SRZ (School Rumble Z) Manga discussion

[kenjiharima]

she has, but Harima still has his tunnel vision, that Tenma likes Karasuma is just a stone in his way
^^

SR won't continue for now

Thanks for the explanation. ;)

[Talitor]

SR won't continue for now

Which is why I asked if anyone here thinks it WILL continue :D I'm full aware that nothing related to SR is coming out RIGHT NOW, but I want to know if I'm the only one who believes it will continue eventually.

[harimakenjisan]

Eh. Youse might call me naiive but im still waiting ._. not gonna give up yet.

[Talitor]

That's the spirit, soldier!
It's definitely no naive, no. The way it ended... it has SO much potential. Don't you think so?

I would give Kobayashi at least half a year. If he hasn't suggested anything towards SR in half a year, then we can start saying it's naive to believe for the serie to keep going.
Some site where I read the chapter 10 of Z series, it said "incomplete" and "waiting for chapter 11 release". Might be their mistake, since I thought it was clearly stated pretty much everywhere that the Z serie has ended with the 10th chapter. Hmm...

[yakumo-chan]

Eh. Youse might call me naiive but im still waiting ._. not gonna give up yet.

yeah! me too!
i wont giving up that easily!:heh:

[kenjiharima]

KJ's just busy now on NNA, he said he might do a college SR, but he's busy. =S

[Solafighter]

KJ's just busy now on NNA, he said he might do a college SR, but he's busy. =S

At least, he said, that he might be able to do it.

[Talitor]

he said he might do a college SR, but he's busy. =S

Quite interesting piece of information I hadn't even heard of! Big thanks for that! I would greatly appreciate if you could provide source for this, I really want to see what he suggested about new SR myself, since I have no idea where to look for such information. Link, or something?

Thanks in advance, Mr. Hario :D

[Gambino009]

I hope he makes NNA a really short series... I can never get into that meh

I'll patiently await for another chance, until then let's hope some mofo out there scans chapter 9 and becomes our new hero.

Oh wait.. I wanted to discuss something

Despite knowing what the spoilers said about chapter 9 and having absolutely no one scan it for almost three months or more..

What could have possibly gone wrong there? I mean let's be real here (none of that fans hate Yakumo shit) it happened to chapter 4 as well

could there be something special about it? That was meant to be saved.. or let's say, Solve something?

[Sephiroth_760]

Oh wait.. I wanted to discuss something

Despite knowing what the spoilers said about chapter 9 and having absolutely no one scan it for almost three months or more..

What could have possibly gone wrong there? I mean let's be real here (none of that fans hate Yakumo shit) it happened to chapter 4 as well

could there be something special about it? That was meant to be saved.. or let's say, Solve something?

I asked myself that question, too
it's the same with nna
I just recently found a fansub of nna 11 but nna 12 was already subbed somewhere :0
ppl don't wanted to fansub nna 11 or what :0
just like with chapter 9
seems like ppl are not interested to translate it >.<
maybe too much text? lol

[yakumo-chan]

KJ's just busy now on NNA, he said he might do a college SR, but he's busy. =S
never heard of it....
where did you get that info....:D
I hope he makes NNA a really short series... I can never get into that meh
me too.....;)



could there be something special about it? That was meant to be saved.. or let's say, Solve something?

i hope so....
for the sake of yakumo!
I'm gonna wait for it!
yakumo! dont give up! you can do it!:D:D:D:D

[Bullet2k4]

im willing to buy the manga and scan the chapter up up if i knew where to buy it.i want to know what the hell went on in chapter 9

[Talitor]

im willing to buy the manga and scan the chapter up up if i knew where to buy it.i want to know what the hell went on in chapter 9

I'm pretty sure there's no need to go that far, it will surely be eventually uploaded. People have been asking about it for so much I'm sure someone is already doing something about it. I would give it couple of weeks at least. I think I saw someone somewhere who said he's already ordered the manga with that mysterious Chapter 9 of Z in it, but was still waiting for it to arrive.
We should wait and see for now.

[kenjiharima]

never heard of it....
where did you get that info....:D

old interview before SR ended.

Also Yakumo is now amongst the girls that didn't end up with a male character she likes.

[Talitor]

old interview before SR ended.

What I want to know is where can we find this interview ^^ We would like to see it too :D

Also Yakumo is now amongst the girls that didn't end up with a male character she likes.

For the time being, yea... Suou was left with kind of cliffhanger as well. And Sawachika didn't get the one she wanted, either. Aaand many more :D

There's still so many things left unsolved, man the announcement of "College Rumble" would make my day :-)

[yakumo-chan]

Suou was left with kind of cliffhanger as well.

she already got hanai in chapter 5

[Talitor]

she already got hanai in chapter 5

Wasn't that just a spinoff story?

Kinda like the ones Harima and Hanai often imagine during the whole SR series, for example those knight/princess tales and such.
Chapter 5 doesn't seem to have that serious tone as the actual SR story has.

Might be just me, though. That's the idea I got from reading it.

[kenjiharima]

Ok if School Rumble Z is a spin off then nothing is resolved.

We're still in the canon PIE END!

go to 2ch and use google translate. I dunno if the talk of KJ's interview is still there.

[Solafighter]

Ok if School Rumble Z is a spin off then nothing is resolved.

We're still in the canon PIE END!

go to 2ch and use google translate. I dunno if the talk of KJ's interview is still there.

AH! Alright. So let us all decide, that SRZ is a spin off. :eyespin: :eyespin: :eyespin: :eyespin: :eyespin:


If not, never forget, my car is ready. :cool:
If you happen to see KJ, post it here, right away. ;)

[yakumo-chan]

as far as i can see...

the only chapters that are the spin offs there was chapter 1-3 and chapter 7

[uis]

Anyway chapter 10 is the last chapter of SRZ...
I really hope more School Rumble... *i still cant believe it end like that after faggin SR more than five years lol...*

[kenjiharima]

If not, never forget, my car is ready. :cool:
If you happen to see KJ, post it here, right away. ;)

Iam on it! :cool::cool::cool:

[Talitor]

as far as i can see...

the only chapters that are the spin offs there was chapter 1-3 and chapter 7

What he said, but I would add chapter 4 to that category as well. ^_^

The whole Z series is not a spinoff, it just has those chapters which have nothing to do with anything, a few of them. For example during the 2nd term we see these weird illusions in Hanai's mind where he goes off to save princess Tsukamoto, or when Harima is hero-samurai who saves the tea house from bankrupt (or whatever it was). Basically, the Z series continues this humorous tradition of the SR series, with the instance that most of the chapters are spinoff stories, and are not related in the actual storyline in any way.
But for example, chapter 6 of the Z series seems like the real thing, piece of the actual storyline. Catching my drift?

[yakumo-chan]

What he said, but I would add chapter 4 to that category as well. ^_^



for me...
chapter 4 is a canon:D

why not canon?

there is nothing in there that is not canon.......

also...
chapter 4 adds another mysterious in the story....

whats with yakumo's personality?????:confused:
http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv88/krizzaneil/088.jpg?t=1246281174http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv88/krizzaneil/077.jpg?t=1246281216
http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv88/krizzaneil/0100.jpg?t=1246281241

its kinda weird.... but cool.....

[Talitor]

for me...
chapter 4 is a canon:D

why not canon?

there is nothing in there that is not canon.......

also...
chapter 4 adds another mysterious in the story....

whats with yakumo's personality?????:confused:

its kinda weird.... but cool.....

THAT'S one of the things which can reveal whether the things are canon or non-canon: change in personality. Don't you think the situation/set-up was far from the one we see in the 'actual' SR series?

[yakumo-chan]

THAT'S one of the things which can reveal whether the things are canon or non-canon: change in personality. Don't you think the situation/set-up was far from the one we see in the 'actual' SR series?

but we have already seen that personality of yakumo..,

i think its episode 26 of nigakki....
where Tenma destroyed her precious book given by her loving father...

that episode was the most crying moments of school rumble for me....

i cried in that episode...
yakumo is hugging that book saying......

"father gave this to me"

Tenma is just stairing at the door......

:(............

[Talitor]

but we have already seen that personality of yakumo..,

i think its episode 26 of nigakki....
where Tenma destroyed her precious book given by her loving father...

that episode was the most crying moments of school rumble for me....

i cried in that episode...
yakumo is hugging that book saying......

"father gave this to me"

Tenma is just stairing at the door......

:(............

People mature during years. :)
Kids always quarrel, but as it's stated in the series several times, Yakumo thinks of others rather than herself. What we saw in those scans you showed us is definitely NOT the personality we see in the actual storyline. :)

Other than that, Chapter 4 of Z series is definitely spinoff.

[yakumo-chan]

. What we saw in those scans you showed us is definitely NOT the personality we see in the actual storyline. :)

Other than that, Chapter 4 of Z series is definitely spinoff.

you will never know....:heh:
i dont know but... i think its a canon....

about yakumo's changing personality in chapter 4......
i think KJ is trying to show us something.......
i dont but.... im kinda interested in it.... chapter 4.....

[zebra]

Chapter 5 doesn't seem to have that serious tone as the actual SR story has.
Ha, I must be drunk. I just read the words 'serious tone' and 'SR' in the same sentence! :D

I'm aware that SR became a lot more dramatic around the walking festival, BUT it is a total gag series that is overall not serious at all.
The basic story of SR is just a tale of unrequited crushes, misunderstandings, failed communication, misunderstandings and obliviousness. Ah, did I mention misunderstandings yet? It has it's sad / aww moments, but basically it's just a comedy.

I also don't think there's some big revelation awaiting us in chap 9. If there was something like that it would have been scanned long ago :D
I also think chance go up for a scan now, that the volume of SRZ comes out.

[Talitor]

Ha, I must be drunk. I just read the words 'serious tone' and 'SR' in the same sentence! :D

I'm aware that SR became a lot more dramatic around the walking festival, BUT it is a total gag series that is overall not serious at all.
The basic story of SR is just a tale of unrequited crushes, misunderstandings, failed communication, misunderstandings and obliviousness. Ah, did I mention misunderstandings yet? It has it's sad / aww moments, but basically it's just a comedy.

Hmm I had a typo, I mean chapter 4 ><

But you know full well what I meant with that "serious tone" thing, I mean serious storywise.

But as goes for chapter 9, so far I've managed to find two (or at least) one scanned page of it... but it's nothing new, since I noticed someone already has posted them here before. *Sigh*

[Gambino009]

I also agree about the personality being way too different.

Back in the childhood day in the story.. Tenma really crossed the line of idiocy and scarred Yakumo by destroying precious things that had sentimental value to her. But everything was resolved when Tenma was forgiven after she robbed the Library and gave Yakumo the same book she destroyed.

Chapter 4 doesn't make any sense.. since Yakumo was always nice and just had her few little moments with her sister.. not enough to warrant a chaotic personally that drastically gets changed into the shy/warm Yakumo we know.

[Sephiroth_760]

Chapter 4 doesn't make any sense.. since Yakumo was always nice and just had her few little moments with her sister.. not enough to warrant a chaotic personally that drastically gets changed into the shy/warm Yakumo we know.

that may be, but you know, there are years between SRZ chapter 4 and normal SR
humanity is able to change much in a enough time, and I think a few years might be enough time

after all in SRZ chapter 4 Itoko is still a student and in SR she's a teacher!

maybe many ppl just dont know other ppls who changed that much in life, but there's still a possibility
it may be the case for Yakumo

[Talitor]

that may be, but you know, there are years between SRZ chapter 4 and normal SR
humanity is able to change much in a enough time, and I think a few years might be enough time

after all in SRZ chapter 4 Itoko is still a student and in SR she's a teacher!

maybe many ppl just dont know other ppls who changed that much in life, but there's still a possibility
it may be the case for Yakumo

As I stated before, the reason why the situation is so darn bizarre in chapter 4 is probably the fact it just may be a spin-off...

Think about the timeline. Itoko was at school like 10 years before the events in the series... Wouldn't that mean Yakumo would be 6 years old? She's quite lengty for a six year old in that picture ;)

This makes me think even more so that the chapter 4 has nothing to do with the actual storyline.

[Sephiroth_760]

As I stated before, the reason why the situation is so darn bizarre in chapter 4 is probably the fact it just may be a spin-off...

Think about the timeline. Itoko was at school like 10 years before the events in the series... Wouldn't that mean Yakumo would be 6 years old? She's quite lengty for a six year old in that picture ;)

This makes me think even more so that the chapter 4 has nothing to do with the actual storyline.

fact is, that SRZ originally was plant to be a spin-off
what KJ thinks of it himself, we dont know

she might look very tall, but take a closer look
http://www.onemanga.com/School_Rumble_Z/4/12/
she's not much taller than Tenma is

and it doesn't have to be 10 years
Itoko looks still young in SR
she might just recently entered the job as teacher (I don't remember that it was said when she entered the job, if I'm wrong, correct me pls^^)
and if she was already in the 3rd year of high school in that chapter, there would be about 4 years (I dont know, too, correct me if I'm wrong) of academic studies after graduation from high school, then after those 4 years I guess they have to do a master course, which lasts 2 years to do a job like "teacher" (info source: wikipedia^^)

so if I'm correct this chapter could be only about 7 years before SR

[yakumo-chan]

the reason of yakumo's changing personality is because she hates christmas and her father....

take a look....
http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv88/krizzaneil/055-1.jpg?t=1246332325

if yakumo could only bring this personality back..... the story of yakumo would be much more interesting.......

my theories of yakumo's changing personality are:

1.her wishes from christmas never came true.....

2.her parents died....

3.she found out that she was an adopted child, and tenma was an only child..... she is jealous at tenma... and could be the reason why she hates her sister back then.... but time passes by.... she learns how to love her fake sister back....

[Gambino009]

I've brought some poll results with Eri and Yakumo


Who do you prefer?

Yakumo
483
52%

Eri
435
47%


Votos Totales: 918

Prettiest girl in School Rumble?

Eri
328
40%

Tenma
42
5%

Miko-chin
31
3%

Akira
6
0%

Yakumo
332
41%

Kare-rin
19
2%

Lala
9
1%

Itoko-sensei
20
2%

Sasakura-sensei
2
0%

Anegasaki Tae
4
0%

Otra (Especifica)
15
1%


Votos Totales: 808


Best pair for Harima

Tenma
65
7%

Yakumo
366
41%

Eri
435
49%

Otra
8
0%


Votos Totales: 874

This are latin board results... Eri only beats Yakumo in couples with Harima as expected.
The Wannabe forum results are rather silly, I haven't even checked the polls here

[Solafighter]

Prettiest girl, Akira, not even 1 %?

...

Poor Akira. :uhoh:

[Talitor]

About those parent things...

I kept wondering how the heck we see only Eri's and Suou's parents? :D
Is it common in Japan to live on their own at that age?

Other than that, when I mentioned about that 10-year-gap, I didn't mean exactly ten years, that was just lucky guess or something. (Maybe it was unlucky guess, technically)

So... if NNA is heading towards an end soon (people have been suggesting that a lot) that would leave room for College Rumble :D
Unless KJ is gonna do something unexpected and make an anime about hot-airballoon-enthusiasm :eyespin:

[Gambino009]

The anime is coming to an end correct? If that's so.. then you could expect at least 100+ chapters if KJ decides to move the story on.. and a second season.

That's the worst that can happen.. I would want a new School rumble season

and Suou's parents are funny.. to think they'd let their daughter date a 45+ looking old man and believe he's still a highschool student named Asou.

If all parents in Japan were like that.. then we'd all should move to Japan when we hit that age =p j/k

man.. it'd sure would be nice to get a feel for those traditional Japanese highschools though

[zebra]

I still don't get how SR can be called serious. Spin offs like that existed very often in the series itself, e.g. mamoth hunt, detective at the onsen, future robot tenma, fantasies of Tenma or Harima etc
It has it's moments but they are few in comparison. They are played out good, so they stick in the memory vividly.

I also agree about the personality being way too different.
This makes me think even more so that the chapter 4 has nothing to do with the actual storyline.Huh? I always assumed SRZ #4 isn't the reason Yamo changed, but the book incident we see at the end of season 2 :confused:

And comparing them in the manga itself it's not easy to tell where they're supposed to be younger (could also just be an art shift).
previously posted SRZ4 Page (http://www.onemanga.com/School_Rumble_Z/4/12/) - Page of SR #174 (http://www.onemanga.com/School_Rumble/174/04/)

Gut feeling says #174 should come chronogicaly first, but meh.
We know they're supposed to be in elementary school (Itoko is in high school so it should fit with the age, she's in her twenties in SR after all). Also I doubt Yakumo's attitude problem got resolved at once. It's a gradual process. Would have been a tad extreme if she was throwing things at her sister and would have been the gentle Yakumo we know the next day. So SRZ #4 could just support SR #174 since the time gap couldn't be more then one or two years.


and Suou's parents are funny.. to think they'd let their daughter date a 45+ looking old man and believe he's still a highschool student named Asou.
They were teasing her XD They knew he wasn't Asou. They are always teasing Mikoto to no end.
They remind me a lot of my parents <.<

As for NNA I still don't get into it. Even after 7 of 13 episodes. Hajime is just so an annoying brat xD Always with his 'the way of a man' - talk :rolleyes:. The muscle guy is funny, though.

[Talitor]

I still don't get how SR can be called serious. Spin offs like that existed very often in the series itself, e.g. mamoth hunt, detective at the onsen, future robot tenma, fantasies of Tenma or Harima etc
It has it's moments but they are few in comparison. They are played out good, so they stick in the memory vividly.

That's what I mean with serious. Not serious like SERIOUS-serious way, but serious storywise, as I said :D And most of the Z chapters aren't serious in any way. I also stated those example of the cases where the serie jumps into some weird scenery which has nothing to do with anything. Read my posts through, before correcting me ;)


So SRZ #4 could just support SR #174 since the time gap couldn't be more then one or two years.

Still doesn't explain how Harima, Yakumo and Tenma seem to get alon quite well despite the fact they didn't know anything about each other at the start of the series. In a timeline, these events are WAY before they actually got to know each other. One more clue for saying Chapter 4 is spin-off.

[Sephiroth_760]

Still doesn't explain how Harima, Yakumo and Tenma seem to get alon quite well despite the fact they didn't know anything about each other at the start of the series.
I don't think KJ made that chapter with such a serious background.
and I don't think it's needed to be explained why they get along well together. They just do^^
and you are wrong, at the beginning of the series, Harima was already in love with Tenma, these accident where he rescued her was before the series started


In a timeline, these events are WAY before they actually got to know each other. One more clue for saying Chapter 4 is spin-off.

I think u take a couple of years for a too short time
do u remember anything what happened when u were 6-8 years old?
I just remember a few scenes of my young live where every scene lasted maybe 1 or 2mins

the rest of my life when I was young, I forgot
so isn't it even normal for Tenma or Yakumo forgetting Harima?
Tenma doesn't even recognize Harima, because he's wearing a sunglass and having a beard (and often long hairs)

so its even possible for Tenma and/or Yakumo to forget that scene in their life

[yakumo-chan]

he is right talitor.....

it is possible that chapter 4 is indeed a canon......

then again....

what could it be that KJ wanted to show us?
what is chapter 4 really???

one more thing.....

When Harima was at Tenma's house to fix the AC, he said the house looks familiar, but none of the previous episodes (nor in the OVA) where he's at Tsukamoto household, then why did he say it looks familiar?

its because harima has already been there when he was a little boy....
SRZ chapter 4 might be the answer I guess???

[Sephiroth_760]

what could it be that KJ wanted to show us?
what is chapter 4 really???

one more thing.....

When Harima was at Tenma's house to fix the AC, he said the house looks familiar, but none of the previous episodes (nor in the OVA) where he's at Tsukamoto household, then why did he say it looks familiar?

its because harima has already been there when he was a little boy....
SRZ chapter 4 might be the answer I guess???

actually u answered ur question urself hahaha xD
I just remember that there was a scene, which showed that Harima and Tenma are not meeting their first time (beside these accident where Harima rescued her)

I guess the scene u mentioned was it^^

[Talitor]

I think u take a couple of years for a too short time
do u remember anything what happened when u were 6-8 years old?
I just remember a few scenes of my young live where every scene lasted maybe 1 or 2mins


That was merely reply to Toadberg's "theory", as he said there might only be like two years between the events of Z #4 and beginnin of SR. They couldn't forget each other in two years. ^^
Other than that, interesting point about that Harima quote about "This house seems familiar." I figured he might have seen Tenma going in to that house before the AC repair thing...

Even so, I can't quite shake off the feeling that Chapter 4 is spin-off. Now, I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just sticking to my opinion for now, since we can't say anything 100% certain, since the gap between the events is confusing in many ways, there's no point in arguing (well this isn't arguing, I couldn't find the right word for it :D) about thing which we can safely say, no one can be 100% certain.

Other than that, any news for Chapter 9 yet?

[Sephiroth_760]

That was merely reply to Toadberg's "theory", as he said there might only be like two years between the events of Z #4 and beginnin of SR. They couldn't forget each other in two years. ^^


lol
hahaha
xDDDDD
he's not toadberg, he's zebra, you've mistaken his avatar pic fos his nick lol xDD
hahahaha xDDDDDDD
but I doubt that he has a problem with it :P
and he didn't meant that there are 2 years between SRZ chapter 4 and the beginning of SR, but that scene he showed with a link

Yakumos flashback
http://www.onemanga.com/School_Rumble/174/04/

that scene is shown in SR chapter 174, just a flashback of Yakumo, nothing more^^
he meant that there are two years between these two scenes^^
which could be possible

[yakumo-chan]

he meant that there are two years between these two scenes^^
which could be possible
This is true....


talitor... this will clear you up....

SR chapter 174....... after 2 years..... SRZ chapter 4....

clear?;)

alright.....

it seems that the story of yakumo's changing personality is still not over yet.....(what do you think guys?)

we still need more school rumble chapters for my beloved yakumo!;):D

[Talitor]

lol
hahaha
xDDDDD
he's not toadberg, he's zebra, you've mistaken his avatar pic fos his nick lol xDD
hahahaha xDDDDDDD

Not really, I just prefer calling him Toadberg ^^

It's getting confusing what's going on around when it seems everyone is speaking of different things in same topic, and trying to mix 'em all up and making intelligent conclusion is HARD xD

It seems I misread something at Toadberg's post before... my bad.

But even so, I'm still standing for the fact Chapter 4 of Z is spin-off :D The situation overall is too bizarre, even for series like SR.

[Gambino009]

lol
hahaha
xDDDDD
he's not toadberg, he's zebra, you've mistaken his avatar pic fos his nick lol xDD
hahahaha xDDDDDDD
but I doubt that he has a problem with it :P
and he didn't meant that there are 2 years between SRZ chapter 4 and the beginning of SR, but that scene he showed with a link


*In Arnawld accent* Nuuuooo she's Toadberg... and dat's final, now get to da choppa

ahemm, you guys are taken this Yakumo thing to another level, when I was six.. I remembered most of the important things that happened to me then.. and those I didn't my elders reminded me and I'd recall them.

I still think it's a parody world.. it just doesn't seem to click with the actual story for me.

anyways, Zebra-chan's gonna kick our asses now.. so umm I'll just like to say it was a blast. Just remember Talitor started it.. then you can go after Seph and hopefully by then you'd forget about me *sails away*

mwhahaha.. toadberg and "he, He, he?", I can't believe you guys

[Talitor]

*In Arnawld accent* Nuuuooo she's Toadberg... and dat's final, now get to da choppa

ahemm, you guys are taken this Yakumo thing to another level, when I was six.. I remembered most of the important things that happened to me then.. and those I didn't my elders reminded me and I'd recall them.

I still think it's a parody world.. it just doesn't seem to click with the actual story for me.

anyways, Zebra-chan's gonna kick our asses now.. so umm I'll just like to say it was a blast. Just remember Talitor started it.. then you can go after Seph and hopefully by then you'd forget about me *sails away*

mwhahaha.. toadberg and "he, He, he?", I can't believe you guys

Damn dude you're awesome xD
I'm with you in that "doesn't fit the actual storyline" thing.
And Toadberg, no offense, but if you knew me from my previous blogging, you would be aware I make nicknames immediately for all the people :D
As stated before, kenjiharima is Mr. Hario for me, Zebra is Toadberg, Gambino is Gambit, Yakumo-chan is Yamo (how creative)... you get the idea.
Figures I must be having one hell of a time spending my summer break in things like that xD

[FlameLordPhoenix]

I'm glad I found this place! I've been wanting to discuss SRZ with other fans since I read through what I could find of it yesterday. On the topic of Chapter 4, I had assumed it was a spin-off story of some sort, but after reading some of the posts here...I'm not sure now, lol.

My biggest speculation is with Chapter 5. A lot of bloggers and what not that I looked up seem to think it is canon, but I don't know...it seems a little too off the wall to be part of the canon story. It seems more like it would be along the lines of the prehistoric spin-off. It kind of feels like an Akira fantasy or something along those lines. Plus, unless I read wrong, Eri says something about being a stewardess in Chapter 5....why would someone filthy rich, who's used to being waited on hand and foot, take a job as a stewardess? I get that she seems to be looking for Harima, but obviously there are other options open to her.

I think it's possible that the whole SRZ manga could possibly just be spin-offs, given that they're all marked with the natural sign, which to my understanding is supposed to signify a spin-off or alternate reality story. Granted, there are some stories in Z that seem like they could be canonical, but I'm not sure...I'm pretty confused. Something else that makes me wonder about whether it's canon or not is the fact that chapter 10 apparently shows them all graduating...Tenma and Karasuma included. However, the end of the SR manga seems to insinuate that they all haven't seen Tenma since she left for America, and Tenma even states at one point that studying in America will cause her to have to graduate later, which would make it kind of hard for her to be graduating with class 2-C. Anyway, those are just my thoughts; can't wait to hear all of yours. ^^

Yay first post!

[yakumo-chan]

ahemm, you guys are taken this Yakumo thing to another level, when I was six.. I remembered most of the important things that happened to me then.. and those I didn't my elders reminded me and I'd recall them.



actually... i have forgotten most of the names of my clasmates when I was 6,7 or 8 yrs old... the only ones that I only remembered were my best friends.....

maybe the scenes in SRz chapter 4 is really not worth remembering for the tsukamoto sisters thats why they cant remember the boy who came in there house that dressed as their father.... thats why they have forgotten it......

"forgotten memories are lost, but it is not Gone"

-Kingdom Hearts, Chain of Memories


mwhahaha.. toadberg and "he, He, he?", I can't believe you guys

toadberg! LOL!:heh:

[Sephiroth_760]

*In Arnawld accent* Nuuuooo she's Toadberg... and dat's final, now get to da choppa

he's a she?!
lol! I always thought he was a guy?!^^


ahemm, you guys are taken this Yakumo thing to another level, when I was six.. I remembered most of the important things that happened to me then.. and those I didn't my elders reminded me and I'd recall them.

hmmm, some ppl are better in remembering stuff hahah xD
I might be one of those ppl who are not so good in remembering stuff lol


anyways, Zebra-chan's gonna kick our asses now.. so umm I'll just like to say it was a blast. Just remember Talitor started it.. then you can go after Seph and hopefully by then you'd forget about me *sails away*

mwhahaha.. toadberg and "he, He, he?", I can't believe you guys

what the hell! I'm innocent xDD
*trying to find a place to hide* I'm outta here! mail me if this section is secure!


My biggest speculation is with Chapter 5. A lot of bloggers and what not that I looked up seem to think it is canon, but I don't know...


lol!
chapter 5 of SRZ is a spin-off! that's one thing I'm sure about xD
it's a spin-off, just like chapter 1 and 2, using the same characters just for another story

[Talitor]

It's better to forget about Chapter 4 of Z, since we can't come to conclusion, apparently (is that how the word is written?)

But darn, Chapter 9, were are thou? I'm SO certain it has something awesome in it, it's like a treasure we gotta dig first... or force others to dig it for us anyways :)
About NNA, is it worth watching? What I figure out it's umm, some kind of kids anime? Or not necessarily kids anime, but anime ABOUT kids at very least. People can't really get that fond with it, so maybe it's not worth the trouble. Or is it?:confused:

[yakumo-chan]

he's a she?!
lol! I always thought he was a guy?!^^




bad move:heh:

About NNA, is it worth watching? What I figure out it's umm, some kind of kids anime? Or not necessarily kids anime, but anime ABOUT kids at very least. People can't really get that fond with it, so maybe it's not worth the trouble. Or is it?:confused:

is it true that NNA will finally end??

then guys....

you know what that means!:heh:

YEAH!:D:cool:

[Darknemo2000]

That means he will do some other idiotic series untill he realizes that his works won't be followed by a big number of former SR fans until he gives a conclusion to the series.

[Talitor]

That means he will do some other idiotic series untill he realizes that his works won't be followed by a big number of former SR fans until he gives a conclusion to the series.

What he said.

Or maybe he just finishes SR now.

[Sephiroth_760]

bad move:heh:


no really
I never asked her if she's male or female, I just thought she was male oO

I'm sorry zebra!
gomen xD


I think nna is worth watching
it's not as great as SR but it's still ok
maybe it's just the atmosphere
it feels great to watch an anime full with color, because nna really does have a beautiful color play, especially now when it's summer and it's hot outside xD

[Solafighter]

is it true that NNA will finally end??

then guys....

you know what that means!:heh:

YEAH!:D:cool:

Yeah! NNA 2nd season this winter.
Its confirmed.

[hchop]

Yeah! NNA 2nd season this winter.
Its confirmed.

...........

That's news to me, I'll give you that!

[yakumo-chan]

Yeah! NNA 2nd season this winter.
Its confirmed.

uhh... do you mean it will end this winter?

or

the 2nd season will be the last season?

[Gambino009]

Yeah! NNA 2nd season this winter.
Its confirmed.

Not exactly the best news ever.. but its still something none the less..

[yakumo-chan]

now I know whats going on.....

NNA 2nd season?

NO WAY!:heh::heh::heh:

OMG!:uhoh:

[Solafighter]

uhh... do you mean it will end this winter?

or

the 2nd season will be the last season?

The 2nd season will start this november. So with 12/13 episodes, it will end on february/march 2010.

[yakumo-chan]

The 2nd season will start this november. So with 12/13 episodes, it will end on february/march 2010.

No!!:heh:

i thought it was the end of it....

and I thought SR would come back again:heh:

too bad....:(

[Solafighter]

Im still for the fan mail to KJ. I have some good friends, who are japanese so they could translate it.

Very soon, i will give it a try.

[FlameLordPhoenix]

The fan mail sounds like a good idea. I know I'm new here, but I'd be willing to contribute in any way that I can. In my opinion, Kobayashi really screwed over Harima with the way he ended it...and, to a degree, I feel he also screwed over Yakumo and Eri.

As a writer, it really upsets me when I see stories end like that. I'm not saying everyone has to have a happy ending; life just doesn't go that way, but I think every character should at least have a resolution, and I don't feel that's the case for the characters I've mentioned. Harima, who had been seemingly making progress and developing throughout the series, is suddenly thrown back to being a wandering loner who is obsessed with Tenma, and worse, he never even gets to tell her how he feels. Yakumo, as far as I can remember, never gets an answer from Harima, and the second to last chapter insinuates, I think, that she hasn't quite moved on. Last, but not least, we know that Eri had fallen for Harima, and they set up that possibility with the mock engagement...in fact, there was a great opening there for (another) love triangle comedy that could have settled all of the above mentioned issues, but instead we get the inexplicable time skip where all of that plot potential is just dropped. Also, I know you guys know all of this already...I'm pretty much just ranting at this point.

So, like I said, if I can help in any way, please let me know.

[zebra]

... you know mistaking me for a male is one thing - even so you should bow down to my female, shining aura! D: - but calling me a fusion of a TOAD and ZOIDBERG ........ god you're so lucky you can't get my temper directed at you just like that. Can't kick you through intaweb. Shit. Your fault someone innocent gets kicked tomorrow <.< And I thought getting compared to Tenma was a disgrace XD

If you wonder how I responded to your comments ... it was something like that:
"ZEBRA! It's fucking Z-E-B-R-A you %(%%/! :frustrated:"
"SHESHESHESHESHESHESHE ....... *looks down to be sure and witnesses no penis" ..... SHESHESHESHE"
I actually voiced that just like that to my computer. Yes, I have issues :P

Nah I don't mind at all. It did upset me for a moment though. Hit my desk - now I'm fine :P And now I know Gambi was the only one who saw my picture XD

but serious storywise, as I said :DMy bad? Didn't see that. And storywise ... it's still not in the majority. As I said ... moments, yes - overall, no. We are the same opinion I guess, we just define it differently.
I think SR is a total comedy, but yeah it has a touching story at times and a lot of soul in the characters.

Still doesn't explain how Harima, Yakumo and Tenma seem to get alon quite wellAs already been said .. that doesn't need to be explained. Tenma's and Harima's bond has been defined as a strong and naturally bond more than once in the series. See the race on the tuna plate chapter (x-mas) or their moments before he puts her on her flight as examples. Things don't always need to be ouright thrown at your face, if it's shown in the series through interactions and even dialogues.
And Yakumo's bond to Harima ... we SEE it develop in the series. How they first met, how they became friends. Yamo is his actual first friend he ever made. And became his trusted person out of pure luck, but still became very important to him.

They couldn't forget each other in two years. ^^Like someone who almost 'raped' you can be forgotten through a beard and sunglasses! :D Things like that can be easily pulled off in the SR world. It doesn't need to follow our logic, as long as it follows theirs ^^ When KJ writes "A Tale no one remembers anymore" at the side ... it's all we need.

lol
that scene is shown in SR chapter 174, just a flashback of Yakumo, nothing more^^
he meant that there are two years between these two scenes^^
which could be possibleExactly. And it's just a hypothesis. I don't say SRZ # 4 is totally canon. I only pointed it out it can't be dismissed totally as it is.
As far as things stand, nothing is validly canon for me from SRZ, but also can't be rejected totally either.

It seems I misread something at Toadberg's post before... my bad.Toadberg forgives you :P Nothing to forgive though, so Zebra doesn't forgive. Greetings from her btw. :D

and hopefully by then you'd forget about me *sails away*As if I could foget you my lovely wildcat :x


And Toadberg, no offense, but if you knew me from my previous blogging, you would be aware I make nicknames immediately for all the people :D
No offense, but if you knew I've never read anything from you besides things here, you would be aware I DON'T. I worship da Toadberg, can't be called like my god, for god's- *ahem* toad's sake!

Yeah! NNA 2nd season this winter.
Its confirmed.Fuck. :dots:


FlameLordPhoenix, you just said exactly what I (and I guess most of the fans) think. It wouldn't have been so bad if Harima wasn't portrayed as such a loser, making no progress at all, even so he's traveling to be a better man and the progress he did in SR.
I mean come on ... KJ totally destroyed the scene where Harima throws away his glasses. Where's the point of it now? To make the total series a pointless reset screw, is simply bad writing, since KJ put so much effort into it in the mean time. If something like this happened to a series that was JUST comedy ... no one would care or would think it's ingenius. But for a series where so much frames where 'wasted' on developing Harima?
It could have been a pretty good ending if it weren't for the way Harima is portrayed.

But I just repeat myself over and over again. I've been over the anger phase months ago :eyespin:

[Seijun]

Hi people!

I'm sorry to interrupt, but I'm getting a little confused here. I read a couple of pages in this topic (62~72) and found out about the ending of School Rumble Z.

Now, before I end up being happy because the story finally got concluded (AND Harima found himself Eri) I've got some questions:

1. The original ending of the SR manga contradicts the SRZ ending, right? So, which one is considered canon? Did KJ say anything about this? Pie ending, or graduation ending? Both? Neither? And if SRZ overwrites SR, which chapters of the original manga (SR) can be considered "abandoned"?

2. What about this imagination thing? Eri became Harima's girlfriend fair and square, or perhaps not? Now, are those pictures of baby Harima a vision of the future, or Max's imagination?

3. Any chance for an anime adaptation of the new "rewritten" storyline (3rd term)?

Could you possibly sum it up? Who hooked up with whom? WTF, where's my coherent School Rumbe storyline? :twitch:

Thanks for your efforts, I don't really want to read 30 pages to find an answer :)

[FlameLordPhoenix]

Seijun,

I'm not sure about the first point. My theory is that SRZ is all spin-off and "what-if" type stories, as they are all marked with the natural sign, but I could be wrong. As for Eri and Harima hooking up, that was all in Max's imagination. From what I have collected, Harima never actually gets hooked up with anyone, but Max imagines Harima and Eri visting Karasuma with their baby. For your third question, there is a "third term" OVA for the anime. I haven't seen any fansubs of it, so I'm not sure what it entails, but honestly I hope it gives the anime its own ending entirely. Like many, I was not happy with SR's ending, and I feel SRZ creates more questions than it answers.

The only "definite" hook up was Tenma and Karasuma, since he confessed his love and she hers. Granted, Karasuma also lost his memory, but they do, of course, show him getting fragments of it back here and there, so it can be assumed that eventually he will recover all of his memories and they will live happily ever after.

$.02

[kenjiharima]

I think Karasuma's sickness can never be explained unless it might be aneurysm.

[Sephiroth_760]

... you know mistaking me for a male is one thing - even so you should bow down to my female, shining aura! D: - but calling me a fusion of a TOAD and ZOIDBERG ........ god you're so lucky you can't get my temper directed at you just like that. Can't kick you through intaweb. Shit. Your fault someone innocent gets kicked tomorrow <.< And I thought getting compared to Tenma was a disgrace XD

If you wonder how I responded to your comments ... it was something like that:
"ZEBRA! It's fucking Z-E-B-R-A you %(%%/! :frustrated:"
"SHESHESHESHESHESHESHE ....... *looks down to be sure and witnesses no penis" ..... SHESHESHESHE"
I actually voiced that just like that to my computer. Yes, I have issues :P


damn, I'm really sorry hahaha xD
it's just that for me, everybody is a guy if I actually don't really know what gender he/she is lol
and since I never asked u or never read something about it if u were male or female I just thought u were male haha xD

so far, there are yakumo-chan and u (females) ...
if there is another female here, better say it, becuz otherwise I will mistake u for a guy, too!^^


@ Seijun
for now, there will be only nna (even a 2nd season this winter :0)
so a rewritten anime adaption of 3rd term won't be there
and I guess it will never happen xD

[Seijun]

Ah, I see. Thank you both! Can't wait for a proper interview with KJ...:eyebrow:

[Gambino009]

Could you possibly sum it up? Who hooked up with whom? WTF, where's my coherent School Rumbe storyline? :twitch:

Thanks for your efforts, I don't really want to read 30 pages to find an answer :)


Well to my understand.. Tenma hooked up with Karasuma and plays nurse for him until he gets better.. which more than likely he would some day and finally return the love or something cheesy

Harima got lucky, considering that Eri never gave up on him and now it seems Eri goes around with him with out pushing herself too much. KJ drew a forward scene with Eri and Harima.. and later in NNA made an Eri/Cow Harima, that pretty much concludes how he ended Harima and Eri.

But that's all just revelations.. there's probably not enough solid evidence, but just enough to assume so.

It would have been nice if he had made other relationships with other guys like Asou with Sarah/Basketball girl/Mikoto



As if I could forget you my lovely wildcat :x


Oh my. ;)

more like lazy cat, I demand some carnage =p

For some reason I get a weird image of a Toad cross over with a Zebra.. toad with stripes?

[FlameLordPhoenix]

I think Karasuma's sickness can never be explained unless it might be aneurysm.

It's easily explained, as long as you check the Rumble Log:

*Tenma beats Karasuma in the head
*Karasuma bleeds
*Karasuma is infected with Brain Damage

(I really wish I could remember which chapter this was in...Tenma was pissed about something, and was unknowingly whacking Karasuma in the head.)

Either that, or being brain dead is contagious and Tenma passed it on to Karasuma. :heh:

In all seriousness though, I felt that was another dick move on KJ's part. It's like "Hey, let's have Karasuma finally confess to Tenma...AND THEN HAVE HIM FORGET ABOUT IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE!!!" But at least it finally gave Tenma something to be serious about in life, I suppose...

[yakumo-chan]

SRZ only made some questions not answers.....

i still dont get it why yakumo is still inlove with that bearded harima!

and we still dont see how harima would fall inlove with Eri!

[Gambino009]

SRZ only made some questions not answers.....

i still dont get it why yakumo is still inlove with that bearded harima!

and we still dont see how harima would fall inlove with Eri!

"would fall" makes it seem like a bad thing.. and it's not. Why would he fall for her? Wynaut =p

Last chapter didn't have much Yakumo/Harima interaction.. so it's hard to say if she's still in love with him. The real question is.. why was she crying, if only Tenma wouldn't have interfered we might have gotten some memories from her and see if Harima was really in them.

And most importantly, how Harima acknowledged Eri as his partner

[Talitor]

Back again! Toadberg wut! xD

I was actually trying to look for a way to contact Jin Kobayashi by a 'fan letter' after I finished reading SRZ since a little something died inside of me. Not much was resolved after such great plot twists and character development.
Purpose of my fan letter would be to DEMAND for a continuation.

Chapter 9 ain't still scanlated, is it?

[yakumo-chan]

Chapter 9 ain't still scanlated, is it?

YESSS.... its been months now....
i wanna see yakumo again...;)

[Sephiroth_760]

YESSS.... its been months now....
i wanna see yakumo again...;)

I really want to know whats the reason for it, that they haven't scanlated it till now
maybe the chapter contains some mysterious knowledge we are not ready for?!
lol

[lonewolf777]

LOL @ Mysterious knowledge.

So.... a friend of mine recently asked me what a good anime to watch was... I told her School Rumble... but I told her the ending sucked. And she's more of an anime girl than a manga person.... so.... have I led a lamb to the slaughter? Will she be justified if she hates me by the end? :o

[yakumo-chan]

I really want to know whats the reason for it, that they haven't scanlated it till now
maybe the chapter contains some mysterious knowledge we are not ready for?!
lol

I really wanna see yakumo again.....:(

the translator should be a "KIDS MEAL" fan!

SO ALL IS FAIR!!:D:p;)

[Poetic Justice]

So i just finished reading this series in a day, And i have to say its definitely one of the better school life manga's ive read. The characters were unique and wonderful and the humor was consistently good throughout the series.

I've never fell for that whole shipper stuff in any manga but i really felt for Eri/Harima throughout the manga.

So how many more chapters are coming out for school rumble z and when? Any spoilers out for them?

[Gambino009]

Good job breaking my Record.. I can not read that many chapters in one day.. despite KJ's chapters being in the 7-10 pages area.

And awesome catching the Eri/Harima vibe after all that.. it's hard for anyone not to see how strong those two are bonded in the manga.

Well, School rumble Z has ended, there's a total of ten chapters, perhaps three or four of them including the ending were linked to the manga story. Nine is the only chapter that has not reached the internet... I believe Chuck Norris stole it, hence it being months with out any word.

[Solafighter]

When i did read the SR manga, i read like 30 - 40 chapters a day. I was addicted to it. :heh:

[Poetic Justice]

I just happen to have a lot of free time on my hands :heh:

[Sephiroth_760]

LOL @ Mysterious knowledge.

So.... a friend of mine recently asked me what a good anime to watch was... I told her School Rumble... but I told her the ending sucked. And she's more of an anime girl than a manga person.... so.... have I led a lamb to the slaughter? Will she be justified if she hates me by the end? :o

hmmm
probably yeah^^
everything will be fine until nigakki 26
but then if she comes to 3rd term, end will be near hahaha xD

if u don't know the manga you are like "wtf is this? is this some kind of a joke and I'm the victim?"

[Poetic Justice]

So it was a Eri/Harima ending after all. Happy to see that, now i hope i never have to care for another pairing ever again. Didn't care for them in code geass, and i certainly didn't care for them in other shounen manga.

[kenjiharima]

It's all in Max's mind though....

[hchop]

It's all in Max's mind though....

I agree with this.

[lonewolf777]

hmmm
probably yeah^^
everything will be fine until nigakki 26
but then if she comes to 3rd term, end will be near hahaha xD

if u don't know the manga you are like "wtf is this? is this some kind of a joke and I'm the victim?"

Haha. Well, does it matter that I pre-warned her (as well as strongly encouraged her to read the manga)? :D

[yakumo-chan]

It's all in Max's mind though....

I wonder why KJ made that scene in Max's mind... when he can made that scene in real time........:confused:

heheheh...:heh:

[Poetic Justice]

If it really were max's thoughts why was karasuma in the very first panel? It doesn't make sense.

[yakumo-chan]

If it really were max's thoughts why was karasuma in the very first panel? It doesn't make sense.

dunno....
it was said that it was only Max's imagination haha...:heh:

but why made it in Max's imagination when he can draw that in real time?;)

[kenjiharima]

It's probably to satisfy one faction as said here before. Also when did you ever see the end in the middle of the school while Max was talking and thinking of Harima.

As for Karasuma as said here rumors and hear say spread fast in school, probably they all know now what Karasuma's sickness is.

[Sephiroth_760]

Haha. Well, does it matter that I pre-warned her (as well as strongly encouraged her to read the manga)? :D

well, at least she knows that something terrible awaits her
but maybe, becuz of that, she will begin to read mangas xDD

[lonewolf777]

Hehe! Way to think positive! lol :p

Although first prize for that goes to Sola and KJ, who persevered in thinking positive throughout the School Rumble sad ending scramble(s).

[TMSIDR]

Are the scans of chapter 9 still needed? I got my copy of the volume today and I can try to scan it. However I'm not sure how well it will look because I don't want to remove the pages^^'.

[Sephiroth_760]

Are the scans of chapter 9 still needed? I got my copy of the volume today and I can try to scan it. However I'm not sure how well it will look because I don't want to remove the pages^^'.

I think they are still needed
:D
you are a hero in a bad situation lol
xD
I'll look forward to ur scans
^^

[swashbuckle]

Are the scans of chapter 9 still needed? I got my copy of the volume today and I can try to scan it. However I'm not sure how well it will look because I don't want to remove the pages^^'.

use a digital camera to take the pics, then open the images in an editor and boost the contrast ratio

[Sephiroth_760]

use a digital camera to take the pics, then open the images in an editor and boost the contrast ratio

I guess the easiest and best way is just to scan it^^
even if he dont want to remove the pages, the quality is the best and if he use the digicam, there will be the booklet annoying, too

[Gambino009]

and a Hero emerges.

a shame he doesn't have the right things to get em scanned.. it happens, gotta be patient

[TMSIDR]

I'm scanning right now and this is not really a Yakumo-only chapter, it even includes a Eri-service-shot ^^'. I have to work a little bit on the scans, and then I have to think where to put them, so that somebody can find them. I think Animesuki doesn't like links to manga raws ^^'.

[TMSIDR]

Sorry for the double post, I started spreading the chapter (take a look at the torrent sites....).

[Bullet2k4]

need translations nowwwwwwww :O

[TMSIDR]

need translations nowwwwwwww :O

Fortunately, at least some parts of text are already in English...eh...sorry..Engrish....^^

"Hi, Temma!"

^^'

[metal_onilink]

link?? ^^

[Bullet2k4]

link?? ^^

"school rumble chapter 9"(without quotes)search in the well known search engine

[Gambino009]

I heard it's already been uploaded, and will be translated tomorrow in spanish.

I got the website for it.. but the blasted thing isn't working.

Edit- The translator who read it seemed pleased about it.. (him being a Huge Eri fan) I believe that's good news for us who support Oujo.

Wow this pretty much proves that vision Max has was false and was actually reality.

Now people can't use that Max vision excuse anymore.

I was starting to doubt myself how this was gonna end.. I'll definitely translate this to english as soon as the Spanish ones are up.

I'm scanning right now and this is not really a Yakumo-only chapter, it even includes a Eri-service-shot ^^'. I have to work a little bit on the scans, and then I have to think where to put them, so that somebody can find them. I think Animesuki doesn't like links to manga raws ^^'.

You mean the part where Eri goes to work... and Manhandles the shit out of some pile driving tool. That was kinda funny.. she's freaking rich and still bust her ass doing that stuff

Btw thanks for the upload.. they were brilliant, I had gave up with that other site

[Talitor]

Watched through the scans...
All we need is decent translation!

[Gambino009]

Another thing I noticed about this chapter

While we can clearly see Tenma fooling around with Karasuma... both Yakumo and Tenma are dressed up in casual clothes, then Kappa gets a shocking look in his eyes and we then see both Tenma and Yakumo back in their school uniforms in front of him. Before that he also says 2-C

I'm almost pretty sure his memory came back to him or part of it at least.

[kenjiharima]

The only nude Eri shot was so little and it was a shower scene. Needs a magnifier. :heh:

Anyways it's Yakumo looking at the things happening around her while times goes by and yes it connects to chapter 10.


Also I don't like the last panel it's like Yakumo x Karasuma, which I've said in all forums "IF EVER THAT HAPPENS" I'll drop School Rumble, but in any case this was more like she and Tenma help Karasuma to remember them and possible they gone back to Japan for the graduation.

So now it's over...well we'll have to wait a few months in general if we could see another SR or omake appearances of SR characters yet again in KJ's other work or will he continue it.

I suggest he continues it like "Negima Neo".

[Gambino009]

Yeah I think KJ made a booboo, and placed Yakumo's pic after Tenma's making her hair eyes and angle match with Karasuma's that was right below it.

When he clearly wanted both to contribute to Karasuma's shocking look.

School Rumble must continue.. one way or another.

[kenjiharima]

Well 9 was great on the first few panels and it failed on the end panel on my part. Though it was really meant to be for Karasuma's memory return.

Wonder how will Yakumo-chan will re-act to this one.

[Gambino009]

I'm saying man. What is up with this expression


This picture is even worst than the last panel
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4865/schoolrumblezchapter914.png

Yakumo's expression is getting to me. The only thing that should really make her look shock is the fact that she saw Karasuma cry after telling her his little bit about Tenma and his departure, which I need to read again. She feels sorry for him, nothing more.... we all know Yakumo belongs to KJ =p

I'm thinking.. what if this Kappa does indeed get his memory back but mistakes Yakumo for Tenma-chan

I'm pretty sure she won't be pleased, definitely. Unless she likes Karasuma

I must say though.. Yakumo's hair improved a lot as oppose to this one
http://seitoacademy.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/yakumo.jpg

She looks pretty damn good

[kenjiharima]

Oh BULLSHIT!!! I HATE YAKUMO X KARASUMA pairing. It feel now it's Karasuma x the Tsukamoto sisters which I really do hate.


SOMEONE TRANSLATE THIS QUICK!!! >_< So my blood pressure can go down.

[Gambino009]

I'm pretty sure that's not gonna happen. Karasuma isn't that lucky

*creepy thoughts* Tenma is the jealous type, Yakumo loves her sister, there.. Karasuma is kept on a leash.

However I was pushing for a HarimaxErixSarah.. seeing Sarah again made me happy

I'll translate this once I read it in spanish

[yakumo-chan]

Wow this pretty much proves that vision Max has was false and was actually reality.


how?

and yes it connects to chapter 10.



how does it connects to chapter 10?



Wonder how will Yakumo-chan will re-act to this one.

chapter 9 was cool!
I'm saying man. What is up with this expression


This picture is even worst than the last panel
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4865/schoolrumblezchapter914.png

Yakumo's expression is getting to me. The only thing that should really make her look shock is the fact that she saw Karasuma cry after telling her his little bit about Tenma and his departure, which I need to read again. She feels sorry for him, nothing more.... we all know Yakumo belongs to KJ =p

I'm thinking.. what if this Kappa does indeed get his memory back but mistakes Yakumo for Tenma-chan






oh that one?

actually that pic was nothing......

its not yakumoxkarasuma either.....

ofcourse yakumo would look like that because she havent seen karasuma for years.... and she wanted to know what has happened to karasuma and tenma...:heh:



I must say though.. Yakumo's hair improved a lot as oppose to this one
http://seitoacademy.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/yakumo.jpg

She looks pretty damn good

Yes... she is much more beautiful right now....;)

[Gambino009]

how?



how does it connects to chapter 10?



Chapter 9 sets Tenma and Yakumo at the hospital with Karasuma, followed by Harima and Eri entering the hospital in the next chapter.

So unless Max also visioned chapter 9, there's good enough evidence that the two chapters are linked.

They are indeed in Karasuma's room in America

Actually I'm a bit confused with some time lines

1. Pie in the face
2. Graduation
3. Yakumo visiting Tenma going to Karasuma's hospital / Harima and Eri visiting Karasuma's hospital

I know Pie in the face happens two years after Graduation, and the hospital thing must be even further in the future.

Karasuma was in the graduation in a wheel chair, he didn't talk but seemed to acknowledge Tenma, he was also in the Pie in the face.. now able to walk and defend Tenma from incoming pies and mistakes Harima for Hanai, and back at the Hospital in the future scene where he supposedly recovers completely.

The future hospital scene is the one that gets me, he's back at the hospital.. he might have had another operation or something. KenjiHarima said he could have gotten back to Japan for graduation with Tenma and Yakumo, which would have been ok if Eri and Harima wouldn't have shown up especially with a baby and Harima's long hair. And Tenma driving? WTF, and she learned how to speak english as well

Regardless, I think the order I put up makes more sense

[yakumo-chan]

its still hard to say......

chapter 9... it looks like harima and Eri doesnt have a baby yet... and it looks like harima is still staying at yakumo's house....

while chapter 10... they already have a baby..... and harima had a long hair and looks ugly there...

im kinda confused now....


anyways this is my timeline.....

1.chapter 10 - Graduation

2.pie in the face(last school rumble chapter) - Because it looks like they already have graduated highschool in this chapter.... also... it looks even like they have graduated college here.....

3.chapter 9



about some scenes.....

Yakumo is kinda jealous to Eri here....

this scene....

she felt like Eri has defeated her 100%

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv88/krizzaneil/School_Rumble_Z_Chapter_9_146.png?t=1247050726

Eri: I won yakumo! HAHAHAHA!!!

Yakumo: .......(sad face):(:(:(:(

[metal_onilink]

we need a continuation!!!!

[Sephiroth_760]

I don't understand why ppl dont wanted to scanlate that chapter
although I only saw the pages it really satisfied me in many ways
that pic of Harimas back made me very happy just by looking at it ...^^


anyways this is my timeline.....

1.chapter 10 - Graduation

2.pie in the face(last school rumble chapter) - Because it looks like they already have graduated highschool in this chapter.... also... it looks even like they have graduated college here.....

3.chapter 9


nice timeline
but I'm not too sure about the pie fest becuz the pie fest is about a few years later, too, or not?
Harima was on his long long trip, too
hmmm, KJ is really spinning stuff around :0

[yakumo-chan]

hmmm, KJ is really spinning stuff around :0

the only answer to that is....

We need more school rumble chapters!!!
there are too many questions going around school rumble!!!

[random_guy]

Hopefully, Sunce's translation will be posted tonight.

I'll be posting it here tomorrow cuz i have to work untill late today =(

[Sephiroth_760]

the only answer to that is....

We need more school rumble chapters!!!
there are too many questions going around school rumble!!!

not only that there are too many questions, but that he's making stuff what not matches
Harima and Eri having a baby, pie fest, harimas long trip
wtf, how should we put an order to it :0
now chapter 9 and Yakumos visit to America, Tenma and Karasuma >.<

it's like KJ didn't care what happened before or he completely fucked off the chronological order :0

guru guru mawaru or what lol

[Gambino009]

It's probably not that hard to put together

First thing that happens starting from Harima's engagement with Eri and living with Yakumo

He did what he needed to do, graduation came around eventually...

1. Karasuma and Tenma had to be present "Karasuma's condition was improved some what"
2. Harima hasn't left for his American tour
3. Eri and Harima got along better

Then Harima disappears

1. Tenma and Karasuma head back to the US "Karasuma back in hospital" Tenma continues to look after him.
2. Harima probably felt he needed to be closer to Tenma and left for the US and went from bar to bar until he heard a rumor about a girl with two little hair pieces.. having some kind of wedding.
3. Eri and Yakumo ???? Perhaps Eri searched for him during that time.. but probably not since she figured it was just like him.

Pie in the face
1. Everyone reunites
2. Eri mentioned that part about Harima doing things he's typical of
3. Tenma and Karasuma are there "Karasuma able to walk and talk"
4. Harima shows up at the last moment
5. Pie in the face, shuts Harima up for good

It's the future hospital scene.. I don't know where to fit.

Yakumo talks about her time with Harima and Sarah.. but she could have done that during the Pie in the face reunion.. but I guess since Eri was present she probably didn't want to do it. So the only thing that makes sense is that she never told Tenma about that time until she went to visited her herself.. and then she explained other things such as Eri's job and what she's been doing.

Well that's all I can muster at the moment

[yakumo-chan]

I

It's the future hospital scene.. I don't know where to fit.

Yakumo talks about her time with Harima and Sarah.. but she could have done that during the Pie in the face reunion..


In the pie fight.....
harima came back right?
maybe he decided to live with yakumo again to finish his manga.....
if you look at this page of chapter 9..., Harima is still at yakumo's house
http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv88/krizzaneil/School_Rumble_Z_Chapter_9_140.png?t=1247075280

so if that's the case... harima is still living with yakumo in chapter 9...
then yakumo leaves japan,
then she visit Tenma in america and tells stories about what happen between yakumo,Harima and Sarah.....

so the timeline for me is still....

1.graduation

2.pie fight

3.chapter 9

[Gambino009]

Umm that part is from the past, specifically what the spoiler said, Yakumo telling Tenma about the time Harima spent with her and Sarah. Which was during the engagement/living with Yakumo days

But you pretty much have the time line right.

Still, who'd ever get in a car with Tenma driving XD.

[Sephiroth_760]

It's the future hospital scene.. I don't know where to fit.



well and thats exactly what screwed the time line I imagined
this scene just doesn't fit anywhere
and if the scene in srz 10 were Eri and Harima entered Karasumas hospital room really is directly after SRZ 9, than why is the baby-scene shown in the graduation oO

[TMSIDR]

The scans were able to revive this topic for a couple of more days^^. I'm a little bit confused why nobody in the whole world was able to buy the tankobon and put it into a scanner....

I also did some other scans of the color pages and the last image of the manga featuring Harima. I put them on my (German) website:

http://www.sos-brigade.de/wordpress/?p=2844

My scanner has some problems with dark areas, but I think these scans are better than nothing^^.

[Gambino009]

Still though, that's awesome for you to break the ice like that.

Your scans are highly appreciated.

The color ones are really nice. Mikoto's bust overpowering Akira there XD, she's a pretty big girl it seems.

Eri with Yakumo's shadow and Yakumo with Eri's shadow, that shows pretty good rivalry between the two.

well and thats exactly what screwed the time line I imagined
this scene just doesn't fit anywhere
and if the scene in srz 10 were Eri and Harima entered Karasumas hospital room really is directly after SRZ 9, than why is the baby-scene shown in the graduation oO

Only solution here is, we went from a future chapter (chapter 9 hospital scene) to a more present chapter (Chapter 10 graduation) and during Chapter 10 it adds a piece that wasn't shown in Chapter 9 because it was saved for the final concluding chapter.

[yakumo-chan]

well and thats exactly what screwed the time line I imagined
this scene just doesn't fit anywhere
and if the scene in srz 10 were Eri and Harima entered Karasumas hospital room really is directly after SRZ 9, than why is the baby-scene shown in the graduation oO

as the other ones are saying...... the eri and harima scene was only an imagination....

[Gambino009]

We'll see about that, I can't wait to read the trans later on. This'll end that confusion once and for all.

Kinda sad.. that's the only thing to look forward to now

Damn I had a good summary of the chapter going.. and I done gone and accidentally hit the close tab for some dumb reason while I was trying to upload a pic. Bummer

Oh well, it's up to Random_guy now, I've read the chapter and I'm pleased with the things Yakumo has said. Very pleased

This hospital visit could be before Graduation.. but I'm not sure, they don't talk about going to school or anything at all, except for Karasuma learning things about 2C.

Yeah it's definitely before graduation, it says Harima still lived with Yakumo, so the only thing that is out of place is Eri/Harima/baby scene in chapter 10, which I'm sure a few of you would just take it as a fake.

However, there are some huge things I won't say until it gets properly translated

[yakumo-chan]

so the only thing that is out of place is Eri/Harima/baby scene in chapter 10, which I'm sure a few of you would just take it as a fake.



It was Max's Imagination...:heh:

[Sephiroth_760]

It was Max's Imagination...:heh:

it dont have to be
I dont remember who said it but somebody said that this scene with harima, eri and the baby might be after srz chapter 9
u see, tenma and yakumo are visiting karasuma, just like in the scene in chapter 10

but like gambino said, I'll just wait for the translation to make further conclusions xD

[yakumo-chan]

I dont remember who said it but somebody said that this scene with harima, eri and the baby might be after srz chapter 9



you'll never know....:heh:

actually no one knows....;)

it could still be an imagination.....:heh:

[kenjiharima]

It's all a BIG MIGHT, unless KJ does or makes an official statement about it.

As for now SR and SRZ are open ended stories...let's believe what we want to believe how it ended.

For me what I believe? I believe in the ending of Ashita no Joe.

[yakumo-chan]

it's all a big might, unless kj does or makes an official statement about it.

As for now sr and srz are open ended stories...let's believe what we want to believe how it ended.

For me what i believe? I believe in the ending of ashita no joe.

that is so true!:)

two thumbs up hk!;)

[Solafighter]

IFor me what I believe? I believe in the ending of Ashita no Joe.

True, true. I belive also a bit in it. ;) :cool:

[Gambino009]

It was Max's Imagination...:heh:

Seeing how the final translation is going to be held back possibly all the way up to Sunday, I'll go ahead and say the must crucial part in Yakumo's speech.

It's nice that Yakumo appeared 90% of the time in this chapter, and about 60% of her speeches were done through in her mind.

After Tenma and Yakumo are done with their salutations and regards with their current life.

Tenma asked Yakumo about Harima and teases the hell out of Yakumo. Tenma believes that she loves Harima and that she wanted to know which one of them confessed to each other... even asked her if she kissed him at at least.

Anyways Yakumo in her mind tells Tenma, you know Nee-san, Harima is still in love with you, I'm pretty sure he would be forever. Still in her mind she says.. that person is very obstructed.. (reference to his tunneled vision and the love barrier known as Tenma-chan), in fact he is so obstructed that not even god can win against him.

The letters from the right side of page 10 say.. When you live with some one, you come to realize certain things.

Back to Yakumo's mind, She says... and I'm also sure that if another love doesn't appear.. that isn't obstructed.. and also doesn't surrender easily. It won't be able to break that wall that he has in his heart.

Then we get an image of Eri at work yelling
Eri, YAAAAAAA, the lettering say... Construction site, constructing new love
as we see Eri drilling the shit out of some wall (assumable that its Tenma's wall)
Eri then takes and bath and later orders Nakamaru for her next reunion.
Back to Yakumo, there's a lettering over Yakumo's head that says that's what she imagines

The lettering from the left on page 11 says, Tsukamoto Yakumo, this is the imaginative power of the assistant editor.

Back to Yakumo's mind, I'm also very obstruct myself but...
I'm sufficiently obstructed... but ultimately I've come to realize.
That she is special... She is extraordinary
As a woman, the way I see her, she's simply one of a kind or (the only one)

Then they reach the hospital... boring.. blah blah blah, the end.

[kenjiharima]

Now awaiting Scanlations! X3

[yakumo-chan]

Seeing how the final translation is going to be held back possibly all the way up to Sunday, I'll go ahead and say the must crucial part in Yakumo's speech.

It's nice that Yakumo appeared 90% of the time in this chapter, and about 60% of her speeches were done through in her mind.

After Tenma and Yakumo are done with their salutations and regards with their current life.

Tenma asked Yakumo about Harima and teases the hell out of Yakumo. Tenma believes that she loves Harima and that she wanted to know which one of them confessed to each other... even asked her if she kissed him at at least.

Anyways Yakumo in her mind tells Tenma, you know Nee-san, Harima is still in love with you, I'm pretty sure he would be forever. Still in her mind she says.. that person is very obstructed.. (reference to his tunneled vision and the love barrier known as Tenma-chan), in fact he is so obstructed that not even god can win against him.

The letters from the right side of page 10 say.. When you live with some one, you come to realize certain things.

Back to Yakumo's mind, She says... and I'm also sure that if another love doesn't appear.. that isn't obstructed.. and also doesn't surrender easily. It won't be able to break that wall that he has in his heart.

Then we get an image of Eri at work yelling
Eri, YAAAAAAA, the lettering say... Construction site, constructing new love
as we see Eri drilling the shit out of some wall (assumable that its Tenma's wall)
Eri then takes and bath and later orders Nakamaru for her next reunion.
Back to Yakumo, there's a lettering over Yakumo's head that says that's what she imagines

The lettering from the left on page 11 says, Tsukamoto Yakumo, this is the imaginative power of the assistant editor.

Back to Yakumo's mind, I'm also very obstruct myself but...
I'm sufficiently obstructed... but ultimately I've come to realize.
That she is special... She is extraordinary
As a woman, the way I see her, she's simply one of a kind or (the only one)

Then they reach the hospital... boring.. blah blah blah, the end.

COOL!

thanks Gambino!;)

[Solafighter]

After Tenma and Yakumo are done with their salutations and regards with their current life.

Tenma asked Yakumo about Harima and teases the hell out of Yakumo. Tenma believes that she loves Harima and that she wanted to know which one of them confessed to each other... even asked her if she kissed him at at least.

Anyways Yakumo in her mind tells Tenma, you know Nee-san, Harima is still in love with you, I'm pretty sure he would be forever. Still in her mind she says.. that person is very obstructed.. (reference to his tunneled vision and the love barrier known as Tenma-chan), in fact he is so obstructed that not even god can win against him.

The letters from the right side of page 10 say.. When you live with some one, you come to realize certain things.

Back to Yakumo's mind, She says... and I'm also sure that if another love doesn't appear.. that isn't obstructed.. and also doesn't surrender easily. It won't be able to break that wall that he has in his heart.

Then we get an image of Eri at work yelling
Eri, YAAAAAAA, the lettering say... Construction site, constructing new love
as we see Eri drilling the shit out of some wall (assumable that its Tenma's wall)
Eri then takes and bath and later orders Nakamaru for her next reunion.
Back to Yakumo, there's a lettering over Yakumo's head that says that's what she imagines

The lettering from the left on page 11 says, Tsukamoto Yakumo, this is the imaginative power of the assistant editor.

Back to Yakumo's mind, I'm also very obstruct myself but...
I'm sufficiently obstructed... but ultimately I've come to realize.
That she is special... She is extraordinary
As a woman, the way I see her, she's simply one of a kind or (the only one)

Then they reach the hospital... boring.. blah blah blah, the end.


Mh interesting. :cool:

[yakumo-chan]

you know what guys....

sometimes I feel that.... KJ destroyed the story of SR in purpose.....

sometimes I feel that.... SR's story wasnt supposed to end like that....

i dont know why but...... maybe its just me....:(


School Rumble.... what a waste.....:(

so sad....:(

[Solafighter]

Not everyone thinks, that SR is destroyed.

[Gambino009]

I certainly don't.

Would it not destroy the story if Harima got Tenma in the end?

It narrowed down to Eri and Yakumo, and finally ended with Yakumo admitting that Harima was too dense for her.. and that Eri was one of a kind girl who can slap some sense into him.

Though it ended in an odd way.. with out showing us how Eri used the drill on Harima, and how his Tenma barrier was shattered.

The ending was lacking.. but it's message made it through, though just barely.

[kenjiharima]

KJ just want's to satisfy the fans to have an ending with the most popular faction while having the ending of the main character.

I still need an official word from KJ, I hope doesn't die on us and leave SR hanging in open ended story.

[yakumo-chan]

maybe its just me.....

but sometimes I feel that..... the ending wasnt supposed to end like that...as if the story was changed or something.....

also....

I find it weird that yakumo is kinda different now.....
i dont know.. maybe its just me....


just like what Hk has said...
SRZ was just made to satisfy the most popular faction in SR... ErixHarima....


im with you HK!;)

[Sephiroth_760]

just like what Hk has said...
SRZ was just made to satisfy the most popular faction in SR... ErixHarima....


I dont think its that way
I think SRZ was planned to be a bunch of spinoffs, like the first 2 chapters were
it just happened to be a bunch of fillers, becuz of fan mails or something like that ... although the fillers gave us hew questions lol

[Bullet2k4]

not translated yet huh?

[Darknemo2000]

SRZ was just made to satisfy the most popular faction in SR... ErixHarima....

Wrong! SRZ was made to be a collection of spin-off. I don't even think KJ planned for them to be main SR related, but because of response he got he quickly dropped the idea (after two chapters) and then went on working with SR related things.

Why ErixHarima got the most focus - well again, you said it - it is the most popular pairing in SR universe so no wonder it became the focus in here too after KJ dropped his initial idea of SRZ.

[Solafighter]

Dont post right wrong things. Do you guys certainly know, what KJ was thinking and the reason, why he made SRZ?

Perhaps its true, that KJ made it for Eri x Harima. Perhaps he made it for a Spin off. I dont care.

I just hope to get some answers from my favourite mangaka and perhaps one day, we will have some new chapters.

[kenjiharima]

YEAH!!! WE NEED ANSWERS FROM KJ!!!

But probably if gets interviewed again and SR is mentioned, he'll just say. "Iam busy with NNA and will be concentrating on this project for awhile." =/

[Gambino009]

Yeah... to hell with that.. it's not like that needs answers or anything.

We need more School Rumble

[zebra]

t narrowed down to Eri and Yakumo, and finally ended with Yakumo admitting that Harima was too dense for her.. and that Eri was one of a kind girl who can slap some sense into him.

Though it ended in an odd way.. with out showing us how Eri used the drill on Harima, and how his Tenma barrier was shattered.

The ending was lacking.. but it's message made it through, though just barely.

True .. until the time skip came ... #282 totally retconned the above. Tenma barrier still there .. hurray D:

YAY for scans!
Yakumo's face when she was caught off guard by Tenma made me laugh XD

[Gambino009]

Geez you sure have missed a lot Zebra-chan

Translations will take a bit longer until they are edited in the spanish version with the proper grammer and what not.

[yakumo-chan]

Dont post right wrong things. Do you guys certainly know, what KJ was thinking and the reason, why he made SRZ?

Perhaps its true, that KJ made it for Eri x Harima. Perhaps he made it for a Spin off. I dont care.

I just hope to get some answers from my favourite mangaka and perhaps one day, we will have some new chapters.

Damn you're right!:heh:

two thumbs up!:heh::cool:

[lonewolf777]

I don't know, I don't think SR was even that long for it to end so abruptly... I mean you got 'long' series like Detective Conan and One Piece which are hundreds of chapters long.... SR wasn't even 300 yet. I think it could have kept going... but maybe because of the emotional baggage that went along with writing it and all the pressure from fans as well as the editors, I think he might have just wanted a break from it and sort of slapped together an ending so he could get on to other things, namely NNA.

Our biggest hope, imho, is for the continuation of SR in the future that KJ has (semi-)promised us. I don't think anything else will fill the void; not SRZ 'confirmations' from KJ and not NNA. Patience, friends........ I think it'll be worth it in time :)

[yakumo-chan]

I don't know, I don't think SR was even that long for it to end so abruptly... I mean you got 'long' series like Detective Conan and One Piece which are hundreds of chapters long.... SR wasn't even 300 yet. I think it could have kept going... but maybe because of the emotional baggage that went along with writing it and all the pressure from fans as well as the editors, I think he might have just wanted a break from it and sort of slapped together an ending so he could get on to other things, namely NNA.

Our biggest hope, imho, is for the continuation of SR in the future that KJ has (semi-)promised us. I don't think anything else will fill the void; not SRZ 'confirmations' from KJ and not NNA. Patience, friends........ I think it'll be worth it in time :)

nice one lonewolf!:D

lets just wait... maybe 3 years more?:heh:

also....

jin kobayashi....

didnt he say from 2005 that Akira will be having a love story little by little?

here it is back when 2005...

"I didn't put much emphasis on her, yet she gave me a feel of close kinship. She keeps me drawing. There will be more love story of her, little by little."


love story of akira little by little?

as far as I remember from the school rumble series... Akira never had a love story...(Akira kissing hanai is not a love story to me)

sometimes that is the reason why i am feeling this strange feelings that the story of SR was changed or something.... as if he decided to just end it, and make an ending which the fans will be pleased... ErixHarima.....

I think there are stories of SR that was never made.....
(for example, the story of akira)
I think KJ gets tired of making school rumble and he decided to just end it anyways....

[Gambino009]

Simply not enough guys for Akira.. Hanai's already with Mikoto, there is nothing to see there.

He'd have to make up a random guy in one of her crazy missions and what not, and people wouldn't like Akira dating some random guy.

[lonewolf777]

Yeah, I think that's it. But I think what yakumo-chan means is that his leaving out a new character for her to fall in love with is an indication of the abrupt change of the ending.

There's always fanfiction, but it's just not the same XD

Anyway, once chapter 9 is scanslated, I'm going to read all 10 chapters again and see if I catch anything new. Anyone care to join me?

[Gambino009]

Hmm, expecting too much is what I'd say... not every character gets a happy ending or an ending that would fall in the satisfactory category.

Akira hooking up with some one.. would make another say... well why wasn't Sarah hooked up as well. She didn't even seem all that crazy about love to begin with, but that thing with Hanai was interesting.

And if we're going that Route.... Hell why didn't KJ hook up ma boy Tougou, dude deserved to be with Tenma-chan =p, he practically had his marriage planned in space.

[yakumo-chan]

no....

what im trying to say is that back in 2005 KJ promised us that Akira will be having her love story little by little....

but as we can see in the whole school rumble series.., Akira never had a love story...

that is why sometimes... i feel like the story was changed.....

I feel like there are more stories of school rumble that was abandoned and KJ just end it....

and i still dont know why KJ end it fast like that...

[kenjiharima]

It's like getting yourself in a hard place. He wanted to develop all the characters, but fans wanted more Harima, Eri and Yakumo, but he must not neglect the love interest of the main character, so later on in the last few chapters he bailed out...made them all friends and Harima has been pied.

I'll stick to the pie end for now since it's SWEET! PUN!!! :heh:

[yakumo-chan]

I'll stick to the pie end for now since it's SWEET! PUN!!! :heh:

Me too!:D:cool:

[lonewolf777]

I want some pie....

[kenjiharima]

I want some pie....

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii11/1deltadog/BlueberryCreamPie.jpg

:)

[lonewolf777]

Haha! Thanks HK! Now I'll be careful not to throw this at anyone else and share.... pie for everyone! :)

[Sephiroth_760]

Haha! Thanks HK! Now I'll be careful not to throw this at anyone else and share.... pie for everyone! :)

*takes a pie and throws it around*

pie fight woohooo!
xD
btw has anyone heard of a translation of chapter 9?

[lonewolf777]

Lol... careful Sephiroth... you might open up a can of worms of bad memories for everyone :p

I'm still awaiting a translation myself...... I'm sure someone'll let us all know on here... there's a few scanslators on here.

[Sephiroth_760]

Lol... careful Sephiroth... you might open up a can of worms of bad memories for everyone :p

I'm still awaiting a translation myself...... I'm sure someone'll let us all know on here... there's a few scanslators on here.

already open hahaha xD
*searches some place to hide* xD

yeah I hope ... I've searched on google but there are no trans so far ... a few pages doesnt even have chapter 9 till now

[lonewolf777]

I think there's a rough translation of just the text a few pages back..... I still wonder why it took so long for chapter 9 to be scanned and translated.... O_o

[Bullet2k4]

it seems at this point that nobody even cares about school rumble anymore.nobody seemed to care enough about scanning chapter 9 when it was released so they dont seem to care about translating it either

[lonewolf777]

Actually, I think one of the fellas is working on it, he's just been bogged down with stuff. I'm sure we'll see it eventually....

[Sephiroth_760]

it seems at this point that nobody even cares about school rumble anymore.nobody seemed to care enough about scanning chapter 9 when it was released so they dont seem to care about translating it either

well, there has to be reason for it^^
I dont really know why and what for but as example, there's no way I can read that chapter in some german book store, becuz School Rumble trans into german broke up with Volume 19 and on top of that we dont have any manga magazines here with SRZ (as far as I know)

so if we see it that way, germany is totally out of choice in matter of scanlating
maybe its just a problem like that

[TMSIDR]

School Rumble will continue in December in Germany and perhaps we will also get "Z" if EMA is nice....

[Sephiroth_760]

School Rumble will continue in December in Germany and perhaps we will also get "Z" if EMA is nice....

now thats nice news hahah xD
finally I'm able to buy the complete manga volumes!

[harimakenjisan]

Wait wait wait! School rumbles continuing?

[TMSIDR]

Wait wait wait! School rumbles continuing?

this refers only to Germany. Volume 19 will be available in December here. There are no news about more School Rumble in Japan.

[Solafighter]

@ TMSIDR,

Greetings from and to germany. :heh: :cool:

[kenjiharima]

As long as NNA has reference it's still alive since KJ's doing work.

Wonder also when will KJ make an action manga, he wanted to make one in the future, why not NAO?!

[zebra]

School Rumble will continue in December in Germany and perhaps we will also get "Z" if EMA is nice....
YES! Didn't hear about it before :D Thanks~

[Sephiroth_760]

As long as NNA has reference it's still alive since KJ's doing work.

Wonder also when will KJ make an action manga, he wanted to make one in the future, why not NAO?!

though, there's a second season planned for natsu no arashi in autumn 2009 so nna is still alive by fact haha xD

[Hunk]

For those who were waiting for chapter 9 in English :
http://mangahelpers.com/s/school-rumble-fantrad/details/42760

Also, thanks, TMSIDR for the raws. I guess it won't hurt to ask, but do you think you could scan the whole volume?

[Poetic Justice]

And with that school rumble is at an end for us, Im sure this thread will go on, Someone's gotta keep arguing about whether it was max's thoughts or not.

[TMSIDR]

For those who were waiting for chapter 9 in English :
http://mangahelpers.com/s/school-rumble-fantrad/details/42760

Also, thanks, TMSIDR for the raws. I guess it won't hurt to ask, but do you think you could scan the whole volume?

I just did the scans to get a translation myself :p .

I think at the moment I just don't have enough time to do such a large project like scanning the whole volume, sorry.

[Hunk]

I just did the scans to get a translation myself :p .

I think at the moment I just don't have enough time to do such a large project like scanning the whole volume, sorry.

I understand, so no big deal. I'll wait, some raws will eventually show up someday. :)

[Kusa-San]

About the last chapter (chapter 10), it's me or it's Harima and Eri's children :eek: ?

[LeaD36]

So it would have only taken 10 chapters to conclude ERI-YAKUMO, the neverending conflict on who would get Harima : <

[ShootingStars]

can anyone explain to me who got ended up with at the end?
who did harima end up with?

[LeaD36]

can anyone explain to me who got ended up with at the end?
who did harima end up with?

Eriblablabla

[Kusa-San]

Well here is the scan of the last chapter :


http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5732/53956831.th.jpg (http://img36.imageshack.us/i/53956831.jpg/)

[ShootingStars]

Eriblablabla

thanks. she is a cute mom :heh:

[Gambino009]

Wow lots of activity going on here.

So some one translated chapter 9, that's good. Some one cared in the end

[harimakenjisan]

Link for the translated version of Chapter 9 Please? :D

and um, when you say its gonna continue in germany, do you mean like a Season 4 or something like that?

[TMSIDR]

Link for the translated version of Chapter 9 Please? :D

and um, when you say its gonna continue in germany, do you mean like a Season 4 or something like that?

It's nothing new, we will just get localized version of the mangas that are already available in Japan.

[zebra]

For those who were waiting for chapter 9 in English :
http://mangahelpers.com/s/school-rumble-fantrad/details/42760

Also, thanks, TMSIDR for the raws. I guess it won't hurt to ask, but do you think you could scan the whole volume?
I love you <3 Thx to you and TMSIDR for your work ^^

Bye continued in germany is meant that we are able to read the oh-so-awesome end in german. The series was cut short at volume 18 before. It doesn't affect non-germans in any way ^^

[Waven]

What a lame ending to pacify the rabied fans that send JK bomb letters every day now i guess. Nevertheless good to see flag at the end even though I wouldn't have mind onigiri either, after all i lost interest in SR long ago... what a pity - a year ago seeing the picture with adult Harima and Eri with kid would have made me jump for joy but now it's just like: who cares anymore?

[yakumo-chan]

its time for this forum to end I guess...

im starting not to care about it anymore...:heh:

[Gambino009]

Indeed, I overstayed my visit here which was purely to get more Flag momentum and see how it went from the ending forward and through SRZ.

I ain't happy, the ending didn't provide the meat I had hope for and just left the scraps I wanted to save for last.

[CaptainSmoker]

All chapter 9 did for me was give me a deeper understanding of Yakumo although we didn’t learn anything new about her. I liked how she was getting all embarrassed in the chapter but that’s about all… its embarrassing how Tenma points out to Yakumo the fact harima is living under the same roof yet yakumo still hasn’t been able to fess up! I can imagine Harima walking out of the shower in a loin cloth abs exposed and all making it the perfect opportunity for Yakumo to confess… but I guess kj could not imagine so oh well.

I too think this was a very weak ending for SR but no use in complaining,

(on second thought lets complain some more…)

WHY THE heck is Yakumo given the spot light for the last 2 chapters??? She has the speech in chapter 10 and this entire chapter 9 to her self!!! IT should have been about eri harima relationship all we got was some ridiculous Max imagination scene of a harima baby…. MY Goodness… ahh oh well… if anything, sr always gave fans something to talk about good or bad.

[kenjiharima]

Well I guess we'll just be waiting for SR parodies in NNA, until we get further news. =/

[Gambino009]

The only reason Chapter nine had any real value was because of the things mentioned about Eri and a few things about Yakumo.

To hell with everything else

[yakumo-chan]

*crying...*

i bet by the next month there will be no more to talk about in this forum....

its time for me to say farewell guys!!

thanks for everything in this forum!

although i really want to see yakumo again!:(

[kenjiharima]

Let's just keep to date with NNA.

Who knows what SR character might pop out there.

[risingstar3110]

Read the Z series at last, and i was thinking.... if they have ended this series before making all the crap ending of the original version, then maybe....just maybe...... i will still think SR as one of my favourite.......

Now i can hardly concentrate into the series anymore......

SR was once by far my top favourite series. Now think back.....it was such a pity ...........

[7th_dimension]

At LAST, i've read chapter 9 and chapter 10

Hmph, made me laugh over and over again, ehehehe

Perhaps in Chapter 9, seriously, I thought the cute blonde hair there with Harima behind her is Eri, but SURPRISINGLY, the innocent Sara... Gah i've just thinking the bad thing you know, Well this is really Harem Power. He managed to take care of those two perfect girls, even at the end of the following chapter. To be honest, Choosing Sara Adiemus as Harima's lover was my orthodoks thought. Although the plot saying a bit about Harima and Yakumo as a main point, Thinking the Pair of Sara and Harima made me crazy a little bit. Its OK for them to have intimate relationship under the same roof^^.
Check again, this is the first time i've seen Naked Eri in the SRZ, and my mind has gotten into frenzy state. ehem. And Tenma has finally reach her dreams, escorting Karasuma into his eternal slumber yeah. This is probably the worst, ugliest, pitiest job in the SR world. But i guess their role has done at last.

Harima in the end finally made a great move on Eri, marrying her, giving her son, then kicking Tsukamoto's head, Ahahaha! Their hair is completely reversed! Longest hair belongs to Yakumo and the shortest hair belongs to Tenma. What an awful kick.Bah forget about those sisterhood, well i know the end has finally reached!
I'm satisfied enough, folks...
Harima Kenji and Sawachika Eri
The true pair that should be the on the chapter 10, the chapter that closed School Rumble history.
well no doubt about it, it was NOT Max's imagination or abstract or dream or foreseeing or the other's tought. Please accept that this is REALITY, the FACT that KJ draw for a purpose, to give an end of the School Rumble. Let me clarify the points:
-Are you sure in page 7 there was Max's imagination? He is only stare at Harima and Eri, and then he's talking to Harima in his mumbles. Max never thought about hospitalized Karasuma since he didnt care bout him, perhaps he doesnt know his existance anyway, the reason why KJ darkened Max's face was, ahahaha, that's an usual KJ when he want to draw character who overlook other character and stares from a far distance, Sure, its not an imagination, think about it.
- KJ drew a FACT, it is his style to make sure his un-inked pictures(exept for Harima's hair) remains reality, expressing strong intention
- flash back, future, and present doesnt shown CLEARLY on the School Rumble Z, As i thought, it is doesnt matter if KJ put his picture in RANDOM time inside the chapter 10, There's only FACT that occured, and i believe it.
-Aha, its free to choose the end should be like, my opinion wouldnt be same just like the others. But you know, the First time i read the page 7. I know KJ intention to REMOVE Max's existance, KJ WANT US TO FOCUS ON HARIMA AND ERI, WE ARE DRAGGED TO LEAVE OUR ATTENTION FROM MAX, AND BEGIN TO STARE AND WATCH CLOSELY TO THE PAIR, HARIMA AND ERI.

After we know Karasuma is on their way, you know, KJ brings us to the TRUTH, in PAGE 8...
PICTURE of Harima and Eri, i was smile, ahhh! it is surely truly deeply the satisfying end!

Well you guys its okay for not to think the same way as i did, it depends on yours.
But after being the huge School Rumble Fan approximately 4 years ago, knowing many KJ's amazing artworks and the Flag/Jersey Pair(you know them:) I'm glad that before i was saddened by the finalization of School Rumble. I was given good ending. A years ago, I started to believe that Harima Kenji and Eri Sawachika is destined to be together as husband and wife. And now it has finally came true. Harima's future has shown with Eri. Eri has appeared with Harima by her side, they're expressing joy and well, Harima was embarassed and he looks mumbling: "Ehm, everybody... I am now with her! I bring my son, errr... our son emmm..." then Eri made a little sound: "Kenji!... you should greet them nice! dont lowering your voice like that! i heard it!ehehe, you can wear your glasess if you're nervous"... er, i have add two balloons above their characters and put those words inside... hehe
wait, the anime series of School Rumble is still ongoing, I'm looking forward to the Anime. I hope it will be great

[Rolyn]

aww, i thought this series would have a better ending :( the anime will always be my favourite though...

[Bullet2k4]

ive watched 3 episode of NNA so far and i find it boring....he stops school rumble for this?and he teases fans with hidden school rumble characters appearances

[kenjiharima]

^
He's just trolling because of fan rage of the pie end on the the REAL SR canon.

[Poetic Justice]

So you guys have any recommendations for manga's similar in the vein of school rumble?

[kenjiharima]

Hmm...

There is no manga like SR where the main male character has his eyes only for the main girl. Nothing broke that tunnel of vision of Harima.

Iam talking the SR. SRZ is a spin off as stated, doesn't count imho.

[Bullet2k4]

^
He's just trolling because of fan rage of the pie end on the the REAL SR canon.
im not trolling.that is what i felt about it.

[CaptainSmoker]

I still think the ending wasnt very satisfying... and has Yakumo moved on?

One strange thing about SR its the only anime that will actually randomly pop into my head through out the week, the funny situations and all, the goofy song and all

I kind of feel like im at a funeral TWICE for the same show, but this time around the funeral isn’t that bad since we see that harima baby

[Sephiroth_760]

I kind of feel like im at a funeral TWICE for the same show

haha yeah^^
I really feel like that, too
it's like crying for the same person twice but with no change of opinions

like ... god gave him a chance to do it better, but he srewed up again LOL

edit: and finally, after I was absent until now I've read the trans of SRZ chapter 9, too
I have to say, it's nothing special, I thought the content would be better

now I've come to realise that KJ really let us down if it comes to romance
it's sad that he didn't showed us the thing we most wanted ... some romance between Harima, Yakumo or Eri

the only thing we get is equivocate stuff like the imagination about Harima and Eri having a baby :0

[Darknemo2000]

im not trolling.that is what i felt about it.

He did not say you are trolling. He probably meant the author is trolling. And yes KJ is a troll.

[Excelion]

Random question here involving SRZ. I noticed a lot of the chapters mentioned at the top, "16 pages of parallel comedy". I always took this as meaning SRZ is a parallel universe. Is this true or perhaps some other meaning? Thanks.

[lonewolf777]

If you look at the first two or three chapters, that was the case. I think what happened was that was KJ's initial intention, but then, he became unsure as to what he wanted to do with Z, so he tried a little bit of fan services, throwing the shippers scraps of material for their favorite pairings for a few chapters to see what happened, while ultimately deciding that he would just leave it as stuff that didn't happen, even if it was related to the real SR characters and not some parallel universe counterparts..

[kenjiharima]

im not trolling.that is what i felt about it.

Not you dude.

KJ/Jin Kobayashi, the troll god of School Rumble is what Iam talking about trolling us fans on the previous post.

He did not say you are trolling. He probably meant the author is trolling. And yes KJ is a troll.

Thanks.

[lonewolf777]

Can anybody give me the reference for the chapter when Kenji and Tenma were on the walk marathon together, but Tenma wanted to go to Karasuma, so she asked Kenji for help and he agreed, but said 'Just.... stop being so familiar.'

[Excelion]

If you look at the first two or three chapters, that was the case. I think what happened was that was KJ's initial intention, but then, he became unsure as to what he wanted to do with Z, so he tried a little bit of fan services, throwing the shippers scraps of material for their favorite pairings for a few chapters to see what happened, while ultimately deciding that he would just leave it as stuff that didn't happen, even if it was related to the real SR characters and not some parallel universe counterparts..

Ah ok, Ch10 does say "16 pages of parallel comedy, the last chapter" so it seemed like he's been continuing what I percepted to be this parallel universe thingy, but yeah maybe I'm probably looking too much into that. An interview about this would be nice.

[CaptainSmoker]

Ah ok, Ch10 does say "16 pages of parallel comedy, the last chapter" so it seemed like he's been continuing what I percepted to be this parallel universe thingy, but yeah maybe I'm probably looking too much into that. An interview about this would be nice.



I doubt even kj knows if srz is a parallel universe, and I doubt he has time for an interview, he cant even give a proper conclusion to a series that ran for 7+ years what makes anyone think he can answer questions from long time fans? I don’t think he cares one bit.

[Sephiroth_760]

I doubt even kj knows if srz is a parallel universe, and I doubt he has time for an interview, he cant even give a proper conclusion to a series that ran for 7+ years what makes anyone think he can answer questions from long time fans? I don’t think he cares one bit.

yeah lol
he would say something like "I leave it to the imagination of my fans" or coonfusing stuff like that :0
it's always the same^^

[zebra]

I just don't care anymore. I'll cling to my first two seasons and just act like there never came anything after ch. 281.

That way I'll find happiness.


Was a nice ride my fellows :D

[Aethos]

So I haven't really checked in for a while. Are things getting worse?

[CaptainSmoker]

So I haven't really checked in for a while. Are things getting worse?

nah things cant get worse then 281 its already at rock bottom i think you should read the manga if you havnt...

its just us few sr fans taking our last breath before this ship sinks for good...

[kenjiharima]

Just wait NNA anime. If there are still SR parodies, well then I guess this thread is semi-alive.

But if there are no more artwork or anything SR related I guess it's pretty much dead. But being optimistic if KJ gets interviewed again on his NNA and he mentions or someone ask SR will continue, we still got a 0.01% chance. :heh:

[Aethos]

nah things cant get worse then 281 its already at rock bottom i think you should read the manga if you havnt...

its just us few sr fans taking our last breath before this ship sinks for good...


I read it. It's just that after the initial rage I just can't find myself caring about the series anymore.

Oh well it just sucks that it had to go out like this.

[Solafighter]

But if there are no more artwork or anything SR related I guess it's pretty much dead. But being optimistic if KJ gets interviewed again on his NNA and he mentions or someone ask SR will continue, we still got a 0.01% chance. :heh:

Yep.

0.01% is not 0. :cool:

[Sephiroth_760]

I read it. It's just that after the initial rage I just can't find myself caring about the series anymore.

Oh well it just sucks that it had to go out like this.

this is the wrong attitude :D
even though I'm not as excited as I was before, I'm still happy that I watched SR, even with a few stupid endings lol

SR was a great anime and I loved all of the characters, I added SR to my favs immediately after watching it lol

and like kh and sola said, 0,01% is not zero lol
the hope dies at last or not? xD

[Vicioushellsing]

So i just read finished school rumble Z and I have to say I am happy with the endings for all the characters. Hanai+Makoto Imadori+Ichijo Tenma+karasuma Harima+eri.

Now don't get me wrong. I loved yakumo. And Yakumo and Eri are my two favorite female characters in the show. The whole time i read the comic and watched the show I screamed how harima should ditch tenma. So it is sad to see that she ends up alone but she is a beautiful girl and will find someone plus it looks like her, tenma,karasuma,harima, and eri are all on very friendly terms.

[Sephiroth_760]

So i just read finished school rumble Z and I have to say I am happy with the endings for all the characters. Hanai+Makoto Imadori+Ichijo Tenma+karasuma Harima+eri.

Now don't get me wrong. I loved yakumo. And Yakumo and Eri are my two favorite female characters in the show. The whole time i read the comic and watched the show I screamed how harima should ditch tenma. So it is sad to see that she ends up alone but she is a beautiful girl and will find someone plus it looks like her, tenma,karasuma,harima, and eri are all on very friendly terms.

thats the spirit why we have fallen for SR lol

[Anime Daisuki]

Imo, if you stopped reading SR when Harima and Eri got engaged, skipped to the SRZ chapter where they were playing shogi, then to the graduation, that would make the most sense for Harima's story. Otherwise, the time line is just ridiculous.

[yakumo-chan]

So it is sad to see that she ends up alone

which is why the ending is not so satisfying!

or should i say...

i am not happy with the ending!:frustrated:

damn you kj.....:D

[zebra]

For all we know Yakumo could just be as well married .....
Harima jr. was so randomly inserted, why not that too? XD

[kenjiharima]

As I see in the SRZ manga is a spin off it won't count as a canon to the SR series. It may count as B.chapters that KJ wanted to insert in SR manga imho.

AS for now I'll wait for more parodies or SR characters on NNA.

[Solafighter]

As I see in the SRZ manga is a spin off it won't count as a canon to the SR series. It may count as B.chapters that KJ wanted to insert in SR manga imho.

AS for now I'll wait for more parodies or SR characters on NNA.

Same here.

[lonewolf777]

As I see in the SRZ manga is a spin off it won't count as a canon to the SR series. It may count as B.chapters that KJ wanted to insert in SR manga imho.

AS for now I'll wait for more parodies or SR characters on NNA.

Same here.

That's our last hope. Although I do still think that there'll be more SR in the future, if KJ is to be believed. :p

[Sephiroth_760]

That's our last hope. Although I do still think that there'll be more SR in the future, if KJ is to be believed. :p

if its more stuff like SRZ I dont wanna see it lol
xD

[Hunk]

Jin Kobayashi is gonna do a new serie ! The name's "Honkawa Action!", and it will be published in some new Kodansha's magazine, the "Bessatsu Shônen Magazine".

For now, there is just this image :
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2659/honkawaaction.jpg

[yakumo-chan]

Jin Kobayashi is gonna do a new serie ! The name's "Honkawa Action!", and it will be published in some new Kodansha's magazine, the "Bessatsu Shônen Magazine".

For now, there is just this image :
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2659/honkawaaction.jpg

then it means...

there will be no more school rumble!!!:(

[kenjiharima]

Jin Kobayashi is gonna do a new serie ! The name's "Honkawa Action!", and it will be published in some new Kodansha's magazine, the "Bessatsu Shônen Magazine".

For now, there is just this image :
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2659/honkawaaction.jpg

Thanks for the news!

Honkawa Action! probably is the action manga KJ wanted to do for a long time now since in his interviews, he stated he wanted to do an action manga. But I was surprise it was the mysterious shounen Natsu No Arashi he made. Will look more deeper unto this one.

Edit:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/Ryomakhunoto/cosplayers/Shonenannouncement.jpg

[patnam]

so Jin has a new manga...
no more school rumble forever...!!!

[Solafighter]

Alright..

Lets see what comes after SR and NNA...

Good luck and give your best! :cool:

[Hunk]

Well, doing another serie doesn't mean he won't do a sequel for School Rumble later.

[lonewolf777]

My thoughts exactly ^

[kenjiharima]

Seeing the white haired girl there in uniform which the shot is on her chest...*cough* boobs....seems we'll only see SR on parody and omake appearances.

[Sephiroth_760]

Jin Kobayashi is gonna do a new serie ! The name's "Honkawa Action!", and it will be published in some new Kodansha's magazine, the "Bessatsu Shônen Magazine".

For now, there is just this image :
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2659/honkawaaction.jpg

for now, only manga? alright, gonna check it out, thanks^^

[kenjiharima]

I won't be surprise if one male character there resembles Harima. :D

Honkawa Action! seems to have potential, I dunno if it's like Library Wars or it'll be mecha or like Blue Submarine. But who knows that teaser is REALLY a teaser. No cleavage too. :p

[hchop]

Until we hear what the story is to this new manga, I don't feel hyped up yet.