Second Term Episode 1 Discussion

[MrProphet]

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So, I gather we can discuss it here, right?

Anyway, the first episode of the Second Season has aired. If you liked 1st season, you'll LOVE this. This is the same good ol' School Rumble, continued.

Not much has changed, as far as i can see and it is pretty much the same high quality comedy.

For those unfamiliar with the series, my best description of School Rumble is: Azumanga Daioh with plot and funnier. 8) This series has pretty much restored my faith in the romatic school comedies, so I eagerly await each new episode now.

Spoiler:

As for the ep.1, it's the same shtick with 3 small stories about Tenma, Harima and others. Episode 1 is once again dedicated to Tenma's crush on Karasuma, Harima's crush on Tenma, Tenma's belief that Harima likes Yakumo, and both of their imaginations running wild!

And you know how their imaginations can get. 8)

The OP is "Sentimental Generation" by Ami Tokito, a very upbeat song in the same vein as last season's Scramble by Horie Yui. Although I liked Scramble better, this song is nice. Perky and fun and very catchy. 8)

The ED is "Kono Namida ga Arukara Tsugi no Ippo to Naru", again by Ami Tokito, a very nice slow song, again, in the vein of the 1st season's ED.

So, not much has changed, but it's the same good stuff. The cast and staff is pretty much unchanged as well.

[hi no ken Jebus]

I had a big post but damn forum ate it Well the new season is finally here. Starts at the beginning of volume 8 with some stuff moved around since it was used last season to make up the ending. Lots of the same hyperactive comedy from last season along with more Tenma. I don't quite like the new OP and ED but not like I'll watch them ever again either. Anywho for this episode...

Spoiler for screencaps+mini summary:

Scramble ga Reloaded
Itoko gives Harima the news that he won the dankousha prize he runs looking for Tenma to tell her about it. However he walks in on Tenma lecturing Yakumo for staying out with Harima. After hearing enough Harima tries to set things straight but ends up putting his feet further into his grave. He manages to fix things but he tells tenma he promises to make Yakumo happy.

Superstar ni request
After tenma settles the yakumo affair she goes to karasuma to see if she makes progress. The band is practicing for the culture festival and she dreams of going on tour with them and getting a record contract. Even in her dreams she fails Karasuma cheers her up by giving her a turtle. To which she doesn't understand the meaning behind of and spends the whole night trying to figure it out.

Scandalous na Restart
In the last mini ep Hanai finds out that Harima is "going out" Yakumo and is utterly shocked after finding out she spent the night at his house. Tenma planned for Yakumo to make Harima's lunch and give it to him in front of the whole class. And episode ends with 2-D coming to challenge them at the culture festival. Next week is what I have been waiting for

[Ilpalazzo-sama]

So the long awaited second season has arrived! For the beginning, here is a disclaimer for the topic, copied from the old one:

Originally Posted by xris

While none of the School Rumble anime series have been licensed yet, they are produced by MFI, therefore we won't be listing fansubs here on AnimeSuki. See Removal of Media Factory Inc. Works for details.

Since it is "restricted", the following posts are no longer allowed in this forum.

• Asking where you can find School Rumble downloads or torrents.
• Discussing School Rumble fansub groups (past or present).
• Asking for help downloading School Rumble.
• Asking for playback help for School Rumble episodes.

These rules applies to fansubs (in English or any other language) and raws alike.

This restriction applies to

• School Rumble (first series)
• School Rumble OVA
• School Rumble (second series)

You still are allowed to discuss the anime, that has not changed but please remember to limit the discussion to the story. And of course, the School Rumble manga has been licensed by Del Rey (Personal note: Volume 1 is out)

There have been several mentions of fansub groups in the last few posts (which have now been deleted). Please take this as a warning since any more talk about fansub groups will lead to bans.

Let the discussion begin!

[Ilpalazzo-sama]

You beat me with a minute about posting the new topic :|

Anyway ep1 was really good...I didn't understand too much (I don't know too much japanese yet), but as much as I saw, it is really good, as good as season 1. The new OP/ED are really good as well, the Single with the OP is coming out on April 19th.

[Omniscient]

Episode 01 Screencaps and Summary

Spoiler:

The first episode is pretty hilarious, with the return of the crazy love polygon between all of the characters. The OP and ED are better than I had expected, but that's because I came in with rock-bottom expectations for them.

[hi no ken Jebus]

Originally Posted by Omniscient

Episode 01 Screencaps

Spoiler:

The first episode is pretty hilarious, with the return of the crazy love polygon between all of the characters. The OP and ED are better than I had expected, but that's because I came in with rock-bottom expectations for them.

Yea I don't blame you. I mean I loved scramble and the other one but this one was ok I came in with no expectations. But who knows they may grow on me.

[setsuka]

Originally Posted by hi no ken Jebus

I had a big post but damn forum ate it Well the new season is finally here. Starts at the beginning of volume 8 with some stuff moved around since it was used last season to make up the ending. Lots of the same hyperactive comedy from last season along with more Tenma. I don't quite like the new OP and ED but not like I'll watch them ever again either. Anywho for this episode...

It looks good!! thanks for the screencaps. Tenma and Yakumo look cute as usual.

[BrokenWingz]

Sooo looking forward to this
*must resist screencaps*

[W-General]

Just listening to the song, (just starting to check out this episode), the song sucks...
And the lyrics is totally ridiculous.

It pretty much picked up right after where the last season left off....at the beginning of volume 8.
They covered 7 volumes (although vol.7 was a bit rushed, but the OVA took care of that) in 26 eps. That means season 2 will probably cover just as much..., up to vol.14, although at the rate the manga is going, I seriously doubt that it'll finish by vol.14, but at least vol.14 should be released by October, when the anime ends this season. Maybe there's gonna be a third season :O j/k

[MrProphet]

This series is pretty much endless, they can go on for as long as they want. Remember the bogus ending of season 1 (with Karasuma as the alien)? They can easily do that every single season and still continue on and on with the same crack romantic sitcom. 8)

Personally, I can't get enough of ONEE-CHAN POWER, so it's fine with me. 8)

[W-General]

I suppose that's true. They're already padding it with anime-original materials, such as the 2-D's challenge for the culture festival. In the manga, only 2C did the Survival Game (my favorite part ) Are they gonna add 2D folks in there? Or????? I can't wait

oh I'm totally enjoying the bonus part at the end.

[Mentar]

Good start into the new season ^_^

Seeing Yakumo's bentou from hell literally devastate both Harima and Hanai made my day!

[FlyByNite]

From the preview for the 2nd episode looks like the War game starts next week. Whooooooo!

I wonder why they have Ami Tokito doing both the OP/ED? I would have liked another Horie Yui song

[Circle]

w00t, just watched ep1. It's nice that school rumble is easy enough to understand that a minimum knowledge of Japanese is enough to watch it raw. Funny as hell.

I thought the OP song is catchy and the ED song fits well too. I still like "Scramble" more though. But I do think Ami Tokito is cuter than Yui Horie, must be the glasses and her ^ ^ eyes. :-D

[oDin01]

Agreed the new OP and ED for Second Term isn't as great as the first season.

Going by the first episode it looks like we're going to see a lot of parts in the anime that wasn't in the manga. Not that I"m complaining but they better not cut out any of the Yakumo scenes like they did at the end of the previous series.

Was it just me or were those rainbow type backgrounds in some of the scenes very distracting. Talk about trying to cut production costs.

[Tsukishirou]

Laughed a lot at Ep.1 , just the OP and ED are sucky that´s all.

[SWPIGWANG]

*waits for culture fest............. XD

[kj1980]

Originally Posted by oDin01

Agreed the new OP and ED for Second Term isn't as great as the first season.

Well, that's kinda expected from a meganekko- idol Tokitou aMi ("a" is little hiragana) produced by Tsunku. ugh.

[Pellissier]

I don't agree on the matter that the OP sucks. Or better, I'd wait before stating it.
We have on our ears like one year and a half of Horie Yui & Scandal's "Scramble" (which is wonderful indeed), of course it's difficult to bow to a new song, that we have in the ears from one day or two.
I'd say to give time to "Sentimental Generation" (it's sung by a 18 years old J-Idol, Tokitou Ami - I thought she were a little older, by the voice), I'm quite liking it so far and I'm sure that listening and over listening to it, like it'll likely happen, will raise it's grade. I'd also say the Intro (meant as musicless sequence for season 1 was way better than this on the season 2, I particularly miss the - Tenma flowing on a cloud sequence - , but again, it's comparing something stuck in our memory against something brand new).
While the ED (always sung by Tokitou Ami) looks weaker, even though it's a different type of song, uncatchy and needs more to be understood. Sure Ogura Yuko's "Onna no ko Otoko no ko" was an impressive hit as well.

As for the episode, so far I've seen just the first minutes. I laughed in the beginning by seeing Tennouji, LOL, I guess he gained some weight in these months (like 100/200 tons )
Bur also from the gifs I'm seeing, it's clear SR 2 won't disappoint the fans. I only hope for the 26 episode formula. With all the potential they have, 13 would look kind of a waste.

[Swampstorm]

Originally Posted by Pellissier

I don't agree on the matter that the OP sucks.
We have on our ears like one year and a half of Horie Yui & Scandal's "Scramble" (which is wonderful indeed), of course it's difficult to bow to a new song, that we have in the ears from one day or two.
I'd say to give time to "Sentimental Generation" (it's sung by a 18 years old J-Idol, Tokitou Ami - I thought she were a little older, by the voice), I'm quite liking it so far and I'm sure that listening and over listening to it, like it'll likely happen, will raise it's grade. I'd also say the Intro (meant as musicless sequence for season 1 was way better than this on the season 2, I particularly miss the - Tenma flowing on a cloud sequence - , but again, it's comparing something stuck in our memory against something brand new).

When you just listen to the two songs in isolation, they both have catchy tunes. For me, the problem that I'm having is with the OP sequence. Scramble fit with it's affiliated OP sequence - the lyrics matched what was happening on screen, making the song and the sequence work well together. With this OP sequence, the lyrics don't really match up in this way. It's like the song and the animation were just tossed together. Basically, it's the difference between an OP that you watch, and an OP that you want to watch. It's not really a big problem, though. I don't mind the ED sequence much either, but only because it's fun watching the animation of Eri's hair in the breeze.

Based on the pace that they're going at, they probably won't get anywhere with only 13 episodes. The rumor is based on a channel guide:
http://cal.syoboi.jp/tid/822#47495

That being said, ep 13 isn't indicated as the "final" ep - it's only the last one known, at present. It's entirely possible that more entries will be added as the information becomes available. There isn't any official word on the total length of the series at present. No need to worry too much... yet.

Ah, the look that Eri gave Yakumo and Sara was absolutely brilliant. So many mixed emotions packed in there.