Some great LOL moments in this second installment of the OVA. Again, lovely Harima-Eri interaction in Tenma’s presence. Eri is normally a very bright and observant person but given her feelings about Harima and Tenma not even appearing on her competition radar (which had already zapped Mikoto and Yakumo), I suppose it’s understandable that she didn’t link Harima’s changes in behaviour to the only variable that was controlling it.
The SD style is always funny. Like the way how the animation shifts from normal to SD or to the hyper-imagination mode when characters see their love interest in an ideal light or when characters see themselves as they imagine themselves rather than the reality.
The caveman thing had a lot of potential to end up being WTF but turned out well with LOL. It seems only natural that Eri is the queen of the caveman tribe. And was that woolly mammoth (devil tusks?) CG-rendered? Of course, it must have been the most powerful characters in Sukuran, Ichijou and Lala, that brought it down. Speaking of which, I like how Ichijou’s character inverts the stereotype of the shy “ano-eto” girl by giving her the greatest combat power but other than Lala’s rivalry with her and her attraction to Imadori, there’s been precious little development. The imagined HariTen children were a riot and I laughed really hard for quite a while.
Now this was an interesting development, if only a momentary one. I wonder what Yakumo will make of this and how things will develop from here. It would certainly be interesting if Yakumo develops feelings for him (with Harima being oblivious to it) and learns how to stand up to Eri’s bullying.
Much preferred Yuko Ogura’s ED song to the Galaxy Express ED in OVA Ep 1. Even though I don’t really think much of her singing or her ED MV - something about her just gives me the creepy feeling that she’s being abused by her management or something - the delivery and content of that song is really suitable for this series.
Akira with that white sundress and guns needs Salvo Nos from the Noir OST. Rather puzzled why Harima was the only man in Yakumo’s ED scene since Hanai was clearly interested and actively pursuing her. A really cute ED.
Overall some of the scenes in the OVA (particularly the starting scene with the orange-haired guy) were rather WTF but I still enjoyed them overall. I haven’t been keeping up with the manga so I have no idea what to expect but it has certainly whetted my appetite for more School Rumble in the Spring season!
Requests: Hot Yakumo x Sara yuri! Hot Eri x Mikoto yuri! More Akira gunplay!
this would be the first time yakumo being able to read harima’s thoughts^^ i really wanna see her reaction to this o.O
The first scene in the first OVA (with the orange haired guy) is the extension of a part in the first episode where he says Harima’s in 2-D where Harima replies that that name is a gaijin name “Harry Makenzie” and not Harima Kenji and beats him up.. i like how the sidestories (flats and neutrals in the manga) are used in the ova, particularly for the sara x yakumo relationship, rather than expanding further in the manga, just cant wait till the new season starts especially the next lil story arc ^^ *gets noir OST ready*
kay> me too!
Wanma> Has to be Salva Nos. =)
Ahh, this marks the first time the anime didn’t loyally follow the manga. Tho it was understandable in Episode 26 that they cutted some of the Harima and Yakumo interaction out because of the fake manga ending thing.
Now not only did they change the manga Harima’s writing AGAIN, they even made Yukumo able to read Harima’s mind so early. And yeah, Eri and Yukumo fight alot in the later arcs to make up for the fact that neither gains any ground over tunnel vision Harima.
And for those that are interested, in the manga version, one major thing they left out from both ova and anime is Yukumo asking Harima if the manga heroine looks familiar to her sister which causes Harima to break his bone pen in shock. Then she continues asking some stuff after and Harima goes into total shock and accuses her being able to read his mind and then he attempts to become Buddha and clear his mind, which causes him to fall asleep shortly and Yukumo having to wake him up to finish his manga.
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And for those that are interested, in the manga version, one major thing they left out from both ova and anime is Yukumo asking Harima if the manga heroine looks familiar to her sister which causes Harima to break his bone pen in shock. Then she continues asking some stuff after and Harima goes into total shock and accuses her being able to read his mind and then he attempts to become Buddha and clear his mind, which causes him to fall asleep shortly and Yukumo having to wake him up to finish his manga.
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[b]Ep25, Season 1.[/b]
Actullay that di happen in the Anime not just the manga, i think it happened somewhere near the end of season one. :P
hey can you tell me which episode the caveman story was from?