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A [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] title of ''School Days'' titled ''[[Summer Days]]'' was developed by 0verflow and published on June 23, 2006.<ref name="overflowproducts"/> Like its predecessor, the game is an erotic single-player visual novel for the PC, the only exception being that it has no ports. The game is infamous for being released in a highly unstable condition littered with bugs, due to a production error, and the sheer quantity of patches that followed in response. Presently, the game is at a stable version of 2.01. While all the original characters appear in ''Summer Days'', the plot is moderately rewritten to assume that everyone meets during summer vacation, instead of the first two semesters of high school. Setsuna Kiyoura also stars as the main heroine and central protagonist of the game. Another spin-off title, titled ''[[Cross Days]]'', is being developed by 0verflow and will be released on February 27, 2009.<ref name="overflowproducts"/> The story in ''Cross Days'' takes place in the same universe as ''School Days'', but does not revolve around the same characters aside from their appearances in the game.
A [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] title of ''School Days'' titled ''[[Summer Days]]'' was developed by 0verflow and published on June 23, 2006.<ref name="overflowproducts"/> Like its predecessor, the game is an erotic single-player visual novel for the PC, the only exception being that it has no ports. The game is infamous for being released in a highly unstable condition littered with bugs, due to a production error, and the sheer quantity of patches that followed in response. Presently, the game is at a stable version of 2.01. While all the original characters appear in ''Summer Days'', the plot is moderately rewritten to assume that everyone meets during summer vacation, instead of the first two semesters of high school. Setsuna Kiyoura also stars as the main heroine and central protagonist of the game. Another spin-off title, titled ''[[Cross Days]]'', is being developed by 0verflow and will be released on February 27, 2009.<ref name="overflowproducts"/> The story in ''Cross Days'' takes place in the same universe as ''School Days'', but does not revolve around the same characters aside from their appearances in the game.


==Adaptations==
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===Books and publications===
''School Days'' transitioned into several [[paperback]] novels. Two novels written by Tome Okada and published by Harvest entitled ''School Days: Sekai Chapter'' and ''School Days: Kotonoha Chapter'' were released in November and December 2005, respectively. Another novel written by Takuya Baba and published by [[Jive (publisher)|Jive]] entitled {{Nihongo|''School Days: Along With You, Sky''|スクールデイズ 君といる、空|Sukūru Deizu: Kimi to Iru, Sora}} was released on December 16, 2005. A novel written by Hiro Akizuki and published by Jive for the TV anime series entitled {{Nihongo|''School Days: Innocent Blue''|School Daysイノセント・ブル|School Days: Inosento Buru}} was released in April 2008.

===Audio dramas===
0verflow released a [[Radio drama in Japan|drama CD]] entitled ''School Days: Little Promise'' on February 24, 2006.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://schooldays.0verflow.com/html/scddoramacd.html|title=''School Days Little Promise'' official website|publisher=[[0verflow]]|accessdate=2008-09-16|language=Japanese}}</ref> An [[Internet radio]] show to promote the TV anime series entitled ''Radio School Days'' ran between June 26, 2007 and March 28, 2008, published by [[Lantis (company)|Lantis Web Radio]] and Onsen.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://lantis-net.com/schooldays/|title=''Radio School Days'' official website|publisher=[[Lantis (company)|Lantis]]|accessdate=2008-09-16|language=Japanese}}</ref> Three CDs were released between November 21, 2007 and May 21, 2008 containing all forty radio broadcasts. The show was hosted by [[Shiho Kawaragi]] (voice of Sekai) and [[Soyogi Tōno]] (voice of Kotonoha). Two drama CDs were released by Lantis for the anime series on August 8, 2007 and October 24, 2007.

===Manga===
{{see also|List of School Days chapters}}
A [[manga]] adaptation illustrated by Homare Sakegatsu was serialized in [[Kadokawa Shoten]]'s [[manga magazine]] ''[[Comp Ace]]'' between May 26, 2006 and September 26, 2007. It was also collected into two [[Tankōbon|bound volumes]] published by Kadokawa Shoten under their ''Kadokawa Comics A'' label. The first volume containing the first six chapters was released on July 26, 2007,<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.comptiq.com/release/comic/66schooldays1.html|title=Information on ''School Days''{{'}}s first bound volume|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref> and was followed a second bound volume on November 26, 2007, containing the remaining six chapters.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.comptiq.com/release/comic/81schooldays2.html|title=Information on ''School Days''{{'}}s second bound volume|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref>

There has also been two manga [[Anthology|anthologies]] produced by different companies and drawn by a multitude of different artists. The first manga anthology, an [[Hentai|adult]] manga entitled ''School Days Kotonoha chapter Anthology Comic EX'' was released by Oaks under their ''XO Game Comics'' label, on September 25, 2007. A second manga anthology, released by [[Ichijinsha]] under the title ''School Days Kotonoha Comic Anthology'', was released on February 25, 2008 under their ''DNA Media Comics'' label.

===Anime===
{{see also|List of School Days episodes}}
A twelve-episode [[anime]] series was developed by [[TNK (studio)|TNK]] with joint production by [[Avex Group|Avex Entertainment]], [[Lantis (company)|Lantis]], [[Marvelous Entertainment]], [[Pony Canyon]] and Jinnan Studio. The anime aired in Japan between July 3, 2007 and September 27, 2007 on [[TV Kanagawa]].<ref name="ANN-anime">{{citeweb|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7815|title=''School Days'' (TV)|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdate=2008-09-16}}</ref> On July 4, 2007 [[Chiba TV]] and [[TV Aichi]] also began to air the show with [[TV Saitama]], [[TV Osaka]] and [[AT-X]] respectively picking it up a day after each other. The series has since been released in six limited and regular edition DVD volumes. Each volume contains one disc with two episodes [[NTSC]] formatted in full-color with [[Digital Theater System]] audio with each limited edition volume coming bundled with a numeric respective six track radio disc titled ''Radio School Days Shucchōban, Hoshū''. The ''School Days'' anime adaptations contain fifty-six music tracks, fourteen of which are vocal themes by various artists. The remaining forty-two are [[background music]] tracks arranged by [[Kaoru Okubo]].

Two OVA episodes were also produced and released. On March 28, 2008, a month after the final TV series DVD had been released, TNK released {{Nihongo|"Magical Heart Kokoro-chan"|マジカルハート☆こころちゃん|Majikaru Hāto☆Kokoro-chan}}, a [[magical girl]] parody spin-off, in both limited and regular editions; the former bundled with a six track radio disc. The other title {{Nihongo|"Valentine Days"|バレンタイン デイズ|Barentain Deizu}} was a DVD exclusively bundled with the limited edition ''School Days L×H'' PlayStation 2 port, released with the game on January 17, 2008.

====Delay of finale====
The day before the final episode was scheduled to air, a sixteen-year-old girl killed her father with an axe in [[Kyoto]]. In response, [[TV Kanagawa]] [[Censorship in Japan|replaced the episode]], which was known to contain similarly violent material, with half an hour of scenery and classical music to avoid association with the murder. Other stations airing the anime followed suit, except for [[AT-X (company)|AT-X]], who remained indecisive at the time.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/entertainment/news/20070919p2a00m0et021000c.html|title=TV Kanagawa cuts final episode of anime after teenage girl kills father with ax|publisher=[[Mainichi Daily News]]|accessdate=2007-10-16}}</ref> In the following week, 0verflow announced that a screening of the episode would take place in the Tokyo area as part of the release of the series first DVD volume, and would require a copy of either the PC game or ''[[Summer Days]]'' PC game for admission.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-25/preempted-school-days-episode-to-show-at-tokyo-event|title=Preempted School Days Episode to Show at Tokyo Event|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2007-09-25|accessdate=2007-09-25}}</ref> However, AT-X announced that they would air the last episode on September 27, 2007, with minor alterations in airing times.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.at-x.com/whats_new/detail.html/1291|title=Concerning the Broadcast of ''School Days'' Episode 12 (Final Episode)|publisher=[[AT-X (company)|AT-X]]|accessdate=2007-09-26}}</ref> The screening of the episode that 0verflow announced showed the uncut version of episode twelve, including the blood color change from black back to red, adding back all sound effects that were removed from the broadcast version, and fewer flashbacks. The uncut version of the episode was included in the DVD release on February 27, 2008.

The sudden swap of the last episode to scenery footage came as a shock to many fans, but amidst the outrage, a [[4chan]] contributor commented "Nice boat" in a seemingly calm manner, referring to M/S ''Skagastøl'', the Norwegian [[Fjord1 Fylkesbaatane|Fjord1]] ferry shown in the scenery footage. The phrase became an [[internet meme]], and was ranked tenth in [[Yahoo! Japan]]'s keyword search ranking for the week of September 17 to September 23, 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fukuda|first=Jun|title=偏見助長する過剰反応うんざり |publisher=[[Yomiuri Shinbun]]|date=2007-09-26}}</ref> Also, 0verflow decided to name its booth "Nice boat" for the [[Comiket|Comiket 73]] in December 2007, selling "Nice boat" merchandise along with its normal line of specialty items.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://niceboat.0verflow.com/|title=Comiket 73 0verflow Nice boat website|publisher=[[0verflow]]|accessdate=2007-12-22}}</ref>


==Music==
==Music==

Revision as of 08:33, 31 January 2009

School Days
スクールデイズ
(Sukūru Deizu)
GenreDrama, Harem
Video game
Developer0verflow
Publisher0verflow (PC), Interchannel (PS2)
GenreEroge, Visual novel
PlatformPC, PlayStation 2
ReleasedJapan April 28, 2005 (PC)
Manga
Written by0verflow
Illustrated byHomare Sakazuki
Published byJapan Gakken
MagazineComp Ace
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 26, 2006 – September 26, 2007
Volumes2 (List of volumes)
Anime
Directed byKeitaro Motonaga
StudioTNK
Released July 3, 2007 – September 27, 2007
Anime
Valentine Days
Directed byKeitaro Motonaga
StudioTNK
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2008
Anime
School Days: Magical Heart Kokoro-chan
Directed byKeitaro Motonaga
StudioTNK
ReleasedMarch 26, 2008

School Days (スクールデイズ, Sukuru Deizu) is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by 0verflow and published by Stack, and was originally released for the PC on April 28, 2005.[1] It was subsequently released as a DVD TV game by Stack, followed by an all-ages port titled School Days L×H published by Interchannel for the PlayStation 2, in both limited and regular editions, on January 17, 2008.[2] School Days has since then received two spin-off titles, Summer Days and Cross Days, and has made several transitions to other media, including a twelve-episode television and two OVA anime by TNK, a two-volume manga by Homare Sakazuki, six novels and a radio drama series.

Gameplay

Like traditional visual novels, School Days is played by advancing through scenes of audible or textual character dialog and making action decisions when they are asked of the player. Choices are internally tree structured so that each selection made will branch to a different story arc, all of which lead to erotic scenes and ultimately one of twenty possible conclusions. In order to view all of the endings, the player will effectively have to replay through the game several times and make different choices to direct the story in an alternate direction. School Days is different from other games of the genre in that it is presented with scenes of animated footage, instead of common static images, and how collections of scenes are divided into episodes complete with their very own opening and closing sequence. The game is audibly stereophonic with a music album of thirty-three individual tracks, sound effects and voices. Progress can be recorded and loaded separately into ten quick save files.

Additional options include a variety of options to alter how the game is played. These include a video playback option in 1×, 1.5×, 2×, 4×, or paused; automatically playing scenes without having to click until decisions arise; altering the game's audio volume, or being able to enable or mute the voices; the showing or hiding of dialog captioning as of patch 1.11; and being able to have a full or window frame game screen.[3]

Endings

In School Days, there are twenty-one possible endings for the player to experience. There are fifteen good endings where the main character ends up with one of the obtainable heroines in the game. Of these endings, seven good endings are devoted to Kotonoha, five are given to Sekai, two are for Hikari, and one is with Otome. Of the other six endings, two are harem endings where the main character ends up with multiple girls. In one of these two, Sekai and Kotonoha both get together with Makoto, and in the other, Makoto has sex with various girls almost every day. There is one ending in the game which is only made available when certain conditions are met for one of Kotonoha's or Sekai's good endings entitled "Carnal Desire" (Kotonoha) and "Bavarois" (Sekai) where Makoto ends up getting Setsuna pregnant.

The final three endings featured in the game are the three bad endings which involve the death of one of the three main characters (either Makoto, Sekai, or Kotonoha) in violent circumstances. In one of these endings, Kotonoha kills Sekai in broad daylight with a saw to the neck; in another, Sekai stabs Makoto for leaving her for Kotonoha; and in the last bad end, Kotonoha kills herself by jumping off Makoto's apartment building after he chooses Sekai.

The PlayStation 2 version of School Days features five new endings, all of which involve the death of one of the main characters. Four of these endings involve a single death each where Makoto dies in one, Kotonoha dies in one, and Sekai dies in two of the four. The fifth ending involves the deaths of both Kotonoha and Sekai.

Plot

Main characters

Main article: List of School Days characters
Makoto Itō (伊藤 誠, Itō Makoto)
Voiced by: Tatsuya Hirai (games), Daisuke Hirakawa (anime)
Makoto Itou is the unlikely protagonist of the series. A generally mannered and composed student in year one of class three, his life becomes complicated when he begins to unfaithfully initiate polyamorous relationships with girls that he is unable to singly commit to. Though he is initially casual, gregarious and understanding, his addiction to womanizing the female protagonists over time corrupts his personality and he instead becomes more apathetic, rash and egotistical towards others, regardless of interpersonal harm or later consequence. Makoto lives with his divorced mother and has a younger sister name Itaru who lives with their father. He is good friends with Taisuke Sawanaga and Otome Katou.
Kotonoha Katsura (桂 言葉, Katsura Kotonoha)
Voiced by: Tae Okajima
Genteel and reserved, Kotonoha Katsura is a student in year one of class four who is on the Student council and serves as one of the most pivotal characters in the story. A cute and noticeably well-endowed bookworm, she becomes the initial love interest of Makoto early into their second term, and with some effort from Sekai Saionji, becomes his girlfriend after she reciprocates her affection for him. While Kotonoha for the most part is calm and gentle, she has a very delicate conscious, which under stress leads to irrational culpability, delusions and even malice. She has a younger sister name Kokoro and lives with their wealthy mother Manami and father in the fictional area of Haramihama. She is disliked by Otome Katou and is subject to her bullying and duress.
Sekai Saionji (西園寺 世界, Saionji Sekai)
Voiced by: Shiho Kawaragi
Sekai Saionji is a student in year one of class three who is the antithesis and foil of Kotonoha. A playful and outgoing classmate seated directly next to Makoto, she takes a curious interest in him during their first acquaintance, and in every medium of the series, helps to establish his bond with Kotonoha. Though genuinely upbeat, Sekai does occasionally show a more serious side, and when sufficiently frustrated can be loud, selfish, overemotional and even manipulative. She lives with her mother Youko in the fictional area of Motehara-Sakashita, is part-time employed as a waitress at the family restaurant Radish and is also the best friend and unknowing half-sister of Setsuna Kiyoura.

Story

Makoto Itou is a young Japanese high school student beginning his second term at the fictional Sakakino Academy, which from his daily train rides to and from the school, becomes infatuated with fellow student Kotonoha Katsura; a girl that also commutes. When a new classmate acquaintance of his, Sekai Saionji, discovers his secret crush on Kotonoha, she helps introduce both of them to each other and overtime they grow closer and agree to date. However in spite of her proud and triumphant matchmaking efforts, Sekai inadvertently becomes jealous of the new couple, having also developed feelings toward Makoto.

The following afternoon on her way home at the nearby train station in front of the school, Sekai finds Makoto waiting for Kotonoha to rendezvous for a date. He sits with her and reiterates his appreciation for her help, and feeling heavily indebted, offers repayment anyway he can. Though she believes he is overreacting, Sekai decides to redeem her obligation by placing a kiss on his lips as her train pulls in; quickly rushing into an open passenger car and happily bidding a dumbstruck Makoto luck on his date.

Development

Release history

School Days was first available to the public on April 28, 2005, released for the PC.[4] It was followed by an all-ages version released for the PlayStation 2, on January 17, 2008 as both a limited edition and a regular edition.[5] To address several errors reported to have kept the game from functioning correctly, 0verflow has released several updates to the game. On July 21, 2005 0verflow released a 274MB patch for original print customers to update the game to a stable version of 1.11. The patch addressed several programming bugs, such as being unable to access certain endings, while additionally installing a subtitles and backlogging feature.[6] A day later a patched commercial release was published.

With the exception of a few minor changes, the original School Days visual novel has been ported to two other platforms. On September 28, 2007, based off version 1.11, Stack Software released a four disc adult DVD TV game edition with changes such as the inclusion of a recollection mode to the removal of male voice mutability and progress saving; replaced by password access chapters. Months later on January 17, 2008, Interchannel released School Days L×H for the PlayStation 2 in both limited and regular editions, the latter coming bundled with the exclusive Valentine Days OVA DVD. Both versions were rated C by CERO for profanity, the limited edition for sexual intimacy,[7] and contain four additional plot conclusions.

Sequels

A spin-off title of School Days titled Summer Days was developed by 0verflow and published on June 23, 2006.[1] Like its predecessor, the game is an erotic single-player visual novel for the PC, the only exception being that it has no ports. The game is infamous for being released in a highly unstable condition littered with bugs, due to a production error, and the sheer quantity of patches that followed in response. Presently, the game is at a stable version of 2.01. While all the original characters appear in Summer Days, the plot is moderately rewritten to assume that everyone meets during summer vacation, instead of the first two semesters of high school. Setsuna Kiyoura also stars as the main heroine and central protagonist of the game. Another spin-off title, titled Cross Days, is being developed by 0verflow and will be released on February 27, 2009.[1] The story in Cross Days takes place in the same universe as School Days, but does not revolve around the same characters aside from their appearances in the game.

Adaptations

Books and publications

School Days transitioned into several paperback novels. Two novels written by Tome Okada and published by Harvest entitled School Days: Sekai Chapter and School Days: Kotonoha Chapter were released in November and December 2005, respectively. Another novel written by Takuya Baba and published by Jive entitled School Days: Along With You, Sky (スクールデイズ 君といる、空, Sukūru Deizu: Kimi to Iru, Sora) was released on December 16, 2005. A novel written by Hiro Akizuki and published by Jive for the TV anime series entitled School Days: Innocent Blue (School Daysイノセント・ブル, School Days: Inosento Buru) was released in April 2008.

Audio dramas

0verflow released a drama CD entitled School Days: Little Promise on February 24, 2006.[8] An Internet radio show to promote the TV anime series entitled Radio School Days ran between June 26, 2007 and March 28, 2008, published by Lantis Web Radio and Onsen.[9] Three CDs were released between November 21, 2007 and May 21, 2008 containing all forty radio broadcasts. The show was hosted by Shiho Kawaragi (voice of Sekai) and Soyogi Tōno (voice of Kotonoha). Two drama CDs were released by Lantis for the anime series on August 8, 2007 and October 24, 2007.

Manga

See also: List of School Days chapters

A manga adaptation illustrated by Homare Sakegatsu was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Comp Ace between May 26, 2006 and September 26, 2007. It was also collected into two bound volumes published by Kadokawa Shoten under their Kadokawa Comics A label. The first volume containing the first six chapters was released on July 26, 2007,[10] and was followed a second bound volume on November 26, 2007, containing the remaining six chapters.[11]

There has also been two manga anthologies produced by different companies and drawn by a multitude of different artists. The first manga anthology, an adult manga entitled School Days Kotonoha chapter Anthology Comic EX was released by Oaks under their XO Game Comics label, on September 25, 2007. A second manga anthology, released by Ichijinsha under the title School Days Kotonoha Comic Anthology, was released on February 25, 2008 under their DNA Media Comics label.

Anime

See also: List of School Days episodes

A twelve-episode anime series was developed by TNK with joint production by Avex Entertainment, Lantis, Marvelous Entertainment, Pony Canyon and Jinnan Studio. The anime aired in Japan between July 3, 2007 and September 27, 2007 on TV Kanagawa.[12] On July 4, 2007 Chiba TV and TV Aichi also began to air the show with TV Saitama, TV Osaka and AT-X respectively picking it up a day after each other. The series has since been released in six limited and regular edition DVD volumes. Each volume contains one disc with two episodes NTSC formatted in full-color with Digital Theater System audio with each limited edition volume coming bundled with a numeric respective six track radio disc titled Radio School Days Shucchōban, Hoshū. The School Days anime adaptations contain fifty-six music tracks, fourteen of which are vocal themes by various artists. The remaining forty-two are background music tracks arranged by Kaoru Okubo.

Two OVA episodes were also produced and released. On March 28, 2008, a month after the final TV series DVD had been released, TNK released "Magical Heart Kokoro-chan" (マジカルハート☆こころちゃん, Majikaru Hāto☆Kokoro-chan), a magical girl parody spin-off, in both limited and regular editions; the former bundled with a six track radio disc. The other title "Valentine Days" (バレンタイン デイズ, Barentain Deizu) was a DVD exclusively bundled with the limited edition School Days L×H PlayStation 2 port, released with the game on January 17, 2008.

Delay of finale

The day before the final episode was scheduled to air, a sixteen-year-old girl killed her father with an axe in Kyoto. In response, TV Kanagawa replaced the episode, which was known to contain similarly violent material, with half an hour of scenery and classical music to avoid association with the murder. Other stations airing the anime followed suit, except for AT-X, who remained indecisive at the time.[13] In the following week, 0verflow announced that a screening of the episode would take place in the Tokyo area as part of the release of the series first DVD volume, and would require a copy of either the PC game or Summer Days PC game for admission.[14] However, AT-X announced that they would air the last episode on September 27, 2007, with minor alterations in airing times.[15] The screening of the episode that 0verflow announced showed the uncut version of episode twelve, including the blood color change from black back to red, adding back all sound effects that were removed from the broadcast version, and fewer flashbacks. The uncut version of the episode was included in the DVD release on February 27, 2008.

The sudden swap of the last episode to scenery footage came as a shock to many fans, but amidst the outrage, a 4chan contributor commented "Nice boat" in a seemingly calm manner, referring to M/S Skagastøl, the Norwegian Fjord1 ferry shown in the scenery footage. The phrase became an internet meme, and was ranked tenth in Yahoo! Japan's keyword search ranking for the week of September 17 to September 23, 2007.[16] Also, 0verflow decided to name its booth "Nice boat" for the Comiket 73 in December 2007, selling "Nice boat" merchandise along with its normal line of specialty items.[17]

Music

The School Days visual novel contains a total of thirty-three tracks, eight of which are vocal themes. The other twenty-five are background music track arranged by Kiriko / Hiko Sound. The game's opening theme is "Still I Love You: Mitsumeru yori wa Shiawase" (Still I Love You ～みつめるよりは幸せ～) sung by Kiriko, and the main ending theme is "Anata ga...Inai" (あなたが・・・いない) by Minami Kuribayashi. In the PC version, Sekai's ending theme is "Bye-Bye Tears" by Yozuca*, and Kotonoha's ending theme is "Hello My Happiness" by Miyuki Hashimoto. Otome's ending theme is both the PC and PS2 versions is "Secret Zaurus" (シークレット ザウルス, Shikuretto Zaurusu) by Yuria. The ending theme during Christmas Eve in the game is "Futari no Christmas" (二人のクリスマス, Futari no Kurisumasu) by Rino. The ending theme played during the game's bad ends is "Kanashimi no Mukō e" (悲しみの向こうへ) by Kanako Itō. An insert song used during the folk dance is "Let me Love you" by Haruko Momoi. An album entitled School Days Vocal Album featuring the vocal themes was released on April 28, 2005. The game's original soundtrack was released on July 21, 2005.

Reception and sales

According to a national ranking of based on the sales of bishōjo games in Japan, the PC release of School Days premiered at number one in the rankings.[18] It was then dropped to the second place the following two weeks,[19] and the seventeenth on the next ranking,[20] but was raised back to the fifth in the following chart.[21] It then remained at the twenty-seventh for the next month, and was then removed from the chart.[22] School Days was the most widely sold game on Getchu.com for the first and second quarter of 2005,[23] and is the ninth most widely sold game for the overall year.[24]

References

  1. ^ a b c "A list of products on 0verflow's official website" (in Japanese). 0verflow. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  2. ^ "Outline of School Days LxH on its official website" (in Japanese). Interchannel. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  3. ^ "Specification's at the visual novel's official website" (in Japanese). Overflow. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  4. ^ "Ge3DGetchu.com on School Days's original release" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  5. ^ Dengeki G's Magazine. ASCII Media Works. 2008. p. 134. ISBN 4910163650287. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid prefix (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  6. ^ "School Days's official website download page" (in Japanese). 0verflow. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
  7. ^ "School Days L×H CERO ratings" (in Japanese). CERO. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  8. ^ "School Days Little Promise official website" (in Japanese). 0verflow. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  9. ^ "Radio School Days official website" (in Japanese). Lantis. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  10. ^ "Information on School Days's first bound volume" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  11. ^ "Information on School Days's second bound volume" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  12. ^ "School Days (TV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  13. ^ "TV Kanagawa cuts final episode of anime after teenage girl kills father with ax". Mainichi Daily News. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
  14. ^ "Preempted School Days Episode to Show at Tokyo Event". Anime News Network. 2007-09-25. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  15. ^ "Concerning the Broadcast of School Days Episode 12 (Final Episode)". AT-X. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
  16. ^ Fukuda, Jun (2007-09-26). "偏見助長する過剰反応うんざり". Yomiuri Shinbun.
  17. ^ "Comiket 73 0verflow Nice boat website". 0verflow. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
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  23. ^ "Highest selling games of Q1 and Q2 2005 on Getchu.com ranking" (in Japanese). Getchu.com. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  24. ^ "Highest selling games of 2005 on Getchu.com ranking" (in Japanese). Getchu.com. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
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