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Jan 28, 2008 1:28 PM
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Comet Wars and what I like to call Walker Texas Samurai? Now that's quality entertainment! ;)
May 10, 2008 6:55 PM
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haha totally XD I liked the "supah happeh science time" thingy =D it reminded me of the lame videos we watch at school

Aug 11, 2008 1:09 AM
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Poor Kenji at the end. Funny how became friends with his enemy.
Aug 16, 2008 7:08 PM
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ROFL @ Comet Wars... R2D2 and C3P0 looked retarded heh.
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Aug 20, 2008 8:46 PM
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Liked it^^
Seems like there's hoing to be a bit more focus on eri-chan :)
Aug 27, 2008 2:09 AM
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Comet wars.... XD

Poor Kenji, he got beaten and semi-rejected...

I bet Karasuma doesn't actually like onigiri much :P

And the lesser characters like Yakumo and Eri do deserve more screen time... the scene with Yakumo was hilarious.

Dec 19, 2008 3:44 PM
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The Yukumo bit was hilarious, and the Comet Wars bit was good too.

The end made me :(
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Dec 29, 2008 8:27 PM
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they kind of do look like they could be siblings!
Feb 12, 2009 7:24 AM
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Kenji was owned
Jul 26, 2009 1:39 AM

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Looks like the story is starting to progress.
Oct 12, 2009 3:30 PM

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I knew it was going to be for her dad as soon as the little kid was walking by with his mom.

Awe, Harima.

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Dec 9, 2009 10:02 PM

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Wow, surprised to be saying this, but epic episode. =D

The first bit with the blond girl not getting to have dinner with her dad was sad, though I liked how Harima came to help her in the rain. Was kind of surprised to see him interact so normally with a girl - but I guess as long as it's not Tenma or his guardian he can be all right.

The bit with Kurasuma pulling Tenma out of the "pit" and making rice balls with her was adorable. Even though Kurasuma is a bit odd, I think he's a nice boy.

Can't help but feel bad for Harima now, though the series of events was quite funny. His reaction to seeing Tenma with Kurasuma was epic, and his sitting on the bed without any color was so melodramatic. XP

Fun series so far - I wasn't expecting there to ever really be any plot development like this.
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Jan 4, 2010 5:17 AM

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o.o, wow that episode was awesome! so was the last one, looks like school rumbles starting to pick up =] didnt think id get absorbed into it like this >< but really this is kinda making me miss my high school days T_T
Apr 15, 2010 12:17 PM

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This episode made me sad at the same time it made me laugh. Poor Harima, sometimes it's good to think positive, but he takes it to an unhealthy level all too often XD
Dec 2, 2010 9:43 AM

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Finally something good happaned with Tenma :)
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I LOLed so much when the "IDIOT" arrow appeared and pointed to Harima when he was imagining Tenma and Karasuma were siblings. XD
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Jul 28, 2011 10:30 PM

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zippy said:

Comet Wars and what I like to call Walker Texas Samurai? Now that's quality entertainment! ;)

LMFAO!!! XD
Feb 19, 2013 3:58 AM

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Can't bring myself to like Karasuma and Tenma, she is.. weird for liking him.. and don't tell me something like "liking someone is to accept the other's everything", it doesn't work in her case
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Harima really has lost it..

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A much more serious episode with Eri taking the lead in the first part of the episode and ending up under an umbrella with Harima (could that be foreshadowing?). Harima ends up defeated, bloody, and beaten-up in the rain. Just when you think it's going to be total comedy, suddenly we're presented with some plot development.
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Comet Wars: Idiots Strikes Back.

Thus begins Harima's journey.


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Mar 12, 2015 8:30 PM

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Harima has the blues... It make me sad :(
You know what make me sad too? The fact that he has close to zero family and friend, so no one will care if he'll have disappeared :/
But you're really deluding yourself if you're comparing to japanese Han Solo. You just can't rivalize the true hero of Comet Wars!
Also, to create a link between the illusion and a brother/sister relationship, you really are an idiot...
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It was nice for the first third of this episode to focus on Eri. So that's where that shot of her in the rain in the OP is from. I couldn't tell if those were tears or the rain falling down her cheeks. I think it was tears. Can that be foreshadowing? EriXHarima? I don't know. Just speculation on me. I wonder who Eri likes if she does like anyone that is. She wanted to cook for her dad but had to leave for business. Aww. Cheer up Eri. That was nice of HArima to walk with her with the umbrella.

Comet Wars!? Dude, that was a red Star Destroyer! You can even hear Darth Vader breathing!

lol, I laughed when it ended up not being Tenma at the door. That would've been too good to be true. I can't stand seeing Harima all depressed. That's not like him. Just shows how much he's in love with Tenma. Get yourself together Harima!

Also Harima is kinda alone. He really doesn't have any friends or family besides Itoko. I hope for the best for him.

I honestly can't say who I want to end up with who. I just want them tenma and Harima to be happy. But what they each want is different so someone is gonna be sad probably.
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After watching the whole series, eri and harima moment in the rain is awesome
Jul 23, 2015 4:16 AM

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harima is easily affected by what he watches on tv
Oct 26, 2015 4:52 PM

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Ojohige said:
After watching the whole series, eri and harima moment in the rain is awesome

I loved it!
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Nov 25, 2015 10:56 AM

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The last few minutes were equivalent to a Greek tragedy.

Also, lol at Yakumo's telepathy.

4/5
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Good episode i guess, not funny tough
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Comet wars was awesome!

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poor Harima :((((((((((((;(;(((
but for real that way of thinking when he came up with borther/sister thing lol!
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Don't do this to my boy Harima you fuckers :'(


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I love how Kenji was sitting in his room after seeing Tenma with Karasuma had me dying. Every TV show he was watching was super hilarious, and the fight too!
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Kenji got a piece of reality hahaa. Well, I don't like how ALL the focus is ALWAYS on Kenji, they're not giving ANY depth to Karasuma, which is annoying.
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I almost forgot that Itoko existed lol
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We got to see Japanese Bill Nye this episode. I had a strange feeling when we first saw Tenma watching that samurai show that Kenji probably likes it too and maybe they will bond over that eventually. Good to know my skills of prediction are still working :P
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The further I get into this series the more I love it. Tenma is adorably dumb, and Kenji is so deluded. xD
Loved Comet Wars. Also fun to get to see more of the other characters, including Eri. Hopefully this bodes well for Akira and Mikoto as well, because as much as I love Tenma and Kenji, I think pretty much the entire main cast is really interesting, apart from Karasuma, but the fact that he seems so devoid of personality actually adds to the hilarity of Tenma's obsession with him. The part where Kenji launched into a long monologue against him and told him he was really great to talk to while Karasuma seemed to completely ignore his presence was a great moment. xD

Oh and Haruki Hanai is always hilarious, even if he is a fairly minor character so far.
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Jun 15, 2023 6:02 AM

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A development! Yay! But I feel bad for Harima... if this happens in real life, it's really a sad thing....

Jul 15, 2023 2:14 AM

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the worst episode, totally until now, probably of the entire show (i'll be sure of it soon because i'm binge-rewatching since yesterday), even in the context of a top 10 all time favorite anime. Uninteresting first half plot, probable bad foreshadowing for future development, and the remembered beating up of Harima couldn't have happened in a worse moment. i need to watch immediately the next one to clean up this bad taste, honestly.
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Harima & Eri walking in the rain looked sweet. It's too bad she completely forgot about that moment. I was hoping for another chick to take an interest in Harima.

Some progress on the Tenma & Karasuma front. Ah, I'm reminded of that time when my first love and one of my classmates entered a relationship. I felt that same devastation.

If only Tenma knew that Harima also watches Zoku Sanbiki.
I love that Star Wars parody!
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Itoko is super hot! Damn, I want to screw her!
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Comet Wars! Comet Wars, Comet Wars, Comet Wars. Where to begin with that? First of all, that was a massive reference to Star Wars which I’ll be the first to admit I geeked out with that ever so slightly there. And secondly Harima thought that Karasuma and Temna were siblings because of him watching it. XD

I really do sorry for Harima I mean how was he to know that the boy he was talking to would be the one that Tenma fancies. That said it was nice of him to escort Eri in the pouring rain after her dad is called away to a business trip out of Japan. The poor thing, she must’ve been looking forward to this dinner with him and then forced to lie to him that she’s got friends over. I get the feeling there’s gonna be a bit more focus I feel.

Plus the scene with Yakumo was pretty hilarious too. Also a nice chance of pace from the usual comedy stuff in School Rumble, not that it’s a bad thing but it’s good that this show can be serious sometimes. Again really good episode here. Really good episode indeed.

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