Movie: One Week Friends (2022)
Main Stars: Zhao Jin Mai, Lin Yi, Shen Yue
Genres: Movie
Country: China
Language: Chinese
Release Date: 25 June 2022
“One Week Friends” is a touching and heartwarming series that enthrals viewers with its poignant portrayal of friendship. The movie revolves around the past and present and has a different feel of friendship. Adapted from the popular Japanese manga “Ishuukan Friends” by Hazuki Macha, the drama follows the lives of two high school students whose lives are intertwined mysteriously.
The movie is shrouded in mystery. Mai looked at Lin on the first day of school as if she had known him for a long time. Is it a long-time acquaintance of Mai Lin?
Although Lin seemed to like seeing Mai for the first time too. Don’t people say that “a fast impression is the last impression“? But Lin failed to impress Mai the first time. Lin tries hard to be friends with Mai. He takes the juice for Mai, but unfortunately, the juice falls on Mai’s body.
Having failed the first time, our hero is no longer a sitting person, he rises again to execute his second plan. Lin decides he will propose Mai to the movie and he sends a letter to Mai through his friends. But the poor thing failed in that plan too.
Seven days pass after Lin tells Mai about his feelings and it’s Monday. That day when Lin goes in front of Mai, Mai doesn’t recognize Lin.
What does that mean if they forget all the memories of Mai?
Here is a mystery. Mai Lin and her friends tell her that she forgets everything for seven days. After learning this, Lin suggests to Mai that she wants to be her friend for a week, that is, as long as she remembers Lin. Lin is then seen trying hard to keep Mai healthy and befriend her. Lin buys Mai a diary and tells her to record all the memories she spent with her friends for the past seven days and when her memories are gone after the seven days, she will read the diary and recognize her friends.
After that Mai Lin and her friends like to spend time together, they spent seven days together very happily and Lin’s all friends were trying to keep Mai happy. I mean it seems like Mai has some other feelings towards Lin.
But what happened again, one day Mai tells her friends that she doesn’t know them and she forgets about the diary.
Lin and their friends ignore Mai and Lin’s friends start to learn a lot about Mai from various school diaries. And then it is seen that the incident brings up an image of the past. Mai Lin apologizes to her friends and tells them everything. Because it turns out that Mai Lin is a former acquaintance and both have a connection with a girl named Lily. Telling Mai Lin’s friends that she has been lying about everything for so long that she has no memory of it going away. Lin’s memory is gone. Lin and Mai used to attend the same school and Mai liked her friend Lily Lin and went to propose to her but Lily died in an accident.
Mai Lily was there at the same time but accidentally saved Lin Mai but could not save Lily.
Then suddenly one day, Lin falls into the swimming pool while arguing with his friend and suddenly remembers all his old memories. It is then revealed that Lin liked Mai and not Lily from the beginning. And when Lin learns that Mai feels responsible for Lily’s death, she is deeply hurt. Then at the end, when our hero and heroine must meet, Lin tells Mai not to feel responsible for Lily’s death.
What a strange story and how mysterious. Still, one thing is proven that Lin didn’t love Mai even after the memory loss but Mai was still caring and trying to be her friend, knowing about her illness and researching it and telling her how to get well, giving her time.
Lin’s efforts to befriend Mai despite her memory problems may illustrate the importance of compassion and empathy for others who may be dealing with personal challenges.
The story can remind readers of the importance of cherishing every moment with loved ones, especially when faced with uncertainty about the future. Lin and Mai’s relationship can serve as a reminder to appreciate the present and make the most of their time together.
But Mai’s memory didn’t go away, she knew everything, then why was she ignoring Lin? This movie is a must-watch to unravel all the mysteries of Lin, Mai, and Lily’s relationship and how Lily died in that accident.
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Tarin Alam Sorna
Intern, Content Writing Department
YSSE