Should I watch this?

Kaza:

Many times we come across a show or a movie that is completely epic, and it really moves us. Yet, there is always that anime that will completely leave us in awe, shock, and purely traumatized. No, I don’t mean it in a good way, I mean it in such a way that if someone tells you not to watch it for these reasons, it’s most likely a very wise idea to listen and not watch it.

Ladies and gentlemen that take part in the anime world, this post is just that, a warning. I have been so utterly traumatized that I have dedicated a whole post to warn people of this danger, the danger of this show called “School Days”.

For the people that have watched this show are probably thinking, “This show is old!” Yes, I know that. But in the same way that there are people out there who haven’t the slightest clue what Naruto is, this might be the same case for someone out there looking for a fun romance related anime. And unfortunately, there are places that don’t describe this show for what it really is, thus it claims more victims.

I was one of them.

Mark Thomas, a member of the Mania website, wrote a little something about this show that I think explains it in a very clear way. Here’s the link for the whole thing he wrote. (which btw I think it’s a good idea you do take a look at this thing as a whole and not just this part)

Thoughts of the whole series:

If I had not known the ending to School Days going into it, I never would have believed that it would have gotten there after the first few episodes. It was certainly a drama, but the drama seemed like it was going to be a little more lighthearted than it ended up being. And frankly, it is like that for about the first half of the series. It is not until Makoto starts hooking up with Sekai, and Kotonoha starts going off the deep end, that the series really starts taking a dark turn. Granted, even up to that point, the characters are just about the most unlikeable bunch ever found in an anime, but that was more of a symptom of the plot than of any real darkness in theme.

But once Makoto officially moves onto Sekai, his relationships start falling south and so does the feeling of the series. Kotonoha refuses to believe that Makoto might be leaving her, so she falls out of all semblance of reality. She even gives herself up to Makoto’s friend Taisuke, though with his insistence and her emotional state, it could be considered date rape. When the final scene of the series shows Kotonoha having a romantic yachting trip with Makoto’s severed head, then it is obvious that she has a few problems.

Then there is Makoto’s insistance on sleeping with every girl he finds. Once he gets a taste of sexual relations, he cannot get enough, and he cannot see why he might be doing a bad thing. He cheats on anybody and everybody and feels no guilt over it. He even gets to sleep with Setsuna, Sekai’s best friend, if he just promises that he will never leave Sekai (a promise that he does not keep. And he completes his descent into jerkdom when he pushes Sekai away for having the gall to get pregnant.

And frankly, with all of this, School Days can be a bit uncomfortable to watch at times. It starts out pleasant enough; but by the end, no character has any redeeming qualities (some even go out of their way to be pure evil), and we have had to deal with the realities of vicious bullying, sexual deviance, rape, and murder. Even with all this, School Days is a very well done anime, but it is in no way a pick me up.

Yes, this was a bit of a spoiler for those who have not watched it. But there was no better way to show the level of darkness in this show without actually seeing it. I know, some people might be saying, “Kaza, stop ranting away dum things. People will just get more curious to watch it.”  Well, I sincerely hope that you all who do read this take it seriously and don’t let ‘curiosity kill the cat’.

MY OWN THOUGHTS OF THE SHOW-

First off, there were many girls out there who think that ‘justice was served’. And you know what, I really agree! … To some degree. Well fuck yea Makoto deserved to be punished (BADLY), but I only have one question. Why did Sekai have to die!?!? WHY!?

I’m sorry everyone. I’m just still trying to get over this horrid thing. Ugh…