History Trivia / SchoolDays

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The "Nice Boat" incident. To summarize: [[spoiler:The last episode of the TV series features Sekai brutally stabbing Makoto to death, Kotonoha cutting off Makoto's head, Kotonoha slitting Sekai's throat, cutting her stomach open to confirm whether she was pregnant, then sailing away with Makoto's severed head.]] The day before the episode was supposed to air, a 16-year-old Japanese girl stabbed her father to death, so the episode had to be pushed back a week, and its slot replaced with a thirty-minute slideshow, which included a shot of a boat.

** In the promotional pilot, Kotonoha and Sekai have different voice actress, being played by Chiaki Ōsawa (credited as Eri Sakurada) and Akira Kasahara (credited as Mitsuki Ueno) respectively before being replaced in the main game and all subsequent media by Creator/TaeOkajima and Creator/ShihoKawaragi. The original voice actresses also sang the CutSong "Liar in the Mirror".

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The Platform/PlayStation2 port is the only version of the game that was created specifically to be for a younger audience (15+) instead of an adult game. As such the game has new scenes made for the routes that used R content in the original game. It also contains special epilogues for the (then three) "Bad endings" of the original game as well as many brand new bad endings. All this new content wasn't added to the HQ version that came out later so it remains exclusive to the [=PS2=] version to this day. Sadly the port was Japan exclusive and is no longer in production so copies can only be obtained from second hand stores like ebay.

* TheOtherMarty: In the promotional pilot, Kotonoha and Sekai have different voice actress, being played by Chiaki Ōsawa (credited as Eri Sakurada) and Akira Kasahara (credited as Mitsuki Ueno) respectively before being replaced in the main game and all subsequent media by Creator/TaeOkajima and Creator/ShihoKawaragi. The original voice actresses also sang the CutSong "Liar in the Mirror".

* CutSong: The Series Complete Box includes five tracks not found on any of the previous soundtrack album releases or in the games themselves, including a song titled "Liar in the Mirror". One of them, "Knife or Saw?", was heard in the pilot film.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 port is the only version of the game that was created specifically to be for a younger audience (15+) instead of an adult game. As such the game has new scenes made for the routes that used R content in the original game. It also contains special epilogues for the (then three) "Bad endings" of the original game as well as many brand new bad endings. All this new content wasn't added to the HQ version that came out later so it remains exclusive to the [=PS2=] version to this day. Sadly the port was Japan exclusive and is no longer in production so copies can only be obtained from second hand stores like ebay.

* TheWikiRule: [[https://overflow.fandom.com/wiki/School_Days_Wiki The School Days Wiki]], which also covers the other games in [=0verflow=]’s canon that share a universe.

** The manga, unlike the anime, will stay in Japan. Thanks to a notice from a major manga publisher in Argentina, [[http://www.editorialivrea.com/secretos/preguntas/comment-page-28/#comment-13252 Kadokawa (who published the manga in Japan) won't authorize any foreign releases of the manga outside Japan]].

** ''Literature/{{Oreimo}}'': In the pilot episode of the anime, when Kirino shows Kyousuke her large stack of H-games, several real-life titles can be spotted in said stack, including (but possibly not limited to) ''School Days'', Summer Days'', and ''Cross Days''.

** ''Literature/{{Oreimo}}'': In the pilot episode of the anime, when Kirino shows Kyousuke her large stack of H-games, several real-life titles can be spotted in said stack, including (but possibly not limited to) ''School Days, Summer Days, and Cross Days''.

** ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'': In the pilot episode of the anime, when Kirino shows Kyousuke her large stack of H-games, several real-life titles can be spotted in said stack, including (but possibly not limited to) ''School Days, Summer Days, and Cross Days''.

* CutSong: The Series Complete Box includes five tracks not found on any of the previous soundtrack album releases or in the games themselves. One of them, "Knife or Saw?", was heard in the pilot film.

** The first officially licensed English version of the Visual Novel didn’t come out until [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-01/jast-usa-adds-school-days-hq-visual-novel-software 2012.]] 7 years after the original’s release and 5 years after the anime ended.

** The prototype anime pilot to promote the game (included on the Series Complete Box) shows a number of differences from the finished product. The art style is noticeably different, as are some details of the bad endings. The "Forever" ending where [[spoiler:Kotonoha is SpurnedIntoSuicide]] replaces the "Pushed Too Far" ending in the final cut (though the latter was RefittedForSequel in the remakes), the “Bloody End” took place at the school rather than [[spoiler:the overpass at the train station, with bystanders attempting to hold back the killer]], and [[spoiler:Makoto’s walk on the beach as he bleeds to death [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking goes in the opposition direction]] in “To My Child”]].

* ActingForTwo: Kokoro shares a VA with Youko, Sekai's mother, in all adaptations, though they don't interact much, if at all unless you count the Magical Heart Kokoro-chan OVA.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The prototype anime pilot to promote the game (included on the Series Complete Box) shows a number of differences from the finished product. The art style is noticeably different, as are some details of the bad endings. The "Forever" ending where [[spoiler:Kotonoha is SpurnedIntoSuicide]] replaces the "Pushed Too Far" ending in the final cut (though the latter was RefittedForSequel in the remakes), the “Bloody End” took place at the school rather than [[spoiler:the overpass at the train station, with bystanders attempting to hold back the killer]], and [[spoiler:Makoto’s walk on the beach as he bleeds to death [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking goes in the opposition direction]] in “To My Child”]].

* VirtualYouTuber: Kotohona debuted as a [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpUo_pV1WmPsB4qJnIzoXQQ VTuber]] on Christmas 2020.

* RefittedForSequel: As stated under WhatCouldHaveBeen, one of the original three bad endings was going to be "Pushed Too Far" in which [[spoiler:Sekai pushes Kotonoha in front of a moving train]], but the final game replaces this with “Forever” in which [[spoiler:she is SpurnedIntoSuicide and dives headfirst from the apartment building in front of Makoto and Sekai]]. The ''School Days HQ'' remaster adds "Pushed Too Far" as a new bad ending, and the ''School Days [=L×H=]'' port for [PS2=] includes several new bad endings, all of which are permutations of this original concept but with the final victims varying between them.

* RefittedForSequel: As stated under WhatCouldHaveBeen, one of the original three bad endings was going to be [[spoiler:Sekai pushing Kotonoha in front of a moving train]], but the final game replaces this with “Forever” in which [[spoiler:she is SpurnedIntoSuicide and dives headfirst from the apartment building in front of Makoto and Sekai]]. The ''School Days HQ'' remaster adds new bad endings, all of which are permutations of this original concept but with the victims varying between them.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The prototype anime pilot to promote the game (included on the Series Complete Box) shows a number of differences from the finished product. The art style is noticeably different, as are some details of the bad endings. One had [[spoiler:Sekai pushing Kotonoha in front of a moving train (this was later RefittedForSequel in the HQ remakes) rather than her committing suicide]], the “Bloody End” took place at the school rather than [[spoiler:the bridge at the train station with bystanders attempting to hold back the killer]], and [[spoiler:Makoto’s walk on the beach as he bleeds to death [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking goes in the opposition direction]] in “To My Child”]].

* RefittedForSequel: As stated under WhatCouldHaveBeen, one of the original three bad endings was going to be [[spoiler:Sekai pushing Kotonoha in front of a moving train]], but the final game replaces this with “Forever” in which [[spoiler:she is DrivenToSuicide and falls headfirst from the apartment building in front of Makoto and Sekai]]. The ''School Days HQ'' remaster adds new bad endings, all of which are permutations of this original concept but with the victims varying between them.

** ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'': Applies only to the Cantonese dub. In multiple places, people referred to "Makoto, scum of the earth." This is the epithet for School Days' Makoto Itou among anime watchers in Chinese-speaking regions.

* TheWikiRule: [[https://overflow.fandom.com/wiki/School_Days_Wiki The School Days Wiki]].

** ''[[LightNovel/MyMentalChoicesAre My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering with My School Romantic Comedy]]'': The OVA keeps up with the ''School Days'' references by recreating the infamous "There's nobody inside." scene near the end of the episode.

* DevelopmentHell: ''Cross Days'' was delayed no less than SIX times, from its original release date of February 2009 to March 19th, 2010.

** The first officially licensed English version of the Visual Novel didn’t come out until [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-01/jast-usa-adds-school-days-hq-visual-novel-software 2012.]] 7 years after the original’s release and 5 years after the anime ended.
** For several years, it was assumed there'd be no Western localization of the anime due to the [[DownerEnding infamous]] [[{{Gorn}} ending]] and [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents the circumstances]] [[ExecutiveMeddling regarding it]]. Then after a long wait, the anime was made available for streaming [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/school-days on Crunchyroll]] in the U.S, and was eventually picked up for a proper release by Creator/DiscotekMedia.
* NamesTheSame: Rather hilariously, one of the producers of the anime is also named Makoto Itou (though the name is really common in Japan), and his name can actually be seen in the opening credits.

** ''[[LightNovel/MyMentalChoicesAre My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering with My School Romantic Comedy]]'': The OVA keeps up with the School Days references by recreating the infamous "There's nobody inside." scene near the end of the episode.

* TheDanza: Minami Obuchi is voiced by Minami Kuribayashi.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://overflow.wikia.com/wiki/School_Days_Wiki The School Days Wiki]].

* VirtualYouTuber: Kotohona debuted as a [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpUo_pV1WmPsB4qJnIzoXQQ VTuber]] in early January 2021.

** For several years, it was assumed there'd be no Western localization of the anime due to the [[DownerEnding infamous]] [[{{Gorn}} ending]] and [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents the circumstances]] [[ExecutiveMeddling regarding it]]. This was subverted, but only because it was made available for streaming [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/school-days on Crunchyroll]] in the U.S, and was eventually picked up for a proper release by Creator/DiscotekMedia.

** ''VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva'': The PV for ''Watashi no Jikan'' makes good on a couple of old memes, mainly Nice Boat and [[{{Memes/Bleach}} Leek Spin]].

** ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'': In the Miyako route, the group catches a stalker named "Ito Makoto".