School Days - Favorite Character(s) Poll

[Ronin Aquila]

Boy oh boy (if anyone else ever looks at this thread ever again) am I gonna get flamed and/or laughed at for this.

I vote for the main triangle (Makoto, Sekai and Kotonoha) and Setsuna.

For the fact that I felt for all of them, and that these four kids when push comes to shove are still fundamentally decent, albeit flawed human beings.

Sekai: Is it so wrong to be diffident that you want to vicariously experience love by watching someone you love be happy? Not in and of itself. Sekai's tragedy is her own true feelings overwhelming what was once an act of compassion and kindness. And I for one finds any girl who actually loves her baby to be admirable, for such a person is rare in real life amongst "loose" teenagers, who consider the life they carry inconveniences at best.

Setsuna: "Birds of a feather flock together", so it is said. Clearly that is why she and Sekai were the best of friends: considerate of others to the detriment of herself. Of the principle cast, she is the closest thing to a selfless and stalwart friend in this cold sub-galaxy of the School Days Universe. Sure, she may have erred like everyone else, but still prioritizing her dear friend and siter regardless to the bitter end.

Kotonoha: The true victim of this series, whose love, though obsessive, is pure and true, murderous rage notwithstanding. Her monologue of love for Makoto in Episode 11, though admittedly creepy, made me wat to hug her and comfort her.

Makoto: Whoa boy... while I do not condone what he has fallen to, I feel for the boy that he once was. To have a society that cheapens sex from a bond of love to a mere social currency has turned a compassionate and shy young man into yet another desperate social climber. It is made quite explicit, except for those who deliberately close their eyes and ears, that he is capable of remorse even towards the final bloodbath. His last act, clasping Sekai's stomach, almost as if reaching out to his unborn child, shows however coldly that he is not totally heartless.

Okay, laugh away if you will.

[Kitsune]

I hate them all, why they couldn't die in the same time and suffering a horrible agony? ¬¬

[gibits]

Originally Posted by patnam

Don't forget about Taisuke...

This guy didn't get enough credit. So he took advantage a little, but he really did want to treat her right, I still don't know why Makoto didn't just tell him that he wasn't with KK anymore.

[IAmTheMurderer]

Originally Posted by gibits

This guy didn't get enough credit. So he took advantage a little, but he really did want to treat her right, I still don't know why Makoto didn't just tell him that he wasn't with KK anymore.

He did tell him just before he macked up on Katsura, remember?

[Bennyswan]

I would say Kotonoha all she needed was some loving... shame the love she got was rape and wasn't from the one she loved.

[Taler]

Still don't see how it was rape, she wasn't drugged nor did she resist. How was he supposed to know she didn't want it?

[anime ronin]

my fav char??? ah! thats like asking me what piece in the puzzle is most important.

all the main characters had their needed role that added a piece to the anime. so i guess my answer is everyone

[Tiran86]

Sekai. She was my favorite of the main three. Kotohona snapped early on and I mostly felt pity for her. I flat out hated Makoto. Setsuna was ok, but I liked Sekai more, and few of the side characters were very memorable to me.

Spoiler for Final episode:

Plus she was the one who killed Makoto, which ultimately was the point of the series and my favorite part.

[BetoJR]

Originally Posted by Tiran86

Spoiler for Final episode:

Plus she was the one who killed Makoto, which ultimately was the point of the series and my favorite part.

Dude, if you think that was the whole point of the series, I'm sorry to say that you didn't really understand it at all. The point was telling a story about consequences and bad decisions. Not killing the "jerk".

[Tiran86]

Dude, if you think that was the whole point of the series, I'm sorry to say that you didn't really understand it at all. The point was telling a story about consequences and bad decisions. Not killing the "jerk".

Don't cheat on girls with mental issues is quite a compelling and relevant life lesson.

And nah, that was just a bad way of phrasing it. Of course I realize its a story about consquences. Thats what I liked about it, the way it presents Makoto's terrible attitude towards Sekai and Kotohona, and his poor decisions setting him up to be hated, and then it pays him back in spades.

Thats actually why I watched the show in the first place. I was spoiled to the ending and I watched to see how and why it happened. I would've skipped this anime if I hadn't known the ending before hand, as unusual as that is for me.

[BetoJR]

Originally Posted by Tiran86

Don't cheat on girls with mental issues is quite a compelling and relevant life lesson.

Oh, yes, it is.

Originally Posted by Tiran86

Thats actually why I watched the show in the first place. I was spoiled to the ending and I watched to see how and why it happened. I would've skipped this anime if I hadn't known the ending before hand, as unusual as that is for me.

Strangely, that's the same thing that happened to me. I was never much interested in regular romantic comedies... but ever since watching this, I kinda got a little bug for it, I guess.

[othera]

Spoiler for Containts some stuff that happens throughout the series, and at the end:

Forgot who i voted for but here is what i now think(Originaly voted before finishing series)

Setsuna, i loved her she is the cutest girl ever and she is a VERY nice person.

Also i love the way how she seems to show no emotion(I do the same most of the time )

Kokoro - Awsome little girl <3

I DID like sekai A LOT at the first few eps, then her and koto, then koto... then none.

I would give sekai and koto a vote for the first eps, but after that they both suck, and only reason ide vote for koto would because her ripping sekai open to see if there was a baby was quite awsome to watch
I was also tempted to say sekai, but because she went up to the roof, so stupidly... i decided she sucks majorly(WHO IS THAT STUPID? The text message had TRAP written all over it, and she goes up there to die... i woulda liked it if she lived :/

So if sekai didn't go to the roof ide make her my 3rd fave.. but now it goes
Fave: setsuna
second: kokorko
3rd: They all equally SUCK

[BetoJR]

But Setsuna did sleep with Makoto...

[othera]

^ When?... i don't remember that? 0.o...

Either way she is still epic.

[DummyInc]

so far this anime main male char is my most hate char

[Sprite_Coke]

Kotonoha, Setsuna, Otome, and Hikari

[RenaRyuuguu]

I Liked Katsura the best, but Setsuna was awesome too. ;>

[jigoku shoujo]

Makoto Ito, because he is an example of how NOT behave

[patnam]

Makoto Ito is much like the worst main character from Shuffle, White Album...

[Leode]

Originally Posted by Ronin Aquila

Makoto: Whoa boy... while I do not condone what he has fallen to, I feel for the boy that he once was. To have a society that cheapens sex from a bond of love to a mere social currency has turned a compassionate and shy young man into yet another desperate social climber. It is made quite explicit, except for those who deliberately close their eyes and ears, that he is capable of remorse even towards the final bloodbath. His last act, clasping Sekai's stomach, almost as if reaching out to his unborn child, shows however coldly that he is not totally heartless.

He's a regular guy. Like you said, I think no one condones what he became. He had his good qualities but once he got a taste of sex, it changed him and turned him into a monster. Sadly as you said, society often praises these monsters.

I detest how he blamed his problems on others and never took responsibility for his actions. It is perhaps these 2 issues he had that separated him being a jerk, from him being a casanova.