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Azraled: School Days, I can't believe I actually watched the whole thing ://

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    You liar, you watched the in 30 seconds vid so you knew that happened so what could possibly shock you?
    Can't believe you enjoyed that show, yeah you prefer the twisted ones but that was so garbage that I couldn't take anything enjoyable from it. I watched the ending 5 times and it still didn't help, so I searched for every bad ending in the game and that still wasn't good enough.
    If I were to give this show one compliment it would be a great choice for music in that scene.

    One last thing since I saw your comment on Skype, school days isn't a thriller, taken straight from MAL it is only Drama, Romance, School, Harem, Seinen
     
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    @Supernatural-Knight

    the way Katsura murders Saionji I didn't know about as it isn't in the 30 second summary.

    Also there is nothing wrong with the plot whatsoever. It's a good harem and has everything you want out of it. Murder, Lust, Love, Comedy, Betrayal. Good character development. There was nothing wrong with the story as far as I could see. Yes, the characters weren't the sharpest in the shed, but it makes them more realistic as they are meant to be teenagers who are still trying to find themselves at that point in their life.

    And as for genres, well you could label it a thriller seeing as a murder takes place with a LOT of suspenseful scenes. There is nothing wrong with School Days at all. It is a story about teenagers who think they know what love is, become corrupted and end up ruining themselves because of it. Why wouldn't you want it as a story? Are you saying that you don't like it because it doesn't follow the visual novel? I think the plot is fine and yes it doesn't feel like a VN, but it's meant to be an anime, not a VN.
     
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    @VeritasOdiumParit yeah I watched this years ago now, I don't remember names besides Makoto.
    Haha "good harem", nice joke. You clearly don't remember my most hated genres, and this has two of them built straight in so that is a big issue for what is wrong with this show. I could have enjoyed the emotional break downs if it were used in a better series but in this I couldn't stand it. To me everything was just so slow and boring. I hated every minute of it apart from the last 5.

    Thriller is used to describe shows with crimes and espionage situations, simply hiding under the guise of murder in the final ep doesn't change the fact that it was a dull romance harem till then. A murder did happen but nothing happened with it after that, so I can't accept this to be called a thriller.
    VN? Who mentioned a VN? Like I would be playing this shit VN in the first place.
    Anything that follows a romance based story I instantly hate and this one felt so excruciatingly boring while watching that it felt like by the end I'd be the one to have died. I would have preferred to watch paint dry for 5 hours followed by the end of the show.
    If it were just those last 5 mins I'd rate the short a 7 because they are good but everything else can go to hell.

    tl;dr I hate the romance genre, school days is romance therefore I hate school days.
     
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    @Supernatural-Knight I will admit I don't like the romance genre either. But, School Days and His and Her Circumstances are exceptions for me. Both are really well thought out stories, with characters who go slightly beyond the stereotypes. Not to mention that they both examine the complexities of relationships. I have to say if ever there were two romance animes that push the envelop, it would be those two for me.

    Also, you mentioned the fact that it is based on a VN and I quote:


    and the fact you acknowledge it is based on a game:

     
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    From what I've seen you really like the anime or really hate it. Pretty much the deciding factor of anime is how fun it was for me to watch. When I watched this is made me feel like I might as well of spent the day at work, because that's exactly what this was for me while I watched it. Work.
     
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    This may all be true but the way it was handled to me was absolutely horrible. I know the slow pacing is needed and all that other crap but I just couldn't take it. Every episode felt like it took forever to finish when I believe I didn't even take a break for lunch the day I watched this. I like the idea behind an anime depicting screwed up relationships but definitely not how this was written.
    You ever watch an anime that was so dull that you could barely stand to click the next episode? That was what school days was like for me.

    The VN is the game, and I acknowledged it because when I finished the series I had heard that there were many other bad endings. Since I hated all of the characters I wanted to watch as many bad endings as possible from the game to see if it'd change my impression of how much I hate this show. It didn't, but at least I did like the other bad endings more than every ep but the last 5 mins.
    Two of the most memorable bad endings I watched from the VN are holding someones hand while she jumps in front of a train, the scene fades out with Makoto holding her arm.
    And the long haired one jumping from a tall building head first into the pavement below in front of Makoto and his chosen girlfriend of that route.
    I like watching bad endings in case you couldn't tell.

    I totally get that, when I was only part way through it felt more like I'd sooner die than finish watching this show it was that boring. Although I find something weird, you hated this anime but you list says you rated it a 3 instead of 1, why is that?
     
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    I have this weird thing where I don't rate anything a 1. Unless I'm literally trying not to kill myself while watching. Although school days was really bad and hard to watch, it didn't give me the feeling of taking scissors to my throat.
     
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    Yes, probably everything in my 'Dropped' section, plus a few episodes of Mushishi as well as some anime that I may have rated as low as a 6 or possibly 7. Depending on the episode really.
     
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    I see, I never feel like that. Instead I feel like watching the next episode will be the cause of my death. It happens for a lot of shows but School Days is the only one I've ever sat through in one sitting. I am honestly I lived through it so it deserved the 1 rating well and truly as far as I'm concerned.

    So you know the feeling then. Imagine that feeling but for every episode in one sitting. Harsh stuff to get through.
     
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    I got through School Days just fine. The pacing was good :p
     

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