Comments on: Living in the Post-School Days Era http://m3.dasaku.net/living-in-the-post-school-days-era/378/ Hell and Heaven Moéltdown Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:58:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Combo http://m3.dasaku.net/living-in-the-post-school-days-era/378/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 Combo Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:53:37 +0000 http://m3.ikimashou.net/?p=378#comment-1139 I would argue that this series is overdramatic, but one of the most realistic anime I have watched. High school age girls are probably the dumbest segment of the population, and will continue to try to be with a total d'bag manwhore. And manwhores exist - I know several guys here in college who I believe would still behave VERY much like Makoto... getting laid whenever they can and completely ignoring everyone else's feelings. Also, I have known and dated girls who behave not so very much different from the girls in this anime. One girl who I dated for only a few months threatened to kill herself when I broke up with her. I watched a girl I went to highschool with continue to tell people she was in a relationship with a guy she slept with twice, who cared nothing for her and denied being involved with her. I have also seen girls try to come on to me or other guys I know with the full knowledge that there is another girl in the picture. Both d-bag guys and slutty and/or irrational girls exist, and are more common than you might believe. To sum it up, I think that although its dramatized (obviously, thats what keeps people watching) it really isn't that far off from what can and does happen in highschools here in the U.S. - although the bloody ending was over the top. That being said, I did think that Makoto dying was appropriate, and made me feel better about the anime. I would have like to see the girls come out ok though. I would argue that this series is overdramatic, but one of the most realistic anime I have watched.

High school age girls are probably the dumbest segment of the population, and will continue to try to be with a total d’bag manwhore. And manwhores exist – I know several guys here in college who I believe would still behave VERY much like Makoto… getting laid whenever they can and completely ignoring everyone else’s feelings. Also, I have known and dated girls who behave not so very much different from the girls in this anime. One girl who I dated for only a few months threatened to kill herself when I broke up with her. I watched a girl I went to highschool with continue to tell people she was in a relationship with a guy she slept with twice, who cared nothing for her and denied being involved with her. I have also seen girls try to come on to me or other guys I know with the full knowledge that there is another girl in the picture. Both d-bag guys and slutty and/or irrational girls exist, and are more common than you might believe.

To sum it up, I think that although its dramatized (obviously, thats what keeps people watching) it really isn’t that far off from what can and does happen in highschools here in the U.S. – although the bloody ending was over the top. That being said, I did think that Makoto dying was appropriate, and made me feel better about the anime. I would have like to see the girls come out ok though.

]]> By: CCY http://m3.dasaku.net/living-in-the-post-school-days-era/378/comment-page-1/#comment-521 CCY Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:40:00 +0000 http://m3.ikimashou.net/?p=378#comment-521 iknight: That sounds like an accurate comparison. 'Dead end' doesn't sound too right, as it's quite negative; maybe more of an 'anomaly'. It's not like School Days made a wrong turn, it just chose to take the road less traveled. A path that's not for everyone.<br/><br/>And I think the key part of making School Days emotional is making the initial misconception that any of the characters are 'good'. For instance, I thought Setsuna could solve things.<br/><br/>Damn, I'm funny.<br/><br/>(Well, I liked Nanami since she was pretty likable on the relative scale.)<br/><br/>Mikoto: Agreed, agreed, but near the end death felt like the cheap way out. Too much shock value, not enough conclusion.<br/><br/>Maybe I just wanted a fate worse than death for some characters. :P<br/><br/>(Taisuke lived with all his manly parts intact, for one.) iknight: That sounds like an accurate comparison. ‘Dead end’ doesn’t sound too right, as it’s quite negative; maybe more of an ‘anomaly’. It’s not like School Days made a wrong turn, it just chose to take the road less traveled. A path that’s not for everyone.

And I think the key part of making School Days emotional is making the initial misconception that any of the characters are ‘good’. For instance, I thought Setsuna could solve things.

Damn, I’m funny.

(Well, I liked Nanami since she was pretty likable on the relative scale.)

Mikoto: Agreed, agreed, but near the end death felt like the cheap way out. Too much shock value, not enough conclusion.

Maybe I just wanted a fate worse than death for some characters. :P

(Taisuke lived with all his manly parts intact, for one.)

]]> By: xXMikotoNakadaiXx http://m3.dasaku.net/living-in-the-post-school-days-era/378/comment-page-1/#comment-520 xXMikotoNakadaiXx Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:54:00 +0000 http://m3.ikimashou.net/?p=378#comment-520 ^ Yeah, with such unlikeable traits, your real expectation is to want them to all die in the end. =P ^ Yeah, with such unlikeable traits, your real expectation is to want them to all die in the end. =P

]]> By: IKnight http://m3.dasaku.net/living-in-the-post-school-days-era/378/comment-page-1/#comment-519 IKnight Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:05:00 +0000 http://m3.ikimashou.net/?p=378#comment-519 <i>School Days was a show where nearly all characters were developed to be equally detestable. But most shows paint their characters with at least some good traits, or at least do not intend to put them in a bad light</i><br/><br/>I think for me that's why it ultimately failed to have much emotional force - with such unlikeable characters, there was no sense of tragedy.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, I'm not as well versed in the genre as you are, so I can't draw comparisons between <i>School Days</i> and its genre-fellows. But I'm told that, as you say, it was more of an evolutionary dead end for the form than a genre-redefining moment. School Days was a show where nearly all characters were developed to be equally detestable. But most shows paint their characters with at least some good traits, or at least do not intend to put them in a bad light

I think for me that’s why it ultimately failed to have much emotional force – with such unlikeable characters, there was no sense of tragedy.

Unfortunately, I’m not as well versed in the genre as you are, so I can’t draw comparisons between School Days and its genre-fellows. But I’m told that, as you say, it was more of an evolutionary dead end for the form than a genre-redefining moment.

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