It’s not uncommon for a woman to mistake common health symptoms for being pregnancy symptoms. The “morning sickness” was most likely induced from being overly emotional, stressed and upset.

oh well…the gore effect was like Higurashi no Koro ni with the black blood thinggy ~

I decided to look back at the anime ending because I wanted to see how the School Days anime affects me as an anime fan in the long term. In other words, after like 10-20 years, will I look back at School Days and talk about it? We all know an anime series is often left forgotten after it ends to make way for new anime. As an anime fan for over 20 years, this isn’t the first time an anime ends in tragedy or something depressing. Eva had their ending where nearly everyone turned into LCL. Ideon ended with every character in that series as well as a portion of universe blown to bits by the Ideon Gun. Devilman ended with Earth turned into an apocalypse. And even Osamu Tezuka himself made short stories and some known series like Umi no Triton where it ended unhappily.

One thing I give credit to the School Days anime is that the events and the ending itself CAN happen in the real world one way or another. Somewhere out there, there are real life versions of Makoto, Kotonoha, and Sekai. So I can say that School Days is not just a tragic romance-story anime, but also a cautionary story of the consequences one gets thru infidelity, seduction, temptation, and deception. Nonetheless, time will tell if we and the next generation of anime fans will continue to talk of an anime like School Days.

I will however, complain if the next wave of anime titles decide to make copycats of School Days (there have been a huge number of titles making a copycat of Evangelion since that show’s success).

Theory #1 - Sekai really was pregnant with Makoto’s child (Sekai’s story)
This theory is certainly plausible. There are numerous scenes showing Sekai in different stages of realization of a pregnancy, including headaches, nausea, and the ever-popular knowing stomach rub. According to Sekai, she has missed 1 (or more ) of her periods. Also included as evidence was her observation that she has never had sex with anyone but Makoto (uncontested) and that she was Makoto’s first partner, during which time they “taught” each other. This lends credence to the thought that Makoto might not have been practicing safe sex practices. However, these statements cannot be fully trusted as Sekai is not fully trustworthy.

Theory #1a - Sekai was pregnant with someone else’s child
Dismissed as implausible. As Makoto’s loudmouth friend Taisuke is the only other viable male character, who had never shown any interest in Sekai, this complicates things unnecessarily and with no factual basis.

Theory #2 - Sekai was not pregnant and fabricated the story to bind Makoto to her (Kotonoha’s story)
To give this theory equal time, it must be said that Sekai’s pregnancy being a lie is plausible. Primary evidence for this theory comes from the doubtful source of a psychotic Kotonoha, who had just recently discovered the corpse of her lover, sawn off his head, and used it in a trap for his suspected murderer. She may have accused Sekai of lying to further push Sekai off-balance. However, Sekai herself is an accomplished liar, who is frequently untrue even to herself. As Kotonoha stands over the body of her slain opponent, she cuts Sekai open, to “find out for herself.” She claims to discover no pregnancy, but this too is put in doubt thanks to A. Kotonoha’s shaky mental state, B. her presumed lack of autopsy/anatomy skills, and C. dim lighting conditions. It is entirely possible that she either missed or didn’t know what to look for or where in the first place. Finally, for this theory to work, all instances of Sekai physically referring to pregnancy beforehand (such as nausea), whether observed by others or not, would have to have been an act, or attributed to some other illness, such as stress.

Theory #2a - Sekai was not pregnant, but believed herself to be, and underwent a hysterical pregnancy
I have to admit that this theory is attractive in that it marries the best and most likely details from both Sekai’s story and Kotonoha’s. In this version, the stress of dating Makoto secretly, followed by the betrayal of her best friend and the open infidelity of Makoto caused Sekai to believe that she has become pregnant. Her body followed suit, acting as if this was the case, even without conception. Given Sekai’s state of mind and frequent bouts of depression, this seems possible, if not likely. Although Kotonoha’s autopsy skills are still in question, this theory also stands when Kotonoha declares that she found no pregnancy.