Isshuukan Friends. (One Week Friends)

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Japanese: 一週間フレンズ。

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 7, 2014 to Jun 23, 2014

Premiered: Spring 2014

Broadcast: Mondays at 00:00 (JST)

Producers: Nihon Ad Systems, Pony Canyon, DAX Production, TOHO animation

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: Brain's Base

Source: 4-koma manga

Genre: Comedy

Theme: School

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.52¹ (scored by 147,589 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #1801²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #754

Members: 316,186

Favorites: 1,249

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Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Yuuki Hase finally finds the courage to speak to his crush and ask her if she wants to become friends. The object of his affection, Kaori Fujimiya, is a quiet and reserved girl who cuts herself off from everyone and does not spare him the same blunt rejection she gives everybody else.

Some time after, Yuuki finds her eating lunch on the roof where she secludes herself during break. He decides to start meeting with Kaori every day in the hopes of beginning to understand her better. The more time they spend together, the more she begins to open up to him. However, nearing the end of the week, she starts to push him away once more. It is then revealed to him the reason for Kaori's cold front: at the end of the week, her memories of those close to her, excluding her family, are forgotten, as they are reset every Monday. The result of an accident in middle school, the once popular and kind Kaori is now unable to make friends in fear of hurting the people dear to her.

Determined to become more than just one week friends, Yuuki asks her the exact same question each Monday: "Would you like to be friends?" Because he knows that deep down, Kaori wishes for that more than anything.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Fujimiya, Kaori

Main

Amamiya, Sora
Japanese

Hase, Yuuki

Main

Yamaya, Yoshitaka
Japanese

Yamagishi, Saki

Supporting

Ookubo, Rumi
Japanese

Kiryuu, Shougo

Supporting

Hosoya, Yoshimasa
Japanese

Fujimiya, Shiho

Supporting

Nakahara, Mai
Japanese

Kujou, Hajime

Supporting

Asanuma, Shintarou
Japanese

Inoue, Jun

Supporting

Majima, Junji
Japanese

Serizawa, Maiko

Supporting

Kakumoto, Asuka
Japanese

Nishimura, Ai

Supporting

Tanabe, Rui
Japanese

Kujou, Mother

Supporting

Kanda, Mika
Japanese

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Yoshizawa, Takashi

Producer

Iwasaki, Tarou

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation

Tokumoto, Yoshinobu

Episode Director, Storyboard

Koshiba, Junya

Episode Director, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

"Niji no Kakera (虹のかけら)" by Natsumi Kon

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Ending Theme

"Kanade (奏 (かなで))" by Kaori Fujimiya (CV: Sora Amamiya)

Reviews

Jun 15, 2022

Leminala

Recommended

One Week Friends is a nice little slice-of-life anime that came out in the Spring season of 2014 and was animated by Brain's Base, who have done a great job on this project. Coming in twelve episodes, it's a quick and easy watch if you're looking for something to spend an evening with a relaxing show.

Story (8/10)
Yuki Hase expresses interest in becoming friends with quiet recluse Kaori Yumijira, who has a reputation for being cold and distant from all the other students inside her class. Initially rejected, he pushes forward and learns of an issue that she has, where every Monday, her memory ... of any friends she has reset, causing her to forget anyone who's become close to her. Despite this, he asks her every week to become her friend, slowly becoming more ingrained into her life, hoping to help her.

Art (9/10)
Using a very nice hand-drawn style for the backgrounds, many of the backdrops from the schools, to the streets and even the beach all look very nice, with a nice aesthetic and special attention paid to various shading techniques. This lends a nice feel to the plethora of scenes the show takes place.

The character designs themselves are a little on the simplistic side, but all the characters are very distinct from each other and all have their own unique styles when not dressed in their school uniforms.

Sound (8/10)
The music in the background is pleasing to listen to and lends some nice ambiance to various events going on. The opening and ending themes are a little on the forgettable side but are pleasing to listen to for the handful of times that you'll be hearing them.

Character (8/10)
The characters really shine in this, and since it has a smaller cast, mostly relegated to at the most 4-5 characters, they all get some nice development with the exception of one.

Yuki Hase and Kaori Yumijira are the focal points of the series, and as such, get the most development of the lot. Yuki wants to be friends with the cold and distant Kaori, and we journey with the two of them as they struggle to deal with Yumijiras debilitating memory issues and everything that goes with it.

Saki Yamagishi, a side character, is able to relate with Yumijira more than most, as she has her own memory issues, though her's aren't nearly as bad, and as such, is just her being extremely forgetful. We learn about her personality and how she mostly just takes things at her own pace.

Kiryu Shogo is the odd one out, however, as he receives the least amount of development. Despite being in the show from the start, we learn almost nothing about him, other than how he's friends with Yuki and is only interested in telling people the truth as he sees it. Despite this, he was a great character, lending his weight to various issues and keeping the story moving forward.

Enjoyment (8/10)
From the onset of the show, I knew that I would enjoy this series, though it definitely wasn't quite what I thought it was going to be. What I had originally thought was going to be a sad story with lots of emotional moments ended up being more of a comedy with plenty of laughs that kept a smile on my face throughout the entire run. Needless to say, I loved it all the way to the end.

Overall (8/10)
I would say that this is definitely a show worth checking out and watching over a weekend. From the premise itself, it's an interesting show trying to do something a little different, and the payoff is worth the time investment. If you can find it on sale, snag it up, but don't be afraid to pay full price for it either.

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Jul 17, 2019

Demonul123

Mixed Feelings

I think that neither beginning nor the end are important as long as the middle part is good.

Unfortunately it wasn't so good for "One Week Friends"

What really destroyed this anime is pointles amount of filler episodes that bring nothing interesting to the plot, really, episodes are like watching the same tv movie etc. Another downside of OWF is that character development is dead, yes it is, Fujimaya loosess her memory in the end and she remembers nothing, main character is in friendzone (as he was throughout the series)

Damn, I don't want to waste any more time on this crap.

6/10, only because of few ...

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Nov 25, 2023

BadGuyBoog

Not Recommended

Bro what the fuck, where’s the rest of show? It had a great premise and I was really enjoying it but then it just fucking stopped. Nothing got explained, nothing got resolved, it just… ended. Like it said fuck you, go read the manga. It was a goddamn teaser trailer not a fucking tv show. Man this could have been a 6 or even 7/10 if they just fucking finished the show. Goddamn. I looked up the manga and it litereally doesn’t have that many chapters, just fucking finish it you goddamn cowards. Fuck, I hate that shit. You had such a good premise and ...

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