Having just moved into a new apartment building, Yui Hanasaka makes a customary visit to greet her neighbor. When she learns that he is an upperclassman at the university she aspires to attend, she asks for his help to pass her entrance exams. Meanwhile, Natsuki Momohara decides to visit her older brother, who lives alone in an apartment in Tokyo. Elsewhere, aspiring singer Moka Aoshima reunites with her childhood friend, who is a hopeful novelist.
Three stories, although seemingly unrelated, contain the same essence: strings of fate will bind together those who share the same destiny, and one needs to look no further than a single apartment room.
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bmoore07
If I were to describe, in detail, every moment in which I was saddened, revolted, or infuriated by what I witnessed, I’m afraid that it will be the death of me. For you see, One Room is unparalleled in undermining any rational expectation from its audience; few anime series have disappointed as consistently and as vigorously as One Room. I’ve never seen a show blatantly resist originality, creativity, and artistic integrity quite like One Room. At first glance, One Room appears to be yet another cash cow representative of the harem genre, a product engineered from the assembly line to satisfy the masses. On further examination,however, One Room is revealed to be the culmination of Studio TYPHOON embarking on the shortest, easiest, most effortless route to success. In a medium where laziness has become the norm, One Room has taken this standard to unfathomable extremes. It is, without a doubt, the master of cutting corners.
Like every other work belonging to the harem genre, One Room is about a self-insert protagonist (read: a one-dimensional, vaguely likable cardboard cutout of a high school student with a lack of assertiveness) and his attempts to aid the women in his life. A fairly interesting plot structure (one woman per three-episode arc, totaling three arcs for 12 episodes) with the potential to elevate its storyline into a cohesive work of art is undermined by an utter lack of focus. Every halfhearted attempt at conveying anything remarkable is obscured by an overwhelming amount of meaningless endeavors: the “incest is wincest” angle, the blushing and the stammering, the unnecessary monologues about what an awesome guy the protagonist is, and (of course) the lengthy T&A shots. Every sluggish grasp at individual depth is marred by an unwillingness to present anything that might be lurking beneath the cutesy character designs. Each episode has a five minute runtime, which simultaneously compounds on the issues and provides Studio TYPHOON with an alibi for their complete lack of effort. It’s because of One Room’s runtime that the production company’s executives can pat themselves on the back, and say to themselves, “Well, we WOULD make this project of ours somewhat worthwhile but, you know, we just didn’t have enough time.”
That, my friends, is inexcusable.
Even if there isn’t an option to extend the episode length to the standard 23 minutes, that still doesn’t permit you to put forth the bare minimum at your job. It’s possible to have an anime series with five minutes per episode, and still provide a memorable, enjoyable experience for the audience. I mean, look at Bonobono. It’s currently airing with 50 episodes and counting, and it has yet to disappoint. However, with One Room, the only reason why there hasn’t been a tidal wave of outrage is due to the show’s cinematography, or rather, its first-person point of view shot.
That’s right; the principal source of One Room’s popularity isn’t a relatively unique art style (this show’s animation can hardly be described as “unique”; it’s more lackluster than anything else), a memorable insert song (any ED that lasts for 25 seconds isn’t worth mentioning) nor the financial backing of a prominent production company (One Room is Studio TYPHOON’s first project). No; the method in which the presentation is displayed is the only cause of One Room’s acclaim. As a reviewer with an adoration for cinematic flair, I have written fondly of anime titles that effectively utilize camera angles but I never considered that to be a main attraction. Employing the POV shot as your central selling point is like a car company declaring its visual appeal to be the best feature of its products. Sure, it’s pretty useful to have, and rather convenient at that, but in no way is it essential. For the videogame industry, for shooting games in particular, the 1st-person point of view shot is a must-have. For anime, however, using it as consistently as One Room causes your project to come across as a novelty act, a gimmick above all else. Yes, these are the depths to which One Room has sunken the standard of excellence.
The biggest grievance I have with One Room is its tendency to discover willowy slivers of potential before immediately mishandling it in epic proportions. Its mildly catchy insert song is not only inserted at the wrong time but its appearance is brief as well. Its moments involving the cherry blossom trees are, strangely, the moments in which One Room’s aesthetics are at their apex, and yet these occur once in a blue moon. Its panning shots of the surroundings are the greatest usages of the 1st person POV, but One Room dedicates more time to its lifeless dialogue than anything else. Really, the examples are endless when it comes to One Room but the biggest example has to be its forgettable cast obliterating any shred of redeemability. Pointless Love Interest No.1 is the girl next door while Pointless Love Interest No.2 is the tsundere/little sister and Pointless Love Interest No.3 is the childhood friend. All three of them are virtually rendered obsolete beyond their surface identity; these vapid vessels of femininity can cook, clean, blush, stammer, and whisper sweet nothings like no other, yet they struggle to convey a thought of their own. None of them, however, are worse than the protagonist himself.
Thanks to the POV angle, it is from the protagonist’s eyes that we are able to view the show. If there ever was an opportunity for an anime title to redefine the self-insert MC, this was it….. and that’s what amplifies my disappointment. Believe it or not, I can forgive his passive nature, his shallow selflessness, even his inability to speak. However, the Nameless Protagonist’s unsettling ogling over the other girls (even his own sister!), and One Room’s fascination for hammering the "protag is a perv” angle into our skulls, is where I draw the line. The average anime company crafts their self-insert MC based on how they perceive their audience, as you likely know. The socially awkward high school perv is hardly revolutionary in anime but what’s frustrating about One Room’s pervy self-insert protag in particular is that he possesses no facial features, no body parts, nothing.
The difference between One Room and every other harem anime is that other studios present their MC, and say, “This is a general impression of what we think our viewers are”; on the other hand, when Studio TYPHOON presents their MC, it’s as if they’re saying, “This is a representation of you.”
Not only am I enraged at Studio TYPHOON’s patronizing manner but the lack of a reaction among One Room’s viewers about this is infuriating as well.
If Hand Shakers really is the worst anime series of the Winter 2017 season, then One Room is far and away the second.
By any thorough analysis, rating scale, or statistical calculation, it’s inconceivable to witness this utter deprivation of quality, and deem it “worthwhile”.
When One Room isn’t thematically shallow, it’s cringeworthy.
When One Room isn’t cringeworthy, it’s blatantly aimless.
When One Room isn’t blatantly aimless, it’s emotionally stunted.
When One Room isn’t emotionally stunted, it’s completely condescending.
And if “completely condescending” is what you require to sate your anime-viewing appetite, then you’ll be downright ecstatic to know that One Room will return for the Spring `17 season, with a sequel and a special. Yes, screw longevity! Studio TYPHOON’s milking this cash cow as if they too realize that its 15 minutes of fame has an impending expiration date. I’m sure there will be plenty that will gleefully tune in every week for another episode of the shamelessly contrived, strikingly pandering, and unconditionally conceited money maker that is One Room, once again hailing it as “innovative” and “unique” when it is anything but.
As for me, I’ve heard enough “onii-chans” to last a lifetime.
syncrogazer
Some members of the anime community always seem to make a point to show public outrage when random seasonal show-x doesn't meet some arbitrary standard of 'maturity' or 'artistic integrity,' all in some weird attempt to distance themselves from "those kinds of anime fans." When doing this it's always easier to go after the low hanging fruit, shorts like these which most people don't care about or don't have high expectations of. This review of One Room is written with the expectation that nobody else on this site will defend it. The fact that this is a POV anime seems to be enough to sendmost people running. If it calms you down, you should know that it is not entirely done in POV. It's more of a hybrid of alternative views (when POV wouldn't make sense) and actual POV (when it's important). The anime itself is pretty smart about moving from one to the other in a way that isn't distracting or unnatural.
The character designs are cute, and the scenarios are deliberately made to be heartwarming or emotionally engaging on some level. Dialogue is meant to be pseudo-interactive, in that you don't hear the MCs response (it's you) but the conversation obviously progresses in a way that completely ignores whatever you shout at the screen. Effectively creating two 'yous'. In this way it's possible to try to reverse engineer the conversation based on the reactions the girls have to 'your' answer. People need to realize that 'cringing' at this is their fault and that there are others out there who can separate reality from fiction. When watching this anime it's important to remember that worrying about not looking lonely on the internet is a fool's errand.
Judging One Room for what is, is very simple. It's a short, relaxing and comfy look at the progress of three relationships that take place inside one room. The prevailing theme is that with these relationships comes growth and stability, both emotional and situational. It's interesting to note that (you) help out the girls in two of the three stories. The odd story out involves some tough love from your imouto. I think it should be obvious as well, that the real point of this anime is to help foster those feelings in the real you. You know, the person sitting on the couch in the dark.
It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that there is a demand for anime geared towards those who want some company or affection from 2D girls. The difference between the average 'escapist' show and this is that characters don't usually wait for (you) before they do something 'badass.'
We're all in this together people.
Abraham_Ford
One Room- Anime of the season for sure. Yes this is a decently sized review so of course a tl;dr will follow, have no fear all lonely otaku's pondering this show, all your questions are answered in the most spoiler free way possible. there's a lot of hate for this show and I understand why, this show is for lonely otaku's to give them the perfect waifu so of course normal weebs would see it as an iffy show. However I approached it more leniently and tried to enjoy the cringefest that was One Room, and succeeded to a certain extent. Story- probably the worst partof this show. The main character is you, the viewer, and one of 3 girls who aren't all sisters (the synopsis is clickbait) with each story detailing their happy fun times in your one room (creative name). Each girl has their own story and you play along with it, but sometimes the MC can be a real dick and not properly react to the feelings of the girl of the week, but as We are the main we can only criticise ourselves :/
Art- very vibrant and colourful, was nice to look at, made the backgrounds visually appealing and characters beautiful. typhoon graphics did a-ok in this department
Sound- usually a very calm OST with everchanging ending theme's for each girl, making them less memorable. nothing much to hate on but nothing to applaud either
Characters- the most important part of this show.
we begin with Hanasaka Yui, a university applicant that struggles with revision. Being a uni applicant myself i empathised with this the most, so hanasaka was the obvious choice for best girl. you spend 4 episodes helping her studies in the hope she gets into a good uni, does she? watch it and find out fools.
up next is momohara Natsuki, your imouto. oh the lolicons must have had a field day with her. the perfect sister, she cooks, cleans and cares for you after a hard days work. however i am not an imouto, so theres no empathy here.
the final girl is Aoshima Moka, your childhood friend. her singing was pretty good, props to her VA. but the character is prone to giving up and you, the MC, have to be there to help her. being the only character your age she's the only one with a real chance at a love love ending, but childhood friends never win, do they?
and finally, the MC- You. you're some Japanese guy that lives by himself in an apartment, working 9-5 in some job. you can be a bit of a prick sometimes but decent every so often, still the worst character of the show, but all the girls were made to be Perfect waifu's for whichever kinda girl you're in to whereas you, the MC, are not made perfect, so you cant be held accountable.
Enjoyment- 10/10. laughing about how stupid this show was has been the highlight of my wednesday's for 12 weeks, ye I probably shoulda picked up maid dragon and konosuba but ah well, this and piacevole were fine.
Overall- my brain says rate this show for lonely weebs a 1, but my enjoyment says give it 10. not sure why a 4/10 on the review thing is labelled "decent" as that means acceptable or satisfactory. but when thinking about this show, Decent suits it just right. so one room gets a decent 4/10. Roll on one room side M!
TL;DR- watch this shit if you are a basement dwelling weeb that doesnt have an imouto, if you arent or you're just tsun about your loneliness then you'd be better off watching TWGOK or some other arc'd up romance anime.
Mother dick this shit is helpful.
LIQfilms
Oh boy! It's that time again to review another terrible show that is only around four minutes in length and features cute girls, one of whom is underage, as they talk to you, the audience, through the eyes of the voiceless main protagonist! One Room is strange. Damn strange. I have no idea what the show is trying to convey or achieve and belongs in that certain type of anime, under the "what the bloody hell is that crap?" with titles such as Pupa and Sleeping with Hinako. While on the topic of that big titted slut, Hianko, One Room also follows a very similar structureand idea as that show, that being that we watch and interact with these girls who are speaking to some unknown guy whom we can't see, and instead we assume the role of him instead and that's it! That's the entire show and it never deviates in any way and instead goes around in circles never developing anything at all! It's about three girls whom the main character helps whilst they're in their time of need; the schoolgirl, the token little sister who keeps yelling "baka" all the time and really needs to be taken behind the shed to be shot with a gun, and the now grown-up childhood friend who is having problems over at her job. Each one of them confides themselves in your company, for some reason since the main character hardly ever speaks, and since we're supposed to assume his role, I have no idea why these girls would ever come to a filthy cave-dwelling fujoshi such as myself. They try and play it off as romance, and try and sell the idea that you develop this bond between the girls or bond as a sibling between your sister but it doesn't feel as if anything happened, for two reasons:
1) The show is too short to allow for any development
2) THE ENTIRE CAST IS SO COOKIE-CUTTER AND BORING THAT YOU WON'T GIVE A SINGLE INTO WHAT IS HAPPENING!
Phew, let me just get my breath back *inhales oxygen*. Each one of these girls is the most cliche and stereotypical anime girls that you could even imagine; the type that I and my friends joke about when we're TRYING to come up with generic characters for shows, more so than Kirito from SAO. The fact that this author, who is trying to create characters and drama, made these characters ON PURPOSE just goes to show how uninteresting these characters really are and each one makes me want to throw up into a basket of puppies with how deceptively cute each one of them are; just to pull at the heart strings and try and manipulate you into feeling something for these...creatures.
But, that also begs the question. Who was this made for? What is the point of it? It is trying to appeal to people who have no one and wants to feel loved, like in Pillow Boys? Are they trying to make you do exercise like in Anitore EX? Both of these shows listed are two in which are similar to that of this show, but at the least, I can kind of see what they're trying to achieve, but this...I have no clue! It's an empty husk with no purpose! It doesn't entertain, so it's no good as an actual show, it doesn't fill in some strange fetish, so it doesn't even check off that possibility and it doesn't even work as a so bad it's good title since there is NOTHING good about this show. The only thing it has is an okay looking art design. That's it. And, can you believe it? They're making a male version of this show next season!
I'm just going to take my cyanide pills and end it here...
5LIAM
There are slight spoilers in this review, but not anything too specific, read at your own discretion. I will be reviewing this by each arc and then overall. Arc 1 // New neighbor, busty underclassman - 6/10 This arc is pretty easy-going and has a story. Overall average, but very nice art and happy ending. Arc 2 // Energetic, cheerful, and petite sister - 1/10 I am not a big fan of sister complex's much less petite figures. Not to mention the story is pretty lame and the ending is just ?? like ?? wasted 16 minutes of screentime for what?? Sister stuff, just not my cup oftea.
Arc 3 // Busty childhood friend - 10/10
Loved this arc, absolutely loved it. The angles, the cleavage, the story, the piano, it was all quite enjoyable.
Story: 5/10
Art: 10/10
Sound: 6/10
Character: 4/10
Enjoyment: 6/10 (calculated based on the average of the arc scores)
Overall Score: 6.2/10
Would I recommend it?
The show is short, each episode 3 minutes and 20 seconds, 4 minutes if you count the outro. It isn't too time-consuming and you can pick and choose which arcs you want to watch based on personal taste/preference. So watch it if you want to, but you're not missing anything if you choose not to.
jamanime87
This is my first review on any anime. This one not great. It didn't grab much of my attention nor enjoyment. Story: You basically are the character in it, watching it from the male lead, or female who ever is watching it. Three different stories that weren't really all that amusing. More drama than anything. Sound: Fine Character: Kind of boring. Didn't get any excitement. Art: The art was actually good.Enjoyment: Didn't enjoy it much. I was just watching. It more to calm anyone down more likely.
Overall: Not really all that great. Should had made this one a hentai. Would have been 10 times better.
NihilLoli_Gasan
What is fiction? What is reality? At what point do these two worlds intersect? On the outside, One Room's universe is pleasant: placid, reticent, and content. Disturbances, competition, and adventure are uncalled for here, as there is no need for them in this world. These suburbs are complacent and familiar; this world is built around your desire for external support and comfort. Your interests won't be challenged by the motives of others because this world was not created for them. Here, you are of utmost importance. Of course, this aloof existence won't suffice for your other needs. Humans crave reinforcement in social institutions, or else they'll becomelonely and miserable. What good are your world views if they aren't shared by others, no matter how blindly? What good are others if they don't satisfy you in some way? Luckily, you get to share this world with three attractive young girls. You're told that they all have lives beyond this world and have separate problems of their own, but does that really matter to you? Here, they exist purely to pacify your yearning for emotional and sexual fulfillment. You need not put any effort in yourself, nor do you need to return the favor. Who needs social skills when you already have an obscure likeness of a self-insert to respond to everything the girls say?
I don't know about you, but I can't hold up this facade any longer.
One Room was created under the vision of viewer immersion, but not only does this immersion require an intense amount of mental gymnastics, it also serves to do nothing more except to gratify the viewer. It's clearly an attempt at an escapist work, and escapism is by no means a good coping mechanism. Certainly, there are more harmful forms of escapism that exist, such as cutting and cocaine, but the one thing all these methods have in common is that they do not aid their practitioners in finding a solution to their problems. Ignoring the issue will not resolve it; rather, escapism seems to ensure that problems will only grow worse. The fact that One Room was made to promote this sort of mindset makes it innately harmful on an ideological level.
Even though it obviously is an escapist show, it isn't even good at what it wants to do. The very concept of an anime, a medium that does not use consumer input, based around using the viewer as a stand-in for the main character is absurd. Educational children's shows often use this because most children can't tell the difference between fiction and reality, but One Room targets older, more jaded viewers. It's a Machiavellian corporate scheme that manipulates the basest psychological drives of its viewers, all while treating them like children.
One Room also exploits the egos of its viewers by painting a world all about them, or as the synopsis says, all about "You". This setting is sickeningly picturesque, no everyday inconveniences occur, and all the characters are involved in conflicts that are solved merely by the MC's investment. The real world does not revolve around you. You must learn to work hard, to gain more knowledge, to take advantage of situations, and to grow as a person. One Room preys on egocentrism, laziness, and complacency; it's a universe based on a lack of self-awareness and bestial fantasies, where adaptation and evolution are eschewed. Even more disturbing is the fact that the entitlement brought by self-insertion is actually a delusion. The viewer has no influence over this fantasy. What they say to the girls has no bearing on what happens in the story because that road has already been mapped out. They cannot consent to anything, and they inadvertently submit to the will of the show's creators. The situations you experience and the endings you get will always be the same, no matter what you say or think. One Room's true nature is terrifyingly adversarial to the way it markets itself. Its romanticized shell contains an almost nihilistic display of determinism beneath.
Fiction is a fantastical, comforting ideal. Reality exists beyond the will; perhaps it is even subconscious. One Room allows these two worlds to intersect: a beautiful conception leads to a revelation of Freudian slips. Even so, many continue to consume this deceptive work. Perhaps that is the dystopian nightmare this show intends to create.
84DaysWithout
One Room is a self insert cringe fest where teenage and little girls talk flustered nonsense with you, the silent protagonist. Yes this is an animated visual novel. Yes it's creepy. No there's nothing more to it than what appears on the surface. It's obvious that One Room is pandering to the segment of the anime community that enjoys eroge gaming. The difference is there's actual intimacy in those games and the player can choose from a multitude of routes. One Room offers no such option and only manages to be a tease that countless anime have done better before it. The three featured girls are the samecarbon copy tropes present in every harem ever - childhood friend, new girl next door and of course, your little sister. The childhood friend is waifu tier levels of cute with at least some semblance of a character arc, if this entire anime was about her rather than waste eight episodes on forgettable girls nobody gives a fuck about One Room would be a better experience.
Self insert anime aren't inherently bad, there's a large niche in the anime community for hot girls being peered over by a guy that doesn't deserve the attention, but One Room has neither the flawless beauties, stylistic genius or courage to make it work.
HaXXspetten
One Room is like the anime equivalent of having an abortion: a perfect representation of why there is a birth rate problem in Japan. The mere fact that this anime even exists is legitimately disturbing. On paper, One Room sounds decent and simple enough. It is a short series (4-minute episodes) about an ordinary guy interacting with a few different girls in everyday situations, pretty much like any other slice of life short. If that was really all there was to it then One Room would probably have been just fine, however unfortunately that is not the case, because this is quite frankly one of thecreepiest anime I have ever watched.
One Room takes place from a first-person perspective, more specifically a *silent* first-person perspective. You essentially take the role of the main character directly, where the camera's focus represents where his eyes are looking, and on top of that he never speaks out loud. So what ends up happening is that a girl starts up a conversation with the guy, and then "you" are expected to reply back. There is a brief moment of silence where you as the viewer are supposed to reply to the girl in front of your own monitor in real life, and then the girl continues talking based on your supposed response. But obviously, different people would reply differently, and there is no canonical establishment of what "you" in the show supposedly said. Thus, the dialogue makes no sense at all. This is the core difference between this and your average visual novel: in a game you would at least know what the MC says since it is written out in text even if he is unvoiced. But here I have no idea what "I" just said to the girl or what she is reacting to as a result. Most of the time I can probably guess it just based on how simplistic the conversation topics are, combined with the fact that the girls tend to seemingly repeat part of what "you" supposedly said in the form of a question at the start of their sentences in a desperate attempt at informing the viewer. But even so, it is still unbearably awkward to watch. Despite only having episodes a few minutes long, the amount of cringeworthy moments in One Room is unbelievable. I do not even want to think about what this would have been like as a full-length TV-series. When self-inserting is taken so far that an anime's protagonist cannot even hold a natural conversation with the other main characters, then it has gone too far. Way too far.
The idea of having a silent first-person perspective in an anime is not unheard of though. For example there is another short called Anitore XX which does a similar thing. However, that anime was basically a fitness show with a bunch of girls doing exercises and giving you instructions for them in real life. There you were not expected to reply back, and it actually felt natural because that is basically what fitness instructors do on real TV as well. But when you have a completely one-sided dialogue where you actually are expected to reply but without establishing what like One Room does, it just fails miserably.
Another thing that kind of bothers me is how One Room essentially forces the viewer to become a total pervert. On the surface, the level of fanservice in this show is rather tame, with nothing but suggestive camera angles and some cliché ecchi dialogue. But again, the first-person perspective makes things very different. Since the camera represents the protagonist's eyes whom you are supposed to self-insert onto, the show basically forces you as the viewer to constantly be undressing all the girls with your eyes. It is not the anime's MC who is being a perv, it is *you*. Do not get me wrong, I am a pervert too so I do not really have a problem with this personally, but the fact of the matter is that I am sure that a lot of this anime's viewers are not, and thus essentially forcing them to feel this way against their will is not something I can approve of on principle. It is kind of like forcing someone to read an ero-doujin about their pure and innocent waifu. Also in the first place this is even ignoring the unexplained fact that these girls seemingly invite themselves into your house for no apparent reason and start acting like your cohabitating lovers from the very first minute (I guess I can somewhat understand the imouto doing it but not the other two).
Now if there is anything good about this anime it would be the visuals. One Room has the honor of having the well-known artist Kantoku himself being responsible for the character designs, and as a result all the girls look as cute as can be. But unfortunately that does not really resolve the anime's core problem.
Overall, One Room is an anime made for very lonely otaku that do not seem to have any female friends in real life but want to have someone to talk to on Valentine's Day, and thus they are presented with an option to live the 2D dream on a level a bit above the norm. If you can relate to that situation then I guess this anime might have some merit, however in that case I would rather recommend you to go play just about any half-assed dating sim instead because they sure as hell have a million times better interactivity than this.
Minteee
I decided to write a review for "One Room" to provide a point of view from someone who's actually in the demographic for the show, as opposed to the all-too-common feigned outrage or outright mockery things like this show tend to attract. There seems to be a lot of hate for this series that I don't think is at all justified. That's right, I'm actually writing a serious review for once! With that out of the way, I suppose I should talk about what this show is actually like. First off, the art is gorgeous. Kantoku did a great job making characters that are stylish and memorable,without being too over-the-top.
The animation is also extremely pretty. Falling leaves, loose strands of hair, sunlight streaming in through the windows of the protagonists small apartment. It's all there like you'd want it to be. I couldn't find much on the studio responsible for the animation (Typhoon), but I'm sure the focus on only one character at a time contributed a lot to how nice everything looks.
The animation certainly isn't anything mind-blowing, and the show most likely had a tiny budget, but the animators did the job quite well, and there were no clear weak points that distracted me from enjoying the stories presented.
I also want to draw attention to the sound design for the show. The voice acting, although somewhat cheesy, fits the show quite nicely. The girls sound super adorable and I feel like just listening to a recording of these voice actresses talking would be enough to get any lonely otaku's heart pumping.
One of my favorite things about the show, actually, would be the original score by Yamazo. Given that the focus of the show is on the girls, I doubt many who have watched the show really paid too much attention to the soundtrack. However, as a fan of Japanese minimalists like Hiroshi Yoshimura, I couldn't stop myself from listening in and replaying some of the episodes to hear the simple, yet pretty melodies once again. While somewhat sparse, the score does a fantastic job at punctuating some of the scenes with its gorgeous synths and piano tones.
Now for the main aspect I feel was lacking: The story. Granted, there really aren't any other shows taking this sort of approach to storytelling, so I can understand if the writers were hesitant to get too adventurous. That being said, these tales aren't anything you couldn't find tucked away in hentai manga volumes. They're extremely typical and simple, and have probably been done much better elsewhere.
Still, I enjoyed them quite a bit. And the predictableness was almost... comforting, I guess?
And that's really the point of this show. It's comfort food. It's like getting a latte and chocolate chip scone at your favorite cafe in your hometown on a cool autumn day. It's not meant to be challenging or thought-provoking. It's meant to make guys like me feel okay for a few minutes after a difficult day at work.
And I don't think something that nice is deserving of so much hate. We have everything from people pointing at this as an example of why Japan's birthrate is so low to others just shouting vile things like "anime sluts" and "anime trash" via text. People who aren't in the demographic for this show seem to be upset that it even exists and some have even developed a sort of righteous indignation toward it.
I would advise anyone in this camp to take a step back and really think over why you feel this way in the first place.
All things considered, I'm going with an 8 out of 10 for "One Room." I really liked it, as simplistic as it was. If you're a hard-working single guy in your 20s who loves cute anime girls, this show could be right up your alley! Just don't expect anything to extravagant in the way of storytelling.
RYCANORK
Holey! Yet a first person Anime that cures much of my daily stress and depression that brought me one second thought... "Why don't I have these kind of girls (people) in my daily life?" Oh, well! People work around in mysterious ways and we might not have seen this coming... or would come soon. The art and music is nice. It really blends well throughout the show. The art though reminds me of Kantoku-- ahh yes! He is the illustrator. Kudos Kantoku on that one... love the art style and everything! These girls surely showed different expressions and feelings... even their reactions on pervert stuff. Too badimouto killed the book... R.I.P. Book.
paoya
I’ll just say it from the start: this anime fulfills a certain niche. Is it bad? Sure. But is it trash? Well… yes, for varying reasons. Of course, with every episode lasting only four minutes, I found myself done with the anime before I could even start hating it. Its length probably kept me from giving it an awful score. I think that the biggest problem with this anime is not awful—it’s just exceedingly mediocre. One Room is generic. The art, the story, the characters—we’ve seen it already in other anime except other anime did it better. What we get is a montage of clichessquished into four minute episodes.
Just look at the camerawork. Every shot is fan-service. Watch a random episode (or don’t, because you really shouldn’t). Chances are, the camera’s right in the middle of girl curvature.
Amazingly, the animation is actually good. It really is! Their faces show more emotion than this god-forsaken anime even deserves. Eyebrows crease with worry. Eyes turn down in embarrassment. In one of Natsuki’s scenes, her face shows a mix of worry and wanting to be strong in front of her brother. The animators demonstrate the ability to show rather complex emotions in such a stupid anime.
My biggest gripe with this anime is that the protagonist is non-existent. He has no personality. He doesn’t even have a face or a body attached to him! I suppose it’s because the protagonist is supposed to be you, or more precisely, the viewers, but that’s crossing the line from a ‘character’ into a wish fulfillment ‘self-insert.’ We don’t get any development from the protagonist because there’s none to be found. One of my favorite moments is a side-by-side shot of the heroine of the arc and the protagonist, except you can’t even see him because he’s covered by a tree. All of him. It was unintentionally absurd and hilarious. In fact, all of it is. My personal head canon is that these girls are actually delusional and talk to their own imaginary wish fulfillment character. That’s why you never see the protagonist—because he only exists in the girls’ heads.
Jokes aside, it’s just so exceedingly honest in being some kind of self-indulging wish fulfillment that I can’t even feel upset over it. Just pity.
Whoahoho
Ok, now that's over, here are my ratings for this short anime. Very Good 8, Story. Ok, there is none, in fact the story plot was more like a game where we the audience were the first person character's here, in fact , it's no different than "Tawawa on mondays" , the reason I've gave it such rating was this time the first person character (which is us) has no speaking lines. Decent 4, Art. Ok, so far only Moka is the hottest around here, and don't be expecting some fanservices coming from Hanasaki Yui and Momohara Natsuki.Decent 4, Sound
Cu'z I have no comment about the seiyus who did Moka, Yui and Natsuki's voices, but I do like Yui's arc ending theme.
Decent 4, Character
Ok, so I like Yui, and Moka, but not Natsuki, but, how ever we put it each were a representation of a typical man's fantasy, like Yui, she represent every man's desire to hook up with a highschooler, Natsuki on the other hand represent a typical loli for pedophiles who likes to molest, Moka, was a representation of a typical girls next door, whom a man would wanna have a serious relationship.
Good 7, Enjoyment
Well, this anime is for guys who has a typical fantasy as to how he would like his girl, and I'm guilty of wanting to desire to hook up with a Highschooler like Yui and getting hoked on Moka.
Pathetic 1, Overall
Enjoyed as I am, I'm still gonna say that this SUCKS, since its theme was more on every man's fantasy.
OUT!!!!!!
Tobitwo
First-ever review I am gonna be honest and say this. I only watched this for the ending theme because I play OSU! I didn't care about the plot as it was 4 minutes episode and was pretty boring. Every episode I was just waiting for the ending to come on. This show could have been watchable if it had a full runtime rather than a measly 4 minutes . And i didn't like the first person POV as it almost felt like playing a VN. Overall if you want to listen to the ending just watch a YT video instead of doing what i did and watchthe anime and be bored.
Fircoal
One Room is an interesting experience. The first person perspective that seems almost out of a visual novel is one that is not usually utilized in anime and for that alone it makes One Room that much more unique. That said it has also been called creepy and has been known to give the watcher a weird feeling. So what is it exactly? Personally, I think it's all of those things. One Room more than any show depends on your mindset. If you want to live the part of this unseen first person and watch the bonds of the fake-you grow with three girls I thinkOne Room is good for that. If you don't want to you'll find some disconnect between it and yourself creating some sort of weird feeling. To make it even more polarizing the camera shows you all sorts of fanservice of the girls over the small time that it has. That does sort of disconnect from the first person view but I understand why they put it in. It also doesn't help that due to this sort of action sometimes the character whose eyes we are in does things that the viewer may not agree with or do themselves. There is a reason why characters that the viewer is supposed to self-insert into are usually silent and don't respond, it's to avoid disconnects like this.
One Room actually does a lot right. The characters are the main point of the story, and the characters are well written. Despite only seeing them a bit they do have more depth to them than one would expect. They may fall into the general lines of tropes but they don't stay in there so rigidly as to be noticeable or annoying. For an anime that only has four episodes per person and three minutes per episode, I feel like the treatment of the girls is pretty good.
Furthermore, the conclusions are pleasant. Since this is basically like a dating sim it is important that these conclusions work very well, and I do think that the conclusions, well two of them at least (one of them happened to go too much into forcing drama for it to be satisfying for me) are satisfying. They give the good end that the watcher wanted with also adding a bit of an emotional flavor to it. There is actually a reason that flows into it happening rather than it just happening.
The art is cute, and the sound is passable. I have no complaints about either. I'd actually say the art is one of the strong points of the show as it really helps the cute girls be cute, which is great for a show like this.
If anything I feel like One Room is killed by it being a niche product. I wouldn't recommend this to most people because I doubt most people want what One Room is selling. And that's fine, because it's plot and characters are limited in time and space, and because of it's format it's not designed to work in that way. But if you're in that niche and that's what you want I recommend you check it out.
One Room is not some grandiose work of art, nor is it any substance full. It's designed for girl-loving people to imagine themselves with these girls in their one room. And for that it does a pretty good job.
Ellenwitch
Honestly walked into this after hearing about it, thinking it was going to be one huge mess. But it's actually surprisingly not? The characters are cute, and all have realistic goals, attitudes, and personalities. Which is a great thing to see. The art is really great to, with how the visuals can be stunning, along with the sound be really fitting and nice too. From the ending theme, to the sounds within scene by scene as the show went on. But even with that, it just felt like an awkward mess at times lol. Some of the camera angles were really not needed, along with ingeneral parts of the story just being real weird.
Overall, wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. But still an awkward cringy fest.
Eira_99
Warning: the following review may contain spoilers. One Room doesn't seem to know who it wants to appeal to and also has no idea how to do a romance anime and doesn’t even use its unique POV perspective well. One Room is an early 2017 short form original anime that's 12 episodes long and backed by Smiral Animation, each episode is roughly 4 mins long and it aired from January 11th to March 29th of as stated before, 2017. One Room before it aired was a show I was looking forward too, it claimed to be a POV (Point of View) Anime which goes through three different storieseach relating to a different girl and watch as that girl grows or changes and eventually ends up with the protagonist which is meant to me via the POV. minus the middle girl who doesn't end up with you becuase she's your sister, you goddamn weeb weirdos, lol.
Anyway the premise is kinda neat but only because it hasn't really been done before and because I had no pass memory to base this off of, after all decisions are made based off memories in relation to the current situation so I had no reason to think that this show was going to be bad while I did had reasons to think it would be good, such as the cute girls and the rarely used POV perspective which I personally have never seen done although I'm sure it has been before.
However within just the first episode I realized that it wasn't really what I had thought it was, for starters it's not always in the POV perspective so if you think that this show can get by on innovation alone you are wrong as it doesn't stick with it, we get more separate shots made to look good, shots that can only be achieved by a camera and shots that just don't make sense if it's meant to be POV, so the show kinda flip flops between different perspectives and that means that while this innovation is neat, it's not really a huge point of the show.
This does mean we never see the protagonist and it's meant to make it easier to self insert but I personally find this protagonist harder to relate to and self insert myself into then other protagonists that actually have a name and face already applied to them. But I'll come back to why in a bit.
First of I wanna talk about each individual story and then after we break those down I'll move on too the girls related to each story. So the first story has us getting up and going to the door as our new neighbors at our apartment complex has gone to welcome herself. She says that shes moved to Tokyo in order to go to university and that her trial exams are coming up soon.
Eventually we end up walking with her and help her with her bags as she's coming home from shopping. eventually we get to the house and she asks us to help her study and that's basically the entire point of this first third of the show, we help her study, we grow a little closer and in the end she confesses that she has feelings for us and it ends there.
The protagonist never speaks dialog that we hear but due to how she talks and interacts with us its implied that there is in fact dialog that is spoken by us but the show doesn't use any of it. This is a really dumb way of handling things, I know it's meant to be a self insert character and my god how many times am I gonna be saying that. Anyway I get why it was done however there's no point when the other characters interact with us and respond to things that are being said, meaning that he's definitely still saying something, we just don't know what it is and that doesn't feel like me then cause I always know what I'm saying. obviously.
The other problem this brings up is the fact that what if it gets it wrong, a lot of the ways in which characters respond is written carefully so that the audience can tell what is going on while still missing half the conversation but they can alo have multiple ideas in there head about how the protagonist worded whatever it was that he said, this is done to again assist with the self insertion but it doesn't work that well when while it could've been worded a multitude of ways and yes could've also had a multitude of implications and tone behind it, it still contains a base meaning due to the way the conversation flows and the characters responds, there is still some meaning to what was said and intent behind it that at a fundamental level can't be changed.
Because there is still clear meaning in order to make the conversation flow and the story progress it's possible for the protagonist to say or do something that doesn't line up with what I would do, for example at one point in the second arc when his little sister is over it's a very hot day and she asks why you won't turn the air con on which you do have, it's just unplugged and then she mutters "saving power huh, you could at least turn it on while I'm here" now it's fairly easy to get by with less money than what you usually have, skip some meals and buy less expensive food and while it may not be as pleasant you can get by.
If i was a bit older and lived by myself and my little sister was over to visit and was complaining about it being hot then I would turn the aircon on for her and if it ended up costing me more I would be able to make do because I obviously care about my sister and a lot like in this show there's a huge age gap between me and my real sister so I would obviously see her as a much smaller person who I want to take good care of so I wouldn't want to make her be hot or unpleasant even more so since I can't stand the heat, it drains my energy.
Now obviously that is an extremely personal and specific situation that not everyone is in. However that was just one example of why having the character not talk only makes the situation worse, we lose out on dialog and have to do extra un needed guessing in order to make the protag more relatable but it fails because it gets it so wrong. I'm sure if you want it then you'll be able to find one or more situation like this that is completely off base and that's why I feel the need to mention and I also need to justify my score after all and let you know what you're getting into.
It also doesn't even take the extra weeby route so I have no idea what kind of audience this anime is trying to appeal too, but it ain't working for me.
So the story of the first girl is actually the worst and the first girl is also the worst, it may just be that they're independent of each other or maybe one is dragging the other down but overall it makes the first arc the worst but at least the show gets better as it goes with the third and final arc being the best.
As I've stated you help the girl study and this makes no sense to me, as someone who didn't do the best in school (cause I was busy drawing comics or writing stories) and now does a writing course I have no idea how I would be able to help a young japanese girl pass an entrance exam for a Tokyo school, the Tokyo area of japan is extremely competitive and japanese levels of education and the harshness of exams is insane so I have no idea how I'm expected to help the poor girl.
Again it's a personal thing but this show wants me to be the protagonist so what can I do but explain why it's wrong for me on a personal level and hopefully you can see how it is and how it relates to me and be able to decided on your own if it will make it more relatable for you or not.
Another way I distance myself from this protagonist is that when Yui (the first arc girl) first greets us we are in POV mode and the camera looks at her, scans her from top to bottom and then goes back and lingers on her chest for a while, now I get it the whole point of this show is that it's just pure weeb waifu fantasy BS, but it just made cringe a little and this isn't the only time the show gets a little too creepy for me.
there's not much else to talk about for the first arc, I'll talk about Yui specifically a bit later so for now let's move onto the second arc, its for all the lolicons and siscons out there who want there own little imouto to protect and take care of and be weirdly attracted to. Now I personally have a little sister who's like 15 years younger than me which overall just made me like this second arc less than I otherwise would of in some specific areas, but overall I liked it more than the first girl and the little sister isn't super young or anything, I think the show gives us an age or year level but be damned if I know but if I had to guess I'd say she was at least in middle school.
The little sister has a full name which is Natsuki Momohara, well that's not my last name but it had to be the protagonists last name since it's the last name of her sibling, wow, this definitely feels like it's me. I'm not saying that giving a sister should of been off limits, but you didn't have to give her a last name. sure this won't be as much of a problem in Japan obviously, but more people don't have that last name then people who do, so that's not a defence.
The little sister arc is a little weird, it’s the only one where the protag doesn’t end up with the girl who is the focus of the arc since you know, it’s his sister. Which has never stopped anime before but it does here, to an extent. The show still sexualises her like theres no tomorrow. Which is my main problem with this arc, shes meant to be my little sister and I have a real little sister so watching the sexualised shots and angles that the show pulls off (again pulling away from the POV) just make me cringe, one episode went to town with it and did it a multitude of times and was really pushing the boundaries there and it just didn’t feel right.
Another reason why the second arc is held back by the sister is the fact that it means nothing f$&king happens. It’s just Natsuki sitting at the apartment doing nothing and then we come home and there's a bit of conversation, maybe a few lewd shots of her and then the episode ends. Yui and after this Moka both have a goal and there's a reason for them to be doing what they’re doing and while this is better then Yuis arc, it did feel like there was more going on with her.
Overall she comes over, eventually decided to stay a little longer, compiles some rules that we should live by and ends up leaving after watching a firework display, and then she's gone and nothing changed, doesn't help that each arc seems to be an alternate reality making the middle arc completely and utterly useless, at least if it was all the same universe then we’d have those rules to live by that she made even after she had left.
Lastly is good old Moka and Moka is the best girl and also has the best arc for multiple reasons. First off she’s the most cute which for anyone who's read my New Game! Review, knows how much of a plus that is, haha. She also actually has some depth to her and a goal that she's working towards that's more grand then just university.
Also for some reason in this universe we’re a writer which is actually pretty cool for me and again that's a personal thing but that makes it a little more relatable since I too am a writer. Overall the Protag doesn’t do that much in the third arc which again only helps it since we get to focus on Moka and her struggles and the issues she’s dealing with, which is how she's able to have some depth despite getting only 4 episodes each 4 mins long taking out time for the outro.
So since this arc is all about Moka I’m gonna dive into the characters now and talk about Moka first since we’re on it. So Moka is a childhood friend of ours who we once promised to write a book for, we said we would make a book where she is the main character while she is pursuing a singing career and she's really good at singing, she also uses a keyboard for her music, so more personal bonus points from me.
We get the generic “you said you would marry me when you were older” stuff but overall Moka lets the show tackle some interesting issues, it’s a shame the show is short though cause it can only really mention them and hope the viewer picks up on them and then thinks about it once the episode is over, but it still does cram a lot into Moka's dialog and I love it.
The main one that stood out the most for me is her state of stagnation, she has been working on her dream since she was young and her goal hasn't changed at all however she is unable to make good progress on it, one episode when she’s drunk and complaining about it she calms down for a moment and asks “isn't it good to meet someone who also hasn't changed since you were little” she of course means how we also still wish to be a writer and it's implied that we have gotten no where as well.
This question poses a pretty strong issue which is that while it may be nice for us to be reunited and realize that everything is the same and as we remember it, the world has changed and the world needs us to change, we can’t be little kids anymore, we need to succeed in out job so that we can pay the bills and continue our lives in a comfortable manner. It's the want for things to stay simple but for our jobs and goals to progress but they can only move once you leave the past behind and become an adult but then there's the fear of change and knowing that once you go forward you can't go back.
Mokas calm delivery and the way the music stops and then the way she falls down on to her bed all implies that this is indeed the intention behind this line and I’m glad the show found a way to cram stuff like this into its small run time and it definitely had me thinking since stagnation is something that I too both wish for a dread due to its different effects and aspects, the good should stay good and the bad should change, but it's either that everything changes or nothing does.
The arc ends with us writing our manuscript where Moka is the protagonist and we go see her and then the show ends with her coming to live with us, it's a nice ending to both the arc and the show and I’d like to think that this is the canon ending as its just done so much better and I don’t feel nearly as dictated from the protagonist, which is funny cause this is where he is given the most pre determined things. He's a writer and has a childhood friend as well as a past and memories all decided by the show that could be off base completely, yet this is where I like him the most and he doesn't do a bunch of talking that we miss out on since Moka talks a lot due to the short run time and her need to explain her situation and her need to develop as well as giving the lines that help give the shows its theme and issues to tackle.
Next is Yui and ho boi is she a bland character, she's the most generic anime girl ever. I guess the show wanted to start with that since it would explain the idea behind the show the best and would be a good way to hook those lame ass weebs who are super easy to manipulate. Overall though Yui is super bland, she just shows up and does the good girl thing of greeting her neighbours and then instantly wants out help with studying.
Again it's one of the worst aspects of her arc, the whole point is that we help her study but that would not be the case for me or for majority of usual weebs as they tend to be pretty dumb and reject there studies like the fools they are, so why is the arc that puts the most focus on the POV and is really trying to make the character be you, fail so bad at it, it's insane.
But Yui does have like one good moment, it's when she finds one of our porno mags and without opening it she knows what it is and is able to understand why we would have it, she doesn't slap us or call us a horrible person and she knows what it is which is a much more realistic way for a girl to react, most people of her age know what porn is however most anime girls are dumb tsun's and so they do dumb things, this kind of reaction is much more real.
But Yui seeming like a real girl are few and far between, shes either 17 or 18 since she's applying to college and we have a full blown job so I assume we’re meant to be at the very least 21 years old so the whole romance factor just feels really weird, now 18 to 21 isn't that big of a jump nor should it be weird but she is not drawn like she’s 18. I know it’s common that making a girl moe and cute has the side effect of making them look younger but I’ve seen enough anime to understand how much Moe has an effect on this and I can usually tell what an anime girl's age is meant to be even if they look younger than that, however even when I flick this switch she still seems way too young and it's goddamn creepy that she would be in a relationships with this person.
Okay and I guess lastly is Natsuki, I actually like her more then Yui her arc just suffers since she’s the only female character present in an arc for a romance anime, however she's the sister of the only male character present, so the plot itself can’t do anything, however she still has some good moments.
Natsuki is a pretty usual littler sister, she has the generic tsun going on and is the cheeky little sibling type so at a base level she's pretty generic but there are points were her actions parody those of the generic little sister role. For instance at one point you come home and she does the typical thing of “what do you want first, your meal, your bath or… me” however after these shots and natsuki strikes a pose nothing happens for a few moments before she starts to make a weird face and then starts yelling about how she's also embarrassed by it.
We then find out that she wasn't actually meaning that but just trying to cheer us up since her friend told her that no guy would be sad after being asked that. This is a pretty real reason for why a kid would do something and she gets pretty embarrassed by it and didn't even mean the very thing she asked which is pretty funny and a nice play on it.
This doesn’t save her though as she still does do some generic stuff like when she sees the girly magazines she gets really mad and ends up throwing them out but to the shows credit we only found out that she did this from a throw away line that is quickly forgotten about when we tell our sister to just go home which she misunderstands to help set up a manufactured cliffhanger ending to an episode.
Also at one point we come home busy after work and while in bed natsuki gives us a message, it's either after work or when we come home drunk a lot of the same shit happens in her arc so I’m sure but it doesn't matter for what I’m explaining. The point is that this is the episode that goes to town with the border line lewd shots of her as she messages us, things like when she slightly more bent forward we get a front shot of her low hanging shirt and it's just like, seriously.
When the show was airing I despised this arc, it was the horrible and after this specific episode I was considering dropping it, I’m glad I didn’t cause her arc was over fast and then we got to best girl, however this was mainly because for me this arc lasted 4 weeks, however once the show was done and I rewatched it for this review I found this arc much more enjoyable, I didn’t sit on a week thinking about those horrible shots and just got through the show in no matter of time and overall the sister is cute and pretty likable.
One last look at the protagonist too, here's the main problem in a bit better of a summary. We don't stay in POV the whole time and that's what kills it, because then we get shots were the protagonist is hidden behind a tree or something so I know that they are there and that its not me. But we relate to pre-built protags all the time but that's because if you build a character then somewhere along the line there going to have something that you can relate to at the least and since you can see them it's more easy to sympathise with them.
The protag is a blank shell to be more like me but I can’t get behind that when it doesn’t commit to the POV perspective and so the very few things he does do, if they aren’t in line with me then its got nothing to stand on, which is why once they gave him some more stuff in the third arc like a past relationship and a job and a goal then I wanted him to get the girl and I was happy when he wrote and then presented the manuscript to her.
One thing weird about the show is that it’s got really good lighting, the animation is alright although it's rather pretty. It’s what dumb weebs think is good animation but the lighting is really good and it's kinda odd, I also think it has a nice style that a lot of anime has been doing recently where they blur the edges of the screen, I don’t know why it’s become a thing recently but I like it so I don't mind.
There is no opening theme but there is an ending theme, each episode uses a different single visual that just slides across the screen slowly as the credits roll down, nothing special but the music is pretty good, each arc has a different theme and the third one is easily the best one, it also plays a lot cause Moka sings it twice within an episode while we also still get it at the end, it's a really good song so I’m glad it was used within the best arc and the arc where we hear the theme the most and it's played in the last episode for the majority of it.
The voice acting is nothing special, it’s what it needs to be no one is really given anything taxing or hard to do and rarely have to show a huge range of emotions or change, they just need to say there lines and sound real and they do it well enough, it’s not bad but there's nothing special about it either, it's a real base line and there's nothing wrong with that, it just doesn’t really help boost the score.
I didn’t enjoy one room that much, the start was boring I hated the middle and then only the ending really satisfied me and the last episode is really good if nothing else. In the end the rewatch was much more enjoyable so I’d say if you’re at all interested then check it out because it’s done and all out now and you can get through it in about the time it takes to watch a full normal episode so you definitely have the time, just blaze through it and then see what you think, I personally enjoyed the rewatch a bit better, Yui and her arc are still pretty boring but the sister arc performed much better on the rewatch and the lewds didn’t shock me as much since I knew they were coming. Overall I enjoyed it all right.
Overall I give One Room a 6/10 not great, but a little above average, but don’t just look at this score, please read and consider what I said and then based off that make your own decision of if you want to watch it or not.
ElParallelxNat
This is my first review on this website and my English is not that good. So please, bear with me. Well, it is a VERY UNIQUE Anime because we are put in the shoes of an ordinary person who has companions. Though it may get boring as the more you watch it, I think that you will enjoy the music. The music is lit. Honestly, it's a banger, especially the Harumachi Clover. I find the characters weak. I mean, they are feeble and there's a part of me that is not liking them. I really don't know why. There's a part of me that saysI am a loser for imagining myself that I am the main character. I don't know why but it just does.
*sighs*
The art is kind of the similar as pretty much any other romance anime. They are kind of cute and some frames are weird. Personally, I don't find cute as hot and hot as cute. It just doesn't look good. It ruins the cuteness.
Overall, 7 out of 10 is my rating. It's not the best and probably not the worst as a Romance Enjoyer... And... Oh... About Osu, the jumps are sooooo hard while maintaining my accuracy as close to 100% with no miss. It's hurting my eyes, wrist, and fingers as I constantly follow the rhythm... Anyways,
me no mae no
tobira o aketara harukaze
tori tachi mo kigi de machiawase
kimi e mukau shingō wa aozora iro
kakedase ba ii
usotsuki kakuritsu ron toka
ichi purasu ichi ga mugen toka
oshiete kureta kimi
to sagashi ni ikou
haru machi clover
bondtux
IF you ever played a Visual Novel or well known as dating simulation game, then just skip this review until there is SPOILER WARNING. For the first time i watched this anime, i just like "is this a dating simulation that doing auto play?" or something like that. I got myself into this anime because random tag in a certain FB group, i just watch a little duration from its video that i tagged in, then it just happens (ask them what is the tittle) and i found this One Room. In this anime, YOU will become the protagonist of different 3 stories, each story had 4 episodes.Just like written in synopsis section, the story is about YOUR relationship with different 3 characters. This anime is so enjoyable, why's that? Its because in this anime, there is no drama (i think there is little bit),conflict,or love rival.
this anime is very relaxing, this anime is like an elixir after watching a heavy genre anime like horror,NTR or another complicated genre.
I like all the opening song on this anime that actually was sung by the main heroins (all of them).
The song fits perfectly with every theme, so i never skipped when the song is played. And the most favorited opening theme in this series is Harumachi Clover sung by M.A.O ...
SPOILER WARNING
There are a cute Neighboor, a little sister, and a childhood friend as the main Heroine. BUT in every 4 episode, the setting will change with the main heroine, and i think YOU will change too. I mean change is YOU are another person on different apartement and status.
This is anime almost 'perfect'. But there are 2 things that make this anime doesnt perfect :
1. 4 minutes length.
2. YOU doesn't even appear or even talk
i Rate it 8 because i cant give 7.7
