Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Review One Week Friends (Ishuukan Friends)

Ordinary boy, you interest me so

Kaori Fujimiya is a young woman with a strange defect, every week on Monday she forgets all of the memories she has of her friends. Yuuki Hase is a young man who tries to approach Kaori and tries to overcome the wall between her and any possibility of forming a relationship with others outside her family.
Beach episode but no fan service, what witchcraft is this?

One Week Friends is a slice of life drama, although this is a rather different show than the usual troupe of cute girls doing whatever gimmick the show has. Instead this show plays out like a romantic show although actual romantic commitment is something that would exist in some non existent future season. The show does lack a lot of the exploitative elements that are in most romantic comedies as there is no fan service or harem elements in this show.
We were going to have gay sex on this roof but I see you are already here

The show does require some suspension of disbelief required to accept although besides that the show does adhere to realism. The shows animation is rendered in pastels which helps further the mostly calming atmosphere of the show. The cast of characters is small but the show does a good job developing all of them and making all of them feel like they are important to the show as a whole.

Overall I found One Week Friends to be a heartfelt anime that really hits the spot if you are looking for a warm fuzzy feeling.

The silver dango (Clannad) for being a rather delightful and unique art style and a very worthwhile addition to the slice of life genre. 

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