The Most Horrible Anime I've Ever Watched
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School Days is a 2007 TV miniseries consisting of twelve episodes, each around twenty minutes long. It’s fairly unknown now—and for good reason. I wouldn’t recommend this anime to anyone, if I’m being honest. All I can really say is: wow.
The story follows the main character, Makoto, and his love triangle—or more accurately, a pentagon—involving several girls. The two main ones are Katsura Konoha and Saionji Sekai. This anime is a brutal ride. It might have some interesting or meaningful themes or undertones that I didn’t pick up on, but if they exist, they’re buried under so much emotional exhaustion that I couldn’t appreciate them.
The entire time I was watching, I was either insanely angry, disgusted, or just deeply disappointed. The show has a disturbingly perfect mix of emotions—both good and bad—that makes you feel too strongly for the characters. The first few episodes pull you in and make you attached, and then the later episodes feel like they exist solely to hurt you.
I’d give it a 1/5, purely because of how heavy it is. I couldn’t wait for it to end—I just wanted out. Watching this felt like a punch to the gut in almost every scene. Some of it is just outright cruel. Maybe it hit a little too close to home because of past experiences, but still—this was rough. The only comparison I can make is Neon Genesis Evangelion, and that alone says a lot.
I finished it feeling empty, like nothing was resolved and nothing good came from it. I won’t recommend this anime, but I’ll admit it might be interesting if you’re in a very specific kind of mood.
🚨 Spoilers Included 🚨
From about episode four onward, all I wanted was for Makoto to face some kind of consequence. The moment he started cheating, I lost any sympathy for him. I’ve never felt this much hatred toward a character before, but he’s written perfectly horribly—and it’s sickening.
The only thing I felt consistently was pity for Konoha. The way she’s treated is what really makes this anime such a hard pill to swallow. Up until the end, I saw her as a genuinely kind girl who simply got in over her head—maybe because it was her first relationship, maybe for other reasons. But the combination of bullying, manipulation, and lies from Makoto made the entire experience painful to watch. I honestly felt like crying through a lot of it.
I’d like to say the ending felt like good riddance when it came to Makoto, but instead it just left me feeling worse. I genuinely don’t know if I have anything positive to say about it.
Overall Ratings
• Story: 2/5
• Character Development:0.75/5
• Characters: 0.5/5
• Pacing: 1/5
• Ending: 0/5
School Days is a 2007 TV miniseries consisting of twelve episodes, each around twenty minutes long. It’s fairly unknown now—and for good reason. I wouldn’t recommend this anime to anyone, if I’m being honest. All I can really say is: wow.
The story follows the main character, Makoto, and his love triangle—or more accurately, a pentagon—involving several girls. The two main ones are Katsura Konoha and Saionji Sekai. This anime is a brutal ride. It might have some interesting or meaningful themes or undertones that I didn’t pick up on, but if they exist, they’re buried under so much emotional exhaustion that I couldn’t appreciate them.
The entire time I was watching, I was either insanely angry, disgusted, or just deeply disappointed. The show has a disturbingly perfect mix of emotions—both good and bad—that makes you feel too strongly for the characters. The first few episodes pull you in and make you attached, and then the later episodes feel like they exist solely to hurt you.
I’d give it a 1/5, purely because of how heavy it is. I couldn’t wait for it to end—I just wanted out. Watching this felt like a punch to the gut in almost every scene. Some of it is just outright cruel. Maybe it hit a little too close to home because of past experiences, but still—this was rough. The only comparison I can make is Neon Genesis Evangelion, and that alone says a lot.
I finished it feeling empty, like nothing was resolved and nothing good came from it. I won’t recommend this anime, but I’ll admit it might be interesting if you’re in a very specific kind of mood.
🚨 Spoilers Included 🚨
From about episode four onward, all I wanted was for Makoto to face some kind of consequence. The moment he started cheating, I lost any sympathy for him. I’ve never felt this much hatred toward a character before, but he’s written perfectly horribly—and it’s sickening.
The only thing I felt consistently was pity for Konoha. The way she’s treated is what really makes this anime such a hard pill to swallow. Up until the end, I saw her as a genuinely kind girl who simply got in over her head—maybe because it was her first relationship, maybe for other reasons. But the combination of bullying, manipulation, and lies from Makoto made the entire experience painful to watch. I honestly felt like crying through a lot of it.
I’d like to say the ending felt like good riddance when it came to Makoto, but instead it just left me feeling worse. I genuinely don’t know if I have anything positive to say about it.
Overall Ratings
• Story: 2/5
• Character Development:0.75/5
• Characters: 0.5/5
• Pacing: 1/5
• Ending: 0/5
Commentaires
I've been meaning to play the VN (bought it over a decade ago), and finally will when the HD version comes out in English in a few months.
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