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>>1665347
However, when considering this in the cultural context from which School Days is derived, I found myself more interested in the story and the characters as a representation of the things that are wrong with Japanese society as a result of the emotional suppression, the traditional gender roles, and the call for conformity that are so inherent in all of Japanese visual and popular culture.School Days deals with the suppression of individual emotion and expression in several ways. First, the characters are unable to discuss anything directly, particularly relating to emotion and sexuality. For example, Makoto and Kotonoha use Sekai as a liaison at the start of their relationship; here, not only do they not communicate with one another, but Sekai also hides her own feelings for Makoto. Second, the expressions they use for a sexual act are at best indirect, and at worst descriptive of nothing. They use phrases like "do that sort of thing" and "something like this happened" in relation to sex. No wonder they're all having sex with one another; they're all completely emotionally and sexually repressed, and this kind of illicit relation allows them to express themselves in rebellion against the cultural norms that expect they be hard-working good children who are going to get into a good university and get a good job.