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Best harem ever. 10/10 would recommend.

@djmaxaaron
@mateo

SPOILERS, SPOILERS EVERYWHERE.

the ending was hilarious imo
finish it!

@djmaxaaron: Eh it was worth a shot. Maybe someone else will read this and change their mind.

[quote=MateoCl]@djmaxaaron: I didn't say it's the opposite of a deconstruction; it's just not a deconstruction. I'll say it again: if the actions of the characters were logical, or if their actions were realistic, then yes it would be a deconstruction; but they aren't. The characters all act stupidly. They're also all poorly written. There's not really any character development for any of them either. The MC likes sex. That's his entire personality. The main girl is shy and a little dumb, but hasn't done anything wrong so you're supposed to feel bad for her. The other girl seems nice but then is actually a backstabber. Then all the other girls are there just for the MC to have sex with, with no personality at all. That's not realistic at all and I'm saying it's not a deconstruction because that would be giving this melodramatic cluster *censored* too much credit.[/quote]

We're just going right back to where we started, it's not like proving points will change one's opinions after what we just typed out to each other.

@djmaxaaron: I didn't say it's the opposite of a deconstruction; it's just not a deconstruction. I'll say it again: if the actions of the characters were logical, or if their actions were realistic, then yes it would be a deconstruction; but they aren't. The characters all act stupidly. They're also all poorly written. There's not really any character development for any of them either. The MC likes sex. That's his entire personality. The main girl is shy and a little dumb, but hasn't done anything wrong so you're supposed to feel bad for her. The other girl seems nice but then is actually a backstabber. Then all the other girls are there just for the MC to have sex with, with no personality at all. That's not realistic at all and I'm saying it's not a deconstruction because that would be giving this melodramatic cluster *censored* too much credit.

@MateoCl:
Who knows, I've been saying it since point one that it's a solid deconstruction. You keep proving things I've already said and then go on to say it's exactly the opposite of a deconstruction? Either way, we should just stop since after all it's just opinions. You can keep yours and I can keep mine. meh

@djmaxaaron: I want you to clear something up for me. What I'm saying is that it's not a deconstruction. That is what I am arguing. You haven't defined your argument. What is it that you're trying to convince me of?

[quote=MateoCl]@djmaxaaron:
>I'll give you the ending. It was different and new,but also the show tried to live off of that alone.
>What actual relationships? As far as I remember in the entire show he's only in a relationship with Kotonoha (if he's ever with anyone else [b]officially[/b] feel free to correct me)
>You're reffering to the ending again, which I've already said was in there for shock factor.
How's it typical? You have a bland MC that somehow attracts a ton of girls and then there's drama. There were two changes made from that of a "typical" harem: the MC is made a horny teenage boy that only thinks about sex and is about as bright as a black hole and the typical harem girls have all been replaced with less intelligent and less charming versions from the typical. If the writing were better, or if any of their actions made any sense then maybe I would say you're right, but as it is School Days wasn't made to be a deconstruction and it's not clever. I'm pretty sure the show is only hailed as realistic because the MC is a teenage boy that likes to have sex.[/quote]

You've just proved that it wasn't typical. Also, relationships aren't part of typical harems because like I said there needs to be open doors.
Again>There were two changes made from that of a "typical" harem: the MC is made a horny teenage boy that only thinks about sex and is about as bright as a black hole and the typical harem girls have all been replaced with less intelligent and less charming versions from the typical
Don't prove one of my points only to contradict yourself by giving me your opinion again and again.

@djmaxaaron:
>I'll give you the ending. It was different and new,but also the show tried to live off of that alone.
>What actual relationships? As far as I remember in the entire show he's only in a relationship with Kotonoha (if he's ever with anyone else [b]officially[/b] feel free to correct me)
>You're reffering to the ending again, which I've already said was in there for shock factor.
How's it typical? You have a bland MC that somehow attracts a ton of girls and then there's drama. There were two changes made from that of a "typical" harem: the MC is made a horny teenage boy that only thinks about sex and is about as bright as a black hole and the typical harem girls have all been replaced with less intelligent and less charming versions from the typical. If the writing were better, or if any of their actions made any sense then maybe I would say you're right, but as it is School Days wasn't made to be a deconstruction and it's not clever. I'm pretty sure the show is only hailed as realistic because the MC is a teenage boy that likes to have sex.

[quote=MateoCl]@djmaxaaron: What I'm saying is that it's not a deconstruction. Its just a typical harem done poorly that then had a shock ending thrown in.[/quote]
Okay, there you go that's more clear. Now I can start arguing.
>MC being killed by his lovers
>actual relationships being made
>cheating along with death of one of the lovers
in what way is this a typical harem? Most harems involve an awfully ignorant MC that doesn't fall to relationships keeping open doors
this one takes initiative to make the MC actually have some sort of idea of how he can manipulate the girls. In doing so, it creates a harem that is realistic in which he has the benefit of more than one girl at a time and takes actual advantage of that. Then the actual consequences come and there's the idea of deconstruction of this "harem" genre that has so many faults to it.

@djmaxaaron: What I'm saying is that it's not a deconstruction. Its just a typical harem done poorly that then had a shock ending thrown in.

[quote=MateoCl]@djmaxaaron: I get what you're saying, but what I'm saying is that that wasn't the point of this anime. It's just bad. It has stupid and unlikable characters and a shock ending that was placed there merely for shock value and no actual other purpose. It's not clever like you claim it to be. In other words: I get what you're saying, but I think you're wrong.[/quote]

I mean, it's great that you have an opinion and all but all I said was that it was a solid deconstruction. If you get what I'm saying I don't understand why you're trying to argue with me since hopefully you understand what a deconstruction is and what I said in the beginning. Are you trying to argue that it was terrible or something? I don't really care if you are but I'm not trying to fight about other people's thoughts since everyone likes and dislikes different things.

@djmaxaaron: I get what you're saying, but what I'm saying is that that wasn't the point of this anime. It's just bad. It has stupid and unlikable characters and a shock ending that was placed there merely for shock value and no actual other purpose. It's not clever like you claim it to be. In other words: I get what you're saying, but I think you're wrong.

Watch Higurashi when you're done with School Days. Yandere is the best dere.

[quote=MateoCl]You're giving it way too much credit.[/quote]

I think a lot of people in this thread really misunderstand the whole point of this anime. There's a reason why it's so terribly executed with characters that have no sort of likeability to them in the first place. It's just there to show the absurdity of harems and how a real one would work. I'm naming it as it is since most if not all harems follow the exact opposite route of this.

[quote=djmaxaaron]It's a great deconstruction of the harem genre. Keep watching it, and then realize why most people hate harems.[/quote]

You're giving it way too much credit.

The girls have far more issues than the MC himself.

Watch more. It ruined my friend. He told me to watch it. It wasn't so bad I am used to that kind of crap anyway.

Oh god.... I hated the main character so much, I skipped episodes 5-9 and watched the last few just to see what happened

Can't wait till you get to the end and make another post, that'll be fun to discuss. ^^

I remember showing my friend this show when he started watching anime

he almost quit watching anime after watching the first episode

[quote=mmorpg]worst harem anime ever[/quote]

Nooo, more like most unique harem ever. There are so many bad harems out there (like 98%), and this is not one of them.

worst harem anime ever

Stick with it til the end, it's 100% worth it. Love this series. Shows you what happens when the playa plays a bit too hard <3

It's a great deconstruction of the harem genre. Keep watching it, and then realize why most people hate harems.

You should just not keep watching school days...