Closest to what a colorful High School life feels like (well sort-of)
Although not as pretty and fancy as anime's today, the story line of School Rumble (and all of its sequels of course) is what makes it stand out among many slice of life/comedy/romance anime series'.
The randomness may bug you sometimes but the main story arc WILL always gives you that i-wanna-see-what-happens-next kind of feeling. The comedy of course is superb 5/5 no doubt. Character back stories were a bit random but nonetheless it really does make sense.
Over all this anime is a must watch if your a fan of romance/comedy type of anime.
You should give it a try.
Props to the creator of this series Jin Kobayashi, watched/read this series lots of times and still gives me smiles.