History VisualNovel / SCHOOLDAYS

* GreyAndGreyMorality: Despite what some of the more rabid fans of any given pairing may tell you, there's really no "good" or "evil" characters in this story. They're all just a bunch of teen-aged high school students who end up making increasingly poor choices without really thinking things through.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Being an H-Game, it logically has scenes like this. In the original, Kotonoha is seen touching herself in the bath, while Sekai masturbates in her bedroom [[spoiler:while using her cellphone (with a picture of Makoto as its wallpaper) to "please herself"]]. Also, Makoto can get this scene if you choose to be indecent with Sekai or Kotonoha without going all the way.

* The first, ''Summer Days'', is an AlternateTimeline prequel following [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sekai's friend]] Setsuna in a WhatIf relationship with Makoto the summer before; a remake was released in 2012 titled ''VisualNovel/ShinyDays''.

* FanDisservice: It's hard to enjoy seeing Kotonoha's huge GagBoobs and pretty ZettaiRyouiki-clad legs when [[spoiler:she's getting ''raped'' by Taisuke. (Where's the RapeDiscretionShot when you need it?!)]]

* DeathBySex: The "To My Child" and "Bloody End" endings.

Although only a tiny fraction of the game's endings being such, this game is (in)famous for its violent "Bad Ends" (as well as its infamous anime series that famously subverted everyone who watched it without knowing what they were getting into). As is the case with every Visual Novel, the ending you get will depend exclusively on the decisions you take. This means that if you play fair; behave like a rational, decent, good person; and deal with every problem presented in the story with maturity, the game will reward you with a good, funny or even genuinely heartwarming ending.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Being an H-Game, it logically has scenes like this. In the original, Kotonoha is seen touching herself in the bath, while Sekai masturbates in her bedroom [[spoiler:while using her cellphone (with a picture of Makoto as its wallpaper) to "please herself"]]. Also Makoto can get this scenes if you choose to be indecent with Sekai or Kotonoha without going all the way.

* AllThereInTheManual: ''School Days'' and its sequels are all implied to share the same universe with a number of other [=0verflow=] games, [[NoExportForYou none of which have ever been translated into English]]. This is how we know that, for instance, [[spoiler:Makoto's deadbeat father is also in the family tree of several of his Love Interests. But it's probably better not to know, or think about all that stuff if you value you sanity.]]
* AllWomenAreLustful: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] as none of the girls perpetually drool whenever they see a guy they like, but notice how many times it's the female who initiates sex with Makoto rather than the other way around (this is more likely if the player is directing Makoto to be a genuine NiceGuy). Also, during the preparations for the school festival, several girls chatter excitedly about the "break-room". While it's never explicitly stated what the room is for, it's fairly obvious what its purpose is and why the girls are so excited to use it (and both Makoto and other students demonstrate its function on various paths). One might expect Makoto to be a [[AllMenArePerverts counterpart]] to this given how he's usually portrayed in adaptations and spinoffs, but in actuality he's a pretty normal guy outside of his sexual encounters. The problem is that he's extremely hormone-addled, socially inept, and very easily led by the nose.

** Also Double Subverted as it ''is'' possible to achieve harem endings in this game. There are exactly ‘’’two’’’ harem endings achievable.

* BettyAndVeronica: With Makoto as Archie, Sekai as Betty, and Kotonoha as Veronica [[spoiler:with three possible {{Third Option Love Interest}}s: Hikari, Otome, and Setsuna.]]

** You '''will''' end up breaking someone's heart, period. It's extremely difficult to go through the game without breaking up with Kotonoha at least once, and if you do manage it, you probably cheated on her with Sekai instead. If you try to prolong the inevitable...well, read the rest of this trope page.
** However the game also manages to subvert this in some occasions. There are some situations where the game will give you two equally bad options to choose from or a single unavoidable bad one. However, if you keep in mind that you can always TakeAThirdOption by not choosing any option at all, you can turn some nasty situations into favorable ones that can even take you on a better path.
* DeathBySex: ‘’To My Child’’ and ‘’Bloody End’’ endings.

* DownerEnding: Probably the main reason you’re playing this game in the first place are the four (or 12 if you can get your hands on the [=PS2=] version) violent bad endings. However let it be known that there are some endings in the game that, while not violent, are Downer endings themselves. ''Lust'' has [[spoiler: Makoto accepting that love is just another way to describe lust and resigns to stay with Kotonoha simply because she’s willing to have sex with him anytime he wants]]. ''Goodbye Sekai'' has [[spoiler: Sekai leaving Japan and Makoto falling into an endless cycle of having meaningless sex with every girl he meets, going all the way to underage girls. All of this, while showing real signs of a deep depression]].

* EarnYourBadEnding: A counterpoint to "Earn Your Happy Ending" below. Even if you're only [[WatchItForTheMeme playing the game to see the bad endings]], they're actually rather hard to get if you're not trying for them. The exception to this is the ''Bloody End'' ending, which is possible to get from multiple routes in the game (so if you’re trying to reenact the anime, you’ll see this ending MANY times). The other three are played straight, with one being achievable only through two routes and the other two from one single specific route. With the ‘’Pushed Too Far’’ ending being perhaps the most difficult ending in the game to get.

** Arguably the three happiest endings of the game ([[spoiler:a path where you have to choose between staying with Sekai, Kotonoha or Otome with the main difference being that the other two who aren’t chosen would agree to respect your decision and leave you alone]]) can be seen as this. To get there you have to keep an almost complete neutral road and by the end, the game will choose which of the three endings you get depending on how you played before. Getting [[spoiler: Otome]] might be the hardest of them all considering not only you have to play neutral till the very end but also have to pick the right answers as well.
** "Two Lovers" an ending where [[spoiler:if you play your cards right, Makoto ends up with both Kotonoha and Sekai as his lovers. They're all on good terms with each other and plan to celebrate Christmas together]], is this in spades. The "earn" part comes into play because in order to achieve it, you have to reach a very difficult path where Kotonoha [[spoiler:actually gives up on pursuing a single relationship with Makoto and instead becomes open to him sleeping with whoever he wants as long as he continues sleeping with her as well]]. This is difficult because you’ll have to keep the bar very in the middle until at least episode 4 while getting a very specific path in which a few millimeters to either side can make the difference. Then by episode five only the right answers will get you to the desired path with many others still open if you go very far in one direction. Finally, you can still screw up and get a bad ending in the last episode if you don’t pick the right options, no matter where your bar is.

** One of the new bad endings in the [=PS2=] version has Makoto pull a very surprising turn. [[spoiler:Helping Sekai to kill Kotonoha in an alley so she stops bothering them]].

* FirstGirlAfterAll: In ''Earnest Feelings Requited'', The fact Otome is the first girl Makoto met chronologically plays a big part into him deciding to choose her, after he comes to the realization he has been in love with her since the day he met her.

* GenerationXerox: On further searching for information on this anime/manga/Visual Novel… [[spoiler:It turns out Sekai and Setsuna's dad is Makoto's half-older brother, and in one MarryThemAll ending of the visual novel, Makoto does the same thing his brother does and gets the girls pregnant]].
** Goes back even further with Setsuna's [[spoiler:and Sekai's]] grandmother, Hatsuka, [[spoiler:who was involved with Tomaru's numerous affair and "backstabbed" Kagura, her best friend, by becoming sexually involved with him]]. However, depending on paths, this may be subverted, as both Setsuna [[spoiler:and Sekai]] truly want their beloved to be happy.
** Sekai is just like her mother Youko. Both are playful and outgoing but can be overemotional and selfish. Also in certain routes, when Makoto and Kotonoha try to convince Sekai to enter a polyamory relationship with them she refuses, wanting Makoto all to herself. Just like how Youko eventually divorced Shun for "not loving only her".
** Setsuna, just like her father Shun, had a ill-conceived yet well-intentioned plan to protect their loved ones. While Setsuna was willing to destroy Kotonoha and Makoto's relationship to make Sekai happy, Shun had sex with certain girls (who were also related to him, no less) in order to protect them from Tomaru's clutches. Both have SugarAndIcePersonality as well.
** Taisuke, like his father Ayumu, [[spoiler:was subjected to RapeAsDrama by Kei Ogata and Asagi Inou respectively in their backstory. And because of this they see nothing wrong about raping girls]].
* GoneHorriblyRight: Sekai really, really wanted to be with Makoto. And look what all it led to...
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Inverted. In one route where [[spoiler:Sekai gets pregnant]], she wants to keep her baby, but is totally fine with lying about [[spoiler:[[TheBabyTrap Makoto being the father, when it might actually be Taisuke's]]]]. Makoto on the other hand, at worst, is just scared at the possibility of being a father (the player can decide if [[BabiesMakeEverythingBetter he’s happy]]). Even when he finds out about [[spoiler:not being the father]], [[EasilyForgiven he is willing to stay with]] [[spoiler:Sekai]], if she gets an abortion. He asks her to choose between him and [[spoiler:the child of another man]]. As you can infer from this whole messed up situation, neither pick ends well.
* {{Gorn}}: The 4 bad ends in the HQ version. The additional [=PS2=] bad endings aren’t really graphic preferring to make use of the GoryDiscretionShot instead.
* GratuitousEnglish: The logo has the tagline "In the school, the three guys met. Their relation had been changed in the season, and turned into three love stories." [[labelnote:Better translation]] "Three individuals met in high school. Their relationship has changed in the course of one season. These events are turned into three separate love stories."[[/labelnote]]

* GriefInducedSplit: The "Forever" ending involves [[spoiler:Makoto and Sekai]] calling it quits on their relationship after [[spoiler:witnessing Kotonoha [[SpurnedIntoSuicide throw herself off the roof]].]]

** The original visual novel, as well as ''School Days HQ'', can be like this. The biggest problem is that because Makoto is indecisive and waffles too much, some of the choices the player makes can be counter-intuitive since Makoto might screw up a choice the player would handle better in real life. Compounding the problem, just like in real life, not everything is under the player's control and the love interests sometimes make bad decisions Makoto has nothing to do with. For both reasons, the player ''has'' to consult a walkthrough/guide for the right choices to make if he wants to get a specific ending. Getting endings like ''Setsuna’s Feelings'', ''Everyone’s Makoto'', ''Two Lovers'', ''Sexfriend'', ''Goodbye Sekai'' or ''Earnest Feelings Requited'' in the first playthrough without a guide is pretty much impossible.

** If the player is trying for the "Two Lovers" ending, then eventually Kotonoha and Sekai will corner Makoto on a rooftop and force him to choose which one of them he wants to have sex with. Guide Dang It comes into play because Makoto is one choice away from either ending up with [[spoiler:both girls as his lovers]] or [[spoiler:getting murdered]]. Of course you can also not make a pick and let the game decide for you in which case [[spoiler: thankfully you get the good ending]].

** Sekai, Setsuna, Inori, the Nijou Girls and possibly, Roka, are Shun's illegitimate daughters.
** Taisuke and his sister, Miki, are Ayumu's illegitimate children(due to his marriage to Rurika Washino).
** Lastly, ANY of Tomaru's children (except Tomomasa) are illegitimate. Yes, every of them!
* HighPressureBlood: ‘’Bloody End’’ and ‘’Forever’’ feature this.

* IdiotHoudini: Taisuke is a character that, through his complete stupidity, complicates and sometimes completely ruins the lives of plenty of characters through horrible acts. However if you’re hoping him to meet one of the horrible deaths you would expect in a game with violent endings, then I’m afraid I have bad news for you. There’s not a single path where Taisuke faces real consequences for the things he does. The most you can expect is him getting dumped by the girl you pick if they were “dating”. But even then, if he is dumped in the middle of the story, there will always be a chance of him getting with Hikari by the end or worse, forcing the other girl you didn't pick into a “relationship” in [[FromBadToWorse the worse way]].
* IfICantHaveYou: ''To My Child'' features [[spoiler: a pregnant Sekai killing Makoto for choosing Kotonoha over her]].

* {{Irony}}: Most adaptations portray Makoto as a sociopathic sex-fiend, so some players may be surprised to find that there ''are'' instances where [[AboveTheInfluence he will refuse a girl's advances]]. In fact, in one route [[spoiler: he'll complain to Sekai about Kotonoha's increasing demand for sex.]]

** Makoto himself depending on which choices you make, can be this if you manage to get a good ending despite an awful playthrough.
** Both Makoto and Sekai get away with [[spoiler: murdering Kotonoha secretly in an alley]] in one of the [=PS2=] bad endings.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Nanami’s actions to drive Kotonoha away from Makoto in order to bring him and Sekai together backfire spectacularly in many routes. Eventually causing Makoto to actually do the exact opposite and sever his bonds with Sekai out of [[WhatTheHellHero sheer disgust for her actions]].
* LastGirlWins: Chronologically speaking Kotonoha is the last girl Makoto meets, having already met Otome, Setsuna, Hikari, and Sekai before he speaks to Kotonoha for the first time, so this trope is played for her endings.

* LousyLoversAreLosers: BromanticFoil Taisuke is incredibly bad at sex, in contrast to the main character Makoto who is a SexGod. In most versions of the story, most of the girls want nothing to do with Taisuke and see him as an AbhorrentAdmirer, and he only gets to sleep with any of them via pressure or by [[RapeAsDrama raping them]]. Even in versions where he does manage to sleep with Hikari consensually, it's still made explicitly clear she was disappointed with his performance.

* LukeIAmYourFather: Sekai, you may not know it, but it seems Setsuna is your half-sister. Oh, and Makoto is your uncle. Yes, Makoto's father IS the grandfather of Sekai and Setsuna.

** Comes up as a plot point on a certain route in the original game. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, no matter what choices the player makes, this situation is guaranteed to end in blood and tears]].

** In certain game paths, ''Kotonoha'' can develop into this, too. When [[spoiler:[[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey she starts using her body]]]] as a way to keep Makoto interested in her.
* MarryThemAll: One of the harem endings in the game. Even when the game and anime seem to be a ''{{Deconstruction}}'' of the concept. This one harem ending is the game's way of conceding that it ''is'' possible to pull it off. It's just [[TrialAndErrorGameplay very]], [[GuideDangIt very]] [[NintendoHard hard]] and one little mistake can equal [[MemeticMutation NICE BOAT]].

** Also, Setsuna. She has a crush on Makoto but decides to make sure he stays with Sekai instead, so he can protect her before she goes to live abroad.

* MistakenForGay: Taisuke calls Makoto one night before the festival to ask about Sekai. Makoto will try to guess why he’s calling and you’re given the option to pick “Confess your love” at which point Makoto will hilariously assume Taisuke was calling to confess his love for him and hurry to tell him he doesn’t swing that way.
* MoralityKitchenSink: Due to the complex nature of the story, it’s expected every character to fall into this.
* MultipleEndings: As is usual for visual novels. The original game became infamous for its bad endings, but in actuality there are five or six times as many good endings and most of the bad endings are hard to get unless you're deliberately aiming for them. In contrast, the happiest endings are also very hard to get. Most of the time you’ll get bittersweet endings if you play the game blind.
** An interest variation of this exist in the [=PS2=] version of the game where you can get multiple variations of a new bad ending involving a train. In total there are three versions: [[spoiler: One where Sekai pushes Kotonoha to the rails but falls as well, Makoto helps Kotonoha up but Kotonoha can’t save Sekai in time and she’s crushed; one where Kotonoha pushes Sekai to the rails and Makoto saves her but fails to save himself; and finally one where Makoto fails to save either girl and both die crushed]]. Eventually Overflow would add one last variation of the ending to the HQ version where [[spoiler:Sekai succeeds in pushing Kotonoha to the train rails where she’s crushed]]. NICE TRAIN, INDEED.

** In ‘’Bloody End’’, Kotonoha [[spoiler:kills Sekai]].
** In ‘’Pushed Too Far’’, Sekai [[spoiler:kills Kotonoha]].

** Subverted. Unlike in the anime, the game makes every girl reasons to like Makoto very clear. Kotonoha explains early in the game that she started falling for Makoto when she noticed him watching her on the train every day. Kotonoha has a crippling lack of self-esteem; at first it was because [[ICantBelieveAGuylikeYouWouldnoticeMe she was flattered that a gentle boy like Makoto would pay so much attention to her]], and she started paying attention to him too. Then when Makoto confessed his feelings, Kotonoha was taken aback that Makoto would actually want to go out with "just" her. [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Makoto's the first person outside her family to bring happiness into her life]]; this is also the reason why if the player cheats on her with Sekai, [[ItsAllmyFault Kotonoha thinks it was her fault]] [[ICanChangeMyBeloved and works harder to please Makoto.]] In Otome's case it was [[UsedtobeASweetKid because of how nice a guy Makoto used to be back in junior high school]]. And in Sekai's case, she repeatedly witnessed him being nice as they grew up as childhood friends, and eventually she fell for him at around the time of the entrance ceremony of the school year in which this game takes place.
** Played straight between Hikari and Taisuke though.
* OfficialCoupleOrdealSyndrome: Although it's more like an Official LoveTriangle Ordeal Syndrome, given that while it's hard to make a strong case for which pairing is actually the Official Couple, it's very clear that all three of them end up putting one another through Hell by virtue of the fact that both Sekai and Kotonoha desperately crave the affection of Makoto, who is often (depending on the adaptation) either cripplingly indecisive or just taking advantage of both of them out of his own lust. [[spoiler:The worst endings typically involve one of the girls snapping under the strain and killing either Makoto, her rival, or herself]].

* PoorCommunicationKills: Not as bad as the anime, but still present. Makoto never bothers to tell anyone that he's dating Kotonoha (save Sekai), and Sekai never bothers to set the record straight when Nanami accuses Makoto of dating another girl behind Sekai's back (even if Makoto and Sekai hadn't been dating to begin with). This does nothing to diffuse the drama.

** In some routes this happens to [[spoiler: whichever of the girls is unfortunate enough to end up with Taisuke.]]
** Going back to read ''Puremail After'' revealed that [[spoiler:Taisuke suffered one as well from Kei Ogata (one of Makoto's half-brothers), the protagonist of the game who was dating his older sister, Miki, and mistook him for her.]]

* SatelliteLoveInterest: Setsuna falls for Makoto because he saved her from bullies; this is something that many people with a sense of basic human decency would do, but there don't seem to be any ''other'' bully hunters at school in this game, so one could almost argue Setsuna fell for Makoto "by default". A similar "by default" argument could be applied in Kotonoha's case: Makoto was the first boy in her life who didn't either drool at her breasts and scare her or make her feel unattractive; when Makoto asks her out she's taken aback that Makoto would think lovingly of just ''her''. Otome loves Makoto because of the man he ''used'' to be in junior high school. Hikari in the game only falls for Makoto because he turns out to be really good in bed. And finally, Sekai seems to have fallen for Makoto because she repeatedly witnessed his best side, it's not clear whether Sekai anticipated Makoto's flaws in advance. Makoto seems to get female attention mostly because he's the only available male shown that isn't either a [[spoiler:rapist-waiting-to-happen like Taisuke]] or isn't already someone's boyfriend like the good person (who is actually far WORSE than him) Nanami is dating.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: The bad endings definitely classify as this

* StalkerWithACrush: Taisuke, Otome and, to some degree, Kotonoha.

* StockShoujoBullyingTactics: Kotonoha is subjected to several of these. She mostly goes through being cornered and insulted by Otome and Co. as well as being the target of MaliciousSlander from Nanami and Hikari in all routes. In some routes, things are taken too far and if you have Makoto stop the last round and call the bullies out, [[spoiler:you get some of the happiest Kotonoha endings]].
* TearsOfRemorse: Kotonoha in the extended version of ‘’Bloody End’’ in the [=PS2=] version. [[spoiler:She has just murdered Sekai in front of Makoto in cold blood and offers herself to him, but Makoto is terrified and rejects her offer. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone This is enough to make Kotonoha realize that she has just done something terrible]], and she breaks down in tears.]]

** Kotonoha delivers one to Sekai on many routes for having helped her to meet Makoto only to stab her in the back later.
** If you choose to play both sides like ping-pong or go all the way for Kotonoha ignoring Sekai completely, Nanami gives one to Makoto during the last episode telling him that he's an asshole for making Sekai so depressed with his actions and that even though she was ok with him dating Sekai before, she would never accept him as Sekai's boyfriend from now on. A rather sad situation given you can get one Sekai ending from that point onward if you play properly.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Nobody but Kotonoha's little sister Kokoro notices her [[spoiler:fall into insanity.]]

* TraumaCongaLine: Kotonoha. At times it seems like the creators thought up her character and then based the entire game around making as many horrible things happen to her as possible.

** Otome is a more straight example, acting like a Type A often. Lampshaded in her ending, where two members of her GirlPosse ask themselves how come she and Makoto can stay together if they keep squabbling all the time, and the last one just shows them a picture of them kissing she took in secret, implying Otome is incredibly ''Tsun'' in public but ridiculously ''Dere'' in private.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Sekai, [[spoiler:her seducing Makoto is what sets in motion all the events that transpire.]]

** Kotonoha is seen as the prime example poster child of this Character type due to the ''Forever'' ending, her portrayal in other media and most of fan works. In reality, she’s more of a subversion than a straight example in the original game. While Kotonoha was very jealous and obsessed at times, she never went to extreme lengths to keep Makoto from spending time with other girls and usually would never complain as long as Makoto eventually had time for her later. In the Harem ending [[spoiler:she’s the one who accepts and encourages Makoto to sleep with anyone he wants]]. There are also some routes where she actually accepts Makoto has moved on from her. Finally the extended version of one of the bad endings shows [[spoiler: she would never be capable of killing Makoto no matter who he chose]].

* FanDisservice: It's hard to enjoy seeing Kotonoha's huge GagBoobs and pretty ZettaiRyouiki-clad [[ShesGotLegs legs]] when [[spoiler:she's getting ''raped'' by Taisuke. (Where's the RapeDiscretionShot when you need it?!)]]

* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Comes up as a plot point on a certain route in the original game. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, no matter what choices the player makes, this situation is guaranteed to end in blood and tears]].

* PornWithPlot: Granted, the plot can be [[IdiotPlot mind-numbingly dense at points]], but it's there.

* JerkAss: Otome's GirlPosse, though not Otome herself, take this UpToEleven.

** Sekai, holy shit, Sekai.

* AllThereInTheManual: ''School Days'' and its sequels are all implied to share the same universe with a number of other [=0verflow=] games, [[NoExportForYou none of which have ever been translated into English]] [[AudienceAlienatingPremise (and with good reason)]]. This is how we know that, for instance, [[spoiler:Makoto's deadbeat father is also in the family tree of several of his Love Interests. But it's probably better not to know, or think about all that stuff if you value you sanity.]]

Although only a tiny fraction of the game's endings being such, this game is (in)famous for its violent "Bad Ends" (as well as its infamous anime series that famously subverted everyone who watched it without knowing what they were getting into). As is the case with every Visual Novel, the ending you get will depend exclusively on the decisions you take. This means that if you play fair; behave like a rational, decent, good person; and deal with every problem presented in the story with maturity, the game will reward you with a good, funny or even genuinely Heartwarming ending.

* AdultFear:
** Being cheated on, dumped and raped. All in the same day.
** Being bullied into insanity.
** Watching you ex [[spoiler:killing herself in front of you, because of you]]. In that same line, watching your ex [[spoiler:kill your partner in front of you]].
** What if you suddenly found out you were pregnant [[spoiler:but your partner wasn’t the real father]]?

** You ‘’’will’’’ end up breaking someone's heart, period. It's extremely difficult to go through the game without breaking up with Kotonoha at least once, and if you do manage it, you probably cheated on her with Sekai instead. If you try to prolong the inevitable...well, read the rest of this trope page.

The [[http://schooldays.us/ "remastered"]] edition of the game, ''School Days HQ'', was released in English by JAST-USA on June 28, 2012, and they have also obtained the license for ''VisualNovel/ShinyDays'' which was released in a download edition on September 29, 2015. A limited edition physical release was released on October 7, 2015.

* AllWomenAreLustful: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] as none of the girls perpetually drool whenever they see a guy they like, but notice how many times it's the female who initiates sex with Makoto rather than the other way around (this is more likely if the player is directing Makoto to be a genuine NiceGuy). Also, during the preparations for the school festival, several girls chatter excitedly about the "break-room". While it's never explicitly stated what the room is for, but it's fairly obvious what its purpose is and why the girls are so excited to use it (and both Makoto and other students demonstrate its function on various paths). One might expect Makoto to be a [[AllMenArePerverts counterpart]] to this given how he's usually portrayed in adaptations and spinoffs, but in actuality he's a pretty normal guy outside of his sexual encounters. The problem is that he's extremely hormone-addled, socially inept, and very easily led by the nose.

* AllWomenAreLustful: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] as none of the girls perpetually drool whenever they see a guy they like but notice how many times it's the female who initiates sex with Makoto rather than the other way around (this is more likely if the player is directing Makoto to be a genuine NiceGuy). Also, during the preparations for the school festival, several girls chatter excitedly about the "break-room". While it's never explicitly stated what the room is for, but it's fairly obvious what its purpose is and why the girls are so excited to use it (and both Makoto and other students demonstrate its function on various paths). One might expect Makoto to be a [[AllMenArePerverts counterpart]] to this given how he's usually portrayed in adaptations and spinoffs, but in actuality he's a pretty normal guy outside of his sexual encounters. The problem is that he's extremely hormone-addled, socially inept, and very easily led by the nose.

* BisexualLoveTriangle: [[spoiler: Makoto can have this with Kotonoha and Yuuki with Yuuki as his GayOption in the "Only You" ending]].