Overall: 7.7/10 School Days is an interesting anime. Some people praise it some people hate it. For me it sits right in the middle of the tree somewhere. I both love it and hate it at the same time. I love it because of the emotional reaction it was able to get out of me and I hate it for the exact same reason. Mind you this is not an innocent highschool romance show. This is everything but an innocent highschool romance. If you are easily angered and/or overly sympathetical you will hate this show. Setting: 7.5/10 The show revolves around Makoto Itou a highschool dude who takes the train to school everyday. On the train he sees Kotonoha Katsura a girl in which he takes interest in. At school he is seated next to Sekai Saionji who notices that Makoto is interested in Kotonoha and sets the two up. However Sekai actually starts having feelings towards Makoto herself. That is the basic premise of the show. The show is in a regular highschool setting which is not exactly original but hey at least it isnt boring. I myself watched the entire series in a day because I was always eager to find out what would happen next. The series is based on a visual novel hentai game by the same name and Characters: 7/10 Some people say the characters are complete shit but thats not true. Its actually the exact opposite. If it werent for the extraordinary characterexecution the anime wouldnt be as infamous as it is. Some characters youll hate and others youll feel sorry for as dan7828 said in his shortlived review. This alone is proof that the characters are well executed. They might be shitty people but shitty people is not the same as shitty characters. The majority of people who hate it do so because of one reason in particular: the main character Makoto. This guy. You cant write a review of School Days without mentioning I gave the characters a rating of 7/10 because even though they are well executed they are still very regular character archetypes. Look at Makotos friend for example. His only purpose in the anime is to be that typical comic relief friend like you see in many other highschool anime. You also have Setsuna the short serious girl who knows her shit. Thats also been done to death. You have Sekai the main characters female friend who is you guessed it very outgoing. You have Kotonoha the shy bigbreasted girl. Also been done to death. Even though this might not seem very original its the choices that the characters make that makes this such a unique anime. Visuals and Animation: 6.5/10 The animation is not exactly great but its not bad either. Its exactly what you would expect from a highschool anime from 2007. It still doesnt reach up to the likes of Kanon 2006 though but thats not to be expected. What I liked about this animes visuals was the greyish colouring that really set the mood. That originated in the VN though but it was well adapted into the series and gives the series a special aura. Sound: 8/10 The soundwork was really good in my opinion. The opening song contributed to the aura I was talking about earlier in the way that its really lighthearted. Thats not exactly to be expected from such a serious anime. The series seemed to have a different ending song every episode and I didnt actually take the time to listen to them. The voiceactors also did a very good job. The feeling it left me with: 10/10 Watching this series made me progressively more and more angry. The fact that it was able to do that is what I like so much about it.