Review of School Days
There are LOTS of things you can say about School Days, but let me tell you something: You can't say that it didn't piss you off. Seriously. Story: ------------------ The story is not very special, but it's not extremely bad either, I think. It's about a guy, Itou Makoto, that loves to have sex with almost every freaking girl he meets. And then you've got the two most important girls: Katsura Kotonoha (Your typical shy girl, but I'll talk about her later) and Saionji Sekai (a girl that loves to tease Makoto). Makoto loves Katsura and Sekai tries to make them into a couple. She has success.They become a couple. But that would be boring, right? So the makers thought it would be fun if Sekai would love Makoto too! And yes, nothing good can happen from that point forward. Just when you think Makoto has made his decision he decides to become an annoying sex addict who can't make up his goddamn mind. He's a wuss. A huge wuss.
BUT what bothered me the most is the fact that it seems that Makoto doesn't even think he's cheating. It doesn't seem like he doesn't care about everyone, but he's not dumb either. It's very hard to explain so I suggest you discover what I mean by yourself.
Art:
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Nothing special about it. It's decent. It seems pretty old, to be honest.
Sound:
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It's great! The soundtracks really seem to fit the situations. The guitar and the piano are used pretty often and those two are great to form 'the mood'.
Character:
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Worst characters ever. It's not like I dislike them, they're just so dumb. Every girls 'wants' Makoto so they'll know how 'it's like'. You don't expect it from some of the girls. It's a complete mindfuck. And o god, it pisses you off.
Itou Makoto: ........... biggest asshole ever. He's the very reason why you'll be pissed off every second you watch this anime. He acts dumb without being dumb and it confuses me so much >_< But I already told you about him, didn't I?
Katsura Kotonoha: Like I said; she's shy. Very shy. First she refuses to be touched by Makoto and later on in the anime she will do everything to make Makoto touch her. Also, she'll do everything those mean girls tell her to do. She doesn't really stand up for herself except when people say that she and Makoto broke up. In the end she becomes really creepy, but I won't say in what kind of way. You just don't expect it from her. But o well, Makoto tortured her mentally so it's actually not that strange that her mind got crushed in the end and she acted the way she did.
Saionji Sekai: Makoto and Katsura are a couple because of Sekai. It's her biggest mistake ever. Why? She likes Makoto too for some reason. Anyway, she seems pretty cheerful in the first episodes and she loves to tease Makoto, but Sekai is also a creep (Katsura is creepier though). She's the same as Katsura. Makoto crushes her mind and her heart.
Enjoyment:
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The first episodes (not the first one) are pretty boring. Nothing interesting happens and everything seems 'normal'. However, this is not the case.
And this is why I gave the enjoyment an eight. Why? It's how the human brain works. We're interested in all the 'bad things' and in drama. So if a guy keeps cheating and having sex while the two main girls slowly transform into creeps, it's only natural to enjoy it.
Overall:
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A 5 because:
- this anime pisses you off
- The story is pretty dumb
- very entertaining later on in the anime
- stupid characters