School Rumble San Gakki

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.