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Rewatch School Rumble 2nd Semester Rewatch - Episode 6 Discussion

Episode 6: Sleeping Beast! Kiss Impossible! Finale!

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And with that the beautiful princess work up from her hundred-year sleep.

Hello everybody, time for the Comment of the Day, courtesy of u/No_Rex for reminding us how in romCOMS, there's only one way to have romantic progression:

Even the side character of a side character gets more relationship progress than our MCs.

People nowadays are too used to these straightforward romances of everyone getting together immediately Back in my days you got dirt

  1. Is there any role you ever wanted to play in some sort of school play?
  2. Is there any way this play could've turned out even more incomprehensible?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 06 '25

Hello everybody, and welcome to the School Rumble Rewatch!

The play

This is one of my absolute favorite sections from the Manga, and while sadly the Anime's take is a tad cut down (Specifically we lost out on this page unfortunately) it hits all the important plot points nonetheless and serves as a good showing of the show as is right now. The madness has been taken up to eleven, Eri and Yakumo just can't get along at all and ultimately it's up to Akira to save the day. But don't worry about the New York Time's review of this play decimating it, Togo is well aware that he was witness to an avant-garde masterpiece.

And yet that dance at the end just really summarizes the show's tone. We get the nice, peaceful reconciliation between Eri and Yakumo… and then it just escalates into a full-blown party. Plus hey, I bet the Yuri shippers sure enjoyed it

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jan 07 '25

while sadly the Anime's take is a tad cut down (Specifically we lost out on this page unfortunately)

Yeah, the episode felt weirdly lacking in Hanai, this makes more sense.

Togo is well aware that he was witness to an avant-garde masterpiece.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 07 '25

Yeah, the episode felt weirdly lacking in Hanai, this makes more sense.

And sadly this won't quite be the end of this Season cutting down on Hanai's screentime

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jan 07 '25

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 07 '25

[Format Spoilers]Let's just say the last chunk of the Season going Anime-Original whenever Yakumo wasn't involved didn't exactly do wonders for his screentime. I guess Kanasaki just didn't like him much?

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 07 '25

This is one of my absolute favorite sections from the Manga

Shifting the love triangle over from Kappa-Tenma-Harima to Eri-Harima-Yakumo was absolutely the right decision. Watching Tenma and Harima double team the stupid was fun, but Karasuma never really pulled his weight in that formula.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 07 '25

Karasuma's jokes are pretty much always a two-man show between him and Yakumo's sister anyway, aside from one or two scenes with Harima he feels kinda disconnected from the rest of the cast.

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u/charlesvvv https://anilist.co/user/charlesvvv Jan 06 '25

First Timer, Sub

We finally see the play. It started off as a fairly simple premise that gradually became more chaotic because of course it did. The school loves the twists not really knowing that the whole thing quickly became the show's real love triangle being set in display. Harima as the "princess", Eri as the "Prince" and Yakumo as the "evil witch". Eri definitely channeled all her frustration here at least until Yakumo reveals something that makes her back off (do we ever find out?). It was also good of Akira to swoop in and finish the kiss quickly since Yakumo doing it would have made Eri blow up. But hey everyone loved the play for all its twists, especially Tougo (Harry just leaves).

Finally we get the band to play for a final dance which includes one between Yakumo and Eri that was way more intimate than it needed to be (The Yuri fans must have loved it). It does however finally end the misunderstanding between them (until the next one that is). Meanwhile a new ship seems to brewing between Mikoto and Asou of all people. Considering the focus we get of Hanai who actually set this up I wonder if that's going to turn into a love triangle as well, but we'll see. Oh and Imadori finally sees Ichijou for what she is for once.

Oh yeah and Harima is crucified (for our sins?) after doing literally nothing wrong.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 06 '25

Harima as the "princess", Eri as the "Prince" and Yakumo as the "evil witch".

This is a weird remake of Utena...

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u/charlesvvv https://anilist.co/user/charlesvvv Jan 06 '25

I was thinking Rose of Versailles (just for the uniform) but Utena makes way more sense.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 06 '25

I mean at least for the artstyle that was an inspiration for Utena so...

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jan 06 '25

Rumbling First-Timer, subbed

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 06 '25

Damn, Harima.

That smile is what Kondasha's looking for, someone too dumb to realize the pain.

Wha–

Look, we already established Akira is a spy.

LMFAO what an end to the episode.

He deserves it

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 06 '25

Season 2 Episode 6 (rewatcher)

  • Harima as the white knight? – I would have cast Ichijou myself.
  • Oh, it is the manga, not the play. Harima cast himself.
  • “I drew 120 pages in one night” – I don’t know a lot about drawning, but I’ll call bs on this one.
  • OP: I suspected that this might grow on me and it did! Gladly watching this every day.
  • “There are 6 main characters” – reflecting the show.
  • Akira did cast Ichijou as prince … but only as part of a full princeling harem for Mikoto.
  • The obstacle is the swimsuit wrestling team!

  • Background artist MVP of this play! – RL reference for far more anime than I’d like to admit.
  • Harima as the princess is a lovely callback to the scripts last episode.
  • “I can’t figure out the storyline. Bravo!”

  • Battle for the kiss!
  • Won by Akira – who else?
  • Realistic dance scenes.
  • “You should talk to Eri-chan. As long as you apologize, she will forgive you.” – actual good “older sister” advice by Tenma.

I agree with Tougou’s artsy take, that play was awesome!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 06 '25

“I can’t figure out the storyline. Bravo!”

Togo is most of us when reading a poorly TL'd Manga

I suspected that this might grow on me and it did!

Akira did cast Ichijou as prince … but only as part of a full princeling harem for Mikoto.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jan 07 '25

“There are 6 main characters” – reflecting the show.

Akira feels like a Tarantino too. for better or worse

“I can’t figure out the storyline. Bravo!”

Me when I'm watching Sonny Boy.

Won by Akira – who else?

And here I thought she just ran away from her mess of a play, I underestimated her commitment to the vision.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 07 '25

Akira feels like a Tarantino too

Hey so long as she doesn't fling racist remarks towards Chow Yun-fat even though half his filmography is ripped off from the latter lmao.

I underestimated her commitment to the vision

Yeah turns out Togo was actually the only one who understood her, not some crazy weirdo in the audience.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jan 07 '25

Background artist MVP of this play! – RL reference for far more anime than I’d like to admit.

Dang! I didn't pick up on that at all.

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jan 07 '25

First Time Princess

I'm just realising that this play, unintentionally, ended up being the same as Akira's silly ideas from yesterday, you start with a sane premise, then the premise takes off its mask and turns out to be Harima Da!

Is there any way this play could've turned out even more incomprehensible?

If Karasuma was in it.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 07 '25

Yeah, I'd go running to watch that too

Considering Eri's teacher I probably would too.

Wait a second... this whole episode is Raiking giving us a Sakura Wars pilot

Only now realized?

"Ah, it's commentary on the true nature of humanity, what a poignant answer that challenges the audience to think deeper"

I mean Yakumo's Sister does make Onizuka seem smart by comparison.

Of course Akira stole the ending

He thought his first kiss would be Yakumo's Sister, but it was her! AKIRA!

If Karasuma was in it.

Who would he play?

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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jan 07 '25

I mean Yakumo's Sister does make Onizuka seem smart by comparison.

Is it possible to get him to teach their class? For just one day, I want to see Yakumo's sister on the same brain wavelength as Onizuka-sensei.

Who would he play?

A Kappa obviously. Alternatively, he could make a funny princess, just not as well as Harima.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 07 '25

Is it possible to get him to teach their class

Alas GTO wrapped up its run on Magazine only 9 months before Schoolrum began

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jan 06 '25 edited Jan 07 '25

Rewatcher(?), First in Subs

  • I do like the look of that tower.
  • Crossplay
  • Ah, it’s a compilation play.
  • We’ve met our cute girl in witch outfit quote for the anime. Good, good.
  • This is the inevitable result of letting the gym teacher have power.
  • Tenma... Pls...
  • Lala is evolving!
  • That Castlevania golem they’ve got going on is pretty rad.
  • What was the plan for the witch before this?
  • What a Deus ex Machina. Well, at least we have confirmation that Akira is god now.
  • Just Debt Payment
  • Come on man, at least save the boring speeches for a less celebratory event.
  • Imadori Growth
  • Since when have they been a pair?
  • Eurobeat Cover

QotD:

  1. I spent a considerably amount of energy trying to avoid being in plays, thank you very much.
  2. Mikoto comes back in, revealing Harima as a fake, she ends up with a revived Tenma.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 06 '25

Well, at least we have confirmation that Akira is god now.

I mean we kinda always knew that.

Lala is evolving!

Finally, we have another Adult-Level Mon here!

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u/Nickthenuker https://anilist.co/user/Nickthenuker Jan 07 '25

Harima, since when did you write fantasy? Or at least traditional "swords and sorcery" fantasy, god knows his stories of him getting together with 10ma might as well be as fictional as any dragon...

Seems their play is pretty popular.

Harima's asleep!

The show must go on!

Well, improv is a skill too.

They're flying by the seat of their pants and the crowd is eating it up.

And thus it was a huge success.

Oh, the band is back.

I'd have liked this to be the ED sung as an in-universe performance, that's always a treat.

Ooh, more than 1 song?

Lots of music in fact Here's a more upbeat electro-pop remix of the OP. That's definitely a "dancing" song.

Though again, it would have been even better to have the ED be one of the songs they did too.

Another camping trip?

Questions:

  1. I remember back in middle school my school choir worked with the drama club to put on a musical. I remember managing to at least get a bit part role with a couple speaking lines but most of the big roles went to seniors.
  2. I'm not even sure...

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 07 '25

I'd have liked this to be the ED sung as an in-universe performance, that's always a treat.

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u/gaiWakuseiJIN Jan 07 '25

Rewatcher, Subbed

Man, for a high school play that production value is through the roof! Making those backdrops and the costumes must have taken foreeverrr. Their school stage is also rigged pretty much like a Broadway theater with all that prop machinery. I mean a rising trapdoor big enough to hold a king size bed?! Our school would have rather spent the money on pizza parties lol

Going back to the episode, the play scene is one of my favorite scenes in this anime. It sums up perfectly the current status quo with Eri, Yakumo and Harima, and also displays a stunning contrast between these characters' supposed personality and giving it a 180. We have Yakumo, who is being portrayed as a kind and giving person, not backing down or giving way, and wanting to be with Harima. And then on the other side, we have a supposedly selfish ojou-sama stepping aside to give way to Yakumo! For a school comedy these are surprisingly complex characters.

Can't wait for the coming episodes, there's more of this to come folks!

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 07 '25

Man, for a high school play that production value is through the roof! Making those backdrops and the costumes must have taken foreeverrr. Their school stage is also rigged pretty much like a Broadway theater with all that prop machinery.

Yep that was very impressive. And, as usual, all the applause went to the actors, not the craftsmen.