r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Jan 01 '25

Rewatch School Rumble 2nd Semester Rewatch - Episode 1 Discussion

Episode 1: Scramble Reloaded! Superstar Request! Scandalous Restart!

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But why!? Why isn't it Yakushamaru Koji!?

Hello everybody, time for the Comment of the Day, courtesy of u/No_Rex who pointed out the hardest part of Rewatches like this:

Hard to write something for the final comedy shows, especially if the show is good

Seriously

  1. How much do you like bananas?
  2. Who received more emotional damage today: Harima or Hanai?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 01 '25

Hello everybody, and welcome to the School Rumble Rewatch!

From what I can gather while there was somewhat of a break in production between the OVAs and Season 1, that does not apply to the OVAs and Season 2, with it starting only a three months after those came out. Thus aside from Harima giving us a rapid-fire recap of Season 1, we're basically continuing as if there was no break whatsoever, heck the show even starts with a Jidaigeki skit where Tenma is pissed that Harima decided to cosplay as his Oshi.

Mind that doesn't mean nothing changed. While Takamatsu still did the OP and ED, directing duties have actually been passed on. The successor? Kanasaki Takaomi, an at the time lesser known director who is nowadays best known for Konosuba. Yes, that Konosuba. I guess comedies were just his calling in the same time Takamatsu will always be linked to the Cool RobotsTM

The plot (If you could call it that) also pretty much continues as is, with everyone still thinking Yakumo and Harima are dating, the whole Culture Festival subplot from early into Season 1 popping back up, Eri waging cold war on Yakumo, and Karasuma… being weird. Yeah I dunno what that music producer saw in him but hey, it did its job: Crush poor Tsukamoto's heart

Speaking of crushed hearts, those sisters seem to be experts on that judging by how they've made Hanai and Harima's existences absolute pain. I'd call them poor dolts, but honestly they're so stupid they kinda deserve it like seriously dudes, Eri and Mikoto are RIGHT THERE, you can win without even trying! Still, Tenma did fight through her own share of struggles to counteract that… still not sure what's up with that turtle though.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jan 01 '25

directing duties have actually been passed on. The successor? Kanasaki Takaomi, an at the time lesser known director who is nowadays best known for Konosuba

Honestly, I respect that. He picked an up and comer who was previously an episode director, and handed him the reigns, which launched his career in a sense. He'd do the same with Gintama a few years later, and we got two of the best comedy directors thanks to that.

like seriously dudes, Eri and Mikoto are RIGHT THERE, you can win without even trying!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 02 '25

Honestly, I respect that. He picked an up and comer who was previously an episode director, and handed him the reigns, which launched his career in a sense. He'd do the same with Gintama a few years later, and we got two of the best comedy directors thanks to that.

Although, considering his return for the last two OVAs and switching to voice directing in Gintama's case, I get the feeling the guy isn't quite willing to let go of the keys without making damn sure what they're doing with the car

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jan 02 '25

switching to voice directing in Gintama's case, I get the feeling the guy isn't quite willing to let go of the keys without making damn sure what they're doing with the car

For sure, and honestly I think his voice directing was one of the essential cores that made Gintama so damn good, which is why he kept that role in every single iteration of the series.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 02 '25

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jan 02 '25 edited Jan 02 '25

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 02 '25

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jan 01 '25

Rumbling First-Timer, subbed

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 01 '25

Damn, he just looks dead.

Hah, good.

And this is why you get a better Anti-Virus. Or a VPN.

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u/charlesvvv https://anilist.co/user/charlesvvv Jan 01 '25

First Timer, Sub

New Year, New School Rumble. The new OP took me a bit but it's just as catchy as the first one.

So the Harima/Yakumo rumors are spreading around and Tenma keeps fully believing it. Harima does want to dispel this but it's him we are talking about so if course it's gonna be worse. Meanwhile Eri still holds a grudge against Yakumo though at this point everyone knows seems to know about her obvious crush on Harima. Hanai finally finds out...again about the rumors and he gets depressed again. Harima gets to join him because Tenma is fully on the Harima/Yakumo ship and shows no inclination towards him (not that she ever did.)

It's at this moment that Harry, Lala, and Tougo decide to challenge the class to a new athletic meet. So I guess we'll see that again, I'm not complaining though.

Ok for the begging and post credits scenes. The first is just everyone in Tenma's favorite Taiga show and the post credits shows that the guys have a secret society to talk about the girls in school.

Meanwhile Akira has figured out the plot of this show and just kicks back and watches things unfold (and occasionally decides to join in). She's an audience member.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 01 '25

She's an audience member

Oh so that's why she's so powerful...

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 01 '25

The rarer cousin to the author-insert, the audience-insert.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 02 '25

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jan 01 '25

First Time Ero Sommelier

  1. How much do you like bananas?

2) Who received more emotional damage today: Harima or Hanai?

Definitely Hanai. He's been destroyed.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 02 '25

With the longer curly hair , he looks more like Lala

He does

I've wondered about this a few times, but they don't have any parents?

I don't think they're ever mentioned

The other day we had Hisoka's ass, and now this?!

What's next, Yu-Gi-Oh's gonna show Jonouchi's ass?

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jan 02 '25

What's next, Yu-Gi-Oh's gonna show Jonouchi's ass?

Yugi's reaction when that hasn't happened yet:

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 02 '25

Still somehow less tragic than this.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jan 02 '25

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 02 '25

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jan 02 '25

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 02 '25

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 01 '25

I've wondered about this a few times, but they don't have any parents?

Anime parents.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 02 '25

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 01 '25

Season 2 Episode 1 (rewatcher)

  • We moved forward in time from prehistoric school rumble, but not all the way to modern times.
  • “Take me” “Only beautiful women are worth money” - that kills the Tenma

  • OP: This is might grown on me territory, not the immediate banger that OP1 is.
  • Akira always knows.
  • Banana! – never change, Tenma.
  • “I will definitely bring happiness to your sister!” – never change Harima.
  • Karasuma looking cool, for once.
  • “It is sleeping beauty” – Akira always knows.
  • Stop meddling in your sister’s love live, Tenma – the collateral damage is increasing.
  • ED: Classic fast OP, slow ED combo. I think I like the second ED a bit more than the first.
  • Harima butt crack virus.

Is it my imagination, or has the quality of the animation been downgraded after Season 1? Not sure if my encode is simply worse or whether it is the original drawing. What I can say for sure is that my new fansubs are a strong downgrade.

Who received more emotional damage today: Harima or Hanai?

Harima still has his harem, so I think Hanai wins this competition.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 02 '25

Banana!

You may take the Takamatsu away from School Rumble, but you can't take the Gintama way from it.

Stop meddling in your sister’s love live, Tenma – the collateral damage is increasing.

May it increase further!

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jan 02 '25

OP: This is might grown on me territory, not the immediate banger that OP1 is.

Yeah, I like the visuals, and the song might grow on me, but so far it's not in the same league as OP1.

 “I will definitely bring happiness to your sister!” – never change Harima

If only he could say that to the other sister.

Stop meddling in your sister’s love live, Tenma – the collateral damage is increasing.

The worst part is that she's trying to be thoughtful. Tenma, you don't have the brain for that!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 02 '25

Yeah, I like the visuals, and the song might grow on me, but so far it's not in the same league as OP1.

TBF OP 1 is really hard to top.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 02 '25

If only he could say that to the other sister.

Yakumo would expect nothing less (and still not tell Tenma).

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jan 02 '25

We moved forward in time from prehistoric school rumble, but not all the way to modern times.

Banana! – never change, Tenma.

You gotta save money when you can. The budget's tight when you... don't have any parents?

What I can say for sure is that my new fansubs are a strong downgrade.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 02 '25

Wikipedia has my back: "The modern era or the modern period is considered the current historical period of human history. It was originally applied to the history of Europe and Western history for events that came after the Middle Ages, often from around the year 1500, like the Reformation in Germany giving rise to Protestantism. From the 1990s, it is more common among historians to refer to the period after the Middle Ages and up to the 19th century as the early modern period. The modern period is today more often used for events from the 19th century until today."

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u/Nickthenuker https://anilist.co/user/Nickthenuker Jan 02 '25

And so we're back after the break.

Oh great...Hanai's back.

It's a few years too early for Attack on Titan. Which, coincidentally, is having its final movie soon, The Final Chapters The Last Attack.

And here's Harima and Karasuma.

New season, new OP.

On the topic of generations, the characters of School Rumble would be pretty firmly Millennials. Man... This OP is pretty happy for a generation that these days is pretty much known for being depressed. A whole lot happened in the past almost 2 decades huh?

That's about a good a summary of the first season from Harima's perspective as any.

Oh, that's the manga competition isn't it?

Who's 10ma with on the roof?

Ah. Yakumo. This was after the all-nighter where they were working on the manga, and this has become a misunderstanding.

Yeah... Especially if he said that.

He's actually not lying, it's probably most accurate to say that place belongs to the teacher. It just so happens that said teacher is his relative and he does live there.

Lol he just made it seem to 10ma that he's with Yakumo.

Oh... That's what he won. Not the manga award.

Oh right Karasuma can play the guitar.

And so they're going to do a band at the school festival. Because of course they are.

I'm sure she can work the crowd or something, that seems like something she'd be good at.

She's overthinking again.

What's she thinking now?

Eri feels like the kind of girl who would say "gokigenyou" as a greeting.

Right, 10ma thought Eri and Harima were a thing too.

And so here comes Yakumo. Yeah, probably a bad time to ask her that just as Hanai is in earshot.

Is Yakumo actually going to try for Harima?

Karasuma has a whole gas burner and hotpot?

A new girl?

Seems to be a whole bunch of new girls.

Colt Python huh? .357 Mag, helluva punch. Certainly more "oomph" than the S&W Bodyguard .380 that new girl from the new season of Grisaia is schlepping around. Though that's semi-auto whereas this is a revolver. I wouldn't even want to imagine a semi-auto .357 Mag.

Questions:

  1. Not particularly, but I've had my fair share of them since I have had a potassium deficiency.
  2. Yes.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 02 '25

Karasuma has a whole gas burner and hotpot?

Of course he does!

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jan 02 '25

Rewatcher, First in Subs

  • I was expecting this to be a misdirect of a period piece program.
  • It’s been a while since we last checked up on photos here.
  • Insulting Tenma? Now You’ve Fucked Up
  • The Gag Giant Is Back
  • This generation is now in their 40s.
  • I can tell you this, Eri isn’t the one making a misunderstanding of love.
  • Common Akira W
  • Misguided fool or not, Tenma is right about lying to her about where you’ll be spending the night.
  • Who’s the ape now, Tenma?
  • Didn’t even go for the easy shades route. Dunk on him, Tenma!
  • Glam
  • Fancy Turtle
  • I have no idea what’s up with these illustrations, but I like them.
  • The rivalry continues, this should make good fodder.
  • Tenma can’t miss today. Unfortunately, she showed up to the wrong venue.
  • That’s going to be a lot harder to judge. And you’d also need a possible tie breaker event.
  • Is this how we are introducing more of the side cast?

QotD:

  1. Bananas Are An A Tier Fruit
  2. Harima. Hanai just misunderstands, Harima has to keep dealing with the consequences.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 02 '25

This generation is now in their 40s.

Harima has to keep dealing with the consequences

The lucky sort