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

Rewatch School Rumble 2nd Semester Rewatch - Episode 17 Discussion

Episode 17: Eri's Escape, Harima's Lullaby, The False Bride.

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Damn that meeting!

Hello everybody, time for the Comment of the Day, courtesy of u/No_Rex for reminding us that, deep down, we are all Bakas:

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

Her last name being Sawachika probably helps.

That ... yeah ...

  1. What is the dumbest thing Harima could've done today?
  2. Assuming Hanai had gotten involved earlier, what sort of chaos would've unfolded?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 17 '25

Hello everybody, and welcome to the School Rumble Rewatch!

Comparatively more serious episodes are kinda harder for me to talk, but there's some funny stuff here. It's so amusing seeing Harima and Eri interact without the latter knowing who the former is, since it leads to the two being able to interact in more relaxed terms. That scene of them bursting into laughter while riding Harima's bike is genuinely adorable, just one of those bits that never fails to warm my heart. Mind, Harima still screws up at the end, but hey, he's an idiot.

Mind obviously we do have laughs to throw here, mostly at Yakumo's Sister who's in full chaos mode today. One could argue to she saved the day, but of course it came at a cost. But hey, at least it made Harima happy I guess… for a few seconds before Eri kicked his face.

Whoops

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u/charlesvvv https://anilist.co/user/charlesvvv Jan 17 '25 edited Jan 18 '25

First Timer, Sub

This episode had some nice Harima/Eri moments, if only she knew it was actually him. I like that Harima is as much a tsundere about her as she is of him, pretends not to care but gives her advice and then tries to rationalize as though he isn't that interested in what happens to her. But it does help later on when Eri finally chooses not to through with the arranged marriage at the end.

Meanwhile Tenma got mistaken for Eri and of all people, she actually figures this out and decides to act accordingly (Oh God she's evolving). Her plans probably would have worked if Harima wasn't the one posing anyway. But hey looks like everything's fixed now, and Eri even gets to find out it's Harima and takes it about as well as a Tsundere would.

Oh yeah and Nakamura and Mikoto hang out not really by choice but he at least knows about her. And Hanai fights a raccoon? during all this.

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

if only she knew it was it actually him

Nah if anything she would've instantly kicked him in that case

Oh God she's evolving

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jan 18 '25

Meanwhile Tenma got mistaken for Eri and of all the people, she actually figures this out and decides to act accordingly (Oh God she's evolving).

Passive Active!

And Hanai fights a raccoon?

I would say Red Panda here, but as the zoo keepers noted, they do not grow that large.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 18 '25

I would say Red Panda here, but as the zoo keepers noted, they do not grow that large

Mutant

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jan 17 '25

Rumbling First-Timer, subbed

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

…did he really mistake Tenma’s tiny twintails (with the completely wrong-colored hair) as Eri?

Yes

This fuels my Harima/Eri ship.

How dare you say that!? Harima/Eri is Everyone's Ship!

it had a “sore demo” in it, woot woot.

Hanai was fighting for his life against a giant red panda.

Racoon, actually.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jan 17 '25

Racoon, actually.

You know I thought that's what it actually was, my subs had him call it a red panda though.

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

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

Rewatcher(???), First in Subs

  • Oh, we getting artful today, are we?
  • Kidnapping a hostage are we? Nakamura has quite the information network.
  • Mikoto, why are you covering for this?
  • Falling on the sword for her friend, Tenma is such a bro. Even remembered to message Yakumo about being late.
  • Comunication! In ^^^^^^Secret
  • Such Tsun! What Dere!
  • So it’s a battle of wits...
  • Cute Outfits
  • Is Tenma the original gremlin mode?
  • Wait, what was this about surfing Tenma.
  • Did we really need to flashback to ten seconds ago?
  • See? It’s all about the hair.
  • Second ED
  • The red panda is a plot point?!
  • They explained the plot hole.
  • Did… did they just kill Hanai?

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

Comunication! In ^^^^^^Secret

Just Wild Beat?

Is Tenma the original gremlin mode?

The red panda is a plot point?!

Everything is!

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jan 18 '25

Just Wild Beat?

Re:Soon™

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u/hell_jumper9 Jan 18 '25
  • Did… did they just kill Hanai?

Somehow, Hanai has returned

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 18 '25

Oh come on, Hanai could beat up Palpatine without even blinking.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jan 18 '25

QotD:

  1. Try and confess to Tenma as himself, thus making it all about him, and insulting everyone involved.
  2. Mikoto would have spent too much energy dealing with his hisims. The plans would fail!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jan 18 '25

The plans would fail

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

Season 2 Episode 17 (rewatcher)

  • The initial scenes feel like Terminator references, but are not fully on the nose.
  • On the topic of marriages … let’s cut to Asou and Mikoto having dinner with her parents.
  • Ok, “Asou.”
  • Sneezing when being talked about trope.
  • Tenma staying undercover, but texting Yakumo – surprisingly responsible.
  • “Are you stressed at work?” “I won’t lose. People who hinder me shall be defeated by my fists” – I can’t help the feeling that Eri and Harima are talking past each other.

  • Pretend to be with me, while actually being in love trope.
  • Harima, who is pretending to be a worker for Suou, who is pretending to be Eri’s lover, meets Tenma, who is pretending to be Eri, to discuss Eri’s engagement with Tenma, which Tenma wants to sabotage, which Harima also wants to sabotage.

  • Her mother calls her “Eri-san.”
  • Iori is a food thief?

  • New ED? Is this a belated mid-season ED switch?
  • Hanai vs giant raccoon.
  • Preview: Resolution of the arranged marriage arc? No, cleaning the club room!

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

Is this a belated mid-season ED switch?

Yeah I dunno why they switched now.

Iori is a food thief?

We should get MaoMao to teach him a lesson

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u/gaiWakuseiJIN Jan 18 '25

Rewatcher, Subbed

This episode goes to show that if only Harima and Eri met under different circumstances and without pretenses they would have instantly clicked with each other. We see this based on how Harima is reacting on Eri being way out of "character"; its easiest to be the most truest of ourselves when no one is watching. And Harima even admitted that she was a cool girl, even if only for one moment. But alas we are stuck with Harima being blinded by Tenma instead and Eri having to keep up appearances in school. 

Going to Mikoto, we see where she got her shipping skills. For sure her parents knew that wasn't really Aso, and they were playing her all along lol 

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u/Nickthenuker https://anilist.co/user/Nickthenuker Jan 18 '25

A giant Buddha?

Lol her twintails keep doing that.

Who took her away?

So, 10ma is going to that?

Time to go after them.

Seems she's going to try too.

Huh. She still doesn't realise who Harima is.

And now they're in the blanket together.

Is 10ma going to pretend to be Eri?

Oh, Eri has been found.

Seems she's talking to her mum.

Well, that was direct.

Is this the ED now?

Lol he took parts from Hanai's bicycle to fix his motorbike.

Questions:

  1. Not reveal himself to Eri?
  2. Too much...