Review of School Days

[Spoiler Warning] When many think of School Days, they think of a psychotic anime about extreme jealousy between two girls who are going after the same guy. I have to agree. However, they only seem to look at what's on the surface. Why do I like School Days? I will tell you why. And please keep what I have to say in mind while watching it yourself. School Days is a very unique and well crafted anime. If you watched School Days without knowing how deranged it is, then you would not have low expectations of it. The reason why it is well crafted? You begin by likingMakoto. Yes, you feel that he is not a bad person, just your average guy who wants to go out with a girl and maybe do impure things. What's so bad about that? Nothing, it is human nature. Think about it like this. Somewhere along the way, you end up hating him, feeling disgusted towards him. The fact that your opinion can change so quickly during one short series means a lot. When does that ever happen for you while watching an anime? Do you like the MC and end up hating them? It is rare such a thing happens. The creator knew how to play his characters right, how to change your opinion of them the best they could.

If you knew Makoto would turn out to be a total butt (someone told you, maybe, before you watched it), then you would dislike him since the very beginning, meaning none of that would apply to you and the entire series would be terrible, in your opinion. That is why ratings vary for this anime. Some rate it 1/10 and others give it a 7/10, like me. The anime delves into how cruel cheating can be to some people and how far some would go just to show others they should not cheat. Why is that such a bad thing? It is original. This anime is definitely original. It is not your generic ecchi anime. It is special.

I hope you take my words into consideration and really think about why you rated this anime lowly.