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English: One Room

Japanese: One Room

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 11, 2017 to Mar 29, 2017

Premiered: Winter 2017

Broadcast: Wednesdays at 22:40 (JST)

Producers: Smiral Animation

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Typhoon Graphics

Source: Original

Genres: Slice of Life

Duration: 4 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 5.61¹ (scored by 26,279 users)

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Ranked: #8921²

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Popularity: #1627

Members: 68,487

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Series of shorts that tell stories of your relationship with "your" neighbor, younger sister, and childhood friend.

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Other:	Room Mate
Side story:	One Room Special
Sequel:	One Room Second Season
Summary:	One Room Second Season: Hanasaka Yui no Prologue

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Hanasaka, Yui

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Ichimichi, Mao
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Momohara, Natsuki

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Murakawa, Rie
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Aoshima, Moka

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Mimori, Suzuko
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Shimoi, Aose

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Mimori, Suzuko

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Ichimichi, Mao

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#1: "Harumachi Clover (春待ちクローバー)" by Yui Hanasaka (Mao Ichimichi) (eps 1-4)
#2: "Natsuzora Yell (夏空エール)" by Natsuki Momohara (Rie Murakawa) (eps 5-8)
#3: "Kibou Refrain (希望リフレイン)" by Moka Aoshima (Suzuko Mimori) (eps 9-12)

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Mar 29, 2017

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 2

bmoore07 (All reviews)

84 people found this review helpful

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, read more

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Mar 29, 2017

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 4

Abraham_Ford (All reviews)

53 people found this review helpful

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 story and you play along with it, but sometimes the MC can be a real dick and not properly react to the feelings of the girl of the week, but as We are the main we can only criticise ourselves :/

Art- very vibrant and colourful, was nice to look at, made the backgrounds visually appealing and characters beautiful. typhoon graphics did a-ok in this department

Sound- usually a very calm OST with everchanging ending theme's for each girl, making them less memorable. nothing much to hate on but nothing to applaud either

Characters- the most important part of this show.
we begin with Hanasaka Yui, a university applicant that struggles with revision. Being a uni applicant myself i empathised with this the most, so hanasaka was the obvious choice for best girl. you spend 4 episodes helping her studies in the hope she gets into a good uni, does she? watch it and find out fools.
up next is momohara Natsuki, your imouto. oh the lolicons must have had a field day with her. the perfect sister, she cooks, cleans and cares for you after a hard days work. however i am not an imouto, so theres no empathy here.
the final girl is Aoshima Moka, your childhood friend. her singing was pretty good, props to her VA. but the character is prone to giving up and you, the MC, have to be there to help her. being the only character your age she's the only one with a real chance at a love love ending, but childhood friends never win, do they?
and finally, the MC- You. you're some Japanese guy that lives by himself in an apartment, working 9-5 in some job. you can be a bit of a prick sometimes but decent every so often, still the worst character of the show, but all the girls were made to be Perfect waifu's for whichever kinda girl you're in to whereas you, the MC, are not made perfect, so you cant be held accountable.

Enjoyment- 10/10. laughing about how stupid this show was has been the highlight of my wednesday's for 12 weeks, ye I probably shoulda picked up maid dragon and konosuba but ah well, this and piacevole were fine.

Overall- my brain says rate this show for lonely weebs a 1, but my enjoyment says give it 10. not sure why a 4/10 on the review thing is labelled "decent" as that means acceptable or satisfactory. but when thinking about this show, Decent suits it just right. so one room gets a decent 4/10. Roll on one room side M!

TL;DR- watch this shit if you are a basement dwelling weeb that doesnt have an imouto, if you arent or you're just tsun about your loneliness then you'd be better off watching TWGOK or some other arc'd up romance anime.

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Mar 29, 2017

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 2

LIQfilms (All reviews)

37 people found this review helpful

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 it never deviates in any way and instead goes around in circles never developing anything at all! It's about three girls whom the main character helps whilst they're in their time of need; the schoolgirl, the token little sister who keeps yelling "baka" all the time and really needs to be taken behind the shed to be shot with a gun, and the now grown-up childhood friend who is having problems over at her job. Each one of them confides themselves in your company, for some reason since the main character hardly ever speaks, and since we're supposed to assume his role, I have no idea why these girls would ever come to a filthy cave-dwelling fujoshi such as myself. They try and play it off as romance, and try and sell the idea that you develop this bond between the girls or bond as a sibling between your sister but it doesn't feel as if anything happened, for two reasons:

1) The show is too short to allow for any development
2) THE ENTIRE CAST IS SO COOKIE-CUTTER AND BORING THAT YOU WON'T GIVE A SINGLE INTO WHAT IS HAPPENING!

Phew, let me just get my breath back *inhales oxygen*. Each one of these girls is the most cliche and stereotypical anime girls that you could even imagine; the type that I and my friends joke about when we're TRYING to come up with generic characters for shows, more so than Kirito from SAO. The fact that this author, who is trying to create characters and drama, made these characters ON PURPOSE just goes to show how uninteresting these characters really are and each one makes me want to throw up into a basket of puppies with how deceptively cute each one of them are; just to pull at the heart strings and try and manipulate you into feeling something for these...creatures.

But, that also begs the question. Who was this made for? What is the point of it? It is trying to appeal to people who have no one and wants to feel loved, like in Pillow Boys? Are they trying to make you do exercise like in Anitore EX? Both of these shows listed are two in which are similar to that of this show, but at the least, I can kind of see what they're trying to achieve, but this...I have no clue! It's an empty husk with no purpose! It doesn't entertain, so it's no good as an actual show, it doesn't fill in some strange fetish, so it doesn't even check off that possibility and it doesn't even work as a so bad it's good title since there is NOTHING good about this show. The only thing it has is an okay looking art design. That's it. And, can you believe it? They're making a male version of this show next season!
I'm just going to take my cyanide pills and end it here...

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Apr 2, 2017

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 1

NihilLoli_Gasan (All reviews)

11 people found this review helpful

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 they don't satisfy you in some way? Luckily, you get to share this world with three attractive young girls. You're told that they all have lives beyond this world and have separate problems of their own, but does that really matter to you? Here, they exist purely to pacify your yearning for emotional and sexual fulfillment. You need not put any effort in yourself, nor do you need to return the favor. Who needs social skills when you already have an obscure likeness of a self-insert to respond to everything the girls say?

I don't know about you, but I can't hold up this facade any longer.

One Room was created under the vision of viewer immersion, but not only does this immersion require an intense amount of mental gymnastics, it also serves to do nothing more except to gratify the viewer. It's clearly an attempt at an escapist work, and escapism is by no means a good coping mechanism. Certainly, there are more harmful forms of escapism that exist, such as cutting and cocaine, but the one thing all these methods have in common is that they do not aid their practitioners in finding a solution to their problems. Ignoring the issue will not resolve it; rather, escapism seems to ensure that problems will only grow worse. The fact that One Room was made to promote this sort of mindset makes it innately harmful on an ideological level.

Even though it obviously is an escapist show, it isn't even good at what it wants to do. The very concept of an anime, a medium that does not use consumer input, based around using the viewer as a stand-in for the main character is absurd. Educational children's shows often use this because most children can't tell the difference between fiction and reality, but One Room targets older, more jaded viewers. It's a Machiavellian corporate scheme that manipulates the basest psychological drives of its viewers, all while treating them like children.

One Room also exploits the egos of its viewers by painting a world all about them, or as the synopsis says, all about "You". This setting is sickeningly picturesque, no everyday inconveniences occur, and all the characters are involved in conflicts that are solved merely by the MC's investment. The real world does not revolve around you. You must learn to work hard, to gain more knowledge, to take advantage of situations, and to grow as a person. One Room preys on egocentrism, laziness, and complacency; it's a universe based on a lack of self-awareness and bestial fantasies, where adaptation and evolution are eschewed. Even more disturbing is the fact that the entitlement brought by self-insertion is actually a delusion. The viewer has no influence over this fantasy. What they say to the girls has no bearing on what happens in the story because that road has already been mapped out. They cannot consent to anything, and they inadvertently submit to the will of the show's creators. The situations you experience and the endings you get will always be the same, no matter what you say or think. One Room's true nature is terrifyingly adversarial to the way it markets itself. Its romanticized shell contains an almost nihilistic display of determinism beneath.

Fiction is a fantastical, comforting ideal. Reality exists beyond the will; perhaps it is even subconscious. One Room allows these two worlds to intersect: a beautiful conception leads to a revelation of Freudian slips. Even so, many continue to consume this deceptive work. Perhaps that is the dystopian nightmare this show intends to create.

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