ISSHUUKAN FRIENDS

Having read 11 chapters, I have given this manga an overall rating of 8. I have greatly enjoyed reading it and wish a lot more chapters had been released.

PROS: I like the fluffy art-style, I enjoy the story, the characters are cool people, the story progression so far has been good and well paced and its 4koma style fits it well.

CONS: It releases rather slowly (though this is probably the translator's fault) and there are some minor plot holes when dealing with the girl's memory capabilities.

The first chapter is a very good indicator of what the rest of the chapters feel like and thus, just reading that one should be a clear indicator of how much you may enjoy the rest of the chapters.

I would highly recommend this to most people who like shoujo manga and want a very cute story with romantic elements where the boy works hard to gain the trust and love of a very reserved girl.

I started to read this manga because I was fairly interested in the development of Hase and Kaori's relationship after watching the anime. If that's the main reason why you're thinking about reading this manga I can reassure you that it will be a waste of time.

First of all I can only state my opinion after jumping into this manga after I have finished the anime. I really liked the anime and how the characters where interacting with each other which is why I wanted to give the manga a try.

The art still mainly stays the same but the way the mangaka illustrates the patterns is quite disturbing. The story is told more like an omake.

I still enjoyed the manga though. It's just that I wouldn't recommend reading it after you have already finished the anime...
There are some more information that are added but don't really change the conclusion. The anime basically covers the whole manga's story but is told in a more suitable and likable way.

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS

Imagine a manga where it setups a bunch of unique problems yet follows a romance in which both parties feel this need for one another yet it doesn't fufill on the romance aspect in which it's tagged.

That's isshuukan friends. The premise is interesting enough to garner attention and the growth they go through is immense, Hase's whole character arc is that he's finding what he wants but its clear that what he wants is different from what he says yet the author doesn't explore that at all. He talks about it here and there but in the end Hase ends up friendzoning himself in the dumbest way possible when she clearly likes him even if neither party may know it.

It's wasted potential in my eyes and a lot of it stems from the fact that they put Hase in a self-deprecative and depressive state yet don't do anything to get him out of there but realize his wants. His wants aren't actually his wants, it's just him lacking confidence and in a story sense thats a good character trait but for a romance manga that's had him lacking confidence and still doing the same thing it just doesn't make sense to me. A lot of it is build-up to the relationship that doesn't happen and they hint towards it at the end of the manga but only on the last chapter and they STILL don't get together.

Most manga like this end up pushing their main duo together at the end as a sort of resolution but the resolution here is Hase not pushing shit or changing the fact that he has no confidence it's him saying the same thing he's said for the whole series and sure its poetic but it also lacks the character growth I was hoping for in the manga.

Anyways 5/10, you can read it, or don't.

This manga just seemed incredibly boring to me. I think the biggest issue I had with it was character development, specifically Yuuki. Getting to the second volume, I realized I seriously had no idea what his personality was like besides being obsessed with this mundane girl. His classmate Shougo was also pretty bland and characterless. I skipped ahead in the volume to see if it got better, saw the reason why she has memory loss, and then decided that I was so bored I didn't want to read it anymore. From the other reviews here it seems the anime is more favored, but I think I'm done with this series as a whole. Maybe it's because I'm a grown man, but I'm just not into it. It's a shame, because I was really hoping I would enjoy it.

Yay, my first review ^.^

This manga honestly took me by surprise. I'm not normally a fan of manga or anime like this, but I was surprised to find myself captivated by One Week Friends.

In a nutshell, One Week Friends is the story of a girl named Fujimiya Kaori, who loses all memories of her friends every week, and boy named Hase Yuuki, who decides to make friends with her every week, despite her forgetting all about him over and over.

Looking at that overview, I didn't expect the story to offer much, but boy was I wrong.
The manga kept me rooting for the characters the whole time, hoping beyond hope that by some miracle, Kaori wouldn't forget her friends, and that Yuuki would finally express his true feelings. The twists in the plot kept me eagerly awaiting the updates and for that reason alone, the manga is worth a shot. The reason I only gave the story a 7/10 is because between the exciting events and plot twists, not much really goes on, and often it takes a while for the story to pick up the pace. None the less, a good story line.

The art style certainly came across unique, almost pink and fluffy at times. However, it never failed to capture the 'dramatic' scenes, and for that reason an 8/10. I'd give it more points, but occasionally it came across as fairly basic, for that reason, only 8.

The characters fit in perfectly in this manga, all with different personalities and traits, as well as individual roles in the story. I like how the story doesn't always revolve around Kaori and Yuuki, but also involves their friends Shougo and Saki. 8/10.

Overall, I would recommend reading this manga, or at least giving it a shot. It's a true test of friendship, which will leave you crossing your fingers for the characters.

I hope this review helped :)

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Good manga but...that is the feeling i have


The art without being of my favourites its good enough not excellent but well made.

The characters,
The main characters are good developed maybe a little bit longer it could be better, what i feel its that some things get dropped but not resolved, but at least they struggle with their feelings in a good way.

the supporting characters are very poor. The mangaka leaves some ideas about them but never develops anything and only use them to fill, at least two of them.

Plot

The idea is quite interesting and some of the feelings during the story are well driving but the way the manga comes to an end look pretty vague it's only i can say without making any spoiler. And the way some other things are resolved are mehh.
After being building some ideas the mangaka just leave everything *even in the epilogue* like just imagine, and that its for me the biggest problem of the manga., a lot of things could be better developed