List of School Rumble characters
While many of the chapters are gag stories, the central theme of School Rumble is relationships, mostly because of love, and as the series progresses, characters are introduced, and situations are misinterpreted.
Jin Kobayashi started writing the series School Rumble because he found the idea of a manga involving a delinquent falling in love interesting.
[6] On viewing the first anime footage, Kobayashi was astonished; he recalls in an interview his emotions at the time, stating "I was incredibly touched by it.
Mako Sakurai took over Karen's role from Yuuka Nanri,[10] and Aya Hirano replaced Akiko Kurumado as Yoko.
She enjoys professional wrestling and, along with Harima, is a fan of the jidaigeki television show The Three For The Kill (三匹が斬られる!, Sanbiki ga Kirareru!).
After knowing of Karasuma's disease, and even finding out that he lost all memories of her, she decided to transfer to the United States and continue her studies there in order to stay beside him.
Harima is a stubborn and paranoid ex-delinquent who is in love with Tenma who still retains some aspects of his former persona, especially riding on his motorcycle and getting into fights with other delinquents during the beginning of the series.
At the last chapter of School Rumble, he starts to remember more about Tenma and 2-C. Karasuma is secretly a famous manga artist, publishing his works under the pen name of Jo Nijo (二条 丈, Nijō Jō).
The process by which Eri grows and matures, as she starts to develop deeper friendships and searches for love, forms the backbone of one of the main plotlines in the story.
Eri's most striking features are her amber eyes and long blond hair (which she usually ties into pigtails), which signify her mixed British-Japanese heritage.
Mikoto is very athletic; she learns how to swim when forced to and becomes a competent basketball player in a short amount of time.
She has an uncanny ability to see through the true intentions of people (like Harima's feelings for Tenma), and her enigmatic face always hides schemes she creates to help her friends or play pranks on her classmates.
The only prank of Akira's that fails involves her dressing up in a penguin suit and trying to catch her Tea Club members in an embarrassing position as they are trapped half-way between two floors.
Although he is against perversion, he occasionally cannot help himself from temptations such as viewing sexy photos of Itoko Osakabe under the excuse of validating their authenticity or "confiscating" Ganji Nishimoto's entire porn tape collection.
Along with Tenma, he is the only high school character shown to enjoy the tokusatsu super sentai parody, Hatenko Robo Dozibiron.
Suave and a little flirtatious, Harry is shown putting the moves on various 2-C girls at different times, including both Karen Ichijo and Tsumugi Yuki.
As the series progressed, his self-confidence and passion for facing challenges head on have become so extreme that his actions and ideas often border on stupidity and often contain a lack of regard for the safety and well-being of others.
She is a nun at a local Catholic church, performing duties such as hearing confessions, playing the organ, and babysitting children.
While his warm mentor-like demeanor and stash of "treasures" make him popular with many of the males in 2-C, his talents are less appreciated by the girls, especially Mai Otsuka, who has known him for a long time.
She is usually quite shy but proves to be valiant and strong in some circumstances, such as during the mock 'fight' at the school and when rejecting Fuyuki's advances.
[n 7] Near the beginning of the series when Harima sends an anonymous love letter to Tenma, Tennoji shows some initial interest in her.
He likes Tae Anegasaki, but every time he tries to hit on her, she clings to Harima affectionately, making him run away in jealousy and shame.
He initially thinks Harima is homosexual when the latter accidentally sent him a love letter and asked him out on a date, Tenma being the intended party both times.
He is named after a Japanese actor best known for being a mainstay of the Japanese Game show Takeshi's Castle and the 1987 Sentai Series Hikari Sentai Maskman Koriyama (郡山, Kōriyama) The physical education teacher, often referred by the class of 2-C as Goriyama (ゴリ山, literally gorilla-mountain) due to his gorilla-like physique.
He becomes significant during the class trip to Kyoto, where he meets with Tenma and Eri in a pair of parallel chapters, disguised as a high school student.
Several male exchange students from England arrive in Yagami High as rivals to many of the characters: Max (マックス, Makkusu); Samuel (サミュエル, Samyueru); Mick (ミック, Mikku); Will (ウィル, Wiru); and Shawn (ショーン, Shōn).
Max, a scar-faced delinquent who attended junior high school with Eri, is the leader of the trio with Samuel and Mick as his underlings.
[19] While Carlo Santos from Anime News Network liked the variety of character designs, he noted "although the second-tier girls still look too much alike with their short black hairstyles."
[20] Eduardo M. Chavez from Mania notes praised the way that Kobayashi introduces new themes to the second, bringing variety to the setting.
Remarking on Kobayashi's ability to draw on numerous influences, Chavez applauds the manga artist for finding fresh ways of using old themes, preventing School Rumble from becoming derivative.
