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Saw episode 1.

Spoiler for Episode 1:

Being the most aniticipated title of the summer season, if your expectations of the School Days TV anime was along the line of the game or the anime inside the game, then episode 1 delivers exactly that.

It's probably beacuse the plot, the characters, and the seiyuus are practically a carbon copy of the game, which I haven't played/watched in a while. Then again, the first episode of most anime series will be of an introductory nature, thus episode 1 looks like the correct way to set off everything, especially for the audience unfamiliar with the game.

The difficult thing about eroge adaptations (or visual novel type games in general), is about the handling of multiple endings, and the heroine at the end. I can't imagine School Days having a linear plot, although I suppose it would be meaningless to follow the game scenario for a TV anime series.

Itou is depicted as he should, the wussiest protagonist imaginable, Kotonoha is the dream girl, and Sekai is the girl behind the scenes with an ulterior motive.

I can't say the artwork was anything worth noting, the best way to summarize it is typical TNK quality, associated with titles like Kyoushirou/ Lovedol/ Kannazuki/ Valkyrie series.

No opening song, probably due to spoilerish sequences, but they already ran the DVD commercials, complete with the uptempo OP. Always nice to hear CooRie songs, and Rino's vocals, but I did want to hear Kuribayashi Minami for the ending though.

Judging by episode 1 alone, I construe School Days to be acceptable by the original game players, and intriguing enough for viewers from the TV anime, living up to the hype.