Review of School Days

School Days' onset looks like what Oregairu (or any highschool love triangle) would be like if the characters were not afraid of dating and some 10 times as horny. And then it goes way, way beyond that. There's no denying the show's relevancy, with its popularity reaching my ears long before I was as into anime as I am now. It's impossible to watch the first 2 or 3 episodes of School Days and go around saying you know anything about it. If you're looking for a decently well-made romance story (for my taste a really goodone actually), my advice is to stop right after episode 5. It is from that point on that School Days builds its infamous reputation while also destroying any good foundations it had as an enjoyable anime for (most) watchers.

School Days is not psychological, it's dumb and it's harem. However, it is also an almost comical, but nonetheless true, subversion of the genre. Expect the unexpected and believe the unbelievable when it comes to this show's story. In my case, not unlike Another, the amount of shocking happenings on School Days latter part made it inevitably uninteresting and a chore to watch.

Even though the show's looks aren't the greatest, sort of a Haruhi clone, but not as well animated, it is completely watchable. The main character designs are good, but the side characters look way more generic, as expected. Once again, the plot continuation after episode 6 is what will make or break the anime for whoever is watching it. Just like the harem visual novel genre this adaptation spawned from, misunterstandings are the story, and in this case, those are created by simply ignoring the elephant in the room for episodes straight.

In the end School Days makes as much sense as the phrase on its cover. In the school the three guys met. Their relation had been changed in the season, and turned into three love stories. Go figure.