Two months ago, I was done of reading the manga version of School days in www.onemanga.com, the story runs unexpectedly ended with a dreaded conclusion as well as in the anime version in www.crunchyroll.com. But there is a lot of diffrence in the story in the two but the characters are the same.
When I finish reading as well as viewing the story in anime, I come to realized in the end that what could be the author or artist was thinking? It seems that it kind of the story that young students in high school could kill each other because of love? Hence, showing some sex scene and the killing was disturbing for young audience that could result of doing it in the reality.
I know its cute and fancy but the thing is that there is NO MORAL lesson that we could learned from that anime, perhaps demoralizing the viewers. Sorry for I was a such judgemental person but i could’nt stand watching that kind of anime. May I suggest that they should edit the anime because its a lot of different from the manga or maybe just doing the same in the manga.
Joyce said,
October 16, 2008 @ 8:42 p10
I absolutely think that we can all learn something from School Days…
There might be some violent and explicit scenes there but if we at least try to focus on the story itself, it actually tells something!
Just take Makoto Itou as an example. At first he was already satisfied by just looking at Satsura, yet he desired more. And eventually, he became addicted to sex and played with a girl’s heart. Just look what happend to him?
This tells us that we should not play with people’s feelings, that we should not cheat or betray them… or else one day it will all come back to us.
alvin said,
October 19, 2008 @ 8:42 p10
What you say is true.
The beginning was Ok, but it just downhill after that. The ending was really…horrible and sick.
J Harris said,
December 2, 2008 @ 8:42 p12
OK, extreme I agree with. It was certainly very violent at the end. But I disagree with the suggestion that nothing was learned from it. Actually it had a very clear picture of what empty teen sexuality, blatant disregard for another person’s feelings and lying to yourself as well as others will get you. At best nothing, at worst, well…your head in a bag.
An no, of course this is not meant for a young audience. It is a mistake to believe simply because something is animated that automatically means that kids should see it. Its clearly an “R” level feature.
And of course it must be said that this is not made for a Western audience, but for a Japanese one. And if you’ve seen a lot of anime you’ll know that many of them do not have “happy” endings, or in fact have quite sad ones. So whenever you watch anime you have to do with the idea that it (in most cases) wasn’t made for you to see.
And ultimately, if you don’t like violent anime then don’t see it. Frankly I read so many warnings about this anime that I had a good idea of what would happen at the end before I even saw it. I’m sure its possible to “research” most features before seeing them.
I have to say, I enjoyed watching it.
Vongjan said,
December 25, 2008 @ 8:42 p12
I too finished this anime a moment ago. I like this anime alot. It’s so downright tragic. I’ve read a lot of commets on this anime, most of them just sound like “this is sick, crazy, creepy”. I enjoyed it because it’s more realistic in a sadistic way. I also like how the plot is so messed up but its acted out with cute drawing, i think thats what gave the anime an impact too. For most people i guess okay, its bloody and twisted when it gets toward the end, to me it was a surprise but it didn’t phase me too much. It’s not because I’v watched many grotesque videos and animes but it’s because mentally I cringed more from how Kotonoha was being treated thru out the whole thing. and how degrading and thoughtless the teenage society can be.Thats what hurt me the most. I recommend this anime to anyone, it will give them a different perspective though I had a rough time receiving it. It fits perfectly in the psychological genre.
Shinji Boy said,
January 23, 2009 @ 8:42 p01
I agree with the last statement that J Harris said.
Firstly, Anime has many genres and caters to all age groups; kids, teens, young adults, and mature views. And just because something is animated automatically it is something jsut for kids. That is a western misconception on Japanese animation. Given the current TV/Movie Industry in Japan it is more commercially-and productionwise- viable to make animated tv shoes and movies than make live movies.
And they do have a film/tv regulatory board for this… and yes ‘School Days’ is Rated R (18+… not for kids).
And the anime is based on an adult visual novel which is again, for Adults Only.
As for not learning anything… again, and I agree with J Harris, anime shows the danger of blatant promiscuity, as well as a lack of proper sex education, respect for other’s rights. Also it shows a reality in Japan about ‘mob mentality’ that is frequent in Japanses senior high schools, that anyone that is different/unique/or excels too well in either matter is loved/envied/hated/bullied/or osttracized. As well as a satire on the whole date sim romance *slash* harem romance comedies, which is the stereotype for this genre.
‘School Days’ is a first attempt to show a picture in Japanese high schools that is never portrayed, but is part of reality. An ugly facet in Japanese High school which is up til now still an issue.
Sum1 said,
February 9, 2009 @ 8:42 p02
I actually felt kind of depressed after it.
I just Don’t understand why someone would kill someone over love and
why someone would love a person so much that he/she would hold on to the head
of the loved one just so they would “be together”.
cenore said,
March 3, 2009 @ 8:42 p03
But wait… since when has there been a moral in any anime….I mean other then really cheesy crap this is repeated over and over? Hm… I always thought anime was just for entertainment and was never really meant to be taken seriously…. It’s not some Pixar movie. And I think that when you try to search for meaning in everything you’ve become a true no life weirdo who has to have some meaning behind everything. But me saying this had probably offend you and a few people, but being offend just means you have an opinion. So anyway…no it’s not for kids…and any kid who watches it is probably not properly being taken care of….or something like that. Oh and as a final sentence of sorts, why did you watch it? I mean if you didn’t like it, why not stop before wasting time on it? Oh wait that’s not one sentence….
I hate meaningful crap….. I find it meaningless really and you usually disregard the moral in the next minute or some. Maybe I’m just a bad person that way.
Haru said,
March 3, 2009 @ 8:42 p03
to clear things up with u u said
“I just Don’t understand why someone would kill someone over love”
well if u watched closely u would be able to realize that it was just over love but it was also over the fact that this person Makoto Itou was emotionaly torturing these girls and that he had no right to do that. and yes at first he was kind and he was just satisfied with looking, but that changed into a monster once he got a taste for it. i think that in the end it was a little “surprizing” but i really actually think that Makoto Itou deserved what he got, because what he was doing to those girls was compleatly wrong, and unfaithful. so i think that he deserved every little bit of what he got, plus u have to put into consideration that he got one of his friends killed when she did absolutly nothing, and because of everything he did wrong and that he did without hesitation he got one of his best friends and girlfriends killed. it get me really angery considering that she did nothing wrong, and that all she did was stay faithful to him. and to answer your other question….
“why someone would love a person so much that he/she would hold on to the head”
well the reason she did that was because Makoto Itouemotionaly crippled her and he tortured her emotionaly to the point where she couldn’t handle it and she kind of snapped…
also i think that was another reason that his good friend (sorry i can’t remember her name) killed him, because she was so faithfull to him and she had always been their for him, except that he had been emotionaly torturing her to the point where she snapped and she couldn’t take it anymore, then she ended up killing him, which i think that he deserved. the saddest thing though is that his good friend got killed for what he did when she did absolutly nothing wrong…… except being faithfull to the wrong person….
and i dissagree this anime has tought me alot and it has opened my eyes, all i can say is that i will never be like Makoto Itou. and lets just say that i better not find anyone like him eather or i will set them strieght.
and i think that it was a really good anime… and it really touched me…. not in a depressing kill yourself way, but more of a sad way that opens your eyes to reality…
The Digital Insomniac said,
March 18, 2009 @ 8:42 p03
i just finished watching it and i wanna cry , for Kotonoha mostly, she did not deserve all that.. i just wanted her to be alright… although it traumatized me, it is still a masterpiece, its a very extreme soap opera… just its a cute animation. im actually depressed…… im afraid to ever see it again… i might not watch any anime for a while, this really hit me really hard….. If you are gonna watch this, prepare yourself for an extreme ride through confusion.. this is definately a psychological anime.
Still traumatized, but eventually i’ll get over it and ill love it.