Review of School Days

LEMME just say that this anime is...EH. The characters are all scumbags, the story isn't really that interesting, but I still think this anime is not the worst out there. Let's start with story: 5/10 Like I said, the story isn't anything amazing, in fact it's kind of fucked up. It follows Makoto Itou, a high school boy who sees a classmate on the train named Kotonoha. He finds her attractive, and takes a picture of her on his phone due to a school charm. If you keep the person you like as your background for 3 weeks without being caught, then you will end uptogether. But after a classmate, Sekai Sionji, finds out about it, she decides to help Makoto win Kotonoha's heart.
It sounds like a very generic school plot right? Boy likes girl and tries to get with her. Well, yeah sort of. But, without spoiling ANYTHING, I am going to say that it takes a major turn for the worst in every way possible. The characters are unrealistic and the writing isn't anything to cheer over. So it's nothing fantastic. 5/10

Art: 4/10
There's nothing to say. The art wasn't all that impressive.

Sounds: 3/10
It sounded static like to me. But maybe that's because I watched it on YouTube.

Characters: 2/10
This is where my review starts to get a little more positive. The characters, outside of Kotonoha, are all really big assholes. They make terrible choices and, Makoto especially, treats people HORRIBLY. The only good character, up until the end, it Kotonoha. You really sympathize with her and the bullying and torture she's pretty much put through the entire time. HOWEVER. These characters were MADE to be hated. And they all succeed. You hate each character after a certain amount of time for either bullying another character, cheating on someone, rape (I believe happens off screen in canon but I am not 100 percent on that), and tons of other things. But that's realistic. School relationships aren't always perfect with maybe a funny misunderstanding or two thrown in, people are sometimes total DICKS! They cheat because they can, they bully because they can, and you hate those types of people! Well that's the characters in this show. I hate the characters, but that's a good thing. They're made that way, hence the score of 2.

Enjoyment: 10/10
This show is so bad, it's hilarious. The ending is totally out of left field, but (if you know the end already), you kind of see it coming. Like the said, the characters are made to be dicks, so that only makes me enjoy it a lot more. So yeah, I thought it was kind of fun to watch these dickheads run around being dickheads.

OVERALL, this anime is bad. It's supposed to be bad, and you're supposed to hate the characters. But I think it's worth a watch. Maybe I'm being to nice about an anime based on cheating, where the main character is a total prick, but when was the last time you saw a main character like Makoto Itou? Give it a try. I won't blame you if you don't like it, but just see it from my eyes and maybe you'll join me in the minority of this anime.