School Days 04
July 24th, 2007 by Shirukii
Ironically, Imouto-san is probably the most romantically competent of the entire cast.
I’ve seen a lot of fail in my relatively short life, but Sekai, Katsura and Makoto are the holy trinity of fail. Makoto fails for not having enough blood to operate his brain and crotch region simultaneously, as well as well…being Makoto. Katsura fails for forcing herself to rise up to Makoto’s pace, and having unreasonable fantasies about the perfect setting to lose her virginity. And Sekai fails for wavering in the middle ground, unsure of whether she wants to be supporting cast or the female lead.
That having been said, awesome episode.
Episode Rating: 9/10
Katsura’s imouto barges in on her and asking about her homework and generally just invading her privacy. She ruffles through one of Katsura’s books and notes that it seems a little complicated, Katsura says it’s a romance novel so she’s probably not mature enough for it. Quickly changing topics, Kokoro asks Katsura if she and Itou have kissed yet, reading her sister’s obvious reaction, she excitedly concludes that they have.
However, the other end of the relationship is wavering, as Makoto complains to Sekai about how he thought having a girlfriend would be a lot more fun and a lot less work.
With Sekai no longer joining them for lunch on the rooftop, Makoto and Katsura are free to…play around a little. But when Makoto tries to take it to the next level with a little fondling, Katsura can’t handle it and backs off, despite her promise to be more open to these things. Makoto gives her a halfhearted apology and bs’es that it’s not her fault, Katsura apologizes back and runs off.
Taking a bath and sizing herself up, Katsura laments on the problem facing her. She knows that Makoto is a guy and thinking about breasts and sex can’t be helped, and she knows that Makoto’s intentions are good, wanting to take their relationship further. But still…she’s just not ready.
And so, another call to the mediator, Sekai. Katsura tells her what happened, but when Sekai starts rambling about teaching Makoto a lesson and having him apologize, Katsura tells her that’s not the problem. She knows Makoto’s intentions are good, but she wants to have this experience in a more appropriate setting, somewhere romantic, like Europe. Sekai listens in amazement as Katsura pours out details of her ideal romantic encounter.
Meanwhile Makoto is at home, fapping up a storm. (I kid you not)
After her conversation with Sekai, Katsura finds a pair of tickets to a water park lying on the living room table. Her mom says that her dad got them from work and doesn’t mind if Katsura takes them and goes with a friend.
The next morning, on the train, Katsura tries inviting Makoto, but is interrupted when the train suddenly jerks and she ends up falling breasts first into Makoto’s arms. Makoto gives her another halfhearted apology, but the mood is ruined and Katsura can’t bring herself to ask Makoto about the tickets.
During class, Sekai passively interrogates Makoto about how things are going with Katsura, playfully suggesting that maybe he did something perverted to her. Makoto loses it over that accusation and ends up dragged outside by Sekai to talk about it. Makoto explains how things have been going lately, and much to his surprise, Sekai offers to help out with her “Special Training Program”. It only hits him later in class that by that she means she’s going to give him a step by step guide to get into a girls pants. (Again, I swear I’m not making this stuff up)
[X] J-J-J-JAM IT IN
Despite Sekai’s confidence in her program, it ends up failing pretty hard. The first location they pick is an open park and they end up being distracted by little kids. They meet with failure again as they try a karaoke bar, only to find out that there are surveillance cameras in each room. With no other options, Sekai suggests the school roof.
Finally, with some privacy, the lesson begins. Sekai explains how Makoto should work a girl’s body when trying to round the bases. Makoto is a little clumsy and not the slightest bit romantic, but Sekai seems to enjoy it anyways. All of a sudden, Makoto gets serious and says that he wants Sekai and pushes her down onto the bench. Although resistive at first, Sekai gives in and agrees, but just when Makoto gets her uniform unbuttoned, he gets an e-mail from Katsura, who has actually been in the school the entire time.
Sekai and Makoto say goodbye and start to part ways when Makoto asks if there’s any chance they can continue their “lesson” some other day. Sekai says no chance and walks away, a little disappointed.
Coincidentally, Makoto bumps into Katsura just after Sekai says goodbye. Katsura works past the awkwardness and asks Makoto if he’s free to go to the waterpark the coming Sunday, much to the dismay of Sekai, who looks on from a distance.
Thoughts
Oh God this episode was hilarious. These three are so bad at this dating game that I literally spent over half the episode in pseudo-orz/facepalm position.
Wow, that’s A LOT of fapping, Makoto
I don’t really blame Makoto for trying to get further with Katsura, but he really needs to learn how to read the atmosphere and adjust his pace. He’s completely pushing forward at his own speed and is forcing Katsura to try and keep up, and even gets annoyed when she can’t. I think Makoto has watched too much porn/played too many erogames and has built up the idea that girls put out at light speed. While the case may be true for girls like Sekai, Katsura is a completely different story.
As for Katsura, I can’t believe she’s putting up with Makoto’s crap. Considering her personality, I’m amazed at the progress she’s made with Makoto, but she needs to be able to draw the line. She keeps saying she knows that it’s natural for guys to think at a certain level of perversion and that Makoto has good intentions, but she also knows she isn’t ready to go any further yet. But Katsura, MAKOTO DOESN’T KNOW THAT! And he won’t unless you tell him straight to his face. Truthfully, if that were to happen there’s a good chance that he would give up and go for the much easier lay (ie. Sekai), but really, if that’s the extent to which he cares for her, then it would be the best for Katsura.
But she’s not without fault either. Her ridiculous expectations and romantic criteria are unreasonable. She needs to lay off the ren’ai novels a little.
And Sekai, dear God make up your mind. It’s obvious that she wants him, in more ways than Katsura could fathom. But this wavering back and forth in the middle ground is annoying, she’s being no more decisive than Makoto was when he first started liking Katsura. I can’t stand her standing in the gray area, Sekai needs to either make her intentions clear to Makoto and Katsura, or remove herself from their relationship altogether.
Despite me complaining about the general stupidity of the characters this episode, I liked it. Their approach to dating is far from reality, but also not the typical build up of love triangles in anime or TV dramas, it’s unique and really interesting/funny to watch. (Even if it does fuel my burning desire to kill Makoto)
*insert vitriolic rant about the uselessness of fanservice*
As for where we go from now, each passing episode is suggesting that a BAD END is in the works. As much as I like Katsura, things aren’t looking great for her. Makoto continues to voice his frustration with her overly shy and reluctant personality while showing more and more interest in Sekai, who despite her inferior melon pan, is willing to put out. Despite wanting to see Katsura win, things look like they’re on track for Sekai stealing Makoto away. What happens from that point on is where School Days could become either very good or massive fail. But I guess we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.
Then again, who knows what will happen when Makoto sees Katsura in a swimsuit…
~ Shirukii ~
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havent watched the second ep or read ur whole comment about it yet but i saw 9/10 and “is suggesting that a BAD END is in the works”, alright i am prepared myself for its Bad End.
…going to watch the rest ep soon…
Tissues fall, everyone is covered in cum.
GOOD END.
from what i just read i can see that sekai is finally making her move just not as quickly as i thought and makoto while being a be retard is starting to show more interest in sekai’s suductive ways lol anyways ive made a prediction about wat bad end it will be if that occurs i believe that it will be the katsura suicide one how many other agree anyways got to go for now and for all the ppl that play stepmania i have made a simfile for the school days anime OP so email me if interested (warning its not a easy simfile and im not sure about how good it is) animexploitation@hotmail.com
You’re right, the whole “I can’t believe this is happening” factor of School Days is beginning to look so ridiculous that it could be entertaining. Sort of watching a real overdramatized school relationship, except on crack and with fanservice.
Everyone seems to be seeing a BAD END in the cards but somehow logistically I’m not seeing it. Mainly the reason is…who really wants to see that? An anime where at least one person dies and the rest are left in ruins. The bad end could work as a twist, but they still need to wrench some closure and, dare I say it, happiness out of it all. I think it would be, even for characters like these, too much of a downer to BAD END them.
(but then again, I’ve only read the recaps of Episodes 2-4, so maybe I have not been exposed enough to the raw suck of Makoto and/or his harem)
Although, one has to wonder if Makoto becoming a likable guy and getting GOOD END would be any more realistic. XD
In the end, if the driving force for people to watch School Days is the bad end after all - as it certainly seems among the English anime blogging community at least - then on with the boxcutters.
@ Siva: Go for it, subs for School Days are pretty fast, and I bet you could probably even raw it, it’s not that hard to follow.
@ lolikit: BEST END.
@ animexploit: You’ve got e-mail. I want that stepfile!
@ CCYoshi: The reason everyone is force fitting the BAD END possibility is because literally any other outcome would suck.
One of the things that makes School Days different from other generic love triangles is that Makoto is never put into a position where he has to make a definite choice. He has Katsura, who despite her shortcomings in openness, is great gf material. And has Sekai as a friend with benefits. And so far, he doesn’t have to choose between them. No awkward situation where Katsura walks in on him and Sekai in a compromising situation, or learns that he’s basically two timing her.
Makoto’s character is far from pitiable, which makes a BAD END the only way to get some closure. Sure it sucks seeing one of the characters die and the others ending up traumatized. But the alternative is Makoto living a happy life, which would anger the majority of viewers (myself included). Or perhaps an open ending, at which point I would have to buy a ticket to Japan and cleanse the animation studio with fire.
since the bad end flag is more o less raised… i wonder which bad end they’re going to go with…
it would be nice if they do an an anime original bad end that combines the bad ends… the bad ends that can be combined anyways… like the “katsura with the saw on the overpass” + “katsura suicide” or for the fun after all this happens setsuna stabs makoto and after stabbing him she shows a victory sign then fade to black plaay ending song the end… i’m such a sadist… OTL
Yo kaz3phyrous I’m still laughing at the last ending. I hope to see Bloody Conclusion as a bad ending. I wonder if there is a site where we can see all the the endings. Well i hope school days ending surprise all the viewers. {BAD ENDING}
hey everyone me again just throwing this out here for noe reason but they said that makoto is one of the most pathetic characters in any anime alongside takaiyuki(KGNE) well surprise surprise i have found the absolute lowest and most pathetic character and its the main guy in the anime girls bravo if anyone agrees with me and wants to talk more about school days ending then just email me lol oh ya who else thinks the OP is awsome and cant wait till aug 22 for the full song
sorry im back i need one more thning form u guys if anyone can putogerther a folder with all the files needed to change the computers setting to japanese please help me out becuz i want to play the visual novel i just got :( and i cant im missing 26 files :( please email me if u can help out
When I first watched this series I was like, “LOL is this for real!?! o_O”
Then later I recalled, yeah, it looks famillar.
I then realized there’s an H-Game of this, that my cousin had, so I just ignored it that time but– not what there’s an anime of this I think I’d better start watching this all throughout LOL. o_O
Oh my goodness!
When I thought this series would stay more “normal” this happens.
All three of them are completely hopeless.
Which only means one thing…
More drama for us to enjoy!
My money goes on the BAD END. Probably for Katsura.
I also noticed that the anime episode titles follow the game chapters.
I was hoping it would give a clue about which of the endings it will follow. But the weird thing, is that the anime titles skip around stories.
Following Purity, Show ▼
I’m rooting for the Christmas Eve ending, but School days is an ecchi anime, so that ending probably has zero chance.
OY, finished ep 3 but havent seen sub ep4 yet. so i will be back after i watched the ep4. But i would like to talk about the ending of School Days, “My money goes on the BAD END. Probably for Katsura.” i know u have ur details from the game and ur reasons from the 4 eps of anime, BUT for now i am not completely sure about the ending yet, but i would say i can trust on Sekai from these 3 eps so far, so i would expect a good ending for School days but plz give me some more eps first before i bet my money on the Good Ending. ^_^
yay just watched the ep it was awsome but dam i hate sekai its like shes trying to hurt katsura on purpose lol hmm does anyone wlse see this going in the direction of KGNE
Sekai BONZAI!!!!!!! If only I got some of that “special training” in my high-school days, I would have been over the moon lol :P
I finally got my hands on an .srt file for ep. 4 :)…….the fansubs are SLOOOOOOOOOOOOW for this anime
Great episode though ;)…….
I actually had to do a double-take when I saw all the tissues in the garbage can of Makoto’s room….but my eyes did not deceive me!! @_@……..that guy is a champ!!! I don’t know how he was able to stay concious after that much work!!!
The love triangle is getting ever more complicated, and the drama is going to get pretty intense in the next few weeks…..Bring it on! :)
Ok…i have played the game and i hate makoto with all my heart…i was expecting that in the anime they would improve his character but that didnt happen….
And it hurts even more because im totally in love with Kotonoha and both her “boyfriend”(makoto you bastard motherfucker!, dont deserve that tittle!) and her female “friend” Sekai seems to be totally decided to break her innocent heart!!(im totally on fire,,i cant help it).
Anyways,its kind of funny and interesting to see how this will develop.Its a strange felling….i mean hating the male lead by heart—hating Sekai for being a bith—and felling sorry for kotonoha makes a starnge combo of fellings that make wanna see how this will end….Id like that kotonoha would win and stay with makoto if that makes her happy but then again i dont think that makoto deserves her,,,,
¨spoiler¨: I still cant get out of my head that scene in the game where Makoto´s friend rape Kotonoha…im totally fucked up…..
im going 2 bet all my money on a bloody ending cuz i saw some of the episode and the main char is a push over i will guess he will get kill by all the girl 4 toy arould with there feeling ^_^ so hope 2 c some bloody ending or even bloody hell ending also (hope they all take a bath in his blood xd)