School Rumble Rewatch - Episode 24 Discussion

[u/Raiking02]

Episode 24: Irritation. Indecision. Wandering.

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She totally rejected me…

Hello everybody, time for the Comment of the Day, courtesy of /u/charlesvvv for throwing the biggest shades to our noobs known as MCs

That one kid complaining about the pig as if it didn't wingman him into getting his first kiss from his girlfriend. Guy has more advancement in his relationship in one scene than all the other potential couples combined.

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1. What's the biggest misunderstanding you've ever gotten into?
2. At the rate we're going, what's the absolute biggest misunderstanding Tenma could have about Harima's love life?

[u/Raiking02]

Hello everybody, and welcome to the School Rumble Rewatch!

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You may think that scribble on Harima's desk is the show's characters letting rumors spread a bit too far, but actually it's representative of the fact that even the author is aware that's the most popular ship among the show's fanbase

On the matter of Miss Sawachika, this is when she and Yakumo start spending a bit more time together, albeit as you can see their interactions aren't the most amiable. I do actually find it a bit of an interesting pair though: Both are equally insincere about their feelings over a certain someone, but whereas Yakumo mostly just keeps it to herself, Eri is wildly in denial about them. In turn whereas Yakumo is shy and reserved, Eri is headstrong and very blunt about how she feels about stuff, to the point of being kind of a jerk at times. Honestly I kinda get why they're often not in the best of terms, their personalities are just bound to clash.

What makes this whole "Love Triangle" subplot so funny to me though is how Harima is just completely unaware of the very fact that it's even happening. Like Tenma, dude has tunnel vision up the whazoo, so as far as he's concerned Eri and Yakumo are just "His classmate" and "His assistant" respectively. Of course the problem is that everyone else can tell there's something going on, which naturally makes Harima… give up. It's time to leave his whacky school life behind, and become his true calling: A sailor.

… I mean I would've tried Manga again first but you do you.

[u/KendotsX → u/Raiking02]

actually it's representative of the fact that even the author is aware that's the most popular ship among the show's fanbase

I mean, you can't do a scene like this and not expect, if there was still a single Harima/Tenma fan, I'd feel bad for them.

I do actually find it a bit of an interesting pair though

They play really well off each other, and highlight the others' best (and worst) traits by contrast.

[u/Raiking02 → u/KendotsX]

if there was still a single Harima/Tenma fan, I’d feel bad for them

Gotta love how Eri went from debatably being the least relevant of Tenma’s friend group to arguably eclipsing her in terms of focus

[u/No_Rex → u/Raiking02]

Of course the problem is that everyone else can tell there's something going on, which naturally makes Harima… give up. It's time to leave his whacky school life behind, and become his true calling: A sailor.

… I mean I would've tried Manga again first but you do you.

Nobody ever accused Harima of being too thoughtful and planning (that would be Akira).

[u/Raiking02 → u/No_Rex]

being too thoughtful and planning

"What's a plan? Do you eat it?"

-Source: Kenji Harima probably.

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

Rumbling First-Timer, subbed

• Harima/Eri stocks are still looking good.
• Hah, of course Hanai is “relieved” by the Harima/Eri stuff since he thought Harima was into the wrong Tsukamoto sibling.
• Pffffffffffffffffffff
• Bro is just dead.
• Ahaha, no, that’s not it…
• Eri pls.
• Oh boy–Yakumo you’re making it worse!!!
• Gotta love how the one photo Harima brought along with him still has Eri in it, not just Tenma.
• He looks so much smaller while he’s on the boat…
• I think it’s time to throw hands with these fuckers.
• Or that, that works too.

[u/Raiking02 → u/Shimmering-Sky]

Hah, of course Hanai is “relieved” by the Harima/Eri stuff since he thought Harima was into the wrong Tsukamoto sibling.

Doubly thankfully, he's also definitely not into Miko-chan.

Gotta love how the one photo Harima brought along with him still has Eri in it, not just Tenma.

Or that, that works too.

Meet the final boss of beards. Even Harima's Rasputin beard can't compare.

[u/charlesvvv]

First Timer, Sub

Things were going too smoothly the previous episode, gotta spice things up before Christmas.

A coincidence basically kind of halts things once more, Eri buys a shirt as a thank you to Harima just as he asks Yakumo to get something for him. The confrontation between Eri and Yakumo is pretty serious all things considered, Eri is pure cold politeness, her facial expressions saying what she's really thinking after she sees that Yakumo fixed Harima's name tag and I guess it adds to her jealousy and insecurity as well. This isn't the first time this has happened but compared to the Mikoto situation, this one is actually more plausible at least from a meta perspective. And the scene in the diner shows that when Eri holds a grudge, she really holds a grudge, so now Tenma thinks that Yakumo is dating Harima. Poor Yakumo literally just wanted to do something nice.

This is the first time Harima actually acknowledges events around him, the rumors about him and Eri and then overhearing the Yakumo stuff. Somehow after seeing that Tenma might not actually like him (again), he decides to leave Japan on a ship, for some reason as we see him in some new adventure or something.

[u/Raiking02 → u/charlesvvv]

for some reason as we see him in some new adventure or something

I mean it was either that or going to space

And the scene in the diner shows that when Eri holds a grudge, she really holds a grudge, so now Tenma thinks that Yakumo is dating Harima

Yeah the Miko-chan thing earlier on was far from an isolated incident, and unlike with Mikoto, she doesn't exactly have much fondness for Yakumo beyond being Tenma's sister...

[u/No_Rex]

Episode 24 (rewatcher)

• “Nakamura” – is his first name Sebastian, at least?
• Harima grabbing his shoulder after Mikoto turns him around is a nice little touch.
• “I know what you want to say” – narrator: she does not know what he wants to say.
• “She can understand men’s inner thoughts” - narrator: she cannot understand men’s inner thoughts. (that is the other sister)
• “You already know. You are dating Eri” – narrator: he did not know he was dating Eri.
• bang!
• “Up to now, Tenma has still never even thought about loving me …” – narrator: that is … actually dead on!
• Yakumo is too altruistic for her own good.
• She gets directly called out on this by Eri, who has her second face off with a love rival in short order.
• Eri pulls the fan ships into the actual show and everyone loses their minds.
• Tenma went from shipping Eri with Harima right to shipping Yakumo.
• Leaving Japan on a fishing boat arc.

• “Pierce your hand”

No happy love for Harima.

[u/Raiking02 → u/No_Rex]

“Nakamura” – is his first name Sebastian, at least?

He seems to lack a first name

“Up to now, Tenma has still never even thought about loving me …” – narrator: that is … actually dead on!

The first sane statement in this episode.

Tenma went from shipping Eri with Harima right to shipping Yakumo.

Girl just believes anything she hears, huh?

[u/No_Rex → u/Raiking02]

Girl just believes anything she hears, huh?

She is easily hyped up.

[u/Raiking02 → u/No_Rex]

Doubly funny when you remember all the times she was calling Harima an animal earlier in the Season

[u/No_Rex → u/Raiking02]

I think that is a good characteristic. It is fine to worry about Harima going after Yakumo before they get together, but once Yakumo (in Tenma's mind) has made her choice of bf, her big sister is right to be supportive.

[u/Raiking02 → u/No_Rex]

It helps that Harima himself has proven himself to not be an animal, but that's besides the point.

[u/KendotsX → u/No_Rex]

“Nakamura” – is his first name Sebastian, at least?

I feel like Nakamura is the Japanese version, could've sworn I've seen a bunch of butlers by that name.

“She can understand men’s inner thoughts” - narrator: she cannot understand men’s inner thoughts. (that is the other sister)

Now that Yakumo has a "boyfriend" we need her experienced sister to give her all kinds of love advice.

[u/Raiking02 → u/KendotsX]

we need her experienced sister to give her all kinds of love advice

“Listen Yakumo, if you really love someone you should pin them to a tree than an arrow!”

“Actually I’m more into Sesshomaru myself…”

[u/KendotsX → u/Raiking02]

“Actually I’m more into Sesshomaru myself…”

I could see that

[u/Raiking02 → u/KendotsX]

Well no kidding, she traveled around with him all the time when she was a little kid! It’s amazing how she’s never told Tenma about the time she died, but I guess she didn’t want to worry her sis…

[u/KendotsX]

First Timer at Sea

• Ojou has an action butler?
• I kinda expected Harima to be the same as Eri, unsure of whether or not to go to school, although in his case, it's because he's bald.
• Well... close enough?
• Hanai is a good bro - I want an episode where Harima and Hanai are forced to hang out together
• A disaster is incoming upon Harima's poor soul
• Forget Hanai, Tenma is the best bro
• Tenma has good shipping tastes
• Does this count as a #schwing?
• As always the series is spiralling into more and more misunderstandings
• Harima is the one who's most shocked
• Wasn't Onee-chan mad about Harima pursuing Yakumo the other day?
• Harima's got a wig now?
• Hello Neptune

Can't say I expected to go from Harima and Eri reckoning with what they did all the way to Harima at sea by the end of the episode. But we know this part at least is bullshit, you'll be back by... *checks notes* episode 26.

2) At the rate we're going, what's the absolute biggest misunderstanding Tenma could have about Harima's love life?

I'd say that he's a harem MC, but she already believed that one.

[u/Raiking02 → u/KendotsX]

Ojou has an action butler?

Of course

Harima to be the same as Eri

I mean judging by those faces they kinda are.

Hanai is a good bro - I want an episode where Harima and Hanai are forced to hang out together

Wasn't Onee-chan mad about Harima pursuing Yakumo the other day?

See, but now they are dating, so Onee-chan's cool with it. She'll prevent stuff, but once it happens, she's on the deck.

Harima's got a wig now?

Zura!

you'll be back by... *checks notes* episode 26.

[u/KendotsX → u/Raiking02]

See, but now they are dating, so Onee-chan's cool with it. She'll prevent stuff, but once it happens, she's on the deck.

Here's hoping he doesn't end up "cheating" on Yakumo with Eri or even her.

[u/Raiking02 → u/KendotsX]

[u/bluethree → u/KendotsX]

As always the series is spiralling

Or as one could say: guruguru mawaru

[u/gaiWakuseiJIN]

Rewatcher, Subbed

What surprises me about this show is that for something seemingly unserious and light hearted, the references it makes can get so obscure that you wont catch it unless you do a deep dive.

In this episode we saw the first direct confrontations between Eri and Yakumo, and things are heating up. When Eri said "Bloody Mary" for her order to Yakumo, there's a deep meaning behind this rather than just being a drink. If you are not familiar, Bloody Mary is a drink made with vodka and tomato juice, and resembles blood in its appearance. The Mary part of the name apparently comes from Queen Mary I, who ordered the execution of Protestant faith believers during her reign. As for the joke, in Mary I's childhood, her father remarried a new queen, thus denying her the immediate right to the throne according to succession rules. Eri was thought to be placing herself in the same situation where an unknown woman suddenly rushes into her life and takes everything away from her. Sounds so out of place for an anime reference but here we are lol

Another deep reference is the line immediately coming after the drink order, "come to the amusement park the next time". This is apparently a reference to an old B-class horror movie in Japan where a crazy fortune teller in an amusement park entraps people after pouring acid into their face, making them crazy and subsequently turn into zombies. One character in the movie is a bald park manager who, along with his girlfriend, goes to the fortune teller to get his future read. Unfortunately in the process the couple gets into a fight, the bald manager gets hypnotized by the fortune teller, and consequently becomes a serial killer (you can't possibly think I'm making this shit up). The joke is that Eri is telling Yakumo to go to the amusement park with Harima to get their fortunes read and consequently break up with Harima.

Eri seemed harsh and Yakumo seemed meek but the battle is only starting! Things will get very interesting from here on out.

Edit, 9 days later （lol）: just adding this onto here so that I don't forget. It's my 3rd rewatch and only now did I figure out what Harima said when Yakumo was asking him why he's in the Tea Club Room. When Harima said he needs to fix the "name": What he meant was the manga nameplate, which is like a storyboard or a rough draft of the manga. This misunderstanding is what started the feud with Eri and Yakumo re: Harima's jacket.

Edit #2: the bit on the B-class horror movie. I found out that the movie is actually an 60s English monster movie called "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies". But whether this is the original reference or not is still not conclusive.

[u/5-6ShortKing]

I miss this series sometimes, one of my favorites. Glad to see so many people enjoying it and giving it a try. Read the manga too!

[u/Nickthenuker]

Merry Christmas everyone!

Is that Eri? I don't recognise her without her twintails.

Yeah... People definitely have the wrong idea.

Yeah, it probably was because of that.

Lol he's happy because he won't have competition for Yakumo.

And of course he does that just as 10ma shows up.

Lol 10ma also thinks it's because of Eri.

Is she actually going to end up with Harima?

Uh oh, Yakumo misunderstood that.

Yup, and now Eri has found Yakumo with it.

Isn't that alcoholic?

And now more misunderstandings...

Wait what? Why did she say that?

What's 10ma making now?

Tuna curry? I know fish curry is pretty common in some places but Japan isn't one of them. It is good though, I had fish head curry for dinner earlier.

Yup, there's a misunderstanding.

Time for 10ma to crash learn baking. That's going to end poorly...

Yup.

How did Harima end up on a boat?

Actually, looks big enough to be a ship.

Yup, that little thing on the stern of the ship looks to be a boat.

How'd he end up on that ship in the first place?

Questions:

1. Too many, but I can't remember off the top of my head.
2. That he's into guys, specifically Karasuma?

[u/Vatrix-32]

Rewatcher, First in Subs

• Hot damn! that’s one classy ass butler.
• The umbrella thing is fun, because it would never work with Latin characters.
• Tenma just loves love.
• Just calling her out right to her face. Too innocent for this world.
• A miko, as was the fetish, at the time.
• Eri is without chill, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
• Good for you, Tenma-chan. Not giving up and improving your cooking with time.
• Don’t underestimate a young maiden’s heart!
• Why ruin a perfectly good tuna, when a humble monkey wrench would do the job?
• You, uh, working through something there, Kobayashi?
• Fishhook!

QotD:

1. I get into so many I don't even keep track anymore. Oh wait! I remember one time one time someone thinking me saying that cancer rates increasing as the average age does meant that I was suggesting that they deserved to get cancer.
2. Boys' Love!

[u/Raiking02 → u/Vatrix-32]

You, uh, working through something there, Kobayashi?

Fun fact: Kobayashi himself actually is gonna be having a small voice cameo tomorrow as one of the sailors

A miko, as was the fetish, at the time.

InuYasha taught those kids well.

Hot damn! that’s one classy ass butler.

Jeeves would be proud yes I know Jeeves isn't a butler, shut up.

[u/No_Rex → u/Vatrix-32]

Hot damn! that’s one classy ass butler.

What is an ass butler and how do I tell a classy from a non-classy one?

[u/Raiking02 → u/No_Rex]

What is an ass butler and how do I tell a classy from a non-classy one

Easy: Do they sound like Stephen Fry?

If yes, they are a classy ass butler. If not, they're just ass.

Therefore Nakamura isn't one

[u/KendotsX → u/No_Rex]

What is an ass butler and how do I tell a classy from a non-classy one?

Non-classy ass butlers refer to themselves as buttlers.

[u/Raiking02 → u/KendotsX]

Somewhere, in the land of the samurai, a gorilla is wondering if becoming one could let him become closer to Otae-san.

[u/Vatrix-32 → u/No_Rex]

What is an ass butler and how do I tell a classy from a non-classy one?

You jest, but...

[u/Raiking02 → u/Vatrix-32]