One Week Friends
2014 • Brain's Base
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 2014
- Episodes
- 12
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Brain's Base · Toho · DAX Production · NAS
- Genres
- Comedy · Drama · Romance · Slice of Life
The story revolves around Yuki, a boy who wants to become friends with his classmate and desk neighbor Kaori. However, she gently declines his friendship, saying, “But, my... Memories of my friends disappear in a week...” Even so, Yuki wants to become her friend, and so the two become friends over and over again as the weeks pass.
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One Week Friends, known in Japan as Isshukan Friends, debuted as a twelve-episode television anime series produced by Brain's Base in 2014. It was adapted from the manga series by Matcha Hazuki, which began serialization in 2012. The narrative centers on a high school boy who discovers his classmate, Kaori Fujimiya, loses her memories of friends every Monday due to a past trauma, prompting him to start their friendship anew each week.
Directed by Tarou Iwasaki, the anime adaptation was praised for its gentle, melancholic aesthetic and its focus on interpersonal communication rather than traditional romantic tropes. The production aimed to capture the quiet, ephemeral nature of the source material's emotional core, utilizing a soft color palette and atmospheric score to mirror Kaori's fragile internal state. It was well-received by audiences for its poignant character development and sincere exploration of the meaning behind lasting bonds.
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