School Rumble manga (raw discussion only)

[Himikochan]

Originally Posted by Waven

It's about time... really wanna see the story getting more brighter.

That is FAKE spoiler. I created for me because I am very curious with next chapter, sorry!
And, I am creating other version (by me) on chp. 272 and I post on my japanese blog again

Kissu ;3

[janfive]

Spoiler for ch. 271:

the new chapter is hard to take

DAMN YOU Harima You FOOL!

Why do you have to make Eri cry!

since you got rid of your sunglasses OPEN YOUR EYES

[Aethos]

Spoiler for chapter 271:

Hey now Harima is just being himself. Calling Eri a cheap girl isn't that far out there with how he usually sees her. He see's her as an annoying princess who is a flirt and tease with every guy out there. It's perfectly normal that he would say that to her and claim that she doesn't know how it feels to be rejected.

Heck it'd be out of character for Harima to think otherwise of Eri even if she has been nice to him time and again.

[Onizuka-GTO]

yeah.
Harima acting really really bad.

some of the things he says are just not right, i think he really has reached the "low" point.

someone needs to punch his "heart" snd not just his body.

i just hope that when tenma comes back he doesn't go off into the whole routine thing, he really should just go with yakumo instead.

or eri.

[Kushi]

Originally Posted by Psycho Power J

The Takano kiss didn't come as a complete surprise to me. I've always got the vibe that Takano might like Hanai more than she lets on. Probably from her teasing him. The surprise part is how she likes him enough to kiss him.

But didn't Takano also kiss Harima during the school play? And also I think she only kissed Hanai on the forehead just like what she did with Harima

Anyways, still rooting for a Tae x Harima ending... hoping!

[Freeter]

Originally Posted by Kushi

But didn't Takano also kiss Harima during the school play?

That was only to settle the feud between Yakumo and Eri. She was the big reset button for that moment.

It's been hinted at several times that she had an interest in Hanai, and the kiss more or less confirms it.

[kenjiharima]

Seems Akira is kissing alot... Hmmm...

Spoiler:

One reason why Harima called Eri cheap must be the time when he dated a few guys to get over Harima's wrong confession. Non the less there was no physical hurt. Only emotional.

[SkoolRumble4Ya]

I gotta say I'm loving school rumble now more than ever because of all the emotional build up. Harima is basically judging Eri from what he heard and doesn't actually "know" her and to top it all off he' saying she don't know how it feels to be rejected which she knows it all to well. I can feel emotions between the two, man I'm gonna go watch SR again.

[Onizuka-GTO]

Originally Posted by SkoolRumble4Ya

I gotta say I'm loving school rumble now more than ever because of all the emotional build up. Harima is basically judging Eri from what he heard and doesn't actually "know" her and to top it all off he' saying she don't know how it feels to be rejected which she knows it all to well. I can feel emotions between the two, man I'm gonna go watch SR again.

yeah, its great! i really got tired with Harima's "i'm never giiiiving uuuuup on Teeeeenma!" i hope he finally moves on.

but dunno why your going to watch scrumble again, first few episodes of the first series was great, but it all went pear-shaped near the end, and don't talk to me about 2nd series.

rather re-read the manga.....

yeah. i'll do that!

[Aethos]

I don't think it's fair to hate on Harima. After all unlike us Harima doesn't know how much Eri was devoted to him. He only saw her as what she showd off towards other guys. Thatt of being a heartbreaker.

Conaisdering Eri tended to turn down every guy who confessed to her, and considering Harima thinks that Eri likes using her womanly ways to play with the hearts of men it's not exactly impossible to see Harima saying that kind of stuff about her. After all even if Eri and Harima have been friendly on occasion Eri hasn't shown Harima any other side of her since she's been so determined to hide it from him. Heck she's probably even used men to convince herself that she doesn't like Harima even though it always comes back to the fact that she does.

I know people like Eri but lets face it she deserved to hear this from Harima. I like Eri too but I feel no pity for her, and I don't think Harima went too far. At least she knows now how Harima has seen her from that beginning and maybe something can actually grow from that. After all they've both have had their misconceptions about each other.

[-Ajax-]

Originally Posted by Aethos

I don't think it's fair to hate on Harima. After all unlike us Harima doesn't know how much Eri was devoted to him. He only saw her as what she showd off towards other guys. Thatt of being a heartbreaker.

Conaisdering Eri tended to turn down every guy who confessed to her, and considering Harima thinks that Eri likes using her womanly ways to play with the hearts of men it's not exactly impossible to see Harima saying that kind of stuff about her. After all even if Eri and Harima have been friendly on occasion Eri hasn't shown Harima any other side of her since she's been so determined to hide it from him. Heck she's probably even used men to convince herself that she doesn't like Harima even though it always comes back to the fact that she does.

I know people like Eri but lets face it she deserved to hear this from Harima. I like Eri too but I feel no pity for her, and I don't think Harima went too far. At least she knows now how Harima has seen her from that beginning and maybe something can actually grow from that. After all they've both have had their misconceptions about each other.

Here is whats wrong with this, the fact that everything Harima said is completely off the mark. All Harima has is presumptions of what Eri is based on stereotypes, and by now we ALL know she isn't anything like that. Yes she is rich but she isn't nearly as snobby as Harima thinks she is, yes boys ask her out all the time and she turns them down all the time but that doesn't mean she is playing with their hearts, and yes she really does know how it feels to be rejected and in fact Harima is that person who let her feel that experience and thats not mentioning the neglect of her father. So hearing this from Harima is not really "deserved", if anything it shows how little he does know about her and I think she is hurt by that, and yes this is where their relationship can finally grow, if they can get all these misconceptions about each other out of the way that is.

Anyway, I loved this chapter, holy crap did I love it.

[Onizuka-GTO]

great post.

summed up my opinion as well.

all yay to Harima & Eri to having a more positive relationship, but i keep having the horrible feeling that just when we think things are going well, the author is going to bring back Tenma and harima will go off again.


if he does that i'm gonna MURDER HIM.

honestly, it's a gag gone on for far too long, let sleeping dogs lie.

[Aethos]

Originally Posted by -Ajax-

Here is whats wrong with this, the fact that everything Harima said is completely off the mark. All Harima has is presumptions of what Eri is based on stereotypes, and by now we ALL know she isn't anything like that. Yes she is rich but she isn't nearly as snobby as Harima thinks she is, yes boys ask her out all the time and she turns them down all the time but that doesn't mean she is playing with their hearts, and yes she really does know how it feels to be rejected and in fact Harima is that person who let her feel that experience and thats not mentioning the neglect of her father. So hearing this from Harima is not really "deserved", if anything it shows how little he does know about her and I think she is hurt by that, and yes this is where their relationship can finally grow, if they can get all these misconceptions about each other out of the way that is.

Anyway, I loved this chapter, holy crap did I love it.

Maybe so, but she needed to hear it from Harima sooner or later that's all I'm saying.

[Onizuka-GTO]

Originally Posted by Aethos

Maybe so, but she needed to hear it from Harima sooner or later that's all I'm saying.

thanks true, this is probably the only way for them to be honest with each other, gotta open the floodgates first to flush away the debris blocking the flow, before we can sail the boat down the river.

[Aethos]

Originally Posted by Onizuka-GTO

thanks true, this is probably the only way for them to be honest with each other, gotta open the floodgates first to flush away the debris blocking the flow, before we can sail the boat down the river.

Agreed. As I said Eri has not shown Harima anything of what the audiance knows about her. For all he knows she is all the stereotypes. If they're gonna get together Harima needed to say this to her so that Eri could come forward and clear up those things with him.

I think too many people were just expecting Harima to cry on Eri's shoulder and suddenly fall for her when he even told Tenma at the airport that he could never see Eri that way because of how he thought she was.

[Supah Em]

ok so school rumble looks as if it finally stopped beating the bush...

another reset and i'll blow my head off

[Dr_Tom]

Originally Posted by Aethos

Agreed. As I said Eri has not shown Harima anything of what the audiance knows about her. For all he knows she is all the stereotypes. If they're gonna get together Harima needed to say this to her so that Eri could come forward and clear up those things with him.

I think too many people were just expecting Harima to cry on Eri's shoulder and suddenly fall for her when he even told Tenma at the airport that he could never see Eri that way because of how he thought she was.

Wrong Wrong Wrong and Wrong. Eri has shown him she's not the way he originally thought. Look back at the Kyoto Arc as she helps him out(granted she thought he was thinking about her but he doesn't know that). Look at him eavesdropping on her defending him in front of Tenma as she once again calls him a monkey(after the Omai arc). Look at her offering to share the blanket with him in the temple during the Omai arc. Look back at the short class photo album arc when they're at her house. She has shown him many times that she doesn't fit the stereotype he set her in in the beginning of the manga. He's just being stubborn and emo because he "lost" to Karasuma.

To add more the reasons why Harima is completely in the wrong is because he accuses her of things he really doesn't know. Saying she has cheap feelings declining so many guys confessions and supposedly playing with peoples emotions when he really has no basis for that comment. Sure he knows she's declined confessions but has he ever seen her playing with guys emotions? No he hasn't, we haven't either because it's not something she does. The worst part of how he's acting is the small fact that Eri has been in basically the same boat the whole manga. Secretly in love with him just like he's been in love with Tenma. What he just did with Tenma, letting her go(FINALLY!! I can't stand her character or the fact Harima for some reason had feelings for her), she's done multiple times with all the misunderstandings. When she thought he was with Tae she backed off until things got cleared up. When it looked like he was together with Yakumo she backed off. She constantly was giving up until things seemed hopeful again for her. She knows EXACTLY what he's going through and he's just being harsh to her.

[Aethos]

I'm beginning to think people are bashing on Harima more because Eri fans are offended that he dare say those things about Eri, and less because he's in the wrong as they've been putting it. Yeah Harima may have been a little inconsiderate, but he has every right to be at this point.

I'm guessing some people expect flag to just happen. That one day Harima will open his eyes, see Eri is the right one for him, and they'll live happily ever after. I'm sorry but it doesn't work that way. You'd have a better shot of that working with Yakumo than Eri. I don't hate flag or anything, but there's no reason to be this pissed off at Harima for speaking from his heart. He's always felt this way about Eri no matter how many nice things they've done for each other she has ALWAYS irritated and annoyed him as he considered her nothing but a bother.

He isn't just going to cry on Eri's shoulder and thank her for alway sbeing there for him. Heck in Harima's mind she wasn't really there for him at all. In Harima's mind she just showed up to ruin his chances with Tenma and get him into many embarrassing misunderstandings constantly. Not to mention the time he thoughs she ruined his manga. At least Harima saying what he did here can maybe open Eri's eyes to how her stubborness and denial affects Harima. Eri needs to change her attitude and this is a good first step.

And lets face it. If you cheered on the yakumo slap there's no reason you should be mad at Harima for speaking of how he truly feels at the moment. Also lets face it. All the things Harima said about Eri. That was what her reputation was at school. Why should Harima think otherwise?

On a related note. If you're going to bash Harima's tunnel vision then Eri's was just as bad especially when Harima made it quite obvious on multple occasions like chapter 217 for example that he didn't like Eri yet she continued to think that he does have feelings for her. Even now she thinks he does even though he's been "dumped."

[ichigoismyhomie]

i think harima is just projecting his feeling at eri. he's a loner thug that doesn't know to communicate properly with others. that communication skills doesn't come overnight, especially for someone who used to talk with his fists.

i think harima need more time alone just being emo fag. Hanai should come and beat the shit out of harima too.

i wouldn't be surprise if yakumo show up on next chapter while eri trying to console him.

does anyone notice eri's chow chow dog? that thing is HUGE. it look like a bear more than a dog.

[Dr_Tom]

Originally Posted by Aethos

I'm beginning to think people are bashing on Harima more because Eri fans are offended that he dare say those things about Eri, and less because he's in the wrong as they've been putting it. Yeah Harima may have been a little inconsiderate, but he has every right to be at this point.

Putting the flag/Eri thing aside, even if this was Yakumo, Tae, Mikoto or any other character I would still be saying Harima is in the wrong. Just because he's feeling depressed is no reason to go verbally assaulting someone when they're trying to help and that's what he does here.

I'm guessing some people expect flag to just happen. That one day Harima will open his eyes, see Eri is the right one for him, and they'll live happily ever after. I'm sorry but it doesn't work that way. You'd have a better shot of that working with Yakumo than Eri. I don't hate flag or anything, but there's no reason to be this pissed off at Harima for speaking from his heart. He's always felt this way about Eri no matter how many nice things they've done for each other she has ALWAYS irritated and annoyed him as he considered her nothing but a bother.

Not sure who you're referring to here. I know I don't expect it to happen, but I'm hopeful. Harima isn't speaking from his heart that's the thing. With Tenma gone he's "locked" his heart away. He's not thinking of moving on but instead trying to play the tragic hero. Pretending that no one cares for him anymore, then Eri shows and shows him that someone does care. He wants to feel down right now and I can understand that, but again that's no reason to go verbally assaulting someone.

He isn't just going to cry on Eri's shoulder and thank her for alway sbeing there for him. Heck in Harima's mind she wasn't really there for him at all. In Harima's mind she just showed up to ruin his chances with Tenma and get him into many embarrassing misunderstandings constantly. Not to mention the time he thoughs she ruined his manga. At least Harima saying what he did here can maybe open Eri's eyes to how her stubborness and denial affects Harima. Eri needs to change her attitude and this is a good first step.

Maybe it will help her open up and be more forward about her feelings but that does't justify what he said or make it right.

And lets face it. If you cheered on the yakumo slap there's no reason you should be mad at Harima for speaking of how he truly feels at the moment. Also lets face it. All the things Harima said about Eri. That was what her reputation was at school. Why should Harima think otherwise?

The slap was different, Eri was being cruel towards Tenma. Here she's not being cruel to anyone, she's just trying to help. As for her reputation, it's just that. Harima has spent more time with her than the classmates that started those rumors, he knows her better than that. Hell, he even knows about the Omai since he helped to stop it. Harima knows she isn't like that, he's being uncharacteristically cruel to her here.

On a related note. If you're going to bash Harima's tunnel vision then Eri's was just as bad especially when Harima made it quite obvious on multple occasions like chapter 217 for example that he didn't like Eri yet she continued to think that he does have feelings for her. Even now she thinks he does even though he's been "dumped."

Really? Eri still thinks Harima has a thing for her even though she knows he has feelings for Tenma? Could have fooled me. I seem to recall that Eri had backed off since she found out his feelings weren't with her and ended up hurting Tenma.

Anyways, this is the one place were I will say that Eri and Harima differ in terms of their unrequited love. Just like I said before when Eri thinks Harima has a girlfriend she backs off. Harima has known for awhile now that Tenma loves Karasuma but that doesn't stop him. Each time he still thinks he can "win" her away. Hell even when he's seeing her off to America so she can be with Karasuma he STILL thinks he can "win" her heart.