One thing everyone understands though, is School Days is not your average anime, in fact it's the first one i've seen of its kind, thats not saying too much considering ive watched only maybe 80 some different series thus far, but i would put my money judging by comments from people while watching other animes that it is the only one of its kind
Im going to take a different approach to writing this review, i will not state the typical categories and explain instead i will simply say straight off why this anime is both one of the most underrated animes and probably among the animes you need to see atleast once.
This anime was created with the intent of the main character being the most hated character by the anime's end and this one little detail is the reason why people rate this anime so low. A lot of people rate animes based on what they WANT the anime to be, how THEY want it to end, and if it doesn't follow through that way, its terrible and that is why this anime is so hated. It starts off as your typical high school romance anime, but turns into something sooooo much different in the later episodes.
This anime is about a guy who literally is a pimp, he's in "relationships" for the sole purpose of getting into girls' pants...thats right, girls as in multiple girls. A lot of people claim the anime is far from reality..and without realizing it they are so far from the truth. Take it from a guy who sitting at lunch tables with friends during his high school years, heard and knew exactly what other guys (and even girls) wanted, yes there are guys in high school who make it a mission to screw as many girls as possible before the end of their senior year, i know a lot of such people so don't dare say this isnt reality. A lot of people also think Katsura's character is very unreal, and was made way too dense...let me ask...have you never met someone, who has gone through something so bad, that they absolutely refused to believe things were real? I have, and yes, it was during my high school years, drama is a big part of high school life, void whatever country you live in, there's drama...the only difference in how much drama is determined by how big your school is, but that is another subject
Some people who i have discussed the anime with believe that they could have told this story so much better without the main character being a total ass, but i have to ask...how? How is it possible to tell this story from any other point of view than the asshole himself? the same effect would not have been possible, although even now it seems like many people failed to get that effect which is a real shame.
With all that being said, this anime is a must see, i haven't put faith in MAL's average score in a long time now, as i missed out on a lot of animes that i thought weren't worth the time because of this rating, i did eventually go back and watch them and let me tell you, i was pissed i put so much faith behind the average ratings. I even have to say that even watching this anime and how good i think it was, i don't really want to watch another anime like this, its difficult to go through an anime watching someone do all this left and right, it really is. But it is a definite good first time watch. You be the judge, i have seen plenty of other reviews from people who believe what i'm saying and more reviews hating on this anime, just let this review be just another piece of the puzzle that sways your decision to watch this anime
