{"id":513,"date":"2012-10-06T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T00:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/TheStrip\/?p=513"},"modified":"2012-10-05T01:43:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T01:43:53","slug":"anime-lounge-02-school-rumble-ep-1-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/TheStrip\/2012\/10\/06\/anime-lounge-02-school-rumble-ep-1-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Anime Lounge #02: School Rumble Ep. 1-10"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Series:<\/strong> School Rumble<\/p>\n

Episodes:<\/strong> 1-10<\/p>\n

Premise:<\/strong> School Rumble is like most school romance anime: The protagonist, Tenma Tsukamoto, is a normal teenager who goes to school and has crushes. The difference is that School Rumble is a romantic comedy that revolves around multiple love triangles and quadrangles where there\u2019s a lot of unrequited feelings. You\u2019re introduced to Kenji Harima, a juvenile delinquent extraordinaire who is in love with Tenma. She doesn\u2019t feel the same but it doesn\u2019t stop Harima from bellyaching about it and what it means most of the time.<\/p>\n

Is it worth watching?:<\/strong> In a word, yes. If you can get past Tenma\u2019s inherent draw-on-your \"\"<\/a>nerves cuteness and the fact that she spends a lot of time chasing Oji Karasuma, a dude that doesn\u2019t appear to know she\u2019s alive most of the time, the show is pretty funny. There\u2019s a lot of gags that happen and the characters, as they\u2019re introduced, have personalities. In the first 10 episodes, the humor is at the forefront and that\u2019s where it needs to be.<\/p>\n

Breakout character:<\/strong> Easily, in the first 10 episodes, it\u2019s Harima. His appearance makes the episodes and his humor, intentional or not, is the draw.<\/p>\n

Funniest episode:<\/strong> Episode 3 (\u201cSee and Sketch! Letter on an Arrow! Pajama Party Confessions!\u201d). Tenma attempts to get Karasuma\u2019s attention and confess her love for him through shooting an arrow with her confession attached to the end of the arrow. Karasuma has a seemingly supernatural ability to avoid the arrows, and manages to dodge them. Tenma narrowly misses hitting Harima who is nearby. Harima only avoids the arrow by dodging the shot with well-timed Matrix-like Bullet Time maneuver.<\/p>\n

Where it\u2019s going:<\/strong> Starting with episode 11, the focus shifts to the surrounding cast and how their relationships play out. Tenma\u2019s still there fighting for Karasuma\u2019s attention and Harima\u2019s still fighting for Tenma, but I love the fact that Tenma\u2019s friends, classmates and family are starting to develop deeper personalities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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