Spoiler warning for School Days though I dont really feel like putting this because the less people that see this utter shit the better 520https://pics.filmaffinity.com/SchoolDaysTVSeries998211987large.jpg Ill give School Days one thing before I tear it a new one. A show this goddamn bad has no right having music this good. For whatever goddamn reason School Days has one of the better OPs Ive heard to the point where I couldnt consistently skip it. I also enjoyed the first ED quite a bit. In general the music sounded pleasant. It didnt really fade in the background and was quite infectious. Maybe the songs are straight from the visual novel because they seem to be made to be looped. As for the art its not...terrible. At worst its a bit mediocre with nothing jumping out at you. The eyes are gigantic and noses are nighnonexistent making the characters look like theyre from a Drawing Anime 101 book Cmon you know what Im talking about. Not only does this make School Days characters not stand out compared to other anime characters but they dont stand out next to one another. There were points when I could not tell characters apart and became confused because I thought one character was saying something instead of another. It doesnt help that everyones in uniforms and they all sport realistic hairstyles and colors. Now onto the story. Heres a little secret: in general I couldnt give less of a fuck about an animes art or music. If its particularly phenomenal like Princess Kaguyashttps://anilist.co/anime/16664/TheTaleofThePrincessKaguya/ art or Cowboy Bebopshttps://anilist.co/anime/1/CowboyBebop/ music then sure Ill give it points for it but music or art or shotting or whatever the hell else generally wont make me dislike a visual work. Does that make me shallow? Sure I dont give a flying fuck. School Days is terrible because of its sequenceofeventsIbarelyamwillingtocallastory. Yeah Im throwing my desire to be professional out the window. School Days has boiled and melted my skin my outer layer revealing the angry man beneath. I cant begin to articulate my utter and total loathing towards this show. 520http://i.ur.com/rZsWlNr.png I was introduced to School Days a couple of months ago at an anime club meeting. Members who were interested were supposed to binge the show as we ate pizza and riffed on it. It was supposed to be an infamous sobaditsgood type of show. They talked about how the last episode was postponed and in its place was a thirtyminute clip of a boat said incident having now become a meme. We watched the first episode. It was kind of bad in a cliche predictable sort of way but nothing terrible. The other members got bored and decided to skip to the last episode. I decided to leave before that happened. As I walked back to my dorm I stewed in my annoyance. I was so prepared to experience a bad anime with others yet they wanted to skip to the end without any context. I felt robbed. Time continued to pass. School Days continued to gnaw at me. They said it was bad. How bad? They said it was funny. How funny? More and more the show floated in my head wracking my brain with possibilities. What exactly made the show so infamous? It was only twelve episodes long. I could binge it. Easily. So I did. I binged it. Curiosity got the best of me. And you know what they say curiosity killed the cat. And it did. School Days killed me. It took all of my nine lives and then some just stabbing me over and over again with its terribleness. Im dead and Im furiously typing this to warn other wayward anime watchers to avoid this garbage show and to those who already have started the journey to abandon hope all ye who enter here. A lot of people get School Days wrong. Its not sobaditsgood its just bad. Really really fucking bad with nexttono redeeming qualities. School Days is about a high school student named Makoto Itou a shy and perverted boy who has a crush on his classmate Kotonoha Katsura shes his phone wallpaper but cant spit out his feelings towards her. His best friend a somewhat abrasive girl named Sekai Saionji decides to play matchmaker and gives her friend a hand in asking his crush out. Makoto and Kotonoha begin going out but Makoto soon discovers that dating Kotonoha isnt as easy as his fantasies would lead him to believe.... 520https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/schooldays/images/b/b1/CellKoto.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120122063446 And you know the really really fucked up thing about my experience watching School Days? I have to admit that it got me at first. It really fucking did. Some annoying characters aside the anime seemed to be a realistic depiction of two young people drifting apart due to different expectations in a relationship. Makoto wanted to get physical but Kotonoha wasnt ready/willing to go that far. This was episode four or so. It wasnt happy but relationships arent sunshine and rainbows and I respected that the anime depicted the end of one in a respectful way. Makoto was a horndog but at least hed be able either grow as a person or find someone who 520https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/schooldays/images/c/cf/Makotoandsekaitraining.png/revision/latest/scaletowidthdown/250?cb=20150818084602 Oh Sekai decides shell let Makoto fondle her as a form of training. Right I glossed over something. At the end of the first episode after helping set him up with Kotonoha Sekai gives Makoto a big ol smooch. So its clear that she likes him. But she doesnt tell him and he doesnt seem to know because reasons. And the two decide to fool around while not having Makoto break up with Kotonoha because reasons. Oh and it doesnt just stop at these two. School Days holds the distinction of having bland characters that will still piss you off all the same. Taisuke the sole other male character acts the exact same way as Makoto. All the female characters are either cheaters busybodies just plain bullies or all of the above. One of Sekais defining traits in the early episodes was that she was abrasive getting angry at Makoto for problems completely born out of Kotonohas shyness and a busybody. These traits disappear as soon as she gets with Makoto though shes still an ass by helping Makoto cheat on his girlfriend. Oh and if for some reason you like those traits they just get transferred to other characters like Otome and Setsuna. 520http://www.ricedigital.co.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2015/08/schooldaysmakoto.jpg You wanna know who does have unique and defined character traits? Kotonoha. You know who isnt an asshole? Kotonoha. You know who gets shit on by every single person in the cast being bullied cheated on and fucking gaslit throughout the series? Kotonoha. So you know who I was rooting for the entire time to get a gleam of happiness or at least retribution? Ko to no ha. If Ill give this story written by anonunionwriterwhosedismalpayisstillsomehowtoohighforthisniceboatcrashofashow one thing its that its provocative. Even if the bodies didnt start hitting the floor until the final episode it wasnt boring. Now Im not a biologist but theres something that happens to your brain that makes it impossible to be bored while your blood is boiling. The shit that Kotonoha and to a lesser extent Sekai once she discovers that Makoto has started cheating on her goes through is hard to watch. To wit shes cheated on by Makoto and when she discovers this she loves him too much to end things people keep saying she isnt really dating Maktoto but when she asks him he says they are effectively gaslighting her shes viciously mocked and bullied and shes raped. And this isnt brought the fuck back up again. And the sick bastard who does the deed gets off scotfree. And this is done just for goddamn shock because with fanservice galore its clear that School Days knows nothing of tact. 520https://imageswixmped30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/7189a173b9f4474fa6cec5213d81fa8f/d5fl2na20d0d85542454452b1c3fbd7ad0e43bb.png/v1/fill/w900h675q80strp/kotonohakatsurabyguigatahbood5fl2nafullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9Njc1IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvNzE4OWExNzMtYjlmNC00NzRmLWE2Y2UtYzUyMTNkODFmYThmXC9kNWZsMm5hLTIwZDBkODU1LTQyNDUtNDQ1Mi1iMWMzLWZiZDdhZDBlNDNiYi5wbmciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9OTAwIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmltYWdlLm9wZXJhdGlvbnMiXX0.pG0UulymeUrAMtbFfDgsNwxg0jylWVKwZmK9Baex2I Honestly it was a good call not having us watch School Days because its just plain not enjoyable to watch. Its hard to riff on just get angry at and with friends youll just have a bunch of angry people. Someone said that this animes writing even if inflammatory is technically sound. I have to agree with this since it proves my point. You cant really laugh at things because things arent unintentionally funny just often intentionally meant to make you pissed off. Maybe you could laugh at the increasing ridiculousness of the plot with women who showed no interest in Makoto suddenly dropping their panties cementing this as a harem. Still those moments arent frequent enough to make this an enjoyable group watch. Everyone will probably leave just feeling bitter. Then theres option of just skipping to the ending which many consider to be the best part of the show. I still wouldnt recommend this because if you do you miss the buildup of shit that makes you go just kill the fucker. Paradoxically if you do watch everything youll go through an unenjoyable slog of anger. Basically what Im saying is dont fucking watch School Days. I dont give a shit how funny the meme is nice boat just isnt worth it. Going for so many months without seeing it I was spoiled a bit. I knew shit was going to go down but not what when or where. The first half of the show already showed Kotonoha being treated shittily so I was fully expecting her to pop off. At the end of episode six chilling music played and Kotonoha discovered Makoto cheating on her. The shot jumped to blood red yarn and sewing needles. The creators intention was obvious. My girl was about to go yandere on their asses. 520https://pa1.narvii.com/6751/f62e747678ee009a7ce93240d183d2b66458939chq.gif The infamously violent climax doesnt come until episode twelve. We are treated to this scene only to be denied the natural resolution until the last minutes of the anime. If I wanted to be fucking blueballed Id edge to goddamn xnxx.com for two hours not watch a shitty anime for over four. And I know what some dumbasses are saying but Pockey foreshadowing. No you idiot this isnt foreshadowing this isnt a fucking shadow this is so blatant that its the object that casts the shadow. Its very clear what the scene implies yet its postponed for far far too long creating an anime thats largely unsatisfying. Some say the animes good because it makes you angry. And fine I like works that elicit feeling but I dont enjoy something that makes me this irate. And many people say the anime serves its purpose because Makotos an ass. Everyones an ass. And I dont condone murder and even in a work of fiction I dont often give in to bloodlust. But you know what I played into this animes fucking game. I wanted to comfort Kotonoha but shes a fictional character so as replacement I just wanted her to get the blood she deserved. I wanted a goddamn bloodbath but since its Japan she couldnt C the place so I knew shed have to use something like a knife. Good itll be bloodier that way theyd all fucking suffer. And if anyone has read my reviews oh who the fuck am I kidding no one reads my reviews youd know that havinghttps://anilist.co/review/4892 priorhttps://anilist.co/review/4210 expectations often bites me in the ass. And it did here. Because Kotonoha isnt the one to kill that cheating disgusting fucker Makoto. She only kills one person and its not even her fucking rapist Taisuke. 520https://absynthe.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/one.jpg And I lose a little bit in faith in humanity when I see people honest to fucking God defending this shit saying its a deconstruction of the harem genre saying its realistic. No. For fucking one harem anime usually operate by having a male be vied for by multiple women while single himself. Saying the cheating Makoto deconstructs harems and show how bad they are is disingenuous because in a harem no one would be actually dating someone. If they did the harem would dissolve which brings me to my second point. In a harem no one would really be satisfied being second fiddle unlike School Days where most of the members are fine being glorified sex toys. And again everyone is an asshole. It doesnt show how the protagonist of a harem is unlikable everyone is unlikeable for no goddamn reason. Not to mention the harem elements come in so late to the point where it came to a shock that the anime was going a harem route. If it really was about deconstruction harem elements would come sooner. And lets say this anime is subversive. Lets say its unique. Lets say its a deconstruction. Cool maybe its uniqueness will give it some points but ultimately I just dont give a fuck. I dont give a shit how unique your motherfucking show is if its not entertaining. Because call me unrefined or whatever but thats ultimately why I watch shows why I read books why I play video games. To be entertained to discover new worlds. Maybe I really do watch anime as a form of escapism because I dont take precious time out of my day to be angry. To be disgusted. To want to see children fucking murder one another. I really cant see the supposed quality in School Days and even if I could I couldnt give it props without still acknowledging it as the assault to my sensibilities that it is. Its an affront to entertainment and maybe people are just too into the fucking meme to see that. Its not so bad its good its just terrible. And its not good in its uniqueness. Fuck that. Give me something unique thats actually enjoyable. I wouldnt enjoy a piece of shit just because it looks kind of like a famous person. God I need to wrap up. This anime is doing bad things to me. 520https://sleepinggeeks.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/a164cschooldays.jpg?w=400 I was at a bit of a loss as to what score to give this. I dislike this more than Gate so I was considering bumping it up and giving this a four. But no. This doesnt deserve a fucking four. Gate annoyed me but School Days made my blood boil. This made me maniacally laugh. This made me clap to shit no stable person should clap at. This made me contemplate literally tearing my hair out. So congratulations School Days to date youre my lowestrated anime. Maybe soon people will stop bitching that I have too high of an average score. Take your goddamn three like a champ. 200https://i.ur.com/PcrzH37.png Fuck this dogshit anime. Have a nice boat people Pockeyramune is out. 520https://i.stack.ur.com/Kx0uQ.jpg