School Days Anime - Episode 9 - Step by Step to Disaster

Yesterday's post about School Days concentrated on the big surprise. But how did we get there? Well, let's start off with the capture to the right. Here, Otome has asked Makoto to walk around with her. And of course Makoto arrives at his decision by thinking with his...

Well, you get the gist.

OK, so now we move onto the other girls challenging Kotonoha about her relationship with Makoto. Evidently Koto still thinks denial is a river in Egypt...

So here she takes it one step further. Because of course Makoto really loves her, and of course there's a good reason why Makoto isn't here right now, and of course he wouldn't betray her trust and...

Meanwhile Taisuke runs into Otome, and they end up encouraging each other to "go for it", even though only Otome really understands what's going on.





Which brings us to Otome finally making her feeling quite clear, and her willingness to do whatever it takes to win Makoto from both Kotonoha and Sekai into the open. She is the one girl who knows everything that's going on, and she STILL decides to be with Makoto. If you were evaluating brain damage, Makoto might be number one, but Otome has to be a close second...


So, there you have it. Popular opinion on the forums is that next episode will have both of the other "girlfriends" seeing the tape of the lounge that was foreshadowed two episodes ago, and then true mayhem breaking loose.

And if you want to go ahead and order the DVD, YesAsia has the Japanese School Days DVD for presale.