Annoying misunderstanding and then misunderstanding, endless misunderstanding, unsolve misunderstanding, misunderstand feelings.

Don't look at me that way, I love the characters and all (specially Eri, Hegi and Yakumo), but the manga is a no no.

It's annoying I didn't bother reading through the volumes. Even the special release didn't did the justice I want. I just hate manga that when things goes soo cool, it's already the end.

Suzuka is an exeption (it has hard development like having a

and the end is still too far), but this manga definitely is a no no.

The series started out fantastic, with misunderstandings, mishaps, misguidance and...more misunderstanding. Gradually, more characters like my favorites, Eri and Yakumo were introduced and I continued to read the series for Eri's, Yakumo's and Harima's relationship(s).
I like lenghty reads but in this case I personally felt it too long. More than half the chapters have zero progress and the plot stagnates way too often. The misunderstandings began to frustrate me. The cast is composed of so many characters, I forgot the names of half of them and most of the minor classmates I felt served no purpose.
I ploughed on anyway and then came some much wanted plot development in the closing volumes. I was really happy at the way the whole thing was moving. Some really heartwarming moments were thrown in and I loved those, even if some were interuppted by minor issues. The YxHxE was stretched to another level, that was what I disapproved of. But had the mangaka ended the series at Ch-281 and continued with SRZ fromt this point on, I'd have been more than happy. But the closing chapters, oh god, years of writing through volumes and volumes of manga, KJ-san killed the whole series just with two chapters.
The end was too loosely tied up, half the plotlines were just left hanging and had their not been a sequel, I know that KJ would've been lynched. The time-skip in itself was a confusing change of pace. Even if 5-6 years had passed since the last time they'd met, their character remains as incorrigible as ever with everyone pining over their respective 'love's (stands true for Harima atleast). It was lame to say the least and I was very disappointed. And where did they get their school uniforms anyway
All in all I was very saddened by how a good series like SR can be degraded by just two chapters. The ending was too rushed and confused for it to be coherent. It's because of that I can't bring myself to give it a better rating. Had it ended at Ch-281, I'd have still given it an 8.5 but it didn't so it dropped down by two whole points.

I loved this manga it had good characters especially Harima, Eri and Akumo where my favorite's just wish that they could of ended up with each other it had a kind of an open-ending but what can you do 9.5

School Rumble has a lot going for it. A potentially deep and engrossing storyline, humorous setting, interesting and varied cast, and it managed to last a surprising 22 volumes, so it has to be pure awesome, right? Not so.

To its credit, School Rumble has some of the most interesting characters I've ever read, and the Tenma/Harima premise hooked me from the start. But after 10 volumes or so, the constantly recycled plot devices, jokes, and "better luck next time" moments became merely irritating thanks to the utter lack of plot development.

Furthermore, the cast of SR is so unmanageably large that it's hard not to imagine readers completely forgetting about many of the secondary characters. I have nothing against a lot of characters, but this series juggled them poorly, introducing yet more forgettable characters even when there were still too many unresolved subplots to tie up.

Last of all, the random humor and unexpected (but sloooow) plot twists definitely drove this series' appeal for a while, but I found it unnecessary and frankly unwise to keep it up even when the plot was finally winding down. Because of the frequent "twists", some promising relationships are suddenly sidelined, and the involved characters are forced into being supportive friends without any rationale whatsoever.

Case in point: Yakumo, one of the most endearing characters in the series with a serious storyline to boot, finally works up the resolve to admit her admiration and love for Harima, and goes unheard because Harima's personality does not allow him to deviate from his feelings for Tenma. But see, that's not what I have a problem with - it's just that after all that character development, she is never really mentioned again. The timeskip ending is no excuse; time healed her wounds? Horses***. No explanation, no conclusion written for Yakumo. Just a loose end for a major character. Unacceptable.

Finally, art is above average at best, with some very nicely done panels for important chapters, but all too often it is seemingly rushed and barely serviceable at times.

Honestly, 30% of the series just felt like the author was attempting to drag out the series as long as possible to maintain sales. That said, I can understand why the anime was so popular, since it HAD to end at some point.

... Last updated on November 6th, 2008, 4:37am

An extremely funny manga that had me hooked for years. Although the comedy is quite consistent, I enjoyed the (rare) sweeter moments much more. The ever so slight changes in relationships, evolution in characters' personalities were the components that kept me reading for so long. If it was only a comedic manga, I would have given up at one point.

I wanted to see where the characters would eventually end up, and how they would do so. Thus, the ending was so utterly disappointing that I can't bring myself to give a very high rating. The ending was rushed and there were so many loose ends that were never tied. It felt like the characters could have changed and evolved so much more than they did. It felt like the relationships could have had so much more depth than they did.

Perhaps it is more of a personal preference, but I feel like more depth in the relationships could have put this manga on a whole other level.

This manga would have been great if it was only 50 chapters, but it drags on too long. The relationships never really change, so the jokes get stale after awhile. Although the circumstances of the jokes change, the basis of the jokes (the unexpressed love and awkwardness of the characters) never changes.

In terms of content, this manga has a lot of references to other series, but they're presentation is not that creative. The intermittent drama was good when it actually changed the relationships (like the dance between Harima and Sawachika), but most of it didn't and was just pointless space fillers.

... Last updated on July 24th, 2008, 8:26am

School Rumble makes fun of many other known references and also..from itself, as a lot of memories are that of an author. It's a good manga to read from time to time and not all at once, actually.

The character development is presented perfectly in this manga and there is many interesting side stories that keep the manga interesting.

wow, one aspect i love about this manga is from how ridiculously funny and random a chapter is and the next chapter becomes so serious, dramatic and emotional. Kudos to the mangaka, and i'm really looking forward for more as it seems that the newer chapters will tie up more loose ends. Hopefully the mangaka won't end this series prematurely or abruptly like other recent mangas.

I read and still read many lovecoms, and this is one of the best.
Sadly in chapter 272 was a note that the closing chapters start ^^" But oh well the third year nearly starts and some important issues had finally been resolved (although one or two had been added XD)

i find myself laughing no matter how may times i read it, plus the recent chapters are getting more....interesting. The relationships of the characters are also concluding (is the end nearing?). das..