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Hello there kawaii followers! Today I decided to review an anime I watched forever ago, School Days. Do not let looks deceive you, as this anime is not what the picture above depicts: a happy, kawaii lifestyle in a Japanese high school. You may have heard of it's graphic, "nice boat" ending. Irregardless, if you ever feel like watching this show, prepare to be pissed off. I pretty much hate this show, but I'll try at a fair review. Alright let's start :)
Meet Makoto. Just an average boy, going to high school...in Japan. That's all you need to know about him for now. Makoto is just your basic "average boy" anime trope. He even looks generic! One day he rides the bus, and sees a beautiful girl. This is the birth of the world's biggest jerk. You'll see why in a few. His nickname for this review is Jerkbag.
Everything changes when the kawaii girl from his class attacks. Just kidding. Well her name is Kotonoha Katsura, and she's the shy type. Ironically, he's too shy to talk to her, so he takes her pic and stalks her from afar.
Later, in class, this girl right here finds out about Makoto's photo that he took of Kotonoha. Her name is Sekai, the girl you will love to hate. Then she offers to "help him out". I'll let you know from experience that when girls offer to help a guy enter into a relationship, it usually does not end up good. Personally, I set my exes up before with out any ulterior motives, but its not like that with a lot of girls. Obviously, there's something fishy here.
This concept is interesting, even though I know its going to be a harem. Although Makoto seemed generic, the plot of the first episode certainly wasn't a bad idea by any means. However, things change.
Basically, Jerkbag asks out Kotonoha in the first episode. Practically right after they part, Sekai kisses him. Ohhhh plot twist!
Thus begins possibly one of the most disturbing (but not in a good way) animes out there.
Jerkbag strings Kotonoha along. This isn't some cute slice-of-life show in which he actually likes the girl for a good reason. It's pretty clear what he wants.
He wants sex, to put it bodly. He honestly doesn't care who he's with, unless he's frick-fracking.
He rushes into a relationship with Kotonoha, then gets bored with her after one date. It's not because they don't know each other or anything like that. It's because she's not giving into his sexual desires.
Yeah, he tried to do it with her on a school roof. Totally not trashy or anything like that. She told him no, so he turns to Sekai, who gives him quite an offer.
So this beeyotch offers to teach him how to have sex. The worst part is that she goes as far as to friend Kotonoha, which makes this situation even worse. Sekai and Jerkbag begin to fool around behind Kotonoha's back, going as far....as... you know. Let's just say that they have a skanky affair.
If that's not even the worst part. Jerkbag doesn't stop at fooling around with two girls, lying behind his girlfriend's back, and not having any remorse for any of it. He continues to mess around with other girls.
Ahah...nothing important. Just getting it on with a random girl who doesn't really matter or anything.
At this point I wanna ask: Why the hell is everyone after this Jerkbag? He's not nice, unfaithful, a liar, and doesn't consider anyone's feelings other than his own. To top it off, he has no personality to back him up. He's one of the worst anime characters of all time. The girls COMPETE over Makoto, and I'm completely clueless as to why.
The last few episodes of the series were rather interesting to say the least. However, the content is so disturbing and seriously is gross. Sexual assault, rape, emotional trauma, and yes, murder. Sekai and Kokonoha become so emotionally disturbed until it reaches a breaking point in the final episode. This is the best and only part worth watching in School Days.
I didn't find out until after I watched this that School Days is based on an Adult only visual novel. I am not a fan of animes with graphic sexual content, or any explicit content for that matter. This series had a few ecchi moments, so stay clear of it if you don't like that kind of stuff. I understand, because that stuff grosses me out. Bleh. To each their own I guess.
Summary: School Days is a lackluster anime that had little potential to succeed. Bland characters with stereotypical archetypes are apparent from episode one. The concept seemed interesting at first, until Jerkbag Makoto first cheated on his girlfriend, and his intentions became obvious. Makoto is a sexist, careless individual that sleeps with whoever he wants, and has girls running to him for no reason. The ending is extremely violent and disturbing, but hilariously entertaining nonetheless.
Animation 3/5
It's just ok. Nothing special.
Story 1/5
Terrible, sexist story.
Characters 2/5
Bland characters. Kotonoha and Sekai don't
show their true selves until the very end.
Ending 3.5/5
A wild ending to a weak show.
You should watch this anime if: You can stand a jerk bag guy who sleeps with whoever he wants, when he wants; if you like violence, ecchi, disturbing anime
You shouldn't watch this anime if: You don't want to get pissed off.
Review by Em-chan
