Comments on: Twelve Moments in Anime 2007 – #2: School Days 9 http://m3.dasaku.net/twelve-moments-in-anime-2007-2-school-days-9/394/ Hell and Heaven Moéltdown Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:58:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Crisu http://m3.dasaku.net/twelve-moments-in-anime-2007-2-school-days-9/394/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Crisu Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:02:00 +0000 http://m3.ikimashou.net/?p=394#comment-577 Very nice analysis. I'm part-musician myself, so I love (really) listening to my anime while I watch it. I've downloaded the ED collection and have played the 8 or so ED songs over and over; they're just interesting to listen to. And they all remind me of different parts of the series, which heightens the songs' emotional impact. I don't listen to rock or metal (unless it's "Koi no Minoru Densetsu" and the like) but rather these quieter tunes.<br/><br/>The track that stands out the most to me is that gradual cacophony of piano and strings when Kotonoha first catches Sekai and Makoto on the roof, and she just falls to her knees right at the door.<br/><br/>You said it right at the end that School Days tips the scale in unrealistic happenings, except in the other direction. Maybe all the way up to ep12 I would say the series comes disturbingly close to reality, but I don't think love uh.. polygons .. have ended in such a bloody way as this story has.<br/><br/>We know it's coming and we know we want it, yes. We just keep watching, partly out of disbelief, and partly out of an unusual suspense where we just have to know how all the tragedy happens. I guess it's like reality TV; you can relate to it a bit but are very happy it's not you. School Days represents an interesting element of voyeurism in that case. Very nice analysis. I’m part-musician myself, so I love (really) listening to my anime while I watch it. I’ve downloaded the ED collection and have played the 8 or so ED songs over and over; they’re just interesting to listen to. And they all remind me of different parts of the series, which heightens the songs’ emotional impact. I don’t listen to rock or metal (unless it’s “Koi no Minoru Densetsu” and the like) but rather these quieter tunes.

The track that stands out the most to me is that gradual cacophony of piano and strings when Kotonoha first catches Sekai and Makoto on the roof, and she just falls to her knees right at the door.

You said it right at the end that School Days tips the scale in unrealistic happenings, except in the other direction. Maybe all the way up to ep12 I would say the series comes disturbingly close to reality, but I don’t think love uh.. polygons .. have ended in such a bloody way as this story has.

We know it’s coming and we know we want it, yes. We just keep watching, partly out of disbelief, and partly out of an unusual suspense where we just have to know how all the tragedy happens. I guess it’s like reality TV; you can relate to it a bit but are very happy it’s not you. School Days represents an interesting element of voyeurism in that case.

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