School Days - 01 July 3
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Summary:
Itou Makoto rides the same train to school as the girl that he has started to admire, Katsura Kotonoha, so he takes her picture with his cell phone one day. It is believed that if you set the photograph of the person you like as your cell phone wallpaper, then your love will come true if no one finds out about it for three weeks. Makoto, however, thinks that this is ridiculous, and once he gets to school, he prepares to delete her picture from his phone. However, someone suddenly asks what he’s looking at, and that someone is Saionji Sekai, his classmate who has the seat next to him. Because she figures out that Makoto likes Kotonoha, he warns her not to tell anyone. However, when Sekai later leads him up to the school rooftop, she shows him a picture of herself and Kotonoha taken during gym class. She starts to fill him in on what she learned about Kotonoha, but he gets so mad when he thinks that she told someone that he pushes her against the railing. After she reassures him that she hasn’t told anyone, Sekai points out how bad it’d be if anyone saw him holding her like that. Once he lets go, she offers to help him with his unrequited love, and Makoto has no choice but to accept.
The next day, Sekai writes Makoto a few more notes concerning what she knows about Kotonoha before she drops the big news: they’ll be eating lunch with her. Makoto feels that he isn’t prepared for this yet, and it doesn’t help that he learns that although Kotonoha doesn’t have anyone she likes, she has someone she’s interested in. Sekai eventually forces him to go up to the rooftop with her, and after introductions, they have lunch. Kotonoha has made sandwiches, but both Sekai and Makoto soon find out how bad they taste. Not wanting her to feel bad, Makoto wolfs down the rest of the them anyway. Once he’s done choking them down, Kotonoha wipes his mouth, and both become embarrassed when they realize what she’d one. When Sekai excuses herself to leave them alone, Makoto tries to explain to Kotonoha that he’s usually more composed than this. Later that night, Makoto expresses his gratitude towards Sekai over the phone for getting him the chance to talk with Kotonoha like that. He also admits that he’s going to tell Kotonoha his feelings for her, so Sekai urges him to do his best.
During gym class the following day, Kotonoha reveals that Makoto confessed to her that morning. She had accepted his feelings and now reveals that the person she had been interested in was none other than him. Thus, Kotonoha is very happy and thanks Sekai for introducing them. That afternoon, Sekai finds Makoto waiting at the train station for Kotonoha who had committee work to do. Sekai explains that she did all this because it was fun, and since Makoto insists on paying her back for it, she suddenly kisses him. Before he can react, she runs onto the train, and as it pulls out of the station, she starts crying.
ED Sequence
 |
 |
 |
ED: 「ウソツキ」 (Usotsuki) by CooRie
Watch the ED!: Mirror 1, Mirror 2
No OP this week, just an ED. It’s a CooRie song though, so I don’t have much to say about it since the more I listen to her songs, the more they start to blend together.
The first episode of School Days is about what I expected in terms of good production quality and covered pretty much everything I had read about in promotional material for the show (from Sekai setting up Kotonoha and Makoto to Sekai kissing Makoto). Given that this series is only 13 episodes long, it’s apparent that they’re not wasting any time in getting the plot going by setting up the love triangle between Makoto and the two girls. This first episode doesn’t make me hate Makoto yet, but I’m sure if they make him as bad as he’s rumored to be, that’ll be forthcoming.
Overall, this seemed like a nice romance show, but I wonder if it’s being deceptively peaceful now so that the later violent parts (if they should decide to go that path) have more impact. Even though it’s still too early to tell what direction they’re going to be headed in, I can’t help but question if the title screen abruptly shattering like glass means anything - a hint to the shattered peace later, perhaps. This show has a lot of emotional drama potential, especially since it starts out somewhat similarly to KimiNozo, so I’m really looking forward to what happens from here. For now, I’m rooting for a Sekai ending.
Naakay at 5:41 pm on July 3rd, 2007
The whole peaceful thing makes the anime so much better to watch, especially if you know what’s going to happen so I really hope they do go down the more violent path later.
Wcastro at 5:41 pm on July 3rd, 2007
holy shit!!! i need more spoirler for this episode.
mutio at 5:44 pm on July 3rd, 2007
“This seemed like a nice romance show, and I wonder if it’s being deceptively peaceful now so that the later violent parts (if they should decide to go that path) have more impact.”
I’ve played the visual novel a bit and it’d be tough for them to avoid an R15+ rating when they will choose THAT path.
Video:
http://www.visual-novels.net/vn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=444&Itemid=26
Demo:
http://www.visual-novels.net/vn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=435&Itemid=26
Lile_dawsons at 5:44 pm on July 3rd, 2007
I’ve been waiting for this for ages. I can’t wait until they sub it. I hope that the ending wouldn’t be too similar to the worst (
AL at 5:47 pm on July 3rd, 2007
i have a bad feeling about this show……..still it looks nice to watch……..for now.
Xellos-_^ at 6:01 pm on July 3rd, 2007
“I’m rooting for a Sekai ending.”
I prefer the lesbian ending if we are going to have a peaceful one.
if not then:
“DEATH TO THE BASTARD”
Genestarwind at 6:07 pm on July 3rd, 2007
Isn’t this episode appeared last month?? There was a sub for it.
BROOKLYN otaku at 6:15 pm on July 3rd, 2007
i’m rooting for the HEADFIRST SUICIDE DROP ENDING”KA-SPLAT!!!”, or the STAB’EM UP IN THE PARK ENDING” BLARGH!!!!!”.. just tell me when their out omni
Shiro at 6:15 pm on July 3rd, 2007
Damn, i was hoping we’d get to hear the OP in the first episode. Ah well, it makes more sense this way.
TRAIN WREAK HAS BEGUN!
Quina at 6:15 pm on July 3rd, 2007
What the… are you really blogging this series!?
lol I am also root for one of the bad endings. GO PSYCHO GIRLS KILL THEM ALL!
“I’ve played the visual novel a bit and it’d be tough for them to avoid an R15+ rating when they will choose THAT path.”
Dood this thing is 18+ rating, its hentai. The guy even H that loli in one of the route.
mutio at 6:19 pm on July 3rd, 2007
I don’t meant the h stuff, that’s clear. Rather the violent stuff
GStrike- at 6:24 pm on July 3rd, 2007
oh shitz this includes the expansion girls also ^^
anim3guy at 6:32 pm on July 3rd, 2007
i’m rooting for kotonoha she is a nice girl
I like the ending where sekai dies.
the 2nd picture in the ED sequence is the sister of sekai in summer days
Alpha123 at 6:34 pm on July 3rd, 2007
Kotonoha FTW! If there gonna do a bad end lets do the stabby Sekai ending, bleed the bastard out!
AnimeLollipop at 6:38 pm on July 3rd, 2007
I went on wikipedia and I was reading about the bad endings and there really sad.
These are the endings (read the bad ones first; The Blood Conclusion freaks me out):
Show Spoiler ▼
king at 6:55 pm on July 3rd, 2007
im hoping the guy gets a mental breakdown and goes crazy making him go on a killing spree
GP at 6:55 pm on July 3rd, 2007
For those who’ve seen the first ep arleady, and have also played the game. Do they have his personality the same? I always figured they’d change him a bit for the show, make him less of an ass unlike in the game.
Sniper at 6:59 pm on July 3rd, 2007
Hoping for a bad ending.lol.And x-death have h version.
Wererat42 at 7:10 pm on July 3rd, 2007
From what I’ve heard Makoto is the most pathetic male protagonist *ever*, topping even Takayuki from Kiminozo.
setsuke at 7:13 pm on July 3rd, 2007
Let’s just hope that suicide, chinsaw, and blood spilling out won’t come out for the anime version of ending, but the animation is a lot nicer than the game. Still i was hoping that it will be a completely different ending in the 1st ep though
most of the main part in the game is still the same.