[Jeiku]

I'd have to say that I got into School Days because of the ending. However, once the story went into full motion after episode 3 or so, I started to forget about watching it for the violence and I actively enjoyed the show. Very, very different than usual high school romance anime. Makoto's character was ironed out so well that I've actually come to deeply loathe him, and Sekai's hypocrisy is obvious it seeps out of her pores. Kotonoha of course was the most pitiful character, but apparently the game depicts her in her own negative light as well, so I guess the writers wanted to give her some justice by the end.

As for the ending?

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Okay, the bloodbaths were admittedly fun to watch - on their own. But things didn't exactly seem to wrap up as I wanted them to. I can't explain it, but I suppose I didn't want Makoto to die after all. He was an insensitive jerk who desperately needed to live with this fact. He probably came near to realizing that for a moment when the other girls blocked him. Even more than the violence, I wanted Sekai and Kotonoha to abandon him completely, because there was just no way he would change. Sure, he claims to repent, and that he knows how selfish he is. But that doesn't mean he would change, and in honesty I don't believe him.

It's ironic, I got into School Days because I wanted to see some blood, but I actually enjoyed the show than I did the killings. I don't think Makoto and Sekai should have died; it kinda lets them off too lightly.

Overall, 7/10 perhaps, though I'm bad with simple ratings like this, so it's probably not an accurate evaluation. It was a good story with a good message I think, but got rather crazy at the end and didn't seem to bring justice to each of the three main characters.