School Rumble

Name: School Rumble
Rating: 8

スクールランブル

Manga8.014524 votes22 volumes · 345 chaptersFinished

ComedyRomanceGag HumorLove PolygonSchoolShounen

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Synopsis

She...is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: Will the boy she likes ever really notice her? He...is the school's most notorious juvenile delinquent and he's suddenly come to a shocking realization: He's got a huge crush, and now he must tell her how he feels. Life-changing obsessions, colossal foul-ups, grand schemes, deep-seated anxieties, and raging hormones—School Rumble portrays high school as it really is: over-the-top comedy! (Source: Kodansha USA)

Publication notes

School Rumble was published digitally in English by Kodansha USA from July 26, 2016 to August 15, 2017. It had previously had nine volumes published by Tanoshimi in the U.K. from January 4, 2007 to June 5, 2008, and 16 volumes published by Del Rey from February 28, 2006 to June 27, 2010, with volumes 14-16 collected in a single volume.

Published

Oct 23, 2002 to Jul 23, 2008

Authors

Kobayashi, Jin

External links

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Main characters

Kenji Harima5851 fan favorites
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Height: 180 cm (5'11") Birthday: December 1 Blood Type: O Kenji Harima is the male protagonist, an ex-delinquent who loves Tenma. Although he does not practice any specific martial arts style, few people are able to match him in hand-to-hand combat. He has the ability to communicate with animals, and possesses a wide variety of strange and exotic pets which he named after European monarchs. He has a little brother, Shuuji, who likes Yakumo. Harima struggles often to confess to Tenma, though he knows she has absolutely no feelings for him and may even dislike him. Every time Harima finds the courage to tell Tenma his true feelings, something happens which prevents him from succeeding. Harima also must deal with situations involving his classmate Eri, unaware of the fact that she does not know whether to like or dislike him. He gets extremely jealous seeing Karasuma and Tenma together, but his attempts to put a stop to that usually end up bringing them closer. Ironically, Harima admires Nijō jō(二条丈) the mangaka, which is Karasuma's pen name. To date, Tenma has yet to hear his confession properly. He also works as a mangaka, having Yakumo as his assistant, creating another source of misunderstandings, as it took a long time for Tenma to realize that their relationship is only professional, at least by Harima's side.
Eri Sawachika1441 fan favorites
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Birthday: February 28 Blood Type: A Height: 165cm One of Tenma's close friends, Eri's father is British and her mother is Japanese. She has great difficulty with Kanji. Eri is extremely wealthy and somewhat spoiled (Western Europeans in Japan are stereotyped to be billionaires and extremely snobby). Eri is devoted to her father, but cannot spend as much time with him as she wants because of his work commitments.
Yakumo Tsukamoto1184 fan favorites
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Birthdate: March 23 Zodiac sign: Aries The shy younger sister of Tenma Tsukamoto, Yakumo was born with a variety of gifts. Not only is she able to read the thoughts of those who like her (as well as her sister and pet cat Iori), but further in the story it is shown that she also has the ability to communicate with ghosts. Skilled, reliable, smart, and beautiful, Yakumo is one of the most admired girls in the school. Despite that fact, she has never had a boyfriend. This is due mostly to her mind-reading ability, as she can easily read the secret intentions of any boy who tries to approach her. The only exception is Harima, whose heart belongs completely to another girl; thus, his mind is completely opaque to her. Even though Yakumo is the younger sister of the Tsukamoto family, she handles most of the household chores. She is also a member of the Tea Club.
Tenma Tsukamoto558 fan favorites
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Age: 16 Birthday: November 30 Blood type: B High: 154 cm Weight: 43 kg Tenma Tsukamoto is the female protagonist who loves Ouji Karasuma. Tenma is short, undeveloped and childish for her age. She often is mistaken as being younger than her classmates and her younger sister Yakumo. One of her obvious physical features are the little ponytails in her hair, which often wiggle if she is happy or excited. She is also dense, slow and unreliable and often misunderstands otherwise obvious situations. Despite her shortcomings, Tenma is good-natured and friendly.
Akira Takano80 fan favorites
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Birthday: January 29 President of the Tea Club and another close friend of Tenma. She is very perceptive, resourceful, intelligent, and also very mysterious. Her enigmatic face always hides schemes she plan to help her friends or to play pranks on her classmates. Akira has some uncommon hobbies such as planning war games, wearing full body costumes and economics. She also knows exactly who likes whom in class, but for unexplained reasons, stays silent on the matter.
Mikoto Suou70 fan favorites
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Birthday: July 26 Mikoto is a close friend of Tenma. She is tall, well-developed, and tomboyish. She has a black belt in Kenpo, and is often seen sparring with her childhood friend Haruki. She had a crush on a senpai of hers, but she gave up on him after discovering he had already met someone. Mikoto was dating her classmate Asou until recently, but for some reason yet unexplained, he broke up with her.
Ouji Karasuma67 fan favorites
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Height: 170 cm Birthday: October 28 Karasuma Ouji is Tenma's love interest, often depicted as a stone-faced eccentric. He enjoys odd habits such as dressing as a kappa during rainy days, embodying a Japanese pun on the word for raincoat. He enjoys eating curry. Although unspoken, he seems to be excellent at dodging any flying projectiles including Harima's Hurricane Kick and Tenma's arrow letters. Karasuma is secretly a famous mangaka, publishing his works under the pen name of Nijou jou. He is in a band at school, and plays an electric guitar. He also played soccer, and recently won a cup with the national soccer team in the anime. Although he doesn't demonstrate any feeling for Tenma (or anything else), behind his poker face he sometimes shows true concern for her in the story.