School Rumble

I just finished the first season and I absolutely loved it!!! Of the "slice of life" really light series this is the one I've liked the most.

I never thought I would like it this much.. At first I found animation a little different.. and found the characters, specially kenji like someone I would never like... I really didn't think it was going to be this good.... up till the first five minutes of the first chapter!! When I gave it a couple of minutes, I realized it was the funniest series I had ever seen.

Everything is so silly and many times stuff just doesn't make any sense, but believe me.. its great.. You must watch it. Also, in between the really silly stuff, there is a pretty interesting romantic story.. You get really fond of most the characters.. the girls are really really cute and Kenji is really... unlucky...

In the technical stuff the series is also good... Although animation is a bit strange, I ended up liking it a lot!! Opening and ending are great.. they tend to stick in your head... like those songs you just cant get out of your mind.. they are so cool and fun.. I guess what I liked the most is that I felt like a little kid while watching it... they make fun of the Power Rangers and a bunch of other animes... its so so so fun!!! Well.

I guess the main thing I wanted to say is that this is a top notch series.. and you should definitely watch it.

Im about to start the second term.. I hope to find it just as good.

If you enjoyed the first series of School Rumble I'm sure you will love this one too. Class 2-C are back and their adventures are just as insane as ever; Harima is still in love with Tenma, her sister Yakumo falls for Harima while helping him with his artwork and Tenma still likes Karasuma although she spends less time chasing him this series. The rest of the class get into adventures just as funny as those in the first series.

As well as episodes featuring their day to day lives there are many surreal episodes such as one where they appear to be fighting to the death to determine what they should do for their class's cultural festival.

I wasn't sure whether the first series was aimed at boys or girls, this one felt as if it was aimed more at boys as the level of fan service involving the girls was increased noticeable... although they didn't show too much, it was mostly suggestive.

I watched the series dubbed in to English and thought the voice actors did a really good job. While I don't think it is essential to watch the original series to enjoy this I suspect things would make more sense in the early episodes if you had seen it.

Lots of funny moments happen in School Rumble, like: 1. When Tenma leaved Tennoji, Harima came to Tennoji to entertain him but finally Harima punch him 2. On school's trip, Harima threw away from veteran's bus to truck which contains of pigs, to train 3. When Tenma hug Mikoto, but she complained about Mikoto's breast which too big 4. In English test, when Harima warn Tenma if she forgot to write her name, he mouthing some words. 5. School's physical measurement canceled because both Harima & Tenma disguise as doctor & nurse until both of them surprised each other. 6. When Tenma decided go to school by bike and she hoped she can go together with Karasuma, her dream missed until both Karasuma, Tenma, and Harima chased each other until overtake train and car

When I found this series on Funimation's YouTube channel I though it might be similar to Azumanga Daioh which I really enjoyed. There are a few similarities; they are both set in a Japanese high school and have a similar style of animation but that is about it. Instead of being subtle with no romance this is all about romance and is as subtle as a kick in the head... it is funny though, very funny.

The story follows the lives and loves of Class 2-C, the problem for the students is that everybody seems to be in love with somebody that doesn't love them back and few of them can find the courage to tell the objects of their desires how they feel anyway. The main characters are Tenma who is besotted with otherworldly Karasuma and tough guy Kenji Harima who only returned to school because he is obsessed with Tenma. There is quite a large cast of secondary characters but they are drawn in a way that makes it easy to remember who is who. While these may be secondary characters many of them appear in most episodes so they don't feel like lesser characters; they are all lots of fun.

While nobody is saying how they feel about each other everybody is jumping to conclusions about who likes who and almost always being wrong leading to a few amusing confrontations. While somewhat exaggerated most of their activities are believable although a few are pushing the boundaries of believability.

I'm not totally sure whether this is aimed at boys or girls, many of the romantic elements seem aimed at girls but the girls do appear in their bikinis in a couple of episodes and these look as they are meant to appeal to the male viewers... don't worry that is the limit of female flesh on show. I guess it might appeal to both equally. I'd certainly recommend it to anybody who likes madcap anime, it does for the school genre what Excel Saga does for the action genre.

These comments are based on watching the English dub of the series, I normally prefer my anime subbed but it was unavailable. I still thought the English voice artists did a good job though.

Even though the subject is not something particularly exciting for me, I can't help but keep watching this show. Really love the characters and their fun interactions. The drawings are nice, the high school ambiance is refreshing, and the story are pretty silly, yet without turning into non-sense.

The story is mainly about two characters. The boy loves the girl, and the girl loves another boy. Yet, all other characters in the story are interesting as well, and have more or less a love interest in mind. Most stories are pretty much about guys chasing girls and girls chasing guys, so if you're not into that sort of thing, then this show might not be your cup of tea.

Lastly, what I like most about this show is actually the music in the ending credit. For some reason, that song really sticks to me.