One Room

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 important). The anime itself is pretty smart about moving from one to the other in a way that isn't distracting or unnatural.

The character designs are cute, and the scenarios are deliberately made to be heartwarming or emotionally engaging on some level. Dialogue is meant to be pseudo-interactive, in that you don't hear the MCs response (it's you) but the conversation obviously progresses in a way that completely ignores whatever you shout at the screen. Effectively creating two 'yous'. In this way it's possible to try to reverse engineer the conversation based on the reactions the girls have to 'your' answer. People need to realize that 'cringing' at this is their fault and that there are others out there who can separate reality from fiction. When watching this anime it's important to remember that worrying about not looking lonely on the internet is a fool's errand.

Judging One Room for what is, is very simple. It's a short, relaxing and comfy look at the progress of three relationships that take place inside one room. The prevailing theme is that with these relationships comes growth and stability, both emotional and situational. It's interesting to note that (you) help out the girls in two of the three stories. The odd story out involves some tough love from your imouto. I think it should be obvious as well, that the real point of this anime is to help foster those feelings in the real you. You know, the person sitting on the couch in the dark.

It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that there is a demand for anime geared towards those who want some company or affection from 2D girls. The difference between the average 'escapist' show and this is that characters don't usually wait for (you) before they do something 'badass.'

We're all in this together people.

'One Room' is one of the most sweet '5 minute episode' anime I have ever seen. It's amazing how you can watch the episode and kind of interact with the main character. Hanasaka Yui is such an amazing, cute and beautiful girl that just wants to enter a good University and find love.

The story is, so far, enjoyable. It isn't very detailed, but it's a good story. The art is just amazing. The characters, the objects, the places, etc, are very well drawn and the animation is ver good, as well. The sound is what makes this anime different. It's very good and, in this ... kind of anime, it fits it perfectly. So far (until episode 4), there's only two characters: Yui, the main girl, and the boy who helps her study but it's never seen. I enjoyed watching this anime so far and I totally reccomend it to everyone who wants to experience something different.

Overal rating: 8.

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 you'd want it to be. I couldn't find much on the studio responsible for the animation (Typhoon), but I'm sure the focus on only one character at a time contributed a lot to how nice everything looks.

The animation certainly isn't anything mind-blowing, and the show most likely had a tiny budget, but the animators did the job quite well, and there were no clear weak points that distracted me from enjoying the stories presented.

I also want to draw attention to the sound design for the show. The voice acting, although somewhat cheesy, fits the show quite nicely. The girls sound super adorable and I feel like just listening to a recording of these voice actresses talking would be enough to get any lonely otaku's heart pumping.

One of my favorite things about the show, actually, would be the original score by Yamazo. Given that the focus of the show is on the girls, I doubt many who have watched the show really paid too much attention to the soundtrack. However, as a fan of Japanese minimalists like Hiroshi Yoshimura, I couldn't stop myself from listening in and replaying some of the episodes to hear the simple, yet pretty melodies once again. While somewhat sparse, the score does a fantastic job at punctuating some of the scenes with its gorgeous synths and piano tones.

Now for the main aspect I feel was lacking: The story. Granted, there really aren't any other shows taking this sort of approach to storytelling, so I can understand if the writers were hesitant to get too adventurous. That being said, these tales aren't anything you couldn't find tucked away in hentai manga volumes. They're extremely typical and simple, and have probably been done much better elsewhere.

Still, I enjoyed them quite a bit. And the predictableness was almost... comforting, I guess?

And that's really the point of this show. It's comfort food. It's like getting a latte and chocolate chip scone at your favorite cafe in your hometown on a cool autumn day. It's not meant to be challenging or thought-provoking. It's meant to make guys like me feel okay for a few minutes after a difficult day at work.

And I don't think something that nice is deserving of so much hate. We have everything from people pointing at this as an example of why Japan's birthrate is so low to others just shouting vile things like "anime sluts" and "anime trash" via text. People who aren't in the demographic for this show seem to be upset that it even exists and some have even developed a sort of righteous indignation toward it.

I would advise anyone in this camp to take a step back and really think over why you feel this way in the first place.

All things considered, I'm going with an 8 out of 10 for "One Room." I really liked it, as simplistic as it was. If you're a hard-working single guy in your 20s who loves cute anime girls, this show could be right up your alley! Just don't expect anything to extravagant in the way of storytelling.

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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10/10 would want to feel violated and like I want to breathe my last breath again!

*DISCLAIMER* I am not responsible for any adverse side effects on your psyche or life decisions after you start this anime, watch at your own discretion.

This review includes spoilers.

This is an anime where the watcher views the scenario from the main character's point of view. Through the season, he interacts with three girls that essentially fit into a stereotype. The first one is a girl next door, the next a little sister (only in anime is incest a stereotype lol), and the last one a childhood friend. The main character never says anything that the anime watchers can hear. Essentially the only thing you can do is focus on the girls. In my opinion its kind of odd you can't hear what the main character is saying, but I would ... say that's the only issue. The girls themselves don't really have any quirks. Perfect anime for guys who like fanservice that's wholesome.

Don't watch this show alone, because it will be really akward and you're likely to don't get a lot of enjoyment out of it. I recommend this to watch together with a group of friends.

First I watched the first two episodes alone and thought it's horrible, but when I showed this anime to my friends we had a really good time laughing about the sillyness of this show.

The fact that the episodes are only 4 minuites long is a good thing, so that it doesnt get boring, or too awkward.

The only thing that I could critisize that the POV concept isn't consistent. Sometimes the ... camera moves in a way that it isn't really following the POV of the protagonist. The first time this happens it kind of breaks the immersion. I guess this would bug me more if I took this anime more serious.

After all, I would recommend to try this show, because after all, it's kind of interesting to see an anime in ego-perspective.

IF you ever played a Visual Novel or well known as dating simulation game, then just skip this review until there is SPOILER WARNING.

For the first time i watched this anime, i just like "is this a dating simulation that doing auto play?" or something like that.
I got myself into this anime because random tag in a certain FB group, i just watch a little duration from its video that i tagged in, then it just happens (ask them what is the tittle) and i found this One Room.
In this anime, YOU will become the protagonist of different 3 stories, each story had 4 episodes. ... Just like written in synopsis section, the story is about YOUR relationship with different 3 characters. This anime is so enjoyable, why's that? Its because in this anime, there is no drama (i think there is little bit),conflict,or love rival.
this anime is very relaxing, this anime is like an elixir after watching a heavy genre anime like horror,NTR or another complicated genre.

I like all the opening song on this anime that actually was sung by the main heroins (all of them).
The song fits perfectly with every theme, so i never skipped when the song is played. And the most favorited opening theme in this series is Harumachi Clover sung by M.A.O ...

SPOILER WARNING
There are a cute Neighboor, a little sister, and a childhood friend as the main Heroine. BUT in every 4 episode, the setting will change with the main heroine, and i think YOU will change too. I mean change is YOU are another person on different apartement and status.

This is anime almost 'perfect'. But there are 2 things that make this anime doesnt perfect :
1. 4 minutes length.
2. YOU doesn't even appear or even talk

i Rate it 8 because i cant give 7.7

Watching this reminded me majorly two artworks the first one is "Iya na Kao sare nagara Opantsu Misete Moraitai" and the second one is "Crime and Punishment". It has genius usage of cinematography and dialog writing of "Iya na Kao sare nagara Opantsu Misete Moraitai" and high tempo, continuously getting more and more complex story usage of "Crime and Punishment". I was curious about every episode just before watching them. Character interactions were amazing. Many times it gets really touchy. I wouldn't predict seeing that much powerful emotions in a short anime. One Room is one of the hidden gems in long anime ... ocean. I consider myself lucky for discovering and enjoying One Room.

This is my first review on this website and my English is not that good. So please, bear with me.

Well, it is a VERY UNIQUE Anime because we are put in the shoes of an ordinary person who has companions. Though it may get boring as the more you watch it, I think that you will enjoy the music. The music is lit. Honestly, it's a banger, especially the Harumachi Clover. I find the characters weak. I mean, they are feeble and there's a part of me that is not liking them. I really don't know why.

There's a part of me that says ... I am a loser for imagining myself that I am the main character. I don't know why but it just does.

*sighs*

The art is kind of the similar as pretty much any other romance anime. They are kind of cute and some frames are weird. Personally, I don't find cute as hot and hot as cute. It just doesn't look good. It ruins the cuteness.

Overall, 7 out of 10 is my rating. It's not the best and probably not the worst as a Romance Enjoyer... And... Oh... About Osu, the jumps are sooooo hard while maintaining my accuracy as close to 100% with no miss. It's hurting my eyes, wrist, and fingers as I constantly follow the rhythm... Anyways,

me no mae no
tobira o aketara harukaze
tori tachi mo kigi de machiawase
kimi e mukau shingō wa aozora iro
kakedase ba ii

usotsuki kakuritsu ron toka
ichi purasu ichi ga mugen toka
oshiete kureta kimi
to sagashi ni ikou
haru machi clover

Whatever make you stumble on this show, then we recommend you watch all 3 seasons of One Room.

Tired of those pesky real life girls who clearly don't deserve your love and affection? All that unnecessary drama from dealing with human interaction, like seriously, who needs that!? Need more 2D waifus in yo laifu?! Well boys, good news for you!
And if you are not boys, my apologies and just keep watching it.

One Room is here to say that you don't need to suffer anymore! Grab your body pillows and hold on to your seats, we're going to take the ultimate trip through cartoon babez heaven! ...

I hope your wrist is resting comfortably between that anime mousepad (if you have one) because when we get started you'll be jackhammering yo Piccolo like there ain't no tomorrow!

At One Room, we only provide the highest caliber of waifu material. From sensei-loving neighbors to doting loli imoutos, we got em all! Try your hand at our finest collection, with all coming complimentary with the signature raspberry face blush, buttermilk skin, sparkly doe-eyed expressions and dat cute, muthafuckin baby whimper!
Forget rejection, these girls never say no fellas! And best of all, they need YOU to comfort them. Who needs a self-insert when you can be their good samaritan.

Although MAL scores would never rank us right, your spank bank would surely thank us!

Enjoy and have a safe and productive day. Thank you.

first person anime, especially short ones, is something I have a hard time getting into if its goal is trying to tell a story. if it's like "Math with so-and-so" then I can enjoy it as I would a YouTube video, but with its story as the focus, it has to be REALLY good to work for me. does it? let's see...

Art (7/10): going a little out of order, I think the art is pretty good. the backgrounds look good and the designs and quality are good. nothing fancy, but good work is good work.

Animation (8/10): movements are fluid and the girls have a realistic ... movement to them. and a subtle detail at the end cards is that they somewhat move to create a small bit of depth.

Sound (6/10): the voice acting and music are good. there maybe one or two songs here, and one of them is only notable due to story relevance.

Story (6/10): this is really being held by the last story. there are three stories, each divided into four episodes. the first two stories have a creepy vibe to them. the first story has this pervert tutoring an innocent schoolgirl he just met. the second one has your little sister helping you around the house, and you're still perverted. the third and final one has you helping your friend you've known for years regain her confidence.

an issue I have with the story structure of the first two is that it goes like this: see girl, she sticks with you, you stare at her breast and crotch without her usually noticing, she takes a shower or bath, while the camera watches her, she finds out you're a pervert, she talks with you a bit, she loves you at the end. it focuses on the attractiveness of the girls a bit too much. it's fine to be attractive, but that shouldn't be the only focus in the story.

the third story has a bit of a lustful cameraman as well, but being that the two seem to have a small romance already going on, even if they don't see themselves as a couple, I can at least forgive most of the lustful shots. despite its short runtime, this story has the most depth in it, with episode 12 really clicking for me after watching 9, 10, and 11.

Character (8/10): despite the first two being in lousy stories, I find the girls to be some pretty decent characters with some growth, and the role you play in the third story is also pretty good.

--Yui Hanasaka: she's a schoolgirl who just moved next to you, and she needs help with some studying. she's rather understanding, kind, and determined. if something goes wrong, she'll blame herself but she'll eventually try to grow from the failure. I honestly feel bad that the person she's stuck with is "you", as "you" are a pervert who, while overall kind, tries to look up her skirt occasionally.

--Natsuki Momohara: she's your little sister who loves "you" like the brother you are, a perverted drunk with a hard job and a lousy life. seeing that your life stinks, in spite of her bratty nature, she's always willing to help "you" out and will even extend her stay with "you" just to make sure "you" are doing well.

--Moka Aoshima: she's your childhood friend. ever since "you" two were little, she's always wanted to sing while "you" wanted to write. now she just plays the keyboard and sings in the park at night while you drive her home. due to having little success, she begins to doubt herself. "You" try to cheer her up.

Enjoyment (6/10): it was hard in the first two stories to enjoy it when you're always worrying about the girl's safety. there was one bit in the second story that caught my interest, but that was a single aspect. the final story is the one I liked the best as I could focus on the story there.

Overall (7/10): you want a good story? episodes 9 through 12 are your go to. you like how I described the girls and find them sweet? go and watch the whole thing, the entire binge is half a normal anime episode. you want to stare at some pretty girls? well, I mean they're here, but yeah...

I say that this Anime is a mixed bag of feelings.
Not the most innovative or the best but it does what it seeks out. Comes in a POV format that took getting used to. Basically 3 comfort stories mixed into one series, all about love. The anime speed runs 3 relationships 4 epidsodes each running at 4 minutes so a total of 16 minutes per story so it isn't the most fully fleshed out of all with developments that feel rushed and skipping through many points that often make romance work in anime.

However do understand that it is an experimental medium so it could use ... more polish.
Recommend to view once, is an experience to say the least. What is gathered from it just depends, worst case you lost 48 minutes of your life.