Nobody talks about this one. Ichigo Ichie moves at the speed of actual friendship, the kind that doesn't need anything to happen to feel complete. Two girls, a notebook, conversations that matter because they're small. It's a show that knows the difference between plot and presence. This is stationery anime made real, and it's exactly as warm as that sounds.

Ichigo Ichie: Koibana Tomobana is a 2007 comedy that ran as 13 short-format TV episodes. The series adapts a line of stationery made by the company Mind Wave. Like the products that inspired it, the show centers on a pair of young girls and the bond they share as friends.