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I am unwilling to repeat what others have already said so read if you want a different opinion on this anime.
"Everyone hates a Monday, right, it marks the first day of a long week ahead but what'd happen if you feel like you have to start all over every Monday?" A special feature to slice of life is that while some ignore the genre, a certain section enjoys it whole heartedly, the only strong points of slice of life anime are the characters from it, each one with a different personality coming from different backgrounds, It's like getting to meet and discover new people.

There's ... nothing more to the plot of Isshuukan Friends than what could be read in the synopsis on MAL and it actually sounds like one that could be very fitting to an anime centered around fanservice, where the makers could supply the fans with unrestricted fanservice without worrying about any kind of development in the plot, it's characters and their relationships. If you're one of those people who carry a concept with you wherever you go, that anime can not be made without fanservice then turn around walk away and never look back.
Isshuukan friends is an anime adaption of a manga originally published as a oneshot comic of the same name by Matcha Hazuki. Isshuukan Friends is Hazuki's debut work. The anime adaptation was done by the infamous Brain's base (though they have done some popular if not great work over the past few years and is working on two of the anime projects of this season,recent noteworthy works are Brother's conflict, Amnesia & Tonari no Kaibutsu~Kun) and has been licensed by the equally famous Sentai Filmworks. It's an ordinary anime, with an ordinary genre of slice of life, and it revolves around ordinary children going to school,with main character's having Seiyuu's we don't even recognize. This anime doesn't wear a facade of grandeur so why the high rating you ask? What is really extraordinary about this anime is that it's ordinary and so simply beautiful, It's different as it's not trying to be anything.
The characters are not cliched and actually sound (kudos to the voice acting) talk, look & act their age. Even the deuteragonists have depth, that was just enough and just right to flesh a character out but also gives them nothing more than supporting roles to play (again a good thing)I like the nude palette of colours that is used for the animation.
All the songs in the anime have great music, There is a full version to Hase Yuuki's Kanade (the song he sang at the Karaoke) There definitely was background music but I just did not catch it, my bad I don't collect BGMs unless they sound like Beethoven,Bach or Mozart did, but combined with scenes it could create the right atmosphere at the right moments, the timings were perfect so the OST is a HIT.

I had some preconceived notions about this show, we all have, we're always pre-pared and ready to give out verdicts and I'm only human so I can never not have a preview of what I might feel and something about this show that worried me the most was it's pacing, each episode seems to cover a week and I thought it would slowly become monotonous but it all rested well in the end.
There are slight faults in the storyline that have made me question a few things but the show exhibits the complexity of the human brain with maturity, displaying what a new developing friendship has to go through to grow and bloom, it conveys all those feelings of shyness,love,anger,jealousy,forgetfulness,frustration,felicity, restlessness etc, how every Monday the girls memories got reset it sends the guy a few step backwards too. This anime doesn't provide you with extreme laughter or give you enough tears but it'll make you smile, from ear to ear :)
While for several of the anime fans it might have gone unnoticed on the Anichart it has made my list of season favorites very gracefully, even though i've been very lazy at watching anime this season and haven't watched much. Usually, by the time a show hits its end, my prepared perceptions of it are gone and my rating for it is lowered but my enjoyment in watching this show has been consistent, it hasn't gradually grown (it's not a bad thing for me)
It's only when I am writing a review is when I fully understand how much I have liked an anime, how much I recall from it conventionally determines it and if it will stay with me I'm not sure if they have tried to but this anime has felt very symbolic, maybe it's not trying to send any message at all but this is how I've regarded it-
If you want to live happily everyday, for the rest of your life you must seek joy in the little things in life. Memories are amazing but you can't touch them so what's more important than remembering memories is to keep at making them, keep making new memories.

They've done it now. Officially. An anime series has got on my nerves.Even though I don't do reviews for older shows I feel frenzied and obliged to write this just to get the load off me.
This is late but it comes audacious and up to date, it's not just a review, these are my sentiments (unplugged) about this series,that have been collected right after I watched it so they are afresh, so much that I'm not even able to think straight and am punching the keyboard buttons aggressively to type. I am going to give my emotions a voice and I am going to do ... that by ranting here, now either you can just read it or sod off but I'm doing it for my sake.
Judgments can prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond the appearances but my feelings are galvanizing my thoughts about this anime and framing a lot of them too.

NOTE- If u have actually watched the prequel it'll help you in understanding my grievances better as my review draws heavy comparisons between both the seasons. My review also includes the specials (episodes 14-16)
Also, I'm giving HEAVY SPOILERS out on this review but nothing I say can wreck this anime more than it already is. The damage has been done.

I am so mad because I feel I've just been trolled? OreImo has disappointed me in more than one way.
OreImo is the story between a brother & a sister and how their relationship as siblings' changes and gets mend, given the time. I had read somewhere that beneath the simple-looking plot, OreImo is a gem for all anime fans (agreed)
Though happy about a second season I was ascertain and my concerns weren't wholly nugatory. I had enjoyed watching the first 12 episodes of the first season but encouraging it to continue further would eventually lead to this road. Now, I am sure you've heard from hither-tither that the second season leads towards incest. All the viewers who have previously watched OreImo have already killed the story by frivolously debating over OreImo's Incestual plot and have already broken this news to those who're yet to view the anime.
They decided to specifically target all the qualities I cherished about this anime and turn it into something I incredibly detest. A "BAD" Rom-com Harem, I do not hate that genre but this is amateurish.
How has Oreimo 2 failed? To answer that there is nothing "Oreimo" about Oreimo2 but apparently they claim it to be a sequel.
-there's not much in it on the life of an Otaku
-the life consults are gone
-Kirino is bitchier.
-There's too much blast from the past, clips from season 1 and Dejavu.
-During every argument our harem Hero stands their gaping while the Heroines engross themselves in a fist-fight.
-The idea of slapstick comedy, butt-kicking, bitch-slapping, screaming like kingkong and yelling words like "baka,hentai" is so hackneyed that it's not even funny anymore.

Above stated are only few of the numerous things in the show that agitated me.
All that gone, something else must be stirring? Mmm... Romance!
The feelings that the show gives off changed, Well being 32 episodes long (first and second season combined) the plot had to feel like it was moving and going somewhere, so it followed behind the VN/Light novel and caught up with the manga.

I'm not going to dive deep into this stuff because the art,music,voice-acting has changed the least, mostly remained similar. I understand less about technicalities so my review is solely based on observations made by myself.

Art (7/10) The art is precise & vibrant.

Characters (8/10)
Kyousuke, for once is not the weak kind of male protagonist who is torn between girls, he is a baka, liar, hentai, lolicon, masochist, lech but he is not a sissy and while Kirino keeps shouting at the top of her lungs that Kyousuke has a sis-fetish, Kirino's actions suggest that she has a brother complex MORE THAN ANYTHING.Our female characters are the perfect mix you might find in a harem and you'll grow fond of each of them independently, even if it takes a while.

Music (6/10)
The OP song is by ClariS again, very J~Poppy with catchy tunes it might not be remembered distinctly as all their songs sound the same but for as long as I was watching the series the OP song boomed in my head several times, it's very fitting for the title, The background music is primarily a guitar instrumental. Every episode has a new ED sung by the Seiyuus that I don't listen to before I move on to another episode.

Voice Acting (8.5/10)
The voice actors are chosen aptly for their roles, they're perfect and also popular (like Ayana Taketatsu and Kana Hanazawa)

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So does OreImo get its fairytale ending?
The second season ends at a cliffhanger without deducing anything and relies on the OVA to conclude the most important part and bring the series to a finish.
I'd be enraged if the series would end at a cliffhanger (Code Geass R1, Urggh) but then OVAs decided to make me angrier than I'd imagined, I was angry they chose an incestuous path but I was filled with fury once they decided to cop out because I always knew OreImo couldn't handle incest. Mind you, I am not trying to act righteous here, Who're we to decide if Incest is wrong or right but did the execution have to be so poor? I've seen "Yosuga no Sora" and liked it because it was able to place itself in that setting properly, What they do with OreImo is silly, it never sets the mood well for incest which is a way mature topic, It is manhandled jokingly like it's child's play. They, with their light-headedness take upon the idea, know they can't pull it off and then trash it. They take a whimsical on Incest and it's so terrorizing it's not even laughably bad, there's nothing gleeful or merriment about it just because the attempt is so chucklesome. It only provides distress to the watcher. OreImo feels like a half-hearted attempt of becoming extremely intense. With all that half-assed seriousness and half-baked emotions shoved into the show, OreImo was supposed to be a fun show with a message for siblings but they decided to go ahead and add bullscrap to it to make it deep, I don't know if Incest is morally right or wrong, it's arbitrary but it is morally wrong to go around spoiling if not polluting and corrupting a well-developed brother-sister relation,While their relationship as siblings is well-constructed and fleshed out. The love they both shared was familial and I never once sensed a romantic vibe.They had really matured in a relationship but not as lovers but as two siblings, Kyousuke is a protective, caring and reliable brother that Kirino admired, Kirino is his younger sister who Kyousuke adored. That never meant they had to fall in love with each other. Someone must be sick in the brain if they thought it's necessary to bring such a stupid,stupid plan to effect.

I had to constantly keep my composure or else I really wanted to reach out and create a deep dent on the monitor screen. (Grr.. Makoto Itou, Shinji Matou) It's only the second time I've so strongly reacted to an anime after "School Days"
"Let's just make them fall in and out of love because we can." Ha Ha. Right? Like a hot knife sliding through butter.
"Let's date for a few days and go back to being brother & sister" *blech* like that could ever happen unless you were merrily infatuated and only wanted to try things out.

The show doesn't take itself too seriously,you shouldn't either because if you do you'll be crestfallen by the end, like me. As it was a really special anime to me and to other Otakus who could relate to it so flee away if you were a huge fan of the past season and aren't just ready to be so overwhelmed yet. My enjoyment was actually at its peak (8/9) while watching OreImo and though I'd give the previous season an overall score of 8 this season will have to be happy with a 5 or 6, I'd have given it a 6 if it weren't the sequel to OreImo which really set the bar high, but I am settling for a 5/10 as it is a bad sequel to a good prequel, everything that set it apart from the other harems has been neglected, OreImo2 is just a meagre Rom-Com now and I hate to say it but even "Twilight makes a better love story than this"

My thoughts after watching OreImo2- " Don't always go by the book " (literally, do not)

Anime series with a short episode runtime often go ignored even when some of them are genius, I find myself feeling happy when I see a different response towards "Tonari no Seki-kun"
Supposedly, you're are sitting in your classroom looking at your teacher running his mouth nonstop, it's the easiest to have your attention deflected at such a time even with those minor distractions.What'd you do if the things happening beside you are more interesting than what's going on before you? Could you avoid it? That our Rumi Yokoi for you.

I'll make myself write something brief and prompt for an anime that only runs ... a little over 6 mins in every episode, as 30 seconds are dedicated to the OP & ED songs.

Rumi is the main protagonist and the narrator of the show and Seki~kun who sits next to her is always playing games at his desk. That is pretty much the whole gist there is no real plot, which actually seems to work well here. Humor is mostly delivered through Seki's actions and expressions,exaggeration of events and Rumi's incessant commentary. Even then both characters seems to be likeable and you'll only laugh out loud listening to Yokoi rattle away since the anime mostly depends on it to convey its hilarity.The episodes open to normal games whether it's domino,chess or Shogi but things get more ridiculous with each passing second. The comedy is nice and light hearted. The animation neat and clean considering each episode is so short and such series are mostly low budgeted and focused on content

There is no music in the series other than the OP & ED and a Robot song, I personally have come to even like the ED and am enjoying listening to the full version.

There aren't many character interactions as each secondary character doesn't show up more than twice or thrice through out the whole series, their appearances and encounters with the main characters are kept strictly minor.

Yokoi's seiyuu is Kana Hanazawa, a renowned voice in the industry (notable roles are Kosaki Onodera and Angel Kanade Tachibana) which is important as much of the humor is in the comical dialogue delivery too. Seki never really talks.

The anime series is a braincandy and can be watched when your trying to take a break between episodes, seasons or when your thinking of what to watch after you've just finished something. The show proves a point to you that humor can be created without the ecchiness and still be very funny. It's not just a bunch of boob and panty jokes thrown together (Mangaka-san to Assistant-san, I am eyeing u) but the gags are just for laughs so don't judge or take the show too seriously.

The series is very innovative and gripping, something creative has been done but as a second opinion, Always, the girl however reluctant ends up getting involved in Seki-kun's acts that results in her name getting called out by the teacher, It all comes down to personal taste as some may find this repetitive and boring,So if you find yourself paying more attention to what the teacher is saying instead of what Seki-kun's doing, you're bored of the show, because that's what the show should be doing, keeping your mind off the lesson but I am only speaking hypothetically.
Hence, watch it before you windup a conclusion. As for me I felt much enjoyment in watching it. If you get really entertained by the series you'll find yourself chuckling at the ludicrousness of it all, I was never bored and got really consumed in the series I was only disrupted when I had to choose another episode to watch but I really enjoyed my 150+ minutes

I found each episode ending rather quickly but contrary to that I won't be complaining about the length of every episode because even though I am left wanting for more, some things are best left just the way they're, It's an intuition that the anime is an adaption of a 4-panel comic strip. The run time of the show is also the reason for it's excellence, because while the characters might feel so underdeveloped to some, having a normal run time would have more character interactions, romantic development but we want to preserve the show's uniqueness, or else it would've drifted away from it's main motive of creating humor, simply humor, ordinary humor, amusing humor, the run time adds to distinguish the show from the other animes. Though this can become a long time running anime series but with short episodes. I hope it comes back soon.

Conclusion- when you're looking for ways to kill your time, why not do it in an extravagant manner with Seki~kun, The master of killing time, afterall nobody does it better than him.

Thanks for reading it right till the end ^^ if u did, I know I said it would quick.

After completing this anime I found me questioning myself
"What was that just now? Is that it?"
Where is it going from here on... well, nowhere.

I'm in mood for some hilarity so here goes...

The main guy Takeshi Nanase looks like Teito Klein from 07~Ghost and has Lelouch's eye. Kurumi & Kazumi are Saber & Gilgamesh from Fate series. Aiba Mui who looks like Shana and names her aspect Arthur (wow to the coincidence) Lancer makes pleasant cameo appearances in episodes from time to time also look out for Rukia's butterfly in episode 1. The war sequences are fine.

Summing up,
I have finished watching the whole ... series and apparently the only thing I realized about this anime was that they have characters from different war/sword-fighting/battle animes participating in one single unified story set in a completely different universe. Their identities and personalities have been swapped out (The Shana girl is still annoying as ever though)
and how does it all turn out to be? Really appalling if you were to ask me.

Critic's note- This review has solely been written (rushed) for personal pleasure purposes, I had to put an end to these tickling palms, these hands that itch to write a review for each anime I watch, After a long hiatus, here I break my silence. A review by me is going up after a long time so please go easy on me minna ;)

Some people may be sad that Nisekoi has ended (for now because due to the manga's popularity a second season has been confirmed) but I'm relieved that I won't have to dutifully watch it every week.

Even though this anime is the ... talk of the last season, It needs a fresh review, as all the others were done midway. The plot was simple and tranquil from the very start, I haven't read the manga but for those who watch a considerable amount of anime,don't have to read the manga to decide on Nisekoi's future. It still felt unfair to review something in it's incomplete state because I wanted to give Nisekoi a chance.

I'll start by giving a brief synopsis. Two childhood friends make a promise to meet and (marry??) when they grow up, The guy and the girl agree to keep a lock and a key, the guy has the pendant lock and the girl holds the key (to his heart) cliche? I am not going to focus on the protagonist who is a jerk but the two heroines, Chitoge and Onodera as I remember are irritating and stupid, respectively. Onodera being so gullibly foolish it was almost cute. Familiar, heh? So, 10 years have passed, Raku's still holding onto his promise and the pendant, and there's a new (Tsundere) girl at school and they are forced into a relationship for the next 3 years, Hence the name Nisekoi "False Love" .

There isn't much of a plot and I didn't come here expecting an adventure but there's that tiniest bit of disappointment, Just because it's SHAFT and because Nisekoi came to me as a recommendation from a very dear friend, the Art is gorgeous, I wouldn't expect any less from them. The background and minor details intrigued me very much but ill try not to drool too much over that. I didn't see much scope for plot or character development. Now, SHAFT doesn't disappoint in its production and presentation but SHAFT has always been discreet.Watch Nisekoi in HD or don't watch it at all. The fact that Nisekoi was made to look pretty and it fulfills the purpose, it targeted that type of audience, but SHAFT u have earned a rep. you do better, for example Bakemonogatari [i am only mentioning it as people wont stop comparing the two] it had great art and a great plot. Nisekoi, is nowhere near that league.

I know there are every kinds of people and every type of anime fans, we all have different likings and it makes the anime community so diverse and awesome, some like pretty art and it's their choice, they will love this anime but to go on and say it's a unique adaption, this can't get any better or that SHAFT couldn't do better. For them, either your only watching anime for it's art or you really need to watch more anime or read more manga before u think you're ready to go and write a review, because u don't want to mislead other viewers, right? As for me, I would rather watch Nodame cantabile (average art style) with a decent storyline than watch something excessively overhyped with these...(you get me)

I don't hate the music but its nothing "larger than life" The OP is ok but of the kind that will be skipped, IMO the second OP by ClariS does much better and it's likely that I'll like to listen to it.
I like mainstream anime, In fact I love Slice of Life that has beautiful art and a decent gist but Nisekoi is a mainstream anime that isn't even worthwhile SHAFT's time, It belongs to KyoAni. Lesser number of episodes could have made Nisekoi likable, it's okay to marathon in one sitting but being 20 episodes long it feels like it's just dragging on and on... [what does it matter because I am through already]

Nisekoi is not a substantial anime not by a long shot but none of this means it isn't enjoyable, Nisekoi is flawed and everyone sees that, I guess except the delusional fans of the manga. I ain't telling you to remove it (who am i?) from your watchlist but at least move it a few titles down because there's better mainstream anime floating around, than this. Hope my review visits every nook and touches a bit on everything, just an overall picture of what you're getting yourself into and how it'll look like when you start off.

On a scale of 5, 1.2 feels too harsh for Nisekoi, so 2/5 is my final rating.