School Rumble OVA Discussion

[ApathyEcstasy]

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SPOILERS
edit: in retrospect..not really..anyone with 2 braincells to rub together could've predicted this without watching the ova



















it looks like it's set after season 1 rather than being a prequel

also, it looks like they're moving towards harima and yakumo being a potential couple (originally, yakumo couldn't read harima's thoughts because he wasn't attracted to her..in one scene where he spontaneously falls for her while she's helping him with his manga, she suddenly is able to read his thoughts and new-found feelings for her and it looks a HELLUVA lot like she's falling for him too..(they already did the same thing with harima and eri in season 1) so school rumble is looking more and more like it's becoming one of those typical animes with 1 lame guy and multiple girls that are crazy about him

in conclusion..nothing really changes or conclusively happens between any of the characters..

edit: shallow plastic japanese entertainment ftw! (for the win)

edit2: i don't understand why a mod had to input that list of restrictions when none of those violations were taking place in this thread..yeah

[athos]

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by ApathyEcstasy

SPOILERS
it looks like it's set after season 1 rather than being a prequel

also, it looks like they're moving towards harima and yakumo being a potential couple (originally, yakumo couldn't read harima's thoughts because he wasn't attracted to her..in one scene where he spontaneously falls for her while she's helping him with his manga, she suddenly is able to read his thoughts and new-found feelings for her and it looks a HELLUVA lot like she's falling for him too..(they already did the same thing with harima and eri in season 1) so school rumble is looking more and more like it's becoming one of those typical animes with 1 lame guy and multiple girls that are crazy about him

edit: shallow plastic japanese entertainment ftw! (for the win)

There are 3 lame guys: Harima, Hanai, and Imadori, so not many girls will go for Harima. Besides, no girl in School Rumble is crazy about Harima yet; they're more like "curious" about him.

[ApathyEcstasy]

Originally Posted by athos

Spoiler:

There are 3 lame guys: Harima, Hanai, and Imadori, so not many girls will go for Harima. Besides, no girl in School Rumble is crazy about Harima yet; they're more like "curious" about him.

well if you watch the 2 episode OVA..it'll look a lot like yakumo is totally falling for him and he's falling for her too

[W-General]

It's just filling in the part they had to omit in episode 25 of the actual TV series.
The part with Harima and Yakumo is kinda like an expansion of the part in the episode when Harima goes to draw manga with her.

This is nothing new or surprising...at least for those of us who has already read the manga. This actually sets up the highlight of the entire series, the conflict between FLAG (Eri and Harima) and RICEBALL (Yakumo and Harima)...

I think School Rumble is only half as interesting without Eri vs. Yakumo for Harima. Eri is your proud rich girl, and although it's obvious that she likes Harima, she wouldn't admit it because of her pride and prejudice ( pun). Yakumo is your innocent, dunno-the-world girl, and she has no idea what she thinks about Harima. But it's very clear that she is gaining interest for him, mainly because he's the only guy who doesn't scare her away with all the "this girl is hot" thoughts.

Yakumo could temporarily read Harima's thoughts because he momentarily confused Yakumo with Tenma in his intense passion.


By the way, I'm a Flagger.

[providence]

Originally Posted by ApathyEcstasy

so school rumble is looking more and more like it's becoming one of those typical animes with 1 lame guy and multiple girls that are crazy about him

um...... no.

[Ilpalazzo-sama]

Originally Posted by providence

um...... no.

No indeed! SR is anything but a harem anime. For the relations between characters, take a look at the picture here:
http://www.school-rumble.net/character/index.html
It's in japanese though...

(Edit: This reply was to ApathyEcstasy)

[SnakeLegend]

that one's not updated, hope they'll update it soon ^^

[DrewGSR]

I wouldn't mind seeing Yakumo and Harima. But if i had a choice i would definately go with Harima x Eri, they are awsome together and ahve a hilarious chemistry lol.

[ChainLegacy]

Originally Posted by Ilpalazzo-sama

No indeed! SR is anything but a harem anime. For the relations between characters, take a look at the picture here:
http://www.school-rumble.net/character/index.html
It's in japanese though...

(Edit: This reply was to ApathyEcstasy)

Even if it were, Harima is far from a 'lame guy' He's willing to knock someone's lights out if they make him mad!

Anyway I only saw part one of the OVA and it was absolutely hysterical -

Spoiler:

Imadori with his 'D' frenzy attempting to get over the fence was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time (so happy School Rumble is coming back for another season) and the eventual ending with Harima and Eri - equally hilarious.

[Decagon]

It was nice how they covered some of the b chapters in the OVAs. The original parts were a nice bonus, too.

[Pellissier]

Yesterday, while watching School Rumble OVA 1, I found out how much I was missing its characters , although I finished watching the show just 3 months ago.
But then I have had "Suzuka" series invading my mind, and I was somehow distracted.

It was overall a pretty good episode, sure you need to know the series very well since its events take place in very specifical points of the series. This OVA 1 didn't shine, to say the truth, but with its slow pace, it was very pleasurable to see.
Arts and animations were improved, if compared to the already excellent ones from the tv series.
A couple of specific things about OVA 1, I still cover it with spoiler tag.

Spoiler for OVA 1:

I was quite surprised with the added ecchiness. Being it the naked Tenma on the bathroom, or the Tenma/Eri/Mikoto trio ath the onsen. But, we don't get to see details but just the "puppet doll - like" figure mode. I think it's better so, the characters have reached a fascinating state which mustn't be spoiled by some vulgar fanservice shot.
The ROTFL moment: the scene featuring Eri and Harima at the hot springs, while the other two didn't even notice. I laughed for 2 minutes
I guess there isn't an appropriate adjective to label that scene, if not that it was so very .. SchoolRumblish

By the way, I'm very happy too, that a second season will come

[Mephisto2k]

haha yeah, this scene was indeed very schoolrumblish.
and only because of that scene i think this episode was good enough and brought back the school rumble feeling.
didnt shine? it wasnt the best episode ever... but as i said, it was good nough, but still a bit to much b-chapter recap kinda whatever.

[Silencers]

That scene at the onsen is truly an SR signature. I have been watching anime for years and it's these kind of LMFAO moments that shot SR in my top 3 list!

Spoiler:

when the wall was brought down, i was like, oh shit, shit, SHIT! OMFGWTFBBQLMFAO!!!!

That's just golden.

[providence]

ep1 was nice, ep2 was a laugh riot... the caveman part was the funniest, rofl

[Pellissier]

Hmm.. I watched the OVA 2 and found it a bit flat.. except for

Spoiler:

The last sketch, with Harima and Yakumo, it could be a sort of preview of incoming moments of second season

Actually I found the prehistorycal arc a little bit dull.

ROTFL moment of the episode :

Spoiler:

Harima mumbling about his and Tenma's sons. And how they looked, with grin and sunglasses , both male and females .. Very schoolrumblish as the onsen scene on OVA 1 as well

I think that overall OVA 1 was better than OVA 2. Just imho

[ChainLegacy]

Originally Posted by Pellissier

Spoiler:

Harima mumbling about his and Tenma's sons. And how they looked, with grin and sunglasses , both male and females .. Very schoolrumblish as the onsen scene on OVA 1 as well

Spoiler:

When he says, 'wait for me, my children' I started cracking up. He gets so carried away with his fantasies.

[evil-samurai]

Not to much talk here, guess everyone is waiting for Season 2

Well I hardly care to much about Couples in School Rumble, but harima and yakumo actually look nice together, Would be nice if at the very end if it ended like that ^^ and after watching the two OVA's I like yakumo alot more, and Its good to see that harima is still his same old Self

Originally Posted by ChainLegacy

Anyway I only saw part one of the OVA and it was absolutely hysterical -

Spoiler:

Imadori with his 'D' frenzy attempting to get over the fence was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time (so happy School Rumble is coming back for another season) and the eventual ending with Harima and Eri - equally hilarious.

I loved that Moment, Imadori is Hilarious everytime he is on Screen

oh! One thing I though was great was the different ending theme (at the end of the Second OVA)

[Marvel]

Spoiler:

I also liked the scene where they went prehistorical and Karasuma inveted " Anime". That was also one hilarious scene, and the scene with Himadori was ordering a smile from Lala-chan

[t3ck]

I love OVA 2 ending

[Muir Woods]

Originally Posted by Pellissier

Actually I found the prehistorycal arc a little bit dull.

Spoiler for Opposite opinion:

Of both OVA 1 and OVA 2, I had the most grins while watching the prehistoric segment. Although, I didn't quite understand why some characters were wearing glasses 10,000 years ago? I suppose it was a choice to keep the glasses on their respective person because it's part their character. Oh well, that whole skit was very tongue-in-cheek anyways, as they were saying things that did not even exist back then. Perhaps its the added absurdity that made it funnier than usual, and thus was the most entertaining part of the two OVAs for me.

I really liked that very last scene of OVA2 where Yakumo's hair was being blown by the wind, while she was in wistful expression. That scene was truly captured and articulated Yakumo's beauty. I checked the GIF thread and did not see it GIFed yet, so I decided, why not, I'll GIF it as an avatar. Instead of wasting another post, here it is. Choose your borders: