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素直な気持ちで |
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With Honest Feelings and Christmas Eve |
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School Days HQ Name |
With Honesty and Christmas Eve |
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School Days |
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School Days HQ |
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School Days LxH |
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With Honesty and Christmas Eve are respectively one of Sekai's and Kotonoha's endings. With Honesty is moderately difficult to get since the player has to stay devoted to Kotonoha to the point Sekai dates Taisuke and up until the last scene to go back to Sekai or in a different route have an ugly break up with Kotonoha and risk Bloody End. A third route also exists, achieved by going through Innocence and getting Left Behind or Getting Over It as episode 5, which results in neither Taisuke dating Sekai, or risking Bloody End by abandoning Kotonoha. However, this route is also tricky to set up, as to get either Left Behind or Getting Over It as episode 5, the bar must be only slightly into Kotonoha's side coming out of The One I Truly Love. Not doing this will result in Blocked Number, which also leads to Bloody End. This ending is tied directly with with each other as the bar decides which ending the player gets in the final episode.
School Days HQ Title
School Days HQ Title
Route Overview[]
Route A - Makoto trains with Sekai, Sekai dates Taisuke[]
Episode 1 - Confession[]
- Main article: Confession
Episode 2 - The Distance Between Us[]
- Main article: The Distance Between Us
Episode 3 - First Experience[]
- Main article: First Experience
Episode 4 - With Great Reluctance[]
- Main article: With Great Reluctance
Ever since that day, Makoto and Sekai have constantly gone to each other's house to hook up, even though Makoto's still dating Kotonoha. Two days before the school festival, Kotonoha asks Makoto to see the festival together and he accepts. At the school festival, Taisuke comes in to relieve Makoto and tells him to go be with his girlfriend. Makoto goes over to Kotonoha to take her to the festival, only to find her stuck at the reception because Otome Katou and her friends aren't covering their shifts - which, unknown to him, are an attempt to sabotage Kotonoha's chances.
Makoto asking Otome to ask Minami and Natsumi to fill in for Kotonoha, but Otome misunderstands it as him asking to have sex with Minami.
Otome, Minami Obuchi and Natsumi Koizumi are together when they see Makoto and the latter pressures Otome into asking him to see the festival. However, Makoto asks to talk to Otome first, and due to some very poor choice of words, Otome is led to believe Makoto has already slept with Natsumi and now it's Minami's turn even though she's bad. Eventually, Makoto finally speaks plainly and remarks that they skipped their shift, leaving Kotonoha sitting at the reception all this time, clearing up the misunderstanding. Unable to refuse Makoto, Otome takes her shift and Kotonoha leaves with Makoto to see the festival, where he explains his childhood friendship with Otome.
Makoto suggests going to his class' store to eat, but Nanami Kanroji and Setsuna Kiyoura see them together and conspire to break them up for Sekai's benefit. They lie to Makoto and say they're short on people, and after some begging, Makoto decides to help. He only starts helping a little while when Setsuna tells him they're okay, and he goes back only to find Kotonoha gone, Nanami having chased her away when Setsuna had distracted Makoto. Nanami claims Kotonoha had something urgent to do, but her plan falls apart when she fails to come up with an excuse for what Kotonoha would have needed to leave for, leaving her dismayed when Makoto decides to ask Kotonoha in person as her actions have just made him more concerned for her.
Makoto soon finds Kotonoha at the reception, being stunned when she reveals Nanami told her to stay away from him because he's going to see the festival with someone else. Makoto reassures Kotonoha by asking her to believe him instead of her, and Kotonoha anxiously tells Makoto about the break room tradition among the girls before asking Makoto go there with her. When they arrive, Makoto confesses to her and has sex with her. Meanwhile, Sekai is invited to the folk dance by Taisuke and accepts.
The next day at school, Taisuke invites Makoto to a double date at aqua square and he is forced to accept when Taisuke says everyone else is coming. At the train station, Makoto and Sekai run into each other and she says that she'll be buying a new swimsuit beforehand. Nanami and Sekai then go shopping and Nanami helps her boost her confidence and compete with Kotonoha by getting inflatable pads to make her breasts look like an E-cup. At the pool, Sekai sees Kotonoha in her swimsuit and has her confidence completely crushed at seeing the latter's genuine busty figure in contrast to her fake one.
Sekai's confidence is crushed by the size of Kotonoha's breasts
Taisuke and Kotonoha both go on the rides while Sekai and Makoto rest near the poolside. Makoto and Sekai talk and Sekai figures out he and Kotonoha have already had sex, acknowledging that he's effectively chosen Kotonoha over her. However, she says that, because Makoto's such a nice guy, she can't give up on him. She then cries and then tries to cheer herself up by kissing Makoto, claiming that she can really give up now. However, her actions are seen by nearby poolgoers and gets overheard by Kotonoha.
On the train ride home, Kotonoha asks Makoto to kiss her. Makoto initially protests because it's in public, but Kotonoha insists and they kiss. At home, Makoto gets annoyed and confused by Kotonoha's increasingly pushy actions and goes to sleep. On the train ride to school, Kotonoha is very affectionate - more so then normal - and holds onto Makoto's arm during the entire train ride, much to his confusion. At school, Taisuke and Sekai announce they're a couple and are congratulated by Makoto, which also seems to calm Kotonoha more. Makoto and Kotonoha have lunch together and then have sex afterwards. When they're finished, lunchtime is long over and they decide to skip class. But before they do, Kotonoha reveals that she knows Makoto kissed someone at the pool and makes him promise to not kiss anyone else. They then play hooky and the next are chewed out by their teachers - which, in the process, makes it known throughout the school that they're a couple.
Episode 5 - A Christmas Invitation[]
- Main article: A Christmas Invitation
The episode starts with with Sekai and Taisuke in bed, the latter being rather excited while Sekai still maintains an unenthusiastic attitude. Taisuke then asks what she wants as a Christmas present, but she says "nothing in particular", prompting him to ask for Makoto's help later on. When Makoto and Kotonoha are having lunch, the former completely tunes out and Kotonoha deduces it's about Sekai, noting how depressed she's been lately now that Setsuna's transferred. In an attempt to take his mind off things, Kotonoha gives Makoto a blowjob. However, when they go back, Sekai runs out of a room crying and yelling at Taisuke with only half her clothes on - and with semen dripping down her legs from under her skirt. Makoto asks what happened and Taisuke admits it felt too good to pull out before he ejaculated, completely oblivious to what could happen.
Later in the evening, Makoto finds he can't stop thinking about the state Sekai was in and ends up masturbating to the mental image. Taisuke then calls Makoto to talk about their Christmas plans, asking Makoto to come with him and Sekai to figure out what kind of gift she wants for Christmas. They meet up at the Sakakino-cho station later, though Taisuke comes late and has to pay for lunch as punishment. Taisuke goes off with Kotonoha to give Makoto a chance to figure out what Sekai wants. As they shop around, Sekai buys a photo stand because Makoto remarked that he liked it, the latter being unable to stop her in time. Seeing it as her having bought him a gift, Makoto tries to find out what she herself wants, but she replies she doesn't want anything from the store. Meanwhile, Kotonoha goes on a shopping spree while using Taisuke as a mule to carry her bags.
Eventually, they decide to call it a day and go home, but Makoto subtly asks Kotonoha to let him go alone with Sekai so he can find out what she wants, seeming confused with how evasive she's being. Kotonoha takes the hint and Sekai and Makoto take the train together, where he again asks if there's anything she really wants. Sekai, however, answers she can't have what she wants. Confused, Makoto wonders if it's something expensive, but Sekai says it's not something you can put a price on, which only confuses him further and makes him pry harder. Finally, a depressed and discouraged Sekai reveals, much to Makoto's surprise, that what she wants is Makoto himself. Unsure what to say, Makoto then watches as Sekai leaves on the train.
In the evening, Makoto and Taisuke talk on the phone and Makoto states Sekai wanted an antique looking photo stand but she bought it right there immediately, deciding not to tell Taisuke what she actually wanted so as to not hurt his feelings. Kotonoha then calls him to ask about the present, with Makoto replying he failed to get her what she wanted, dropping a hint to her that maybe she wants "something that can't be bought with money". Kotonoha seems to recognize the matter is important to Sekai and says she will ask her herself.
At lunchtime on the roof, Kotonoha meets Sekai and asks if she wants anything at the moment. Sekai doesn't understand fully and answers what she wants for lunch. Kotonoha asks if she wants anything important, to which Sekai melancholically replies she wants a dad, but also remarks how "the grass always seems greener" and her mother mentioned her dad was a hopeless good-for-nothing. Kotonoha seems to realize Sekai is lonely, but takes this at face-value as Sekai just wanting her family together for the holidays, never realizing it goes beyond that.
Thinking she's figured out what had upset Sekai, Kotonoha then asks her advice on her relationship with Makoto to try and change the sad subject. She reveals she's originally been having sex with Makoto because he wanted it, but now she's the one who wants to do it and Makoto's not interested in increasing the pace, fearing that he may be getting bored with what they normally do. She then reveals that, as a change of pace to spice things up, she intends to get a hotel room in Sakakino Hills through her father's connections and become one with Makoto on Christmas Eve, though notes it would cost 400,000 yen and worries Makoto would refuse. Dispirited by how in love Kotonoha is with Makoto, Sekai replies she doesn't think he would refuse. Relieved, Kotonoha asks Sekai to lend her her support, ignorant of just how deeply her happiness has hurt Sekai.
Final Episode - With Honesty/Christmas Eve[]
Sekai sees Kotonoha holding onto Makoto's arm tightly
Sekai is at home in a depressed state when an extremely happy Kotonoha calls her, saying Makoto agreed to come to the hotel with her on Christmas Eve. However, while she thinks she's sharing good tidings with a friend, her news unknowingly causes Sekai to cry. At school, Sekai has lunch with Hikari Kuroda and Nanami, the two realizing how depressed Sekai's become when she passes off Pure Burger, encouraging her to go anyway out of concern. At Pure Burger, they talk and Hikari deduces Sekai's state isn't simply because of Setsuna leaving and starts making negative assumptions about Makoto, getting the idea to prove this is all his fault.
The next day, Makoto is invited to lunch by Nanami and Hikari, much to his surprise. To make it less awkward for them, she also invites Taisuke and Sekai, while Makoto texts Kotonoha to meet with her after class. Meanwhile, Kotonoha is again targeted by the trio, but their bullying fails because of how cheerful a mood she's in. Makoto and the others all have lunch in the AV room, where Nanami and Hikari make up an excuse to leave Sekai and him alone together. Once alone, Makoto notes that Sekai's gotten skinner and looks strung out, trying to alleviate her mood by bringing up how she promised to let him try her handmade lunch and suggests trading lunches with each other and the group. Sekai however doesn't respond to this, instead mentioning she knows about his Christmas plans. Confused at the change of topic, Makoto says that Kotonoha's like a different person now that she's opened up and in turn he's making a real effort to commit to her. Seeing the two talking, Nanami and Hikari then ditch the two entirely and force Taisuke to come with them to give Sekai and Makoto space, but it ultimately doesn't resolve anything. After school, Hikari and Sekai go to the train station, but Sekai catches Makoto and Kotonoha there and gets depressed seeing how happy they are together. Unable to handle it, she goes to a Pure Burger away from the station with Hikari.
Makoto holds Sekai's hand to help her fall asleep.
The next day, Sekai's mother, Youko, asks her to get up for school, but Sekai says she doesn't feel well and wants to take the day off. Youko replies that, even if she's feeling ill, she has to go because her attendance record is in danger - any more absences and she'll have to repeat the year. At school, she runs into a happy Kotonoha, who innocently talks more about the upcoming Christmas, unwittingly depressing Sekai even more. When she gets to class and talks to Makoto about his plans later that day, Sekai belatedly realizes she had fallen in love Makoto but got scared to confess when he told her he liked Kotonoha, and that her efforts to pair him with Kotonoha were her attempt to try and let go of him - only to be left in a vicious cycle of unrequited love and heartbreak at watching him be happy with someone else. Thinking herself an idiot for not being open from the start, Sekai admits she regrets everything she's done, but that now it's too late as confessing now would ruin Makoto and Kotonoha's happiness. This proves to be the final straw for her, breaking down and crying in the middle of class with the resulting spectacle agitating her ill state even further, leading to her being taken to the infirmary by Makoto.
In the infirmary, a bedridden Sekai asks Makoto to hold her hand until she falls asleep, to which a concerned Makoto agrees, his saddened expression implying he feels guilty for being the reason for her state. After she goes to sleep, Makoto takes his leave and is greeted by Nanami in the hall, who accuses Makoto of causing Sekai's depression, being misinformed of their relationship - however, Makoto doesn't say anything in his defense (either because Nanami doesn't let him or because, even though she's wrong about the context, Nanami is still right that he's the reason Sekai ended up this way). She then physically threatens him to not hurt her anymore or she won't forgive him, which Makoto wordlessly acknowledges. Hours later, Sekai wakes up with Nanami by her side.
Route B - Makoto doesn't train with Sekai, Sekai dates Taisuke, Makoto dates Sekai[]
Episode 1 - Confession[]
- Main article: Confession
Episode 2 - The Distance Between Us[]
- Main article: The Distance Between Us
Episode 3 - Conflicting Desires[]
- Main article: Conflicting Desires
Episode 4 - With Great Reluctance[]
- Main article: With Great Reluctance
Episode 5 - The Price of Betrayal
- Main article: The Price of Betrayal
Final Episode - With Honesty
After the hug, Sekai is happy that Makoto chooses her instead of Kotonoha. They then promise each other that they would break up with their current partners and kiss afterwards.
The next day at school, both of them reaffirm their determination to set things right. At lunchtime, Taisuke has lunch with Sekai while Makoto goes to have lunch on the roof with Kotonoha. Kotonoha then asks Makoto to have lunch with her in class 1-4 to quell any doubts from her classmates that she and Makoto are not dating. Makoto, who does not like the idea, remains silent. Noticing that Makoto is silent, Kotonoha asks if he doesn't like the idea, Makoto then wonders could Kotonoha not tell. They get into a brief fight, where Kotonoha says Makoto is more cold and mean towards her today than usual while Makoto insists that he has been always that cold and is not a nice person. They both then have no idea what to say to each other and Kotonoha leaves the roof in frustration. Makoto leaves after a few seconds as well, failing to break up with Kotonoha.
Before class starts, Makoto and Sekai meet. Sekai also failed to break up with Taisuke because he was excited about the Christmas activities he wanted to spend with her and she couldn't bring herself to break his heart. After explaining her side of the story, she asks if Makoto broke up with Kotonoha, to which he responds that before he could they got into a fight. They then tell each other that they will break up with their current partners should the opportunity rise, and kiss before going back to the classroom.
After class ends, Sekai told Makoto that she is planning to break up with Taisuke properly. Makoto, who is not pleased with the hesitancy from Sekai, asks why she is still planning to. Sekai then tells Makoto that she absolutely will break up with Taisuke and asks him to do the same with Kotonoha, to which he also promises. Sekai then tells Taisuke that she wants to discuss matters with him, to which Taisuke responds excitedly while Makoto heads to find Kotonoha.
Once Kotonoha meets Makoto, they both say they want to tell each other something. Kotonoha starts first and she apologizes for walking away from the argument in the manner she did, as well as for suggesting that they should have lunch in class 1-4 as she thought it was selfish and insensitive of her to make that suggestion. Makoto then said it was nothing. Before Kotonoha could be relieved, Makoto tells her he thinks they should break up. Kotonoha is glad that Makoto forgives her and asks if he is breaking up with her solely because of the fight they had earlier, and promises to change everything that Makoto dislikes about her as she pleads to saty together. Kotonoha's plea fail as Makoto insists that they have to break up. Kotonoha then asks if Makoto broke up with her because he hated her, to which he denies that being the case. Before Kotonoha could say anything meaningful, Makoto says they have to break up no matter what and runs away, leaving Kotonoha alone.
After Makoto goes home, Taisuke calls him to tell him that Sekai dumped him as she says she loves someone else and asks if he has any idea who her new boyfriend is, since they are known to be close. Makoto, who sees Taisuke as a good friend, tells him that Sekai's boyfriend is he himself, which shocks Taisuke. Even though Makoto apologizes, it is not enough to salvage their friendship as Taisuke thinks that Makoto backstabbed him by stealing Sekai. Not long after Taisuke hangs up, Sekai arrives at Makoto's home. They then had a walk downstairs and discuss how they broke up with their previous partners.
During the walk, Makoto asks Sekai why she didn't tell Taisuke that he is her new boyfriend, and she tells him that she didn't want to rub salt in Taisuke's wound. Makoto then reveals that he told Taisuke during the call they had, as Makoto still sees him as a good friend and did not want him to be left in the dark, despite knowing that it will, and has, ended their friendship. Sekai then apologizes to Makoto for ending his friendship with Taisuke to which Makoto said it had to happen if they were to get together. Sekai then asks Makoto if he broke up with Kotonoha, to which he said he did, but Kotonoha does not seem to have accepted. Sekai says she kind of saw this coming due to knowing Kotonoha's personality. Makoto then tells Sekai that she is the one he loves the most, which made Sekai happy and they kiss.
The next day after the break up, Kotonoha, who still sees Sekai as the cupid in her relationship with Makoto, asks if they could talk at lunchtime. When Makoto asks who sent the message, Sekai says it was nothing.
At lunchtime, Kotonoha tells Sekai that Makoto broke up with her yesterday and she thinks he is just joking. However, she is worried that Makoto is being seduced by another girl as he seemed a bit off yesterday. She asks Sekai figure out who is seducing Makoto because they sit next to each other in class and are close and she thinks that Sekai is the only one who can help her. Kotonoha then says she cannot lose to whoever is seducing Makoto and tells Sekai that she has booked a hotel room on Christmas Eve to spend time with Makoto on that day because of the day's special meaning to couples. She was able to because of her father's connections. She is convinced that Makoto will come to meet her and will wait until then. Kotonoha has a feeling that Makoto has already moved on from her and is dating another girl and that he could not come, like Sekai suggested. She then shares her terrible experience with social relationships before meeting Makoto and that he allowed her to feel the warmth and joy of being with someone else. Should Makoto not like her anymore, she will be in even more emotional pain than before, so much so that she wants to die instead of experiencing it again since she now knows how great it is to be with someone. Kotonoha even feels that Makoto is as important as her life to her and there will be no point in living anymore should Makoto hate her, to which Sekai disagrees. Kotonoha then tells Sekai she has already sent the message to Makoto and she will kill herself if he doesn't come. Sekai tries to stop her from thinking about killing herself in case Makoto does not show up and tells her that if Kotonoha is that strong-willed, Makoto will come, before telling her that Makoto is definitely dating someone else if he wants to break up with her and revealing that she knows it is the truth because Makoto's new girlfriend is Sekai herself and apologizes.
Kotonoha is in complete denial as Sekai brought them together and believes that there is no way that Sekai, of all people, would do such a thing to her. Sekai then tells Kotonoha that she loved Makoto for a long time and she only hooked them up because she wants to be close to Makoto and Makoto had a crush on her then; yet she still loves Makoto as much as she did. If anything, she loves him more and more as time develops. Kotonoha then asks about Sekai's relationship with Taisuke, to which she said she and Taisuke broke up. Kotonoha tries to tell Sekai how deeply Taisuke loves her until Sekai says the one she truly loves is Makoto and apologizes again. Kotonoha asks if this is a one-sided thing from Sekai, to which she says Makoto also loves her and once again apologizes. Kotonoha, who now knows that Sekai is the one who seduced Makoto, says she will not give up without a fight as Sekai asks her to give up. She said she will send the message and let Makoto decide who his girlfriend is based on who he spends Christmas Eve with.
Back in the classroom, Sekai asked if Makoto received the message from Kotonoha, to which Makoto says yes and he made a bet with Kotonoha that he would only go to the hotel with her if she managed to find a room. He is also surprised that Kotonoha managed to find one. Sekai then asks Makoto to meet her at the platform in the train station where they had their first kiss on Christmas Eve. She tells Makoto that she will be waiting for him there. Makoto is a bit undecided on who he wants to be with. After school, Sekai repeats that she will be waiting before leaving in a hurry. Makoto still seems like he is undecided.
After pondering for a while at home, Makoto tells himself that he has to settle things properly today and choose one of the girls to be his girlfriend. He then takes the train while ignoring multiple phone calls, which seems to be from Kotonoha. The events that happened afterwards is the same as With Honesty from the second paragraph onwards.
Route C
Episode 1 - Confession
- Main article: Confession
Episode 2 - The Distance Between Us[]
- Main article: The Distance Between Us
Episode 3 - First Experience[]
- Main article: First Experience
Episode 4 - The Same Feelings[]
Main article: The Same Feelings
Episode 5 - Left Behind[]
Main article: Left Behind
Christmas Eve[]
Nanami mentions Makoto's gone home and that he had something he said absolutely had to do. Sekai sadly notes that she'd been "dumped", since Makoto's left her in the infirmary and starts sobbing as it sinks in that she has well and truly lost the boy she loved. In an attempt at comfort, Nanami invites Sekai to spend Christmas with her, her boyfriend and his boyfriend's sister - and explaining that, if Sekai can keep the sister busy, she'll have a chance to spend some time with her boyfriend. Having no other plans, Sekai accepts.
At a rather expensive hotel, Kotonoha looks out of a very large window in the suite she's rented when Makoto comes in, both of them dressed in bathrobes. Kotonoha expresses embarrassment at this, absentmindedly noting how romantic the setting is before the two kiss.
Calling her beautiful, Makoto then confesses that he loves her more than anything in the world - and even goes as far as to say how, for the sake of protecting his feelings for her, he doesn't care who those feelings hurt. When Kotonoha asks what he means by that, he says to not worry about it and it's his resolve to love her and only her for the rest of his life - and by extension, having accepted the consequences that come with committing to one person. Overwhelmed by the gesture, Kotonoha overcomes all inhibitions and she and Makoto consummate their love.
In the afterglow, Kotonoha comments on having never known how wonderful sex could be with someone you love, which Makoto agrees with, the two voicing a shared desire to always love the other this way. The scene then closes out, with Kotonoha's closing words being "Makoto-Kun, I love you".
With Honesty[]
Nanami mentions that Makoto's gone home and that he had something he absolutely had to do. Sekai thinks to herself about him going to Kotonoha and then leaves to go home herself.
Sekai's waiting for her train at the train station and realizes she hasn't eaten anything today. She takes a bite of her sandwich and is reminded that she promised to make him sandwiches and that she never did. She cries and closes her eyes and says she wanted him to try them. To her surprise, Makoto holds her hand and bites her sandwich and says it's delicious. Sekai asks why and that he's supposed to be with Kotonoha at the hotel room. Makoto reveals he decided to follow his heart and proclaims that he loves her. He then asks her to love him back too and Sekai throws away the sandwich, hugs Makoto and says the she loves him.
It's unknown how Kotonoha reacted to this.
In one scene on another route, there's a discussion between Kotonoha and Sekai, where Kotonoha says "I guess there may be someone seducing Makoto. Well, I guess a good solution is to invite him to a luxurious hotel at Christmas. If he doesn't come to the hotel, I will kill myself." This indicates that To Honesty is just another version of Forever.
Trivia[]
- If every choice is ignored (time-out), the player will follow The Distance Between Us, Conflicting Desires, With Great Reluctance and A Christmas Invitation to eventually end up on With Honesty, which makes it one of the easiest endings to get after Bloody End.
- The suite Kotonoha and Makoto spend their Christmas Eve costs 400000 JPY per night, according to Kotonoha’s statement while discussing Christmas plan with Sekai, much to the latter’s shock as replying that her mother won’t be able to make that kind of money in a month, then Kotonoha says her mother will pay the fee.