History Headscratchers / SchoolDays

** Whether or not you want to call it "[[WhatIsLove love]]," he certainly seemed to have every intention of treating Kotonoha as a proper girlfriend, and cared about her enough to be visibly crushed by her rejection the day after.

I understand ParentalAbandonment is apparently common in all these high school dramas (since it seems to be a stereotypical staple associated with Japanese teenagers? ... I don't know, it's just so common in these types of things), but in a case like this, I find it hard for these students getting away [[ReallyGetsAround having sex with the whole school]] and AnythingThatMoves and no adult figure ever catches on. I understand it's adapted from a pornographic game, and that there are mind-numbingly other situations and titles where this question could apply, but several episodes blatantly bring up the existence of parents, several being [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen off-screen]] (more concerning if their existence was acknowledged in the game too).

I understand ParentalAbandonment is apparently common in all these high school dramas (since it seems to be a stereotypical staple associated with Japanese teenagers? ... I don't know, it's just so common in these types of things), but in a case like this, I find it hard for these students getting away [[ReallyGetsAround having sex with the whole school]] and AnythingThatMoves and no adult figure ever catches on. I understand it's adapted from a pornographic game, and that there are mind-numbingly other situations and titles where this question could apply, but several episodes blatantly bring up the existence of parents, several being [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen off-screen]] (more concerning if their existence was acknowledged in the game too). But then again, IdiotPlot.

** Also, Makoto's parents are divorced. He lives with his mom, and his sister Itaru lives with their father. His mom may be away working to support them or something, since their apartment isn't particularly large either. According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Sekai's mom apparently owns or manages Radish, so she's probably busy with that.

** Speaking in series as well, Kotonoha is a ShrinkingViolet who's emotionally repressed due to all the bullying she suffers. Considering her sister is relatively normal, it can be assumed that Kotonoha suffers some form of mental disorder Makoto is arguably the first character in the series who shows her a form of love, so in a way he unwittingly becomes her LivingEmotionalCrutch. Considering she's such a ShrinkingViolet, she probably never developed this type of bond with anyone before, so as a result [[{{Yandere}} she's determined not to lose said bond with Makoto]], even though he's such a BastardBoyfriend. It fully explains why she's willing to take him back despite knowing full and well that he had been cheating on her.

*** It is indeed true that Taisuke really rapes Kotonoha in the game. Not to mention [[spoiler: Makoto and Hikari both see what's going on, do nothing to stop it, and end up fooling around outside the door.]] For obvious reasons, posting a download link would not be appropriate, but it exists.
*** This troper finally got that scene in the recently-released English version of School Days HQ. It turns out the reason that [[spoiler: Makoto and Hikari didn't stop the rape]] was because [[spoiler: since they could see Taisuke feeling Kotonoha's breasts up, they thought Kotonoha was moaning because she was embarrassed by pleasure. They didn't realize that it was rape; they thought Kotonoha was just shy. Unfortunately Kotonoha's quiet and submissive personality backfired horribly; her protests were so soft that Makoto and Hikari mistook her protests at being raped as protests at it feeling too good.]]
*** Well, that and [[spoiler: they were too busy fooling around outside the door.]]
*** There's another factor to consider... In the game itself, [[spoiler: you get to this specific situation if Otome tells Taisuke that "girls like to play pretend during sex". A very common kink in hentai involves the girl saying "no, don't..." to the guy as he sexes her up, but not because she doesn't want sex - she's trying to make herself look more appealing to the guy via feigning modesty and embarrassment. Via raping Kotonoha as she weakly protests, the story tells us that Taisuke is apparently so GenreBlind that he '''couldn't distinguish Kotonoha's genuine "no, don't..." from those coming from fictional girls "paying pretend" in porn'''.]] This invokes quite a bit of FridgeHorror, in that [[spoiler: Otome ''might have counted on Taisuke raping Kotonoha via making him believe that Kotonoha wanted sex from him but was too embarrassed to tell him so''. (Let's hope she did '''not''', or it would push Otome through the MoralEventHorizon as well via arranging the rape of the irl she bullies... [[EvilIsPetty out of butt pain over not getting Makoto for herself]].)]]

*** In Cross Days, we get to see the girl. [[spoiler: She's Chie Ashikaga, Yuki's sister. She did it as a strike against ''Nanami'', actually; Chie was deathly jealous of her, and when she caught her "rival" in a very compromising position, she immediately used the video to smear her rep. The deal with Makoto and Otome/Kotonoha being caught on tape as well was a side-effect.]]

[[spoiler:She murdered Sekai and took Makoto's head. There must be a ton of evidence]]
* [[spoiler: In her last scene she's floating away on her family's yacht treating her boyfriend's severed head like a teddy bear, with no visible food on board. That to me indicates that she'll likely die at sea. But she won't care either way, since she's finally alone with Makoto.]]
** Thing is, [[spoiler: it's the ''family'' yatch, so it's unlikely that the Katsuras won't notice their Nice Boat is gone. Therefore it's not unlikely that they'll alert the police and tip them off so they can find and rescue Kotonoha. The question is, ''will they find her in time, before she dies at the sea''? That's something very different.]]

[[spoiler:Obviously, Sekai and Kotonoha were pulling off a MurderTheHypotenuse move in front of Makoto, hoping that he would be theirs once they got rid of the other girl. However, they would go to jail for first-degree murder with dozens of witnesses willing to testify against them.]]
* [[spoiler:Whenever anyone murders someone in this series they're generally long past MurderTheHypotenuse stage and are full on crazy. Key factors include laughing manically, dead eyes and generally doing it because they feel they've been fucked over in some way.]]

[[spoiler:There's no way that anyone living next door to Makoto didn't hear violent stabbing sounds, yelling, and painful crying. More importantly, no one couldn't have seen a teenage girl running from said apartment covered in blood and wielding a blood-stained knife in her hand and not have been worried. Unless the occupants were away at the time of the murder, someone should have at least seen her leaving the building and at least called the police or investigated the apartment.]]

** Speaking in series as well, Kotonoha is a FragileFlower who's emotionally repressed due to all the bullying she suffers. Considering her sister is relatively normal, it can be assumed that Kotonoha suffers some form of mental disorder Makoto is arguably the first character in the series who shows her a form of love, so in a way he unwittingly becomes her LivingEmotionalCrutch. Considering she's such a ShrinkingViolet / FragileFlower, she probably never developed this type of bond with anyone before, so as a result [[{{Yandere}} she's determined not to lose said bond with Makoto]], even though he's such a BastardBoyfriend. It fully explains why she's willing to take him back despite knowing full and well that he had been cheating on her.

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** Also, Makoto's parents are divorced. He lives with his mom, and his sister Itaru lives with their father. His mom may be away working to support them or something, since their apartment isn't particularly large either. According to TheOtherWiki, Sekai's mom apparently owns or manages Radish, so she's probably busy with that.

I understand ParentalAbandonment is apparently common in all these high school dramas (since it seems to be a stereotypical staple associated with Japanese teenagers? ... I don't know, it's just so common in these types of things), but in a case like this, I find it hard for these students getting away [[ReallyGetsAround having sex with the whole school]] and AnythingThatMoves and no adult figure ever catches on. I understand [[FreudWasRight it's adapted from a pornographic game]], and that there are mind-numbingly other situations and titles where this question could apply, but several episodes blatantly bring up the existence of parents, several being [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen off-screen]] (more concerning if their existence was acknowledged in the game too). But then again, IdiotPlot.

* [[soiuker:Whenever anyone murders someone in this series they're generally long past MurderTheHypotenuse stage and are full on crazy. Key factors include laughing manically, dead eyes and generally doing it because they feel they've been fucked over in some way.]]