Review of School Days
I wont say this anime is an epic failure. I wont say its a very good love triangle anime either. But One thing i can do is to suggest watching the anime for people who recently started watching this anime. Above hate. Thinks logical. A lot of people around me hated this anime and often use it as mean of sarcasm and I am not very much clear about their logic but from my point of view i dont see the contents of this anime is something to hate. The story is about a guy. Even though he doesnt look that much good or handsomegirls still fall for him. But he is an "Icon like" figure to many boys.
The story is about a girl. Shy. You will see thins kind of girls at 1st have no perverted stuff among them and always act innocent and make an impression that she doesnt know a thing about psychology or love or the harsh side of the universe.
The story about another girl. Suits to be a part in the love triangle. At 1st very "friendly" toward the boy and help him making a relationship later on falls for the guy.
One would be happy if the setting was common and natural like many triangles but sadly no.
Why? 1st the boy fall in love with a girl the girl he had crush on and with the help of his "friend" he got into a relationship. Okay. After that the boy all of a sudden "many psychological" reason got tired of his 1st love. On the other hand the "friend" started to give the boy many lesson to improve his relationship but it went to a way that the friend got feeling for the boy. So what happened to the 1st girl? She got neglected,rejected. In a time when she dveloped and tried to express her love to the boy. Now a lot of people gonna say "She could get over. She a whining character,she became an irritating attach to one guys even he dumps her,masochist bastard" But no. She got psychologically shocked and couldnt recover. She lost her mind. So rather than blaming her as annoying check her surrounding and think a bit.
And on the other hand things werent easy between the boy and friend. As the boy's middle school friend popped out and showed her feeling for the boy and tried to set up a relationship. The boy uh well accepted it. Also we can see the appearance of the boy's friend's Best friend who later on also revealed she got her feeling for the boy. A hidden crush. Which is normal in this world. Well she tried her best to keep her love hidden or seal away for the sake of her best friend but circumstances and the boy didnt let her. Next in the line are bunch of girls which got attracted to the boy for pleasure or for a "complex" reason.
So we can see that the setting in the anime is purely based on stuffs which actually happens in real life. The complexity,psychology which was seen clearly in the anime. And the ending might be pleasure or "joking" type to many people but if you think calmly,sometimes the surrounding,your brain leaves you no choice.
The anime was enjoyable to me. Even though there are lot of things which could be clear or better still it tried to present the complexity and romance in school no in any campus life occuring every day,any where in the world.
Rather than hating it or not saying to people "Its shit dont watch it" Atleast try to understand what happens in everyday life through the anime.