Nice Boat. (2007)NSFW

added Apr 15, 2009 at 08:31AM UTC

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On the day before the airing of the final episode of School Days in Japan, a 16 year old girl killed her father with an axe in Kyoto. Due to an extremely similar scene present in the episode and to avoid relation to the axe murder, TV Kanagawa replaced it with a half hour of unrelated scenery with “Air on a G String” playing in the background. Among the shock and rage expressed among fans, a 4chan user commented “Nice Boat”, referring to the Norwegian ferry shown in the replacement footage. Immediately the phrase became a meme, however is far more popular in Japan than in English speaking countries.

Media

Inevitably the meme spawned a tribute video.

The finale scene in question:

Original boat scene:

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The meme was most popular on the few months of the finale.

Acknowledgement

The author of School Days, 0verflow, renamed their Comiket 73 booth to Nice Boat in honor of the meme.

Anime News Network: animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-19/last-school…

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11 Comments

Goomba
Apr 16, 2009 at 12:44AM UTC , Goomba wrote:

Hate to be typical, but LOL.

Blah-tan
Apr 16, 2009 at 02:39AM UTC , Blah-tan wrote:

HTML is broken. Can an admin fix this?

Nintendork
Jul 01, 2009 at 11:11PM UTC , Nintendork wrote:

I think I should make a macro of that second video. What would YOU do for a Klondike bar?

Nintendork
Jul 02, 2009 at 12:22AM UTC , Nintendork wrote:
Okay, just did.
Qwertyuiop
Jul 09, 2009 at 04:06AM UTC , Qwertyuiop wrote:

That IS a nice boat…

beesandjam :D
Jul 09, 2009 at 04:20AM UTC , beesandjam :D wrote:

It’s not a nice boat

IT’S A EPIC BOAT!

Inunah
Jul 11, 2009 at 07:27PM UTC , Inunah wrote:

I lol’d when the remix made Hatsune-chan say “Nice Boat”.

They should do this to people in america one time for April Fools day. Just play nice boat for 30 or more minutes.

Maybe they should do it when they play the last ep of School Days if they play it on TV.

pikachugirl2
Aug 23, 2009 at 08:43PM UTC , pikachugirl2 wrote:

I remember watching this whole series and being shocked at the end with Sekai getting killed after killing Makoto.

But wouldn’t it have been banned because of the Kotonoha-Sekai scene, considering Kotonoha killed Sekai with a japanese saw(much more like an axe)

Yeah, Makoto got what he deserved.

And not only that, but at the VERY last few seconds of the final episode, Kotonoha IS ON A SIMILAR BOAT. WTF? Is that where this all came from?

I didn’t even know this was a meme until a year after I finished the series.

ieatatsonic
Aug 31, 2009 at 11:02PM UTC , ieatatsonic wrote:

So THIS is how it happened. I knew it had something to do with School Days, but I didn’t know what.

Wringer
Nov 14, 2009 at 04:28AM UTC , Wringer wrote:

im on a boat

Glass Sorter
Nov 16, 2009 at 02:56AM UTC , Glass Sorter wrote:

@Wringer: I’m assuming said boat is nice? :P
This really makes me want to watch School Days now lol.

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