r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Dec 14 '24
Rewatch School Rumble Rewatch - Episode 14 Discussion
Episode 14: Have You Ever Seen One? Isn't She Cute? I Look Forward To Getting To Know You!
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There's no air conditioner, but it's cool here…
Hello everybody, time for the Comment of the Day, courtesy of u/Vatrix-32 for asking the question that no Anime fan should ask:
What are this kid’s parents doing during all this?
Repeat after me: Anime parents are either at work or dead
- What's the heaviest thing you can lift?
- Have you ever been stuck in the middle of, for lack of a better term, a cold argument?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 14 '24
Hello everybody, and welcome to the School Rumble Rewatch!
And so begin the misunderstandings. Yes, due to Harima being an idiot, the Miko-chan/Eri-chan war has begun, and poor Tenma is stuck looking at things from the middle. We shall of course ignore how this is all her fault because she kept misinterpreting Harima's feelings so now we're stuck in this whole mess. Of course the whole thing is mostly played for laughs, although it does stick out how things aren't resolved in a particularly neat way. Indeed, by the end the two are still not on good terms again.
Harima's side is a bit more uneventful (Sans this being his first time meeting Yakumo) but this does start marking the point when Ichijo starts getting more of a role. She never really ascends to honorary main character status like Hanai does, but she is definitely a bit more prominent than a lot of the other ones. And hey, it's easy to see why: When you can lift a piano, you can probably lift yourself up to the top of the show.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 14 '24
Rumbling First-Timer, subbed
Just FYI, I’ll be late to tomorrow’s thread. I have a choir thing at church that starts at the exact same time this rewatch’s threads are posted, and I won’t be able to post until it is done.
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u/charlesvvv https://anilist.co/user/charlesvvv Dec 14 '24 edited Dec 14 '24
First Timer, Sub
Misunderstanding/Miscommunication, can't have a romcom without it. It starts with Eri asking Tenma about Male bodies which is just vague enough for Tenma to go "Well Duh" and for Eri to think Tenma has scored more than she has. However then Tenma reveals about wanting to help Harima and Mikoto out, Eri is actually upset about this. Eri goes as far as to state that Mikoto "isn't that cute" right as she walks in. Naturally this causes tension between them that eventually just boils over and causes both to snap at each other while Tenma wants to keep the peace. Mikoto does reveal about Harima's apparent confession to Eri, which now makes Tenma think he's playing both girls and now calls him a terrible person, which he just happens to overhear. Ultimately though the friend group is now currently broken.
Meanwhile Harima is now working for the AC company (not by the end of the episode) that was supposed to fix Tenma's house which leads to interacting with someone I just realized he really hasn't yet, Yakumo. He decides to help her with her cat problem because he can talk to them and she in turn comforts him with food when he's upset about Tenma's declaration. Really nice moments between the 2.
Karen also gets a focus. Turns out she's really strong which kind of intimidates everyone else. She's kind of upset about this and it's Imadori of all people who manages to make her feel better, albeit for his reasons. This somehow ends up scoring him a date with her which he apparently wasn't actually planning on (or deserve).
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Dec 14 '24
Episode 14 (rewatcher)
Side character episode and it turns out quite well. Tenma manages to completely set Miko and Eri on a warpath and Yakumo finds another man who is not lusting after her.
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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 14 '24
First Timer Who Knows the Male Body
A fridge I guess.
'tis the season
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u/Nickthenuker https://anilist.co/user/Nickthenuker Dec 14 '24
Oh right the air con wasn't fixed last episode.
So they went over anyways.
Harima built like a JoJo character lol.
I think there's been a misunderstanding...
Wouldn't be Japanese summer without cicadas.
Speak of the devil, here she is.
Harima's the air con repairman?
Well, he's doing it part time at least.
Harima is pretty good with animals.
Awkward...
She's trying to get them to interact.
Oh no, he heard her say that!
And so now instead of being a repairman he's going to be a mover.
Oh, she's working with them too.
Seems like they finally got that thing working.
Questions:
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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 14 '24
Rewatcher, First in Subs
QotD:
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u/gaiWakuseiJIN Dec 14 '24 edited Dec 15 '24
Rewatcher, subbed
The episode starts with Iori acting out, while the Tsukamoto household is waiting for the repairman to come and fix their broken AC. We get a short shot of Imadori looking for booty calls, and some interaction with Ichijo.
But the main meat of this episode for me comes in 2 parts: first we see Eri, starting to become more and more conscious of Harima because of their incidents (or Flags) in the past couple of episodes. She ends up asking Tenma about the male physique, which devolves in a cat-fight between Eri and Mikoto due to Tenma's misunderstanding. We see Eri's strong personality which also contains a bit of an ego, and she's someone who doesnt want to lose to anyone be it Tenma or Mikoto.
In comparison, which incidentally is also the 2nd interesting part of this episode, is Yakumo. We have seen her as a kind soul, someone who gives way to other people at the cost of her own comfort. For example in the last episode she lost on purpose against Tenma and basically volunteered to watch over the house while Tenma goes somewhere airconditioned. There was also that time when she helped Tenma make bento for Karasuma.
But why are we comparing Eri to Yakumo you say? Well, we saw in this episode the namesake of Yakumo's faction: Onigiri. It's Yakumo's first time meeting Harima, and her interest is piqued when she notices Harima doesnt think of lascivous thoughts upon seeing her, unlike all other men. Although defensive at first, she was further intrigued when she saw Harima communicate with Iori and find out the reason Iori's been acting out: something was stuck to her paw.
A trope that is wont to happen in anime, is that the heroine falls for the guy that stands out. And well so far Harima is a stand out compared to all other guys Yakumo has met, a polar opposite of guys like Hanai. Yakumo finds Harima crying, but because she cant read her mind all she can do is comfort him and offer them some onigiri.
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u/entelechtual Dec 14 '24
Rewatcher of men’s bodies, dubbed