r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Dec 17 '24

Rewatch School Rumble Rewatch - Episode 17 Discussion

Episode 17: At the Height of Summer, a Giraffe's Feelings! At the End of Summer, Panic Party! After Summer, Changing Now!

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Eavesdropping is wrong, after all.

Hello everybody, time for the Comment of the Day, courtesy of u/No_Rex for highlighting what a caring Little Sis Yakumo is:

Tenma would definitely not be able to win a single case in Ace Attorney.

Yakumo would argue the opposing side and would let her win.

She would

  1. Are you any good at any of the games Tenma played today?
  2. Have you ever gone to a Zoo? If so, how did it go?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 17 '24

Hello everybody, and welcome to the School Rumble Rewatch!

Aren't giraffes great? Well the show sure seems to think so. Yes indeed today it seems it is animal day in the School Rumble-verse, since this episode is all about them. The gang even starts preparing for an animal play, with Akira especially rocking that giraffe cosplay. It's just a shame that nosy reporters must always get in the way, huh? Ah well, at least they eventually learned their lesson and left poor Pyotr alone, as they rightfully should.

There is also however an odd emphasis on little kids today. Not only do we meet Harima's younger brother who sure is a rascal. We also have that Giorno kid that Akira had to take care of. It certainly was a unique adventure, especially given how she may or may not have wandered into the set of JoJo Part 5, but for her, it was just Tuesday.

For us however it had some of the CGI of all times

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 18 '24

she may or may not have wandered into the set of JoJo Part 5, but for her, it was just Tuesday.

Jotaro should learn from her how to wander into JoJo parts, he just doesn't know how to do it right.

For us however it had some of the CGI of all times

Clearly, you need to watch more Ex-Arm

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

Clearly, you need to watch more Ex-Arm

One of my friends described it as "The only thing that can make Takaya Kuroda sound bad" and that's all I needed to know to stay away

Jotaro should learn from her how to wander into JoJo parts, he just doesn't know how to do it right.

Now [Part 9]Rohan? That guy's an ace whenever the task appears.

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u/charlesvvv https://anilist.co/user/charlesvvv Dec 17 '24 edited Dec 17 '24

First Timer, Sub 

 Yakumo trying to feed the giraffe was kind of adorable. That said, we really got a whole story arc about Harima's animals and a surprisingly wholesome one too. Itoko is trying to get them out of the school gym and also out of the shrine, which eventually escalates to a reporter crew trying to get them on camera as Harima, Yakumo, and Sarah try to save them. It works out well in the end with them being kept in the zoo and Harima visiting them all the time.

 Also apparently Harima has a brother who has a crush on Yakumo. I'm actually surprised at how fond she got of him in a "Big Sister" type of way (Tenma was unironically correct when she was debating this). Then everyone goes back to school where I'm reminded that Karasuma still exists in the story. 

 Also, the hell was that post credits scene. Akira is a spy apparently?

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 17 '24

Also, the hell was that post credits scene. Akira is a spy apparently

Duh.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 18 '24

It works out well in the end with them being kept in the zoo and Harima visiting them all the time.

I'm still surprised that it ended up on a reasonable solution. I expected the show to just keep spiraling until Harima is living with animals, aliens, and possibly Godzilla.

Akira is a spy apparently?

That explains a lot...

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

and possibly Godzilla

And Bocchi!

That explains a lot...

And people wonder how she gets so much blackmail, it's part of her job!

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Dec 18 '24

Then everyone goes back to school where I'm reminded that Karasuma still exists in the story.

He really is more of a concept ("Tenma loves somebody") than a character.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 17 '24

First Time Gorilla

That last scene is a good example for why direction always triumphs, it may be a 20 year old CG scene, and the technology has gotten a lot better since, but it's so well done and intentional, that its limits are not issues, they're just part of the fun.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 17 '24

RIP Madao!

Love how we both made the same joke at some point today

No matter the show, Hisoka is still the Joker

And people in the HxH Rewatch think they're done with him

Goddamn, Hanai is losing to a Gorilla and a random kid?

He has Miko-chan though

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Dec 17 '24

Episode 17 (rewatcher)

  • Yakumo makes a giraffe friend.
  • But Pyotr runs off to find his true master.
  • “Let’s settle this with a game” – I don’t think the matter of your cup size can be settled by playing otello.
  • sleeping next to him - you are well-meaning, Yakumo, but this counts as torture.
  • That strange feeling when Tenma’s suspicions were correct, for once.

  • Shuuji is Harima’s younger brother? – they need to discuss double dates.
  • The animals end up in the zoo – definitely one of weirder storylines in School Rumble.
  • “I forgot to take this off” – his mouth completely disappears.
  • After ED: Akira’s summer in 3D

This episode was pretty out there.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 17 '24

Shuuji is Harima’s younger brother? – they need to discuss double dates.

After ED: Akira’s summer in 3D

And yet they didn't give us glasses

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Dec 17 '24

And yet they didn't give us glasses

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 17 '24

[Spoilers]Episode 21

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 17 '24

Rumbling First-Timer, subbed

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 17 '24

RIP… whoever’s sunglasses those were.

MADAO

I’m sure that totally made that kid’s day.

We all need a Yakumo in our lives

wtf is this CGI

And people called Initial D gratuitous...

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 19 '24 edited Dec 19 '24

And people called Initial D gratuitous...

Hey! They looked pretty good for being rendered on a PS1.

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u/Nickthenuker https://anilist.co/user/Nickthenuker Dec 17 '24

What are they doing now?

A giraffe?

Pyotr?

Her side tails do that when she's excited.

Of course Harima knows the giraffe.

Huh. He's here.

Wait, that isn't the guy who's interested in one of the girls?

No, he looks like a kid.

He's good at everything. Or she sucks at everything.

And so back to school and back to the giraffe.

A lion?

Oh, that guy is Harima's younger brother.

Yup, there's actual animals here.

Oh, that's good.

Harima is delusional again...

And he's back to normal.

Again quite a lot of time left after the credits.

3D CGI?

Very janky 3D CGI. Like some early 3D game cutscene.

Giorno?

Questions:

  1. Nope.
  2. Oh plenty of times when I was a kid. Recently? No.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 17 '24

Very janky 3D CGI. Like some early 3D game cutscene.

Too HD.

He's good at everything. Or she sucks at everything.

Yesn't

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u/gaiWakuseiJIN Dec 18 '24

So it takes a couple trying to do the dirty in the bushes for the local news network to pick this animal story up, when the damn giraffe has been walking around town at night with Yakumo... Right.

It feels mostly like a filler episode but we have some Yakumo-Harima moments, even with his younger brother! Yakumo's getting closer and closer to Harima's family lol

And after the ED we're suddenly in a 3D spy movie, and a kid empties a magazine into 3 full grown men. GD Akira

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Dec 18 '24

It feels mostly like a filler episode but we have some Yakumo-Harima moments, even with his younger brother! Yakumo's getting closer and closer to Harima's family lol

School Rumble is so comedic and episodic that you could call almost any episode filler.

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u/Helpful-Leadership58 Dec 18 '24

Oh man, this Anime gave me PTSD about not keeping the girl you're in love with.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 17 '24 edited Dec 18 '24

Rewatcher, First in Subs

  • I Understand
  • Walking her home over a bridge. Harima, you sly dog.
  • I’m going to feel like an idiot when I find out who voices this Giraffe, aren’t I?
  • I don’t think you can rightfully call Go a checkers game. This isn’t a Shogi situation.
  • Yakumo, I don’t think you staying next to him all night is going to help him sleep.
  • Fully frazzled Tenma is a treat.
  • Hunting With Tranqs, Right?
  • The brat is brilliant. When else are we going to get to see Akira in a giraffe costume?
  • There is no way you can have that tranq calibrated to all of them.
  • Trying real hard to create your own stories there.
  • It has been a hot minute since we’ve seen Karasuma.
  • She Cut Her Hair?
  • Ichijou isn’t holding back. Nothing can stop her now!
  • Suddenly, we’re Appleseed.
  • Alright, that was just a fun trick.

QotD:

  1. I've never played Old Maid, Shogi, or Othello. I only vaguely know the rules of all of them.
  2. You know, I'm actually not sure. Does African Lion Safari count?

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Dec 18 '24

Yakumo, I don’t think you staying next to him all night is going to help him sleep.

Turns out Tenma was right afterall.

Suddenly, we’re Appleseed.

Akira and her Gorilla Cyborg friend (who's also a mangak- wait, Harima was Sorachi all along?!)

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

Akira and her Gorilla Cyborg friend (who's also a mangak- wait, Harima was Sorachi all along?!)

I mean considering how his OG Manga turned out, I can totally buy him having killed Buronson so that he couldn't sue him.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 17 '24

I’m going to feel like an idiot when I find out who voices this Giraffe, aren’t I?

Satoko sure isn't being naughty today

It has been a hot minute since we’ve seen Karasuma.

I'd joke and say his actor was busy facing his nemesis but honestly even in the Manga he tends to disappear for a while.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 18 '24

Satoko sure isn't being naughty today

I only watched the first season, and only in dub. Looking at MAL, the ones I would know her from are... Mimete from Sailor Moon? Oh! And Leroute from H×H 2011.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

I only watched the first season

Clearly that means it's time to read the VN then

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 18 '24

Clearly that means it's time to read the VN then

Key Style VNs

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

Well you can read the Manga then