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One Week Friends(TV show/series, 2014)

Original title: "一週間フレンズ。" (Japanese/JA)
TV-14
| 24min per episode | Genres: Animation, Comedy

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 12 episodes

One Week FriendsRating: 3.5/5 (with 12 votes)
One Week Friends (Japanese: 一週間フレンズ。, Hepburn: Isshūkan Furenzu.) is a manga series by Matcha Hazuki. It was serialized in Square Enix's Gangan Joker magazine between January 21, 2012 and January 22, 2015. It was first published as a one-shot manga in the magazine's September 2011 issue. The series has since been collected in seven tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Brain's Base aired between April 6 and June 22, 2014. Sentai Filmworks licensed the rights to the show in North America and by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand. A live-action film of the same name was released in February 2017. ()
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About One Week Friends

High school sophomore Yūki Hase noticed that Kaori Fujimiya, his classmate, was always alone. He tried to start a conversation with her but was turned down: "My memories of friendship can last only a week," she said. Despite of knowing this shocking truth, Yūki keeps trying to be Kaori's "new" friend every week.

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One Week Friends Seasons and Episodes

04/07/2014Season 1 - 12 episodes
#1 | 04/07/2014Beginning of a Friendship
Hase notices that Kaori seems very detached from the rest of her classmates. Making a daring move, he asks to be her friend, only to find out that at the beginning of every week she forgets everything, and everyone, from the week before.
#2 | 04/14/2014How to Spend Time With Friends
A new week means a new introduction between Hase and Fujimiya. After they get to know each other again, Hase suggests to Fujimiya that she should keep a diary.
#3 | 04/21/2014Friends of Friends
Hase convinces his friend Shogo to eat lunch with him and Fujimiya. Ever the pessimist, Shogo doubts Fujimiya's claim of her memory loss.
#4 | 04/28/2014Fighting With Friends
Hase begins to grow increasingly jealous of Kiryu and Fujimiya's relationship. After getting in their very first fight, Fujimiya's loses something dear to her while on her way home.
#5 | 05/05/2014New Friends
Yamagishi Saki inserts herself into Fujimiya's circle of trust. Together, they experience the joyous moments of friendship others take for granted. Hase has his doubts about the new girl, and trails them as they go out on a "date".
#6 | 05/12/2014Mothers of Friends
Fujimiya brings her new friends over for a study session at her home. Fujimiya's mother dotes on them all, as all mothers do, excited to see her daughter with friends. Later, Hase meets Fujimiya's mother at the park, and she reveals what she knows about her daughter's memory issues.
#7 | 05/19/2014Friends of "Ah" / Friends of ''Whew''
While Fujimiya continues making new friends, Hase begins to miss the times when it was just the two of them. With summer break coming up soon, Hase realizes that they wont be able to meet regularly anymore.
#8 | 05/26/2014The Beach With Friends
Fujimiya and her growing circle of friends take a trip out to the beach, where Shogo helps Hase discover his true feelings for Fujimiya.
#9 | 06/02/2014Last Day With Friends
The four friends get together on the last day of Summer break to finish up assignments Yuki learns about how much of a difference he's made in Kaori's life.
#10 | 06/09/2014Friends and Friends
Hajime has essentially undone all of Yuki's progress with Kaori after some less than savoury facto come to light. Is the girl he once knew gone forever?
#11 | 06/16/2014Important Friend
Yuki, still interested in being friends with Kaori, sets out to find out why Kaori grew upset with her.
#12 | 06/23/2014Please Be My Friend
It becomes apparent to Yuki why Kaori is losing her memory so he decides it best to keep his distance from her in order to preserve her memory.
06/18/2014Specials - 13 episodes

Additional Information

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Production country: Japan
Derivative works/Adaptions: "One Week Friends" (find it on Amazon), "One Week Friends" (movie, 2017)
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 13 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Thai (TH), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 04/07/2014
Last episode released on: 06/23/2014
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Isshuukan Friends."
"一週間フレンズ。"
"일주일간 친구"

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:9983, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024