School Rumble San Gakki

It has certainly been one long ride! Two anime seasons, an OVA, and the supposed third season known as San Gakki.

We all start by getting thrown into an arc of the manga leagues ahead of where Ni Gakki left off. Needless to say you will be completely lost unless you have been following the School Rumble manga. To make a rather long and tedious story short, this "OVA" combines some of the most defining moments of the manga, to what made the manga a complete wreck in the first place. We have Harima's defining moment as a man to the inevitable train wreck known ... as School Rumble.

Then comes the art section of this review. I was rather (well completely) disappointed at how the first episode (episode 25) was animated. I expected so much more in terms of quality from an OVA (botched 3rd season). Though I gave the score of '7' given that the second episode (episode 26) completely redeemed the failures of the previous episode. You should be able to see the differences between the two episodes if you decide to watch this OVA.

Then we have the sound section. Nothing really new given that they pretty much reused the tracks of School Rumble Season One and Ni Gakki.

As I have mentioned before, this OVA combines the most defining moments of the manga as well as what made it an epic failure in the first place. When it is all said and done, everything boils down to character development. Even if you haven't read the parts of the manga this OVA covers, you will know how our protagonist (smack yourself if you think I'm talking about Tenma) develops over the course of the second episode. Then prepare to facepalm near the final moments of the episode as the author of this story gives a middle finger to all the fans of School Rumble.

I can't say I enjoyed this OVA to the extent of the first season and Ni Gakki. The elements of what made this show great (the comedy and the shipping lanes) were severely lacking. Though it can be attributed to the fact that we were only given 2 out of 26 episodes...it still wouldn't change the horrible ending of SR. I'm not a big fan of anime original endings, but why oh why didn't they give us one...

Thus ends the story of School Rumble...off to the next future train wreck known as School Rumble Z!

Overall: 5

I’m a huge fan of school rumble. I wanted to like this “third season” and more than anything I wanted to see how things turned out, but this is not what we wanted, this not school rumble. Do yourself a favor and pretend it ended with season 2. Even season 2’s non ending was better than this crap. I have never before seen an author stupid enough to marginalize the most interesting character (whom happens to be the main character) in favor of switching the focus to the least interesting character.

While i haven't read the manga, some basic checking of the last chapter of ... it shows the ending is more or less the same as the anime, something that viewers of both seem to support. This is important to note because the manga ending is one of the most universally reviled endings there is for any manga i've seen.

Story: 6

This ova tries to take a ton of the manga and quickly bringer the viewer up to date with what happened before it gets to the aforementioned shit ending. The result is the viewer be bombarded with tons of quick scenes at the start. In order to support the shit ending, a lot of changes were made to the story that annoys me as a fan of the series. It Is almost like the author got tired of the series so started inventing tons of random crap to lead to an ending that wasn’t support at all before this. The ending was also horrible, beyond bad, being one of the worst endings ever in the history of anime. Nothing foreshadowed it and in order to pull it off, the author had to radically alter personalities, invent crazy events and generally make a mockery of the entire series by ignoring everything that had happened previously.

Art: 8

Art is the same as the rest of the series. If you liked it before, you will like it now. I liked it before, thus I like it now.

Sound: 7

Same as art. Sound is same as rest of the series. Music was so-so with nothing really standing out to me.

Character: 4

What the hell! As I said in overall, the author makes a clear push to change the main character of the series from Harimma to Karasuma. In order to do this, Karasuma suddenly has his personality radically altered and is defined a lot more than he was in the entire two seasons before this. It is too bad that I already decided he annoys the hell out of me after two seasons of him being an emotionless robot that treats Tenma like crap (curry > her comment being the big and direct example). Harima’s character also changes for the worse too.

Enjoyment: 5

I wish I had just pretended it ended with season two. Since I liked school rumble quite a bit, the pain of how bad season 3 was hurts even more. Karasuma was a purposefully annoying character throughout the entire series so seeing him made in to a main character that I was supposed to feel sorry for pissed me off too.

Wow... just wow...

I cannot begin to express how disappointed I was...

School Rumble managed to remain an awesome series throughout 52 episodes and the OVA season, but this "San Gakki"...

I think it hit the hardest because "Season Three" was supposed to be a full season... until they cut it to an "OVA".. and I really think that viewers should end it at season 2. Season three would've been just as great as its predecessors if it well... hadn't been cut short, only showing the last two "episodes", which seemed pretty much out of the blue. All the while fans were waiting to see how Harima/ Tenma/ ... Karasma/ Sawachika ended out: the two seasons dragged it out, building up for the climax... then BOOM! It just ends bluntly and abruptly due to lack of episodes... Honestly, I was furious when I watched this... the character/ story is good, but the missing parts leave a gaping hole...

"San Gakki.." what a sore disappointment to School Rumble fans.... This season would have so much more potential with the lacking 24 episodes... hence, the "5"

School Rumble San Gakki really disappointed me because I expected a romantic type ending. The rapid character change also disappointed me. We see Harima as the main protagonist in School Rumble 2nd Semester, and then all of a sudden Karasuma becomes the main character. Rapid character shifting, and personality shifting also ticked me off. Karasuma was pretty annoying in my opinion throughout the School Rumble season because he basically showed little to no emotion at all.

Story: 6
I give it a 6 because the story was crammed into 2 episodes, and in my opinion it didn't really let the viewers see more of Karasuma and Tenma's ... stay at America. I do like that I was able to see a different side of Eri. Other than that the story lacked romance and that to me was its downfall.

Art: 7
If you liked the Art for School Rumble you'll like this one as well.

Sound:
I'm not a fan of Re-using soundtracks, but personally School Rumble's season 1 soundtrack was an ideal choice for these two Ova's.

Character: 5
The writers did a poor job with the character development because in the end nothing was closed. I am still waiting for the real ending of School Rumble which is Harima and Tenma expressing their feelings. Eri on the other hand didn't disappoint me at all. She might have been arrogant, immature, and conceited at times, but deep down I know she was having a hard time expressing her feelings to anyone in general. Eri finally opened up and expressed her feelings by the help of Harima.

Enjoyment: 5
I personally only enjoyed the Eri and Harima scene because it showed me a different view of Eri. Other than that this OVA was a let down.

Overall: 6
I was let down by the sudden shift in main characters, and the mediocre ending. As a viewer of School Rumble I really wanted to see Harima express his feelings to Eri, Yakumo, or Tenma. What did bring the rating up was Eri once again because I wanted to see a different view of Eri. The view of Eri I had before which was conceited,arrogant, and selfish now changed to a caring type girl who wants to be loved for who she is, not because of her rich financial status.

This is a story about a man, a man that has sacrificed everything for the person that he loves, unfortunately, that person loves someone else’s, and even knowing this, the man does what he needs to do, this is a story about a real man, this is the story about Harima Kenji.

Well, don't get me wrong, school rumble is probably one of my top anime of all time, I love that anime, at least, the first two seasons of it, I first watched back in 2017, and this year I've re-watched it, and it was when I find this two ova, that I didn't even ... know that existed. And finally, one hour ago, I watched, and what can I say? , is it good as the original series? NO, so is it really bad? no, it's just average, but man, oh man, say it hurts me, and think that one day I would say that something related do school rumble is just average is a knife in the heart.

But now let's talk about it. And there will little spoilers about it.
The first episode starts with a montage of the time skip, it had more than 80 chapters that were skipped, which basically if you don't read the manga you won't get the main plot and the conversation between the characters will make almost no sense, this is a ridiculous thing to do in a sequel, and after this, we are in a marathon, later the main plot is Tenma going after Karasuma, and that's it. Oh and again you'll just have a little idea of what's going on with all the characters on the series, but this is the good side of the problems, cause man, the end is just so frustrating and no sense that can make you quest if it was worth to watch it, and my opinion? it wasn't.

oh and Justice 4 Harima.

This hurts. I really liked this show. I watched season one and two so i just wanted to finish the series. Now i wish that they never made anything at all.

The art was a big bruh. I like it and hate it. It was nice to see a new style but when they did any sort of close up on the face it was insanely goofy. The character design was so bad. They could have put any outfit on them but they basically only wore there uniforms. They sometimes wore something else but it was so bad in the last episode. They made excuses ... for it but it would have been so nice to see them in casual clothes and grown up (especially Harima). At least they brought back the beard.

The last episode was so, so bad. The pacing made me want to die. It would not have killed them to make a third episode. They really said "Harima is a manga artist but what if he went missing for several years and traveled across the world, but make sure he doesn't change at all during the last scene." Like bruh how do you an ending that boring and uninspired.

The first episode wasn't so bad. It is really carried by the action. I was so happy to see him getting the ass beat out of him. The pacing was also goofy. Tenma couldn't say anything the entire 52 episodes before but within about ten minutes she can confess. It was an OVA they could have made it 3 or 4 episodes.

Season 1 and 2 are so much fun. I watched the entire series in about a week and the conclusion just bruh. It is hard to believe someone could drop the ball this hard. It feels fake or like it was fan made, not something that would actually conclude the story!

I understand that trying to cram an entire season's worth of material into two episodes is really difficult. The ending, however, was very disappointing. While there is a lot of build up and what looks to be an enjoyable climax, it falls completely short of it by instead providing no real resolution. There is no progression and rather than completing the full character arcs, they just end the series right back at the beginning, again as if nothing ever happened. The entire series has been hinting at things the entire show and then in these two episodes while they seemed to be going based off ... of some of those hints, they don't do anything with it. There are also some moments that seem somewhat out of character, as well. Also, the art doesn't seem very consistent and there are some shots of characters that look quite different from the original series but then occasionally revert back to the original style which felt out of place.

Overall, it was a disappointment. Again, it was definitely would have been difficult to get a very satisfying ending to the series in only two episodes, but it just felt like there were several moments throughout the episode where you felt like, "oh, here it is! This is how it's going to end!" and then the opportunity is never used and they leave it back at square one.

The School Rumble San Gakki OVA anime is based on the last part of the School Rumble manga. The original series of School Rumble has 26 episodes each season, but this OVA has only two episodes.

The main criticism is that it's too short, with only two episodes. This isn't enough to properly conclude the story of School Rumble. The choice to shorten the final part of the manga for the OVA was a mistake. The pacing is too quick. If you haven't read the manga, you could be easily confused. The anime offers a brief and rapid summary of what happened after the second ... season, which, in my view, explains things a bit but not adequately. The OVA focuses on Tenma Tsukamoto and Oji Karasuma's story, which I think is well-executed. However, certain parts had to be cut to fit within the two episodes of the School Rumble San Gakki OVA.

They also cut several essential subplots from the manga, which affect the overall story of the third term and the final conclusion. Additionally, the promotional poster featuring Mikoto Suo wearing a wedding dress is missing in the OVA as one of the OVA chapters from the manga with Haruki Hanai having amnesia has not been included in the anime adaptation. The entire long-distance walk for third-term students is briefly summarized in the OVA introduction. All the humor, subplots, and other occurrences during the marathon have been omitted. Also, this hinders character development. For instance, Eri's feelings towards Harima at the end of the story, Mikoto's feelings towards Hanai, and Tenma's struggle due to Karasuma's disease.

The School Rumble Third Term OVA was enjoyable but disappointing, as many things were cut out. The decision to end School Rumble in just two 25-minute-long episodes was wrong. They should've ended School Rumble through a 75 to 95-minute movie or a 13-episode TV series.