Story slowly progresses and more characters with relevancy are introduced over time. Relationships between characters develop only slightly and are only of small focus; though the main delinquent hero, Harima, gets development throughout the whole show and befriends some classmates. From a notorious gangster, he actually turns out to be very fine guy to be around.
All the story progress and character interactions are nice, but not the priority of the show. The main selling point is comedy and funny gags. With only a few dull moments, the show is successful in being funny – gags, jokes, funny reactions, situational humor…
Those dull moments include, but not limited to, a lot of misunderstandings, which are supposed to be funny (but I don’t think so).
Harima and many of his classmates have crushes, suggesting some romance development. There are some hints on potential couples, but there won’t happen anything, so don't expect any serious romance. Crushes just stay crushes, even though characters are trying to progress. But they fail every time.
A lot of cliché in modern rom-coms can be tracked here. They certainly got inspiration from this title, which shows great deal of influence that School Rumble has had.
All non-comedy elements in the show are small but great addition. But the main purpose is to make the viewers go LOLs. So come for the comedy and stay for the comedy.
Pros:
+ gag comedy
+ roles of individual characters
Cons:
- cliché rom-com elements
- gags based on misunderstandings
Double-edged:
+/- only a small focus on progressing the story further
+/- seemingly influential, for the better and also for the worse
7/10 (GOOD)
