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Editor’s note: This entry contains spoilers for the School Days anime
About
School Days is a Japanese adult visual novel produced by 0verflow, released in 2005, and later adapted into an anime by studio TNK in 2007. The series has garnered infamy online, due to the dislikeable characters and controversial ending, leading to a number of parodies.
Premise
School Days follows the story of Makoto Ito, a first-year high school student who begins to take notice of Kotonoha Katsura, a soft-spoken schoolmate who also happens to share train rides with him to and from campus. However, his new desk partner, Sekai Saionji, takes a special interest in Makoto’s newfound crush for Kotonoha, helping the two to get together. In spite of her efforts however, Sekai starts to become jealous of the new couple, as it is revealed she has also liked Makoto since the beginning of high school.
History
School Days first began as a PC visual novel, created by company 0verflow, and released on April 28, 2005, and later ported to the PlayStation 2 and PSP. Since it’s release, a number of other visual novel spin-offs have been released, including Summer Days, an alternate retelling of the original visual novel, Cross Days, a side story taking place within the same universe, and Island Days, a 3DS Tower Defence spin-off. A manga adaptation of the original visual novel was also created, running from May 26, 2006 to September 26, 2007. The anime adaptation of the School Days franchise was created by studio TNK, also known for their work on the Highschool DxD franchise, and ran for 12 episodes from July 3 to September 27, 2007.