Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Vintage:
September 26, 2007
Status:
Completed
Summary:
A shy and unconfident teenager, Itou Makoto, has resigned to stealing glances at a cute girl as they ride the same train each morning on their way to their high school. At least until Saionji Sekai surprises Makoto and chances a peek at a photo-snap of the beautiful Katsura on his cell-phone. After evilly teasing Makoto about his hopeless crush, Sekai offers to support him in his romance. So after many Makoto-pep-talks and lots of scheming, the three become close friends. Close enough that Makoto braves asking Katsura out on a date. And she agrees. Later that day, Makoto finds a quiet moment to express his thanks for all support that Sekai has offered him, and makes clear his intent on finding a way to repay her kindness. But he is totally unprepared and very surprised at the reward that Sekai has chosen. Sekai steals a long kiss from his lips, before breaking away to run for the train. Sekai turns and wishes Makoto well on his date.
School Days really has a good point of view of life itself. Some guys out there don't date girls because they like them, but because they want sex. This is something you will be seeing in School Days. This isn't one of those animes you watch to be entertained, it has nothing involving comedy or fun events. It rather turns out to be very psychological, and the point of this anime isn't really to like the characters, but to focus on how much you hate the actions they are taking (well at least that is how I felt).
I learned something different about relationships after watching this anime. I love the idea and thought it was excellent. But do not judge the anime until you've seen the ending. I recommend it to anyone out there who is into psychological anime.