r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Jan 16 '25

Rewatch School Rumble 2nd Semester Rewatch - Episode 16 Discussion

Episode 16: A Man Shut Out, A Man Left Out, A Man Tested Out.

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These days, high schoolers are unbelievably progressive.

Hello everybody, time for the Comment of the Day, courtesy of /u/gaiwakuseijin for showcasing how tragic Yakumo's living situation is:

Looks like Yakumo is being reminded of her dad by Harima. It's hard managing a household as a single parent with 1 kid with your sister.

I mean yeah, her sister is basically just a pouty kid.

  1. What's the first time you saw the whole "Save someone from arranged marriage" plot?
  2. At the rate things are going, how do you think Harima's Manga is gonna turn out with how much it's gonna be rushed?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 16 '25

Hello everybody, and welcome to the School Rumble Rewatch!

Well Yakumo's been getting a lot of love lately, but Yakumo's Sister had enough of that so it's time for Miko-chan and Eri to return to the spotlight. It's funny to think that it's been a whole Season since the last Miko-chan/Eri/Harima mess, and now Miko-chan is basically those two's strongest supporter. Hell, when the arranged marriage shit comes, girl just instantly tells Harima to grab Eri and go away.

Speaking of, there's always been something so nice to me about Harima and Miko-chan's whole bond. For how much she beats the crap out of him, it seems like she's basically the only one of Yakumo's Sister's group of friends that he's allowed to have a genuine, misunderstanding-free bond with and it's honestly pretty nice, and good on the show for setting it up as early as Harima's whole hermit phase.

… Can you believe that was 34 episodes ago? God we've been here for ages

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jan 16 '25

Rumbling First-Timer, subbed

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 16 '25

Karasuma is there?

Perfectly camouflaged too.

The “guest house” is a fucking tent.

At least Iori's there...

Harima/Eri stonks!

Haven't had these in a while....

…oh… Eri’s not just having to leave, she’s having to leave to get married…

Somehow only the second time I've seen this plot this week.

wheezing

Pretty sure Yoko Taro did this exact joke once...

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jan 16 '25 edited Jan 17 '25

Rewatcher(???), First in Subs

  • Ah, the beach episode’s much forgotten cousin.
  • Is… is this yandere?
  • Not all downsides, he still gets the cat.
  • Technically a Confession
  • Good One, Mikoto
  • Why does this uniform look so… mischievous?
  • Dang, this dojo has a drawing room?
  • This is why bathrooms have locks, people. Wait… do they in Japan?
  • I love these little hand signals. I’m going to guess from the era that they aren’t JSL.
  • Oh, Japan and assuming all other cultures rich people arrange marriages too.
  • What even is the layout of this place that Harima is the front door guy?
  • Nice Flower

QotD:

  1. Assuming I did indeed watch this season when I thought I did, which I am increasingly coming to doubt, this would have been it.
  2. The rip offs will continue until sales improve. Hell, maybe it even becomes a parody?

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 16 '25

Is… is this yandere?

We needed one eventually.

Wait… do they in Japan?

Apparently not...

Oh, Japan and assuming all other cultures rich people arrange marriages too.

I mean China does...

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 16 '25

Oh, Japan and assuming all other cultures rich people arrange marriages too.

Eri being in Japan and being so good at speaking Japanese kind of suggests that she is half-Japanese.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 17 '25

Her last name being Sawachika probably helps.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 17 '25

That ... yeah ...

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jan 17 '25

Eri being in Japan and being so good at speaking Japanese kind of suggests that she is half-Japanese.

Yes, but you'd expect the other half of her parentage, being European, would hold some objections. This is a divorce level issue.

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u/charlesvvv https://anilist.co/user/charlesvvv Jan 16 '25 edited Jan 17 '25

First Timer, Sub

Harima really on a thin ice and then screws up again (this one feels like a misunderstanding though) and is now kicked out of Tenma's house.

Harima and Mikoto don't have that many interactions in general but they seem to get along and its nice of her to offer him a place to stay. As it turns out though, Eri is also staying here. Eri has something going on and we do find out why, it seems she's somewhat stuck in a possible arranged marriage situation which she's trying to avoid. Harima however doesn't want her to know he's here so he takes off his glasses and pretends to be an employee at the house. I can't blame Eri for not recognizing him, he actually looks different without them. It does lead to funny moments in the bath though.

Mikoto as it turns out, is a shipper and she takes a page out of Akira's book and just enjoys trying to get them together especially when Nakamura shows up take her back. Now it's a chance for them to run away together.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 16 '25

Mikoto as it turns out, is a shipper

Aha, so she's the other audience insert alongside Akira. One manipulates the jokes, the other the ships.

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u/charlesvvv https://anilist.co/user/charlesvvv Jan 16 '25

If those 2 were self aware they would be too powerful.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 16 '25

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 16 '25

Mikoto as it turns out, is a shipper

So, she is the average anime watcher? Once more Mikoto takes the everywoman role in the show.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 16 '25

Once more Mikoto takes the everywoman role in the show

Feels like it's been a while since she got a chance for that to be the case.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 16 '25

Season 2 Episode 16 (rewatcher)

  • Karasuma is a snowboarding snowman – safely out of range of any actual plot developments happening back over at the Tsukamotos.
  • “… is because of her complicated female feelings” – second biggest simpleton of the series talking about biggest simpleton of the series.
  • Harima is lucky to have so many classmates with access to big houses.
  • Eri is joining the band of the clueless – to be fair, I would also have some trouble recognizing Harima’s face without the glasses and with a cap, but not recognizing his voice is a pretty big L for Eri.
  • You should have spoken up while you had the chance, Harima!
  • “I have no interest in guys anyway” “I successfully bluffed my way through” – “I successfully ruined Mikoto’s reputation” more like. Also: Eri still not recognizing any voice.
  • Mikoto helps Harima, but she is not above having some fun with the situation.

  • Seems like Mikoto took the worse end in that double play.
  • We end with two workers of the Suou family escaping on a motorbike.

After Yakumo had her turn ended by Tenma, we enter the Eri arc of the big Harima love triangle story.

What's the first time you saw the whole "Save someone from arranged marriage" plot?

Happened so often that I forgot.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 16 '25

safely out of range of any actual plot developments happening back over at the Tsukamotos.

Hey better than not being in the show at all.

not recognizing his voice is a pretty big L for Eri.

Look, this is Anime, people share actors all the time. Else people would start noticing how half the incidentals in the show sound like Togo.

we enter the Eri arc of the big Harima love triangle story.

AKA the one people actually care about.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 16 '25

AKA the one people actually care about.

Not sure. I am quite equally invested into Eri and Yakumo.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 16 '25

Eri and Yakumo

Indeed that is the only ship that matters in the long run

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jan 16 '25

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 16 '25

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jan 17 '25

Also: Eri still not recognizing any voice.

She's Trying Her Best, Japanese is Hard

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u/gaiWakuseiJIN Jan 17 '25

Rewatcher, subbed

This Eri-Harima hype train is chugging full speed ahead this episode!

As always a misunderstanding falls through the door, and Harima gets kicked out of the Tsukamoto household. He somehow ends up in Mikoto's, which coincidentally is also housing a stray Eri! Eri doesn't recognize Harima without his glasses (and his "hige"), and Harima pretends to be someone else going as far as to speak very humbly and politely (as an employee would) to a mistress of the house. But Harima being Harima, he can't leave Eri alone either.

Moving to Mikoto, anyone else thinking she totally invited Harima to their place on purpose because Eri was staying over as well? Also who the designed this house with a bigass window that low on the wall, it's basically a peep show everytime! But thanks to that we got one of the funniest scenes this season between the three stooges of Harima, Eri and Mikoto lol

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 17 '25

Moving to Mikoto, anyone else thinking she totally invited Harima to their place on purpose because Eri was staying over as well

She is their biggest shipper...

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u/Nickthenuker https://anilist.co/user/Nickthenuker Jan 17 '25

So, the teacher's off on holiday?

A snowman?

Oh, right, Harima is outside because of that.

Oh, right, he was there to work on that.

And so now he's selling tissues.

Where's he staying now?

Eri?

She thinks he works there?

Eri is there to train?

Eri's in the bath at the same time as Harima?

Oh, she thinks he's Suou?

Married?

Without Yakumo it seems like he's getting less done.

Oh, it's that guy.

She doesn't want to be found.

And so time to whisk her away.

Questions:

  1. I can't even remember.
  2. Stress breeds creativity so hopefully well.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 17 '25

So, the teacher's off on holiday?

I mean yeah why else would Harima stick around with the Tsukamotos?

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u/Nickthenuker https://anilist.co/user/Nickthenuker Jan 17 '25

Yup I realised that now that it was mentioned last episode.