Mikoto Suō

School Rumble

is a manga serialized in the Weekly Shōnen Magazine, created by Jin Kobayashi. The final chapter was released on July 23, 2008.

A 26-episode anime adaptation was broadcast on TV Tokyo between October 2004 and April 2005. In December 2005, an OVA was released, containing two special episodes, and a second season titled "School Rumble - Second Term" was broadcast in 2006 between April and September. The next OVA, titled School Rumble 3rd Semester and containing two episodes will be bundled with volumes 21 and 22 of the School Rumble manga, the first of which released on July 17, 2008. Sony PlayStation games were produced in July 2005 and July 2006.

The manga is published in English by Del Rey Manga. Unlike other Del Rey releases, the manga uses the original Japanese naming order (family name followed by the given name) to preserve the puns in the manga.

FUNimation Entertainment released the first volume and starter box set on August 21, 2007.

Plot

The plot of School Rumble covers the daily lives of students of the fictional Yagami High School and their surroundings. The series is of the romance comedy genre, with scenes in the story being exaggerated for comedic purposes.

The female protagonist is Tenma Tsukamoto, a second year high school girl with no special qualities who has a crush on Oji Karasuma, a stonefaced eccentric. The generally clueless Tenma finds it difficult to confess her love to him. Complications arise with Kenji Harima, the male protagonist and a delinquent, who has developed a crush on Tenma. He too has difficulty confessing to her. The attempts of the two characters to confess their respective loves are running gags seen throughout the series.

As the series progresses, the story changes focus to the relationship that develops between Harima and Tenma's close friend, Eri Sawachika, which results from various embarrassing situations involving Eri and Harima. Harima also develops a relationship with Tenma's younger sister Yakumo Tsukamoto, who begins to assist Harima with the development and drawing of his manga.

As the story progresses, Harima gets himself into romantic situations with Tenma, the relationship between Tenma and Karasuma progresses, and Eri's and Yakumo's bonds with Harima grow stronger.

Characters

School Rumble features a diverse cast of characters, most of whom attend Yagami High School, and the protagonists and most of the supporting characters belong to Class 2-C. While both Kenji Harima and Tenma Tsukamoto are the protagonists, the focus is not exclusively on them, as the supporting characters in particular receive a fair amount of character development.

This supporting cast includes Oji Karasuma, Tenma's love interest, who otherwise does not play a more active role in the story. Yakumo Tsukamoto is Tenma's shy younger sister, who can easily read the thoughts of anybody who loves her, including boys who try to approach her, her sister and her pet cat Iori. Tenma's friends include Eri Sawachika, a wealthy, half-English, half-Japanese girl who becomes attracted to Harima, Mikoto Suo, a black belt in Kenpo, and Akira Takano, who is very perceptive, resourceful, intelligent, and mysterious. Rounding out the group is Haruki Hanai, a childhood friend of Mikoto's who is head over heels for Yakumo.

Media

Manga

  • School Rumble

In the manga, the main plot is described in chapters marked with a musical sharp sign (e.g. ♯1, ♯2, ...) appeared in . Incidental or side stories are told in flat sign chapters (♭1, ♭2, ...) which appeared in the monthly , and the natural sign chapters (so far only ♮1, included in School Rumble Volume 7) were serialized in the seasonal . All three magazines and collected volumes are published by Kodansha in Japan. The Del Rey version uses the sharp/flat designations for chapters, with the Sharp chapters listed first in the table of contents of each volume followed by the Flat chapters.

Flat chapters 1-7 focus on Yakumo, chapter ♭8 focuses on Suou Mikoto and Hanai Haruki, and later Flat chapters feature minor characters from the main storyline or Sharp episodes viewed from an alternative perspective. The only Natural chapter released is a general story involving all the characters and their general relationship during the meteor shower during Tanabata with no story bias towards any character.

After the main series' completion, School Rumble Z started serialization in Magazine Special, also using the natural sign denomination.

Anime

The manga was adapted into an anime TV series, School Rumble, was broadcast from October 10, 2004 through April 5, 2005 on TV Tokyo. It was followed by two OVA episodes, School Rumble - First Term Extra, which were released on December 22. A second TV series, School Rumble - Second Term ran from April 2 through September 24, 2006, also on TV Tokyo. The anime series was adapted from a composition of the Sharp chapters, enriched in parts with the Flat and Natural stories. The OVA specials are a compilation of the remaining Flat chapters with an original, new story. Another two-episode OVA is being released, designated as episodes 25 and 26 of School Rumble - Third Term and covering the ending of the main School Rumble manga storyline. The first 24 episodes of School Rumble - Third Term follow the manga storyline between the end of School Rumble - Second Term and the Third Term OVA, however these first 24 episodes are not to be animated and exist only as episode synopsis under the acknowledged fictional pretense that these episodes have been broadcast on television. The School Rumble - Third Term OVA episodes are being released with special editions of volumes 21 and 22 of the School Rumble manga, the first of which was released on July 17 2008 with the second released on September 17 2008.

Theme songs - First Term

  • Opening (eps 1-24 and OVA 1-2): "Scramble" by Yui Horie with UNSCANDAL
  • Opening (ep 25): "Umi no Otoko wa yo" by Kikokumaru's Man Chorus Group ()
  • Ending (eps 1-17, 19-24 and OVA 2): "Onna no Ko♥Otoko no Ko" by Yuko Ogura
  • Ending (ep 18): "Hatenkou Robo Dojibiron's Theme" by Jūzō Nanba
  • Ending (ep 25): "Scramble" (Sukuranburu) by Yui Horie with UNSCANDAL
  • Ending (ep 26): "School Rumble 4 Ever" by Ami Koshimizu, Hitomi Nabatame, Kaori Shimizu, Yui Horie
  • Ending (OVA 1): "Ginga Ensen '05" by Hiroki TakahashiTheme songs - Second Term
  • Opening: "Sentimental Generation" (Senchimentaru Jenerēshon) by
  • Ending (eps 1-12 and 14-16): "Kono Namida ga Aru Kara Tsugi no Ippo to Naru" by
  • Ending (ep 13): "THE LAST CANDLE"
  • Ending (ep 17-26): "Futari wa Wasurechau" by the Tsukamoto Sisters, Tenma (Ami Koshimizu) and Yakumo (Mamiko Noto) Theme songs - Third Term
  • Opening: "Scramble" by Yui Horie with UNSCANDAL
  • Ending (OVA 1): "Onna no Ko♥Otoko no Ko (Tsukamoto Sisters Ver.)" by Ami Koshimizu and Mamiko Noto
  • Ending (OVA 2): "School Rumble Forever" by Ami Koshimizu, Mamiko Noto, Hitomi Nabatame, Yui Horie, Kaori Shimizu

Music

Video games

PlayStation 2 dating simulation games have been adapted from the story. The first, School Rumble: Neru Ko wa Sodatsu, was released on July 21, 2005. A successive game was released on July 20 2006, School Rumble Ni-Gakki Kyōfu no (?) Natsugasshuku! Yōkan ni Yūrei Arawaru!? Otakara wo Megutte Makkō Shōbu!!! No Maki. On July 7 2005, School Rumble: Nesan Jiken Desu! was released on a UMD for the Sony PlayStation Portable.

Light novel

  • School Rumble: Koi, Shirisomeshi koro ni (スクールランブル～恋、知りそめし頃に～)
  • School Rumble: Me wa Megalodon no Me (スクールランブル～メはメガロドンのメ～)

Live performances

On 5 December 2004, a concert named School Rumble Presents Come! Come! Welcome? Party featuring the seiyū cast of School Rumble was held at Yokohama BLITZ. It has been released on DVD on 24 March 2005 featuring the following:

On 21 July 2005 - 25 July 2005, a stage play called School Rumble Live Butai - Osarusan dayo Harima kun recapping Season 1 of School Rumble was shown. It had been released on DVD on 10 October 2005. The cast members are as follows:

Reception

School Rumble has been well received by English reviewers. Eduardo M. Chavez from Anime on DVD commented about the manga that "the execution and randomness is perfect. Readers can literally pick up this title, select a chapter and enjoy. Comedy like that is universal making it a must for readers from all demographics. David Maduram stated that "The real strength of this series is its witty use of puns, wordplay, and comic situations." Carl Kimlinger from Anime News Network comments that the anime involves "Great fun, a little more emotional depth, and two of the greatest animation non-sequiturs you're likely to see anytime soon". Tim Jones from THEM Anime Reviews said about the second anime season that "School Rumble Second Semester manages to be funny without being repetitive and boring, a feat very hard to do in a series that goes on for 52 episodes (when you count the first season)."

Media Factory has served a cease and desist notice to the website AnimeSuki to remove links to fansubs of their works which includes School Rumble; AnimeSuki had a policy to remove links to a fansubbed anime should its license be purchased. Media Factory-owned anime is the subject of debate over the validity of fansubbing practice.

References

External links

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