To be honest I didn’t think I would like this episode very much. As it turns out I ended up enjoying it quite a bit. It definately wasn’t comedy-heavy like the majority of the other episodes. We get a better understanding of Yakumo’s relationship with Tenma through a flashback to their childhoods. I thought Tenma looked extremely cute when she was little. She may have caused a lot of trouble, but she always had good intentions. It seemed like the series would be greatly affected when Tenma figured out Harima was the “pervert” during junior high. All thanks to a convenient accident Tenma ends up forgetting it so things are pretty much back to the way they were. Normally I wouldn’t like a quick-fix solution, but it’s really suitable for “School Rumble”. It’s just too bad that they focused most of this episode on Yakumo, Tenma, and Harima. They barely had enough room to even let Eri make an appearance. As unfortunate as that was, it turned out to be a decent way to wrap the second term up. We finish the series with the gang starting their third term.

Overall I think this series had less drama and more humour than the first season. Personally I thought this season was better than the first. Not every episode turned out great, but a good number of them were. Relative to the first season, both the art and music remained similar in terms of quality. It’s not a bad thing since I thought the art was fine since the first season. The music may not be fantastic, but it doesn’t affect the series much. There was a decent amount of character development this season. By the end, however, we don’t see much progress for the key relationships. The series will definately continue in one form or another. Hopefully it will be another 26 episode season, but it may turn out to be just an ova series as well. Either way I look forward to seeing more “School Rumble”. If you enjoyed the first season then there’s little reason not to watch this season as well.