short series (4-minute episodes) about an ordinary guy interacting with a few different girls in everyday situations, pretty much like any other slice of life short. If that was really all there was to it then One Room would probably have been just fine, however unfortunately that is not the case, because this is quite frankly one of the creepiest anime I have ever watched.
One Room takes place from a first-person perspective, more specifically a *silent* first-person perspective. You essentially take the role of the main charact…
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If I were to describe, in detail, every moment in which I was saddened, revolted, or infuriated by what I witnessed, I’m afraid that it will be the death of me.
For you see, One Room is unparalleled in undermining any rational expectation from its audience; few anime series have disappointed as consistently and as vigorously as One Room. I’ve never seen a show blatantly resist originality, creativity, and artistic integrity quite like One Room. At first glance, One Room appears to be yet another cash cow representative of the harem genre, a product engineered from the assembly line to satisfy the masses. On further examination, however, One Room is revealed to be the culmination of Studio TYPHOON embarking on the shortest, easiest, most effortless route to success. In a medium where lazin…
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One Room is a self insert cringe fest where teenage and little girls talk flustered nonsense with you, the silent protagonist.
Yes this is an animated visual novel. Yes it's creepy. No there's nothing more to it than what appears on the surface.
It's obvious that One Room is pandering to the segment of the anime community that enjoys eroge gaming. The difference is there's actual intimacy in those games and the player can choose from a multitude of routes. One Room offers no such option and only manages to be a tease that countless anime have done better before it.
The three featured girls are the same carbon copy tropes present in every harem ever - childhood friend, new girl next door and of course, your little sister. The childhood friend is waifu tier levels of cute with at least so…
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