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{{about|the manga series|the live-action film adaptation|One Week Friends (film)}}
{{short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = One Week Friends
| name = One Week Friends
| image = [[File:Isshūkan Friends volume 1 cover.jpg|230px]]
| image = Isshūkan Friends volume 1 cover.jpg
| caption = Cover of ''Isshūkan Friends'' volume 1 by Square Enix
| caption = Cover of ''Isshūkan Friends'' volume 1 by Square Enix
| ja_kanji = 一週間フレンズ。
| ja_kanji = 一週間フレンズ。
| ja_romaji = Isshūkan Furenzu.
| ja_romaji = Isshūkan Furenzu.
| genre = [[Romance novel|Romance]], [[Comedy-drama]]<!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
| genre = [[Romance fiction|Romance]]<ref>{{cite web|title=One Week Friends Vol. 1|url=https://www.comixology.com/One-Week-Friends-Vol-1/digital-comic/621212|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226232516/https://www.comixology.com/One-Week-Friends-Vol-1/digital-comic/621212|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 26, 2018|publisher=[[ComiXology]]|access-date=December 26, 2018}}</ref><!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
{{Infobox animanga/Print
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| author = Matcha Hazuki
| author = Matcha Hazuki
| publisher = [[Square Enix]]
| publisher = [[Square Enix]]
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
|NA=[[Yen Press]]}}
| demographic = ''[[Shōnen]]''
| demographic = ''[[Shōnen]]''
| magazine = [[Gangan Joker]]
| magazine = [[Gangan Joker]]
| first = {{start date|2012|01|21}} <!-- February 2012 issue -->
| first = January 21, 2012 <!-- February 2012 issue -->
| last = {{end date|2015|01|22}} <!-- February 2015 issue -->
| last = January 22, 2015 <!-- February 2015 issue -->
| volumes = 7
| volumes = 7
| volume_list = #Volumes
| volume_list = #Volumes
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| director = Tarou Iwasaki
| director = Tarou Iwasaki
| producer =
| producer =
| writer = Shôtarô Suga
| writer = [[Shōtarō Suga]]
| music = Nobuko Toda
| music = Nobuko Toda
| studio = [[Brain's Base]]
| studio = [[Brain's Base]]
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| AUS = [[Madman Entertainment]]
| AUS = [[Madman Entertainment]]
| NA = [[Section23 Films#Sentai Filmworks|Sentai Filmworks]]}}
| NA = [[Sentai Filmworks]]}}
| network = [[Tokyo Metropolitan Television|Tokyo MX]], [[Mainichi Broadcasting System|MBS]], [[Television Aichi Broadcasting|TVA]], [[Nippon BS Broadcasting|BS11]], [[AT-X (company)|AT-X]]
| network = [[Tokyo MX]], [[Mainichi Broadcasting System|MBS]], [[Television Aichi Broadcasting|TVA]], [[Nippon BS Broadcasting|BS11]], [[AT-X (company)|AT-X]]
| first = {{start date|2014|04|06}}
| first = April 6, 2014
| last = {{end date|2014|06|22}}
| last = June 22, 2014
| episodes = 12
| episodes = 12 + 12 specials
| episode_list = List of One Week Friends episodes
| episode_list = List of One Week Friends episodes
}}
}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = live film
| type = manga
| title =
| title = Sono Ato no Isshūkan Friends
| director = Shōsuke Murakami
| author = Matcha Hazuki
| producer =
| publisher = [[Square Enix]]
| writer = Yōko Izumisawa
| publisher_en =
| music =
| demographic = ''Shōnen''
| studio =
| magazine = Gangan Joker
| licensee =
| first = April 22, 2021 <!-- May 2021 issue -->
| released = February 2017
| last =
| runtime =
| volumes =
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title = Live-action film
| content =
*[[One Week Friends (film)|''One Week Friends'' (film)]]
}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Nihongo|'''''One Week Friends'''''|一週間フレンズ。|Isshūkan Furenzu.|lead=yes}} 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 (comics)|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. [[Section23 Films#Sentai Filmworks|Sentai Filmworks]] licensed the rights to the show in North America and by [[Madman Entertainment]] in Australia and New Zealand. A live-action film will be released in February 2017.
{{Nihongo|'''''One Week Friends'''''|一週間フレンズ。|Isshūkan Furenzu.|lead=yes}} 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 (comics)|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 [[One Week Friends (film)|of the same name]] was released in February 2017.


==Plot==
==Plot==
High schooler Yūki Hase notices that his classmate Kaori Fujimiya is always alone and seemingly has no friends. After approaching her and becoming better acquainted, Kaori reveals that every Monday she loses all memory of her friends. Despite learning this, Yūki endeavors to befriend her anew every week.
High schooler Yūki Hase notices that his beautiful classmate Kaori Fujimiya is always alone and seemingly has no friends. After approaching her and becoming better acquainted, Kaori reveals that every Monday she loses all memory of her friends. Despite learning this, Yūki endeavors to befriend her anew every week.


==Characters==
==Characters==
;{{Nihongo|Yūki Hase|長谷 祐樹|Hase Yūki}}
;{{Nihongo|Yūki Hase|長谷 祐樹|Hase Yūki}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Yoshitaka Yamaya]]}}<ref name="additionalcast">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-19/yoshimasa-hosoya-rumi-ookubo-join-one-week-friends-anime-cast|title=Yoshimasa Hosoya, Rumi Ookubo Join ''One Week Friends'' Anime's Cast|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 19, 2014|access-date=February 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219054826/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-19/yoshimasa-hosoya-rumi-ookubo-join-one-week-friends-anime-cast|archive-date=February 19, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Played by: [[Kento Yamazaki]]
:{{Voiced by|[[Yoshitaka Yamaya]]}} Played by: [[Kento Yamazaki]]
:Yūki is a second year high school student who develops an interest in an isolated classmate, Kaori Fujimiya. Despite Kaori forgetting about him every week, he never ceases working hard to earn her smile. He's weak in mathematics.
:Yūki is a second year high school student who develops an interest in an isolated classmate, Kaori Fujimiya. Despite Kaori forgetting about him every week, he never ceases working hard to earn her smile. He's weak in mathematics.

;{{Nihongo|Kaori Fujimiya|藤宮 香織|Fujimiya Kaori}}
;{{Nihongo|Kaori Fujimiya|藤宮 香織|Fujimiya Kaori}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Sora Amamiya]]}} Played by: [[Haruna Kawaguchi]]
:{{Voiced by|[[Sora Amamiya]]}}<ref name="additionalcast"/> Played by: [[Haruna Kawaguchi]]
:Kaori is Yūki's classmate who chooses to not make friends as she loses her memories concerning friends at the beginning of every week. She used to be popular in school, but was in a car accident that gave her a severe case of [[anterograde amnesia]]. She decides to keep a diary after Yūki suggests that she record her experiences. This helps her to become more and more familiar with Yūki, to the point of just barely remembering him. She had made a promise to meet up with her childhood friend, Hajime Kujō, but was unable to do so because of the accident. Her mother suggests that to an extent, she may be repressing her own memories. She is quite good in mathematics as compared to Yūki, and often helps him with his studies.
:Kaori is Yūki's classmate who chooses to not make friends as she loses her memories concerning friends at the beginning of every week. She used to be popular in school, but was in a car accident that gave her a severe case of [[anterograde amnesia]]. She decides to keep a diary after Yūki suggests that she record her experiences. This helps her to become more and more familiar with Yūki, to the point of just barely remembering him. She is also able to remember thing linked to him with but where the memory have no reference to him in such as remembering making eggs for him but not the act of giving them.
:She also seems to develop feelings for him regardless of conscious memory. When asked if she likes him in a later chapter she blushes noticeably. She had made a promise to meet up with her childhood friend, Hajime Kujō, but was unable to do so because of the accident. Her mother suggests that to an extent, she may be repressing her own memories. She is quite good in mathematics as compared to Yūki, and often helps him with his studies.

;{{Nihongo|Shōgo Kiryū|桐生 将吾|Kiryū Shōgo}}
;{{Nihongo|Shōgo Kiryū|桐生 将吾|Kiryū Shōgo}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Yoshimasa Hosoya]]}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Yoshimasa Hosoya]]}}<ref name="additionalcast"/> Played by: [[Takashi Matsuo (actor, born 1996)|Takashi Matsuo]]
:Shōgo is Yūki's reliable best friend with good grades. He appears to be a cold person who's straightforward with words, and often sleeps in class while treating everything else as a bother.
:Shōgo is Yūki's reliable best friend with good grades. He appears to be a cold person who's straightforward with words, and often sleeps in class while treating everything else as a bother.

;{{Nihongo|Saki Yamagishi|山岸 沙希|Yamagishi Saki}}
;{{Nihongo|Saki Yamagishi|山岸 沙希|Yamagishi Saki}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Rumi Ōkubo]]}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Rumi Ōkubo]]}}<ref name="additionalcast"/> Played by: Haori Takahashi
:Saki is a clumsy and forgetful girl in their class who used to be Shōgo's primary school classmate. She used to be bullied due to her small stature in primary school, and has since depended on others for all matters.
:Saki is a clumsy and forgetful girl in their class who used to be Shōgo's primary school classmate. She used to be bullied due to her small stature in primary school, and has since depended on others for all matters.

;{{Nihongo|Hajime Kujō|九条 一|Kujō Hajime}}
;{{Nihongo|Hajime Kujō|九条 一|Kujō Hajime}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Shintarō Asanuma]]}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Shintarō Asanuma]]}} Played by: [[Shuhei Uesugi]]
:Hajime is a student who transfers in during the second semester and who was Kaori's primary school classmate. He and Kaori promised to meet in the park the day before he transferred to Hokkaido, but Kaori did not show up due to her accident. His family has strict demands on him, to the point where he isn't allowed to buy games.
:Hajime is a student who transfers in during the second semester and who was Kaori's primary school classmate. He and Kaori promised to meet in the park the day before he transferred to Hokkaido, but Kaori did not show up due to her accident. His family has strict demands on him, to the point where he isn't allowed to buy games.

;{{Nihongo|Maiko Serizawa|芹澤 舞子|Serizawa Maiko}}
;{{Nihongo|Maiko Serizawa|芹澤 舞子|Serizawa Maiko}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Asuka Kakumoto]]}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Asuka Kakumoto]]}}
:Maiko is Saki's friend who often spoils her.
:Maiko is Saki's friend who often spoils her.

;{{Nihongo|Ai Nishimura|西村 藍|Nishimura Ai}}
;{{Nihongo|Ai Nishimura|西村 藍|Nishimura Ai}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Rui Tanabe]]}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Rui Tanabe]]}}
:Ai is Saki's friend who is a good coordinator.
:Ai is Saki's friend who is a good coordinator.

;{{nihongo|Shiho Fujimiya|藤宮 志穂|Fujimiya Shiho}}
;{{nihongo|Shiho Fujimiya|藤宮 志穂|Fujimiya Shiho}}
:{{voiced by|[[Mai Nakahara]]}}
:{{voiced by|[[Mai Nakahara]]}} Played by: Sayuri Kokusho
:Shiho is Kaori's mother.
:Shiho is Kaori's mother.

;{{nihongo|Jun Inoue|井上 潤|Inoue Jun}}
;{{nihongo|Jun Inoue|井上 潤|Inoue Jun}}
:{{voiced by|[[Junji Majima]]}}
:{{voiced by|[[Junji Majima]]}} Played by: [[Shigeyuki Totsugi]]
:Jun is Yūki's homeroom and math teacher.
:Jun is Yūki's homeroom and math teacher.


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===Manga===
===Manga===
''One Week Friends'' began as a [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] manga by Matcha Hazuki and was first published in ''Gangan Joker''{{'s}} September 2011 issue. A full serialization later followed in [[Square Enix]]'s ''[[Gangan Joker]]'' from January 21, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:連載開始|language=Japanese|url=http://www.jp.square-enix.com/magazine/joker/series/oneweekfrends/index.html|publisher=[[Square Enix]]|accessdate=April 23, 2014}}</ref> After spanning three years, the series came to an end in the February 2015 issue of ''Gangan Joker'' which was published in Japan on January 22, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=''One Week Friends'' Manga Slated to End on January 22|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-12-20/one-week-friends-manga-slated-to-end-on-january-22/.82385|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 20, 2014|accessdate=December 20, 2014}}</ref> Despite the end of the serialization, a special chapter will later be included in the magazine's May 2015 issue when it is published on April 22, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=''One Week Friends'' Manga Gets Special Chapter in April|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-20/one-week-friends-manga-gets-special-chapter-in-april/.83493|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 21, 2015|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref> The chapters was collected into a total of seven tankōbon volumes, the first of which was released on June 22, 2012.<ref name="mangav1" /> The final volume was released on April 22, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Final ''"One Week Friends"'' Manga Listed for Next Spring|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/07/22/final-one-week-friends-manga-listed-for-next-spring|publisher=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=July 22, 2014|accessdate=August 29, 2014}}</ref><ref name=ANN1>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-21/one-week-friends-manga-final-volume-ships-in-april-2015/.76876 |title=''One Week Friends'' Manga to end in April 2015|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date= July 21, 2014|accessdate=September 8, 2014}}</ref><ref name=mangav7 />
''One Week Friends'' began as a [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] manga by Matcha Hazuki and was first published in ''Gangan Joker''{{'s}} September 2011 issue. A full serialization later followed in [[Square Enix]]'s ''[[Gangan Joker]]'' from January 21, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:連載開始|language=ja|url=http://www.jp.square-enix.com/magazine/joker/series/oneweekfrends/index.html|publisher=[[Square Enix]]|access-date=April 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406205925/http://www.jp.square-enix.com/magazine/joker/series/oneweekfrends/index.html|archive-date=April 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> After spanning three years, the series came to an end in the February 2015 issue of ''Gangan Joker'' which was published in Japan on January 22, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cardine|first=Kyle|title=''One Week Friends'' Manga Slated to End on January 22|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-12-20/one-week-friends-manga-slated-to-end-on-january-22/.82385|website=Anime News Network|date=December 20, 2014|access-date=December 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111102713/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2014-12-20/one-week-friends-manga-slated-to-end-on-january-22/.82385|archive-date=November 11, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the end of the serialization, a special chapter will later be included in the magazine's May 2015 issue when it is published on April 22, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=''One Week Friends'' Manga Gets Special Chapter in April|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-20/one-week-friends-manga-gets-special-chapter-in-april/.83493|website=Anime News Network|date=January 20, 2015|access-date=January 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213060451/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-20/one-week-friends-manga-gets-special-chapter-in-april/.83493|archive-date=February 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The chapters was collected into a total of seven tankōbon volumes, the first of which was released on June 22, 2012.<ref name="mangav1" /> The final volume was released on April 22, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Scott|title=Final ''"One Week Friends"'' Manga Listed for Next Spring|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/07/22/final-one-week-friends-manga-listed-for-next-spring|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=July 22, 2014|access-date=August 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903080322/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/07/22/final-one-week-friends-manga-listed-for-next-spring|archive-date=September 3, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=ANN1>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-21/one-week-friends-manga-final-volume-ships-in-april-2015/.76876|title=''One Week Friends'' Manga to end in April 2015|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|website=Anime News Network|date=July 21, 2014|access-date=September 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824132239/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-21/one-week-friends-manga-final-volume-ships-in-april-2015/.76876|archive-date=August 24, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=mangav7 /> During their [[Sakura-Con]] 2017 panel, [[Yen Press]] announced their license to the manga.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ressler|first1=Karen|title=Yen Press Licenses Saga of Tanya the Evil, Acca 13, One Week Friends, A Polar Bear in Love, More|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-15/yen-press-licenses-saga-of-tanya-the-evil-acca-13-one-week-friends-a-polar-bear-in-love-more/.114879|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 22, 2022|date=February 22, 2022|archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401050844/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-15/yen-press-licenses-saga-of-tanya-the-evil-acca-13-one-week-friends-a-polar-bear-in-love-more/.114879|url-status=live}}</ref>

On March 22, 2021, the April 2021 issue of ''[[Gangan Joker]]'' revealed that a sequel manga titled ''Sono Ato no Isshūkan Friends'' would begin serialization in the next issue.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=''One Week Friends'' Series Gets Sequel Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-22/one-week-friends-series-gets-sequel-manga/.170938|website=Anime News Network|date=March 22, 2021|access-date=March 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322205734/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-22/one-week-friends-series-gets-sequel-manga/.170938|archive-date=March 22, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>


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===Anime===
===Anime===
{{Main|List of One Week Friends episodes}}
{{Main|List of One Week Friends episodes}}
An anime television series adaptation by [[Brain's Base]] began airing on April 6, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-21/sora-amamiya-yoshitaka-yamaya-star-in-isshukan-friends-anime|title=Sora Amamiya, Yoshitaka Yamaya Star in ''Isshūkan Friends'' Anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 21, 2014|accessdate=January 21, 2014}}</ref> The opening theme is {{nihongo|"Niji no Kakera"|虹のかけら||lit. "Fragments of a Rainbow"}}, sung by [[Natsumi Kon]], with lyrics and composition by [[Ai Kawashima]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-17/one-week-friends-anime-3rd-promo-features-natsumi-kon-theme-song|title=''One Week Friends'' Anime's 3rd Promo Features Natsumi Kon Theme Song|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 17, 2014|accessdate=March 17, 2014}}</ref> The ending theme is a cover of [[Sukima Switch]]'s 2004 single {{nihongo|"Kanade"|奏(かなで)||lit. "Symphony"}} sung by [[Sora Amamiya]], the voice actress of female protagonist, Kaori Fujimiya. The anime has been licensed by [[Section23 Films#Sentai Filmworks|Sentai Filmworks]] in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-27/sentai-filmworks-adds-one-week-friends|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds ''One Week Friends''|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 27, 2014|accessdate=March 27, 2014}}</ref>
An anime television series adaptation by [[Brain's Base]] began airing on April 6, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-21/sora-amamiya-yoshitaka-yamaya-star-in-isshukan-friends-anime|title=Sora Amamiya, Yoshitaka Yamaya Star in ''Isshūkan Friends'' Anime|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|website=Anime News Network|date=January 21, 2014|access-date=January 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815202645/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-21/sora-amamiya-yoshitaka-yamaya-star-in-isshukan-friends-anime|archive-date=August 15, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-21/isshukan-friends-anime-1st-promo-video-streamed|title=Isshūkan Friends Anime's 1st Promo Video Streamed|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|website=Anime News Network|date=January 21, 2014|access-date=January 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031124816/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-21/isshukan-friends-anime-1st-promo-video-streamed|archive-date=October 31, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fandompost.com/2014/01/21/isshukan-friends-anime-gets-first-promo-new-casting/|title='Isshukan Friends' Anime Gets First Promo, New Casting|publisher=The Fandom Post|date=January 21, 2014|access-date=January 21, 2020|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128085134/https://www.fandompost.com/2014/01/21/isshukan-friends-anime-gets-first-promo-new-casting/|url-status=live}}</ref> The TV anime is produced by Brain's Base and directed by Taro Iwasaki.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/01/21-1/video-2014-april-tv-anime-isshukan-friends-1st-pv|title=VIDEO: 2014 April TV Anime "Isshukan Friends." 1st PV|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|website=Crunchyroll|date=January 21, 2014|access-date=January 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125083719/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/01/21-1/video-2014-april-tv-anime-isshukan-friends-1st-pv|archive-date=January 25, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The opening theme is {{nihongo|"Niji no Kakera"|虹のかけら||lit. "Fragments of a Rainbow"}}, sung by [[Natsumi Kon]], with lyrics and composition by [[Ai Kawashima]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-17/one-week-friends-anime-3rd-promo-features-natsumi-kon-theme-song|title=''One Week Friends'' Anime's 3rd Promo Features Natsumi Kon Theme Song|last=Nelkin|first=Sarah|website=Anime News Network|date=March 17, 2014|access-date=March 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110021811/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-17/one-week-friends-anime-3rd-promo-features-natsumi-kon-theme-song|archive-date=November 10, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The ending theme is a cover of [[Sukima Switch]]'s 2004 single {{nihongo|"Kanade"|奏(かなで)||lit. "Symphony"}} sung by [[Sora Amamiya]], the voice actress of female protagonist, Kaori Fujimiya. The anime has been licensed by [[Sentai Filmworks]] in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-27/sentai-filmworks-adds-one-week-friends|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds ''One Week Friends''|last=Ressler|first=Karen|website=Anime News Network|date=March 27, 2014|access-date=March 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824132315/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-27/sentai-filmworks-adds-one-week-friends|archive-date=August 24, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Stage play===
A stage play adaptation ran from November 14 to 24, 2014 in Japan. The play stars [[Tomoki Okayama]] as Yūki Hase, {{ill|Maya Okano|ja|岡野真也}} as Kaori Fujimiya, [[Kimito Totani]] as Shōgo Kiryū, and [[Juria Kawakami]] as Saki Yamagishi.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1413266878|title=舞台『一週間フレンズ。』の全キャストが決定&メインビジュアルが公開!|language=ja|work=[[Animate (retailer)|Animate]]|date=October 14, 2014|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-date=April 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411171951/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1413266878|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1416280262|title=舞台『一週間フレンズ。』ゲネプロ取材レポート!|language=ja|work=[[Animate (retailer)|Animate]]|date=November 18, 2014|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-date=April 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411171949/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1416280262|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Live-action film===
===Live-action film===
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A live-action film will be released in February 2017. The film is directed by Shōsuke Murakami and written by Yōko Izumisawa<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-02/live-action-one-week-friends-film-cast-staff-february-2017-date-revealed/.99282|title=Live-Action One Week Friends Film's Cast, Staff, February 2017 Date Revealed|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 2, 2016|accessdate=April 22, 2016}}</ref>
A live-action film was released in February 2017. The film is directed by Shōsuke Murakami and written by Yōko Izumisawa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-02/live-action-one-week-friends-film-cast-staff-february-2017-date-revealed/.99282|title=Live-Action ''One Week Friends'' Film's Cast, Staff, February 2017 Date Revealed|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=March 2, 2016|access-date=April 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811125146/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-02/live-action-one-week-friends-film-cast-staff-february-2017-date-revealed/.99282|archive-date=August 11, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
Carl Kimlinger of [[Anime News Network]] published a positive review of the complete anime series.<ref name="Kimlinger">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/one-week-friends/episodes-1-12/.76886|title=One Week Friends Episodes 1-12 Streaming|last=Kimlinger|first=Carl|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 23, 2014|accessdate=March 29, 2015}}</ref> He wrote that the premise can push its dramatic moments a little too far and almost nothing happens throughout the first half of the series. Regardless, Kimlinger praised the plot's character development, saying that it saves the first half with its progression through little events; he added that the dramatic scenes are nicely underplayed to help viewers care for the characters. Kimlinger wrote that Brain's Base and director Tarou Iwasaki provide the series with a style that's perfect, calling the minimalist backgrounds evocative with the right mood and the character animations superb saying "that makes the show what it is: a sleeper delight, plain and simple."<ref name="Kimlinger"/>
Carl Kimlinger of [[Anime News Network]] (ANN) gave ''One Week Friends'' an overall B+ rating. He wrote that the premise can push its dramatic moments a little too far and almost nothing happens throughout the first half of the series. Regardless, Kimlinger praised the plot's character development, saying that it saves the first half with its progression through little events; he added that the dramatic scenes are nicely underplayed to help viewers care for the characters. Kimlinger wrote that Brain's Base and director Tarou Iwasaki provide the series with a style that's perfect, calling the minimalist backgrounds evocative with the right mood and the character animations superb, saying "that makes the show what it is: a sleeper delight, plain and simple."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/one-week-friends/episodes-1-12/.76886|title=''One Week Friends'' Episodes 1-12 Streaming|last=Kimlinger|first=Carl|website=Anime News Network|date=July 23, 2014|access-date=March 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102212224/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/one-week-friends/episodes-1-12/.76886|archive-date=January 2, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Fellow ANN editor Gabriella Ekens praised the show for being "emotionally intelligent" with its showcase of Yūki's character growth and for being "beautifully realized" with its "faux-water color style" illustrating Kaori's progression and recovery from amnesia, concluding that: "''One Week Friends'' is slice of life at its best. Gentle, atmospheric, and emotionally resonant, it's the perfect comfort food for an afternoon in. It might be quiet, but you won't forget about it any time soon."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/shelf-life/2015-07-13/.90399|title=Don't You Forget About Me - Shelf Life|last1=Dong|first1=Bamboo|last2=Ekens|first2=Gabriella|last3=Jensen|first3=Paul|website=Anime News Network|date=July 13, 2015|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126055927/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/shelf-life/2015-07-13/.90399|archive-date=January 26, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Conversely, Allen Moody from [[THEM Anime Reviews]] criticized the "blandness and predictability" of the premise and its characters, singling out Saki for being "annoying on several levels", but commended the show's overall "inoffensiveness" and felt that both Shōgo and Kaori's mom Shiho were the only "genuinely good" people throughout the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1715|title=''One Week Friends''|last=Moody|first=Allen|website=[[THEM Anime Reviews]]|date=November 3, 2014<!--Source for date: https://themanime.org/viewnews.php?m=11&y=2014-->|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126213742/http://themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1715|archive-date=November 26, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>


As of March 2, 2016, the manga had sold over 1 million copies in Japan.<ref>http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/03/02/one-week-friends-live-action-film-confirms-february-2017-release</ref>
The manga has had over 1 million copies printed in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|title="One Week Friends" Live-Action Film Confirms February 2017 Release|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/03/02/one-week-friends-live-action-film-confirms-february-2017-release|website=Crunchyroll|date=March 2, 2016|access-date=July 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108162115/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/03/02/one-week-friends-live-action-film-confirms-february-2017-release|archive-date=November 8, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>


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One Week Friends
Cover of Isshūkan Friends volume 1 by Square Enix
一週間フレンズ。
(Isshūkan Furenzu.)
GenreRomance[1]
Manga
Written byMatcha Hazuki
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
MagazineGangan Joker
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 21, 2012January 22, 2015
Volumes7 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byTarou Iwasaki
Written byShōtarō Suga
Music byNobuko Toda
StudioBrain's Base
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, MBS, TVA, BS11, AT-X
Original run April 6, 2014 June 22, 2014
Episodes12 + 12 specials (List of episodes)
Manga
Sono Ato no Isshūkan Friends
Written byMatcha Hazuki
Published bySquare Enix
MagazineGangan Joker
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 22, 2021 – present
Live-action film

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.

Plot

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High schooler Yūki Hase notices that his beautiful classmate Kaori Fujimiya is always alone and seemingly has no friends. After approaching her and becoming better acquainted, Kaori reveals that every Monday she loses all memory of her friends. Despite learning this, Yūki endeavors to befriend her anew every week.

Characters

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Yūki Hase (長谷 祐樹, Hase Yūki)
Voiced by: Yoshitaka Yamaya[2] Played by: Kento Yamazaki
Yūki is a second year high school student who develops an interest in an isolated classmate, Kaori Fujimiya. Despite Kaori forgetting about him every week, he never ceases working hard to earn her smile. He's weak in mathematics.
Kaori Fujimiya (藤宮 香織, Fujimiya Kaori)
Voiced by: Sora Amamiya[2] Played by: Haruna Kawaguchi
Kaori is Yūki's classmate who chooses to not make friends as she loses her memories concerning friends at the beginning of every week. She used to be popular in school, but was in a car accident that gave her a severe case of anterograde amnesia. She decides to keep a diary after Yūki suggests that she record her experiences. This helps her to become more and more familiar with Yūki, to the point of just barely remembering him. She is also able to remember thing linked to him with but where the memory have no reference to him in such as remembering making eggs for him but not the act of giving them.
She also seems to develop feelings for him regardless of conscious memory. When asked if she likes him in a later chapter she blushes noticeably. She had made a promise to meet up with her childhood friend, Hajime Kujō, but was unable to do so because of the accident. Her mother suggests that to an extent, she may be repressing her own memories. She is quite good in mathematics as compared to Yūki, and often helps him with his studies.
Shōgo Kiryū (桐生 将吾, Kiryū Shōgo)
Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya[2] Played by: Takashi Matsuo
Shōgo is Yūki's reliable best friend with good grades. He appears to be a cold person who's straightforward with words, and often sleeps in class while treating everything else as a bother.
Saki Yamagishi (山岸 沙希, Yamagishi Saki)
Voiced by: Rumi Ōkubo[2] Played by: Haori Takahashi
Saki is a clumsy and forgetful girl in their class who used to be Shōgo's primary school classmate. She used to be bullied due to her small stature in primary school, and has since depended on others for all matters.
Hajime Kujō (九条 一, Kujō Hajime)
Voiced by: Shintarō Asanuma Played by: Shuhei Uesugi
Hajime is a student who transfers in during the second semester and who was Kaori's primary school classmate. He and Kaori promised to meet in the park the day before he transferred to Hokkaido, but Kaori did not show up due to her accident. His family has strict demands on him, to the point where he isn't allowed to buy games.
Maiko Serizawa (芹澤 舞子, Serizawa Maiko)
Voiced by: Asuka Kakumoto
Maiko is Saki's friend who often spoils her.
Ai Nishimura (西村 藍, Nishimura Ai)
Voiced by: Rui Tanabe
Ai is Saki's friend who is a good coordinator.
Shiho Fujimiya (藤宮 志穂, Fujimiya Shiho)
Voiced by: Mai Nakahara Played by: Sayuri Kokusho
Shiho is Kaori's mother.
Jun Inoue (井上 潤, Inoue Jun)
Voiced by: Junji Majima Played by: Shigeyuki Totsugi
Jun is Yūki's homeroom and math teacher.

Media

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Manga

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One Week Friends began as a one-shot manga by Matcha Hazuki and was first published in Gangan Joker's September 2011 issue. A full serialization later followed in Square Enix's Gangan Joker from January 21, 2012.[3] After spanning three years, the series came to an end in the February 2015 issue of Gangan Joker which was published in Japan on January 22, 2015.[4] Despite the end of the serialization, a special chapter will later be included in the magazine's May 2015 issue when it is published on April 22, 2015.[5] The chapters was collected into a total of seven tankōbon volumes, the first of which was released on June 22, 2012.[6] The final volume was released on April 22, 2015.[7][8][9] During their Sakura-Con 2017 panel, Yen Press announced their license to the manga.[10]

On March 22, 2021, the April 2021 issue of Gangan Joker revealed that a sequel manga titled Sono Ato no Isshūkan Friends would begin serialization in the next issue.[11]

Volumes

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 June 22, 2012[6]978-4-757-53633-3December 19, 2017[12]978-0-316-41416-6
2 November 22, 2012[13]978-4-757-53796-5April 10, 2018[14]978-0-316-44736-2
3 April 27, 2013[15]978-4-757-53953-2June 26, 2018[16]978-0-316-44739-3
4 November 22, 2013[17]978-4-757-54137-5September 18, 2018[18]978-0-316-44743-0
5 March 22, 2014[19]978-4-757-54256-3December 11, 2018[20]978-0-316-44746-1
6 July 22, 2014[21]978-4-757-54361-4March 26, 2019[22]978-0-316-44749-2
7 April 22, 2015[9][23]978-4-7575-4435-2
978-4-757-54434-5 (LE)
June 18, 2019[24]978-0-316-44753-9

Anime

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An anime television series adaptation by Brain's Base began airing on April 6, 2014.[25][26][27] The TV anime is produced by Brain's Base and directed by Taro Iwasaki.[28] The opening theme is "Niji no Kakera" (虹のかけら, lit. "Fragments of a Rainbow"), sung by Natsumi Kon, with lyrics and composition by Ai Kawashima.[29] The ending theme is a cover of Sukima Switch's 2004 single "Kanade" (奏(かなで), lit. "Symphony") sung by Sora Amamiya, the voice actress of female protagonist, Kaori Fujimiya. The anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America.[30]

Stage play

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A stage play adaptation ran from November 14 to 24, 2014 in Japan. The play stars Tomoki Okayama as Yūki Hase, Maya Okano [ja] as Kaori Fujimiya, Kimito Totani as Shōgo Kiryū, and Juria Kawakami as Saki Yamagishi.[31][32]

Live-action film

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A live-action film was released in February 2017. The film is directed by Shōsuke Murakami and written by Yōko Izumisawa.[33]

Reception

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Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network (ANN) gave One Week Friends an overall B+ rating. He wrote that the premise can push its dramatic moments a little too far and almost nothing happens throughout the first half of the series. Regardless, Kimlinger praised the plot's character development, saying that it saves the first half with its progression through little events; he added that the dramatic scenes are nicely underplayed to help viewers care for the characters. Kimlinger wrote that Brain's Base and director Tarou Iwasaki provide the series with a style that's perfect, calling the minimalist backgrounds evocative with the right mood and the character animations superb, saying "that makes the show what it is: a sleeper delight, plain and simple."[34] Fellow ANN editor Gabriella Ekens praised the show for being "emotionally intelligent" with its showcase of Yūki's character growth and for being "beautifully realized" with its "faux-water color style" illustrating Kaori's progression and recovery from amnesia, concluding that: "One Week Friends is slice of life at its best. Gentle, atmospheric, and emotionally resonant, it's the perfect comfort food for an afternoon in. It might be quiet, but you won't forget about it any time soon."[35] Conversely, Allen Moody from THEM Anime Reviews criticized the "blandness and predictability" of the premise and its characters, singling out Saki for being "annoying on several levels", but commended the show's overall "inoffensiveness" and felt that both Shōgo and Kaori's mom Shiho were the only "genuinely good" people throughout the series.[36]

The manga has had over 1 million copies printed in Japan.[37]

References

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