School Festival (Episode)

School Festival (学祭, Gakusai) is the eighth episode of School Days anime.

Plot Summary
Episode 8, titled School Festival, follows Festival Eve where the festival will finally take place.

This approaches the climax in the series as Kotonoha has asked Makoto to dance with her, and he is being pressured by all the girls in his life to make a choice.

Other events include a maid cafe, and a competing class who stole ideas from 2 other classes doing a combination little sister + zombie themed event.

This leads into episode 9: After Evening Festival when the dance takes place.

Synopsis
Sekai is absent from class the following morning; after keeping Makoto from walking home with Kotonoha, Setsuna convinces him to visit her. Despite Sekai's concerns about the effects of their relationship, Makoto maintains that he prefers her over Kotonoha. The day of the festival arrives, and everything is in full swing. An effort to pull customers to the group's café leaves their hallway in disrepair however, leaving Makoto and Setsuna to fetch supplies. It is during this time that she makes a revelation to him: she will be moving to France soon. She thinks back to when she first met Makoto, how he comforted her when she was picked on, and encouraged to join the student council. Back at school and enveloped with feeling, Setsuna leans down and kisses a sleeping Makoto on the lips to the shock of Kotonoha.

Characters in orders of appearance

 * Saionji Sekai
 * Kiyoura Setsuna
 * Itou Makoto
 * Sawanaga Taisuke
 * Katsura Kotonoha
 * Kuroda Hikari
 * Kanroji Nanami
 * Obuchi Minami
 * Katou Otome
 * Koizumi Natsumi
 * Yamagata Ai