SchoolRumblog : a School Rumble Fansite + Blog

news : Goodbye Splinder

2012-01-31T08:43:00.002+08:00

Goodbye Splinder. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank us.splinder.com for their blog service. Two of the SchoolRumblog blogs will be offline for a few days to honor the times Splinder served their bloggers. Imadori Blog and Yakumo Blog will migrate to Blogdrive.com instead.

Good luck to your endeavors, Splinder team.

HAPPY NEW 2012!

2012-01-01T00:00:00.000+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Is your Computer a boy or a girl?

2011-11-13T10:30:00.001+08:00

Like to find if your computer's a boy or a girl?

1. Open Notepad
2. Type the following line in notepad:
CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice").Speak"I love you"
3. Save file as: computer_gender.vbs
4. Run the file ... If you hear a male voice, you have a boy ;) If you hear a female voice, you have a girl :)

11.11.11

2011-11-11T23:11:00.000+08:00

Have a great weekend everyone! Christmas is just around the corner!

Happy 5th Birthday ScholRumblog!

2011-10-29T00:00:00.005+08:00

IT'S SCHOOLRUMBLOG'S 5TH BIRTHDAY!

GOT A PROBLEM?

captain's blog : on your marks

2011-09-05T23:57:00.001+08:00

I just got home from our last minute camping. My break is officially over and I'm about to head back to business. Wow. Three months of no day off. Will I survive? I will. I'm not that worried anymore. My next break would be the Christmas break. Can't wait for it. It's the -ber months already, right? It's so fast.

While I was lying on my bed, I was thinking if I were to take a hiatus here. But no, I'm not taking any hiatus. I have great feeling that there'd be loads of stuff to write about. So there won't be a hiatus. It's been a quick break for me, just a month of break, but I've been able to do a lot of personal stuff. It's also my reason why I haven't been able to make updates, but I will go back working on the fansite because writing here is an outlet.

From here on, the journey starts again. I am writing right now to record what that I feel peaceful. Let me change into my work uniform and get everything started. Another chapter is about to unfold and I hope everyone reaches their own happy ending for this chapter.

captain's blog : bump

2011-07-25T19:01:00.002+08:00

I caught a summer cold. The airconditioner's been unforgiving. It's really cold in my room, but when I go outside for work, the temperature's 35C. It's been like that for the past days. It's hot outside and it's cold inside the house. I've had my body juggle bipolar temperatures. It's a cold. But I never knew I'd be so happy to catch it. I just stayed in bed until 3pm. I was planning to sleep all day, but I felt I'd be wasting.

Part of my summer is spent on writing. I've made a promise to myself that I would keep writing on my novels -- at least 6 chapters for each novel. And I'm making some good progress. People don't know that I have a fear of writing. Perhaps, I am considered one of those closet writers. This is one of the reasons why I don't directly advertise my websites / blogs. Although, I get the fun in writing.

My fear of writing is not really a fear as in 'trembling' nor involves 'gnashing of teeth', it's more like thorough hesitation or procrastination to write. Maybe I don't want to be criticized -- there's that too. Or maybe I can't handle the pressure in writing a story. If I'm to become a novelist, I have to learn how to withstand the criticisms and the pressure. It's no easy task, but since I'm already here writing and had written, I've already enrolled in the learning process.

It's frustrating to have your words escape you when you're dying to write. Writer's block comes and goes. However, this sad truth also applies to inspiration; I wish inspiration would come more often.

Most of my writing comes from the polar opposites of happiness and sadness. Whenever I'm in cloud 9, I write. Whenever I feel like crap, I write. It's hard to write when I feel 'like whatever'. I still write when I feel like meh, but 'meh' comes out as well.

Sigh. It's time to register for my courses again. Sigh again. I don't have any idea what to do. I'm undecided what I should do whether to drop my job and register for more subjects or I'd continue as a student-worker. I can't decide that in one day. I'll just pray.

July's almost over. Nooo! Wow. This is really fast. I can't keep up. I don't know if it's a good thing or not, but come August, I must grab my opportunity to go traveling. Let's do it!

captain's blog : a shout to the summer!

2011-06-30T22:41:00.001+08:00

Summer's here! It has become an understatement to say that time comes so fast. June's almost at an end; I've lived more than half of 2011 already. To slow down the time, I've promised myself that I'd be doing a lot of things this summer. Augh, I don't even want to mention fall yet. Now that I've finished my school year -- FINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLY -- I should just enjoy this break. It's the break that I've been WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAITING FOOOOOOOR. You can only imagine how happy I am. *sobs tears of joy*

I'm elated to go back into my writing mode. I've been thoroughly occupied with other obligations. I have a great feeling that my school year wrapped up pretty well. The ups and downs, the exhaustion and the inspiration, the sweat and the tears, my first academic year was a COMPLETE experience for me. And I'm grateful.

Blog updates are a Go! But what do you guys plan to do this summer? I hope you have a productive and a fun-filled summer too.

captain's blog : breathe it in

2011-06-10T23:59:00.000+08:00

Friday should be renamed as Freeday in my calendar. It's my only real day off. I get to wake up late or sleep as much as I want. I can't wait for my schedule to change. There's only a few days left this spring and when summer comes, you have no idea how happy I would be. I've lost 10 months worth of sleep. And I need break from work and school real bad. Sometimes I envy the high school kids, because they can still live carefree, but after high school, the real battle begins.

I'm really frustrated. I can't spend much time with my friends or cousins. We usually eat out, play games, make music, or drive around. I haven't done those for a long time now. There's just almost two weeks left 'til the end of the term. I have to hold out. And that also means I have to keep working to save money.

I don't want to think about the next school year yet. But I've already received an email informing me my appointment to register courses. Sigh. Like I said, I don't want to think about it yet. That means I have to start planning for my schedule, including what shifts should I take at work. I don't know how I managed last year, I had a pretty good schedule. The courses next year would be harder. Sigh. Thinking about it makes me exhausted already.

captain's blog : onwards and upwards!

2011-05-14T13:41:00.004+08:00

The grades are in! I'm super relieved to know that I passed everything. Thank God! I'm a step closer to my destination. I was restless because I wasn't sure what I would get for Statistics. I mean Stats is easy, but the term was exhausting. In fact, I've experienced a burnout / depression this past February and March. It's not the figure of speech 'depressed', it's somewhat health related depression. My parents don't know. I've been very tired of everything and the winter got the best out of me and so I had problems keeping track of my university life.

Anyway, it's over. I'm back. I passed with flying colors. I just have to finish the course I'm taking now and pass it. I can call the school year a pleasant ride afterwards.

Regarding SchoolRumblog updates and future contents, well I'm ahead of you. I've been working in the background. I found more stuff that I can add. One thing is, SchoolRumblog doesn't have an established gallery yet. Another agenda in the future is making more additions to Harima Crossing. And then there's some more stuff that I just can't reveal right now. So expect some updates this Spring and Summer.

captain's blog : Tadaima desu!

2011-04-28T23:17:00.000+08:00

"Adjutant online. Welcome back, Commander." And it's good to be back. I've finished my finals, and I'm just enjoying my week break before my spring term starts. Don't worry, it's just one subject. I'm not really obligated to take one subject as I've finished 30+ credits. I need 120 credits to graduate so I'm on the track for a four year degree/major. I'm taking a business course. I'm seriously considering a degree in business. And programming.

Anyway, how's everyone?

I've learned a lot of things about my life since my break. I've learned that having a part-time job + school is helluva lot difficult than it sounds. Especially when you have to save for at least $2000 for a school term.

What I'm about to write, please read carefully: if your parents are willing to pay for your university (I'm talking about having to pay an average of $60000 for your total post-secondary education), DON'T TAKE THAT BLESSING FOR GRANTED. Take the opportunity and thank your parents dearly. It gets me real pissed when someone doesn't appreciate the good things before them. And here's another bonus thought, if you have a part-time job but you have your parents paying for your education, enjoy your work. That job gets you what you want without having to worry about something else. That is all.

If it's not in your capacity to enroll in post-secondary, then don't think that your decision is final. Take your time and probably work somewhere you want for a while. But don't set it in stone that you're never going to post-secondary. You'll know very much of your potential.

Taking a break from blogging has made me realize that something is missing. It's supposed to be a break, I know. But I mean, after working, after all that studying, after reading the email, news and shoutouts on the net, I wondered what I should do? This can't be everything in my life! It wasn't time to sleep yet. I wasn't in the mood to play videogames, it was already dark so I couldn't just frolic outside, there's nothing new to watch, I've read what I needed to read, what do I do?! It hit me and I've discovered another reason not to drop my websites: blogging helps keep an outlet open in my life.

Note to self: try new things. Then ask a friend to take pictures of the fail and facepalm moments. Hilarious...

Not really.

I got bored. Yeah, I didn't know it would be really boring without having to touch my blog accounts. Anyway, I'm back. Winter woes? It's over. Finals? Done. Burnout? I'm passed that. Spring term? Ready for it. Ring the bell!

Now that I'm back, let's get down to business.

captain's blog : March to April Hiatus

2011-03-20T20:00:00.003+08:00

I've put a lot of thought on it. I've done some brainstorming in my computer, on my desk, and at work. I've also done the PMI method or the plus, minus and interesting. I've come to a conclusion that I'll be taking a break for the following weeks. But let me get some things clear first before I continue to write further. So please allow me to give you a couple of NOs.

NO. I will NOT drop this fansite. *take note I am putting this entry on the following list of sites* Nu- huh. No. Iie. That's a negatory, good buddy. This break is not a discrete way of walking away and quitting nor will I be putting an adoption sign during or after my break. So being as redundant as it sounds, I will continue making updates, adding more content, and fan-material.

NO. This break is not indefinite. I'll be back on April 26, 2011.

NO. I'm not exhausted from running the site to the point of dumping it. Are you kidding me?! I'm having fun. There's just some things that needs to be taken care of.

You might be wondering why I'm taking a hiatus. There's just so much stuff over here. It's mostly work and university. It's the end of a term again and the FINALS are coming. I'll need time to study on my Math finals *they're brutal to the core*. I will be making preparations for my Business presentation and the finals as well. I am getting pressured to work harder in the office. I may be able to get the position I'm aiming for. And a raise. Wee. I'll need some time to rest. I need some time to assert myself. It's a time to regroup.

These are the following websites that will be affected on my hiatus:

FruitsBlogsket | including the FB Shires and FTP (Furuba Territorial Project)
Blog Hina (CYF Love Hina) | including the Love Hina Project
SchoolRumblog | including the Harima Crossing
MyCircumstances | including the Kare Kano prefecture and corresponding blogs.
The Waltz Dramatic | corresponding sub-pages will be on hiatus.
Chonegai | Team Chobits and Team OT... are still on hiatus, I'm afraid more details below.

Pardon the shameless plug. ':)

As I've said, I'm not dropping any of the above. Okay. I'll give you more reassurance why I would continue:

I treat each of my fansite as a WIP.

The FruitsBlogsket Memorable Quotes is not finished. 16 more episodes to go.

Love Hina Project Gallery is not complete. Still waiting for episodes 18-26 + Special episodes + Love Hina Again.

Love Hina Project has just added Kentaro's Quarters. Kentaro would be really pissed if I abandon ship right now.

I've just added a section of birthday reminder for Blog Hina. Making the Love Hina Project Worldplay a richer experience.

Since there's a new addition to Love Hina Project, you can take a hint that there's gonna be more addition in the future. Fine. Motoko. There.

The FruitsBlogsket chirpy and the LHP weather widget are just too interesting to pass up.

Season One episode recaps are still unavailable at The Waltz Dramatic.

The SchoolRumblog screenshots are... missing?! wth. Where are they? *checks server... facepalm* they're not published yet. Sorry, I'll put them online on SchoolRumblog after the break.

At least two new sections for Harima Crossing are needed to surpass the beta/initial stage. Plus I like the name Harima Crossing -- if you guys get the drift.

It's been two years since I stopped posting in My Kare Kano but I HAVE NO INTENTION of DELETING IT. I'm still getting comments from it btw. And I have so many memories too precious to make me delete it. Ahh. the 56K dial-up days.

Kare Kano prefecture needs an update to its design.

Chonegai *checks last entry* uhm... yeah. Still No. *facepalm. THAT OLD?! REALLY?!* Go Team Chobits and Team OT. Anyway, the content is still there. And I'm not giving it up for adoption. Like MyCircumstances, a lot of things happened, a lot of adjustments have taken place, during the life of Chonegai.

I treat each of my fansite as a WIP. Besides, they're all part blog.

And my sink has a leak, the laundry needs to be done, Jog at the warm days of spring, don't forget the milk and your dentist appointment.

Still not convinced? After brainstorming, the PMI method, and consulting with my portfolio I am interested in launching not one but two new fansites before the end of summer 2011. Type in 'ef fansite' in Google and you'll find Euphoric Field. Check the dates and you'll see how old is the latest entry. THIS one, I was supposed to delete. But it's official I will follow it through. Therefore, I'm announcing that I'll be launching an ~ef fansite -- The Tale of Memories first. I hope you guys like the ~ef anime series too.

What about the second one? Hmm... I've already picked the anime title and the name for the site. In fact, I've already reserved a working HTTP address hosted by Blogspot. But I'm still undecided which host I shall pick. Since Blogspot is awesome *Thank you Blogspot*, I might be using Blogspot. Lemme give you a hint. It has something to do with Kimi----.

So expect the usual content: like character biographies, screenshots, memorable quotes, roleplay and MORE. And I'll stop here.

Oh yeah. And another NO. I am not chewing more than I can bite. This isn't something that's too much to handle. Really. And you might be thinking that I have so much time in my hand. I LOL. If you are, then please start reading at the top again. I'm trying to explore my potential. Plus, HTML, Programming and writing are good on my resume. *wink wink*

Think of it as an act of putting in motion on the matter that you like to do. Like playing videogames and going further. Drawing and having them published online. Playing the guitar and writing your own chords and lyrics. Writing reports and writing extra for the people or the things you love. Why would you restrain yourself from expressing your passion?

I'll be dropping by and will still reply to your feedbacks. Thank you for your continued patronage, for the hits, for your visits, for your comments, for telling your friends, and for your feedback. Thank you for the motivation and thanks for your patience. I WILL SEE YOU in April.

the 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan

2011-03-12T15:44:00.001+08:00

A 8.9 magnitude Earthquake has devastated Japan. It's the worst Earthquake in the Japanese history. I'm praying that my relatives and friends there are okay. I haven't heard any news from them yet, nor received any email. I'm praying for their safety in Tokyo. Let's not forget that just a few weeks ago, a 6.3 magnitude Earthquake shook Christchurch, New Zealand. The recent series of disasters make me think about what's happening around the world. What do you think?

captain's blog: idk

2011-01-20T15:03:00.004+08:00

It's a battle. I'm battling myself. I've seen how they meant that your worst enemy is yourself. After opening the bedroom TV and seeing that it's -43C outside , I argued with myself while lying on the bed. You can only imagine what it felt like lying on that comfy bed after a short sleep knowing that it's -43C outside and knowing that I had to commute and work today. It was an intense battle of channel surfing, tossing and tumbling whether to go or not. To make the long story short, I didn't go to school. I did go to work though. Ahaha. And I had an assignment due today. No late submissions. Oh well, now I realize that even though my worst enemy is myself, only I have the choice whether to do the right thing or not. Lesson learned. Yeah, right.

captain's blog: not much of a Friday day off

2011-01-15T11:24:00.003+08:00

Not much of a Friday. If only I woke up at 9am but I slept until the afternoon. Which makes me wonder: how could I sleep at least 12 hours? I didn't do anything exhausting yesterday. I sleep so much. I guess winter does this to you. And probably the bed I'm using right now.

My mom and dad are on vacation and I'm using their room because it's a king size bed. I sleep in a dinky single mattress that's not flat and hard on my back. It's manageable but after sleeping for so long on this small bed, I can't seem to get up after sleeping on the king sized one. So that's my excuse why I didn't get up early. It's the bed's fault. Both of them.

There was so much snow today. Why is it still snowing? I remember that it snowed so hard last November that the amount of snow that fell is equal to the TOTAL amount of snow that fell during the 2009-2010 winter in Winnipeg. The provincial government actually said that they ran out of funds to clear the roads. And now it's still snowing... hard.

Around 2:50, I left the house and I drove my cousin to work. She got late. Everybody was driving like a turtle. Afterwards, me and my other cousin went to eat. I didn't eat anything before hand, no breakfast, no lunch nor brunch, so I was dying of hunger inside the car. After an hour and a half of driving, we were able eat. Finally, then another hour and a half driving on our way home. We stopped for some groceries and bubble tea. So we spent approximately three hours on the road because of the snow and traffic.

Winter makes driving fun.

happy new 2011!

2011-01-01T00:00:00.000+08:00

Happy new year to everyone! 2011 is going to be a great year. I just know it will. First thing's first, I'd like to thank everyone for the hits and visits, you guys are the best and this site will be all for nothing if it weren't for all of you! You've rocked my 2010 and please look after me this 2011 as well.

2010 has been an emotional rollercoaster for me, a lot of ups and downs. But I feel like I've learned a lot of things and accepted a lot of facts in life. I can't make a better past, but I can only make my future better with the present I received. God, thank you for everything.

Let's make the year great. Let's start and let's not wait.

captain's blog : not gonna fall apart

2010-07-21T17:43:00.004+08:00

I didn't go to church this past Sunday and I got burned for it. My Monday was utterly horrible and I guess that's to be expected since I needed to be shaped up. I knew it was Sunday and instead I stayed all night playing on the computer. When it was time to go to church I kept flat on the bed. When Monday came, work was ugh... oh well. I realized something after that. I'm happy though.

Fall is almost here. Now now don't fret. I'm one of the people who enjoy summer and SUMMER BREAK, however, I'm also excited of going back to university. After how many years? almost four years have passed and I'm back in university. It'll be fun! 3 hours of sleep at max, waking up early in winter and walking in sub zero temperatures, writing term papers, typing 10 page reports due next day, cramming overnight to study on exams that weigh 50% of the subject, doing projects on all subjects, doing homeworks at home and possibly bringing them to work too, fun fun fun!

I'm planning to buy myself a camcorder before the year ends. I don't know if I have enough since I'm also planning to buy a new computer and a flatscreen TV. Dad's gonna smack me for this. I'm such a spender when Christmas comes. But yeah, look at me ramble about Christmas when it's still summer... and fall is yet to come. Hmm... I'm thinking of going camping.

captain's blog: with her touch

2010-05-09T00:00:00.000+08:00

I laugh and tear at the same time when I think back to my elementary days. There had been instances where I cried 'Mommy' during the Flag ceremony. During the early days of my first grade, I couldn't keep calm in the classroom when I know Mom's nowhere in school. Boy, I was a cry baby back then demanding that Mom SHOULD be in the school premises. If not, wah wah. Oh man, it's embarrassing, I know. But it's true. She had to stay over from 9-4pm in the canteen doing nothing but wait for me. And oh man, I am such a little boy back then. *cough* *cough* *mama's boy!* *cough* Who said that?! It makes you wonder how such a little boy could get attached to her Mom like that. Love. Need I say more?

When I hit 5th or 6th grade, I started getting irritated whenever Mom appears in school. I mean, I hated it when Mom SOMETIMES bring me lunch, when in fact, I had no money to buy food. What a brat. Take note: she brings me lunch very rarely. It's like I don't want her near me at all when I'm in school. Nice, huh? Put down your knives, ladies and gentlemen. But whenever I have a school project, she's always the person I 'hang-out' with. And when there's a need for an advance in my allowance, sweet heaven, don't get me started. Heaven forbid. Just as she hands me the money, I'm gone. Yeah, yeah. I'm awful. But while growing up, Mom's very important to me. I knew that it'd be impossible without her.

My Mom is at her golden age now. But look at how things are in my family. My Mom cooks three meals everyday. My Mom does the laundry. My Mom cleans the house. My Mom does gardening. My Mom studies. My Mom works. The list goes on. It's a given that she's tired everyday. But it's kind of cute that she still manages her Facebook. Despite her hectic schedule, Mom wouldn't be Mom if she doesn't give her attention to other people. She finds pleasure in helping other people. Mom is the eldest of seven. She loves my grandmother very much; Now, Mom takes care of grandma. She loves her brothers and sisters. If they need help or advise, it's like she's the first person that they go to. Moreover, people keep asking her for advise and stuff. And that's something that I look up to.

This past Tuesday, something happened on my way to work again. I don't know what's all these dramas when I go to work; more specifically, when I ride the bus to work. When the bus arrived, the door opened and I saw mom get off while I climb in. She was a bit happy to see me as she made her exit and mom rubbed my shoulder. I noticed how relieved she looked despite that she looked tired from work. During those short seconds, I felt very humbled. The bus left while I watched mom go home and I thought, God, help me as I leave my mom's providence for me.

I don't want to be a burden anymore. It wasn't fun to see Mom like that. Still she doesn't complain. And it pains me even more that she doesn't complain. I don't know, man, when I saw her tired, I yelled at myself 'Look at her! You gotta take extra shifts! You gotta prep dinner later! You gotta--' That's it. Mom needs me.

Have you ever wished to go back into the past? I did-- I wished, that is. I can say that I wish I could go back to the past and enjoy when mom solved every problem. It's when life was easy. No worries. No anxiety. No demand from society. When I was little, mom takes care of everything for me. And deep inside I knew that I was obnoxious and annoying towards my Mom. It's amazing how much sacrifice and how much time she spent with us. I can't beat such sacrifice in my lifetime. I could only repay her love and kindness in the future-- when Mom needs me to take care of her. I'll be there for her.

Isn't how this cycle is supposed to be? Parents take care of children. Then the children will take care of the parents. Seeing as how Mom took care of me, how she raised me, how she spent enormous time with me, how she gave me what I wanted, how she showed me her love, I don't see an excuse why I wouldn't answer her call.

To my future self,
take note.

Happy Mother's day.

captain's log: what's up?

2010-04-15T18:01:00.002+08:00

Nothing much.

news : Hits from March

2010-04-01T18:33:00.003+08:00

and in other news...

total hits received for the month of March courtesy of statcounter.com: Blog Hina - 1503 | FruitsBlogsket - 8008 | SchoolRumblog - 127 | The Waltz Dramatic - 1752 | My Circumstances - 40 | Chonegai - 22

= received more hits compared to the previous month
= received fewer hits compared to the previous month

My comment on FruitsBlogsket:
I seriously thought March has been a bad month for FruitsBlogsket; I'm surprised that it managed to receive 8000+ hits despite the slow updates. Thank you very much for the visits and returning visits.

My comment on Blog Hina:
Thanks a bunch for the support and the hits, I am really happy with the hits the site received. It is really on a phase where the updates are slow. Nevertheless, I can say that Blog Hina looked good in March. There will be more Love Hina screenshots. It certainly can become better this April.

My comment on SchoolRumblog:
I can only blame myself for not putting much attention onto SchoolRumblog. The School Rumble series *manga and anime* is finished. But the way Jin-sensei completed the series is left open ended. Which means the series has a big potential for role-players and fanfic writers. And which also means that I need to write stories as much as Harima Crossing is concerned. This is gold! Thank you for the hits! Harima ftw!

My comment on The Waltz Dramatic:
The Waltz Dramatic *my fansite for Honey and Clover* looked stable during March as well. Not much to mention since I put the roleplay section on hiatus. Thank you for visiting The Waltz Dramatic, thank you for your support and your comments!

My comment on My Circumstances:
It has become hard to make updates on this fansite, *a fansite for His and Her Circumstances* due to the fact that and I am not really sure of the direction of mycircumstances (pun not intended). The manga is complete. And before I could continue, I need to know more of the manga (especially some chapters before the ending), so that further content can be added. This fansite is put on hold. But, nevertheless, thank you for all the people who has supported it ever since it was published in 2005.

My comment on Chonegai:
From my weird idea of merging Onegai Twins and Chobits -- thus allowing me to publish Chonegai due to my boredom of 2005 university sembreak. I had chickenpox that time, so I couldn't party outside with my friends. I was really sour because I had the chickenpox at the START of my sembreak. And I was only able to go out after a month -- the end of my sembreak. So yeah. Anyway, I'm not sure of the website's direction. This site is also put on hold. Thank you for the visits, purposely or by accident.

Ah, the memories of 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

btw, April 2010 is here! 8 more months 'til Christmas! *snickers*

captain's log : and after the celebration of saturday

2009-10-05T02:55:00.000+08:00

You know, I feel depressed. I really don't know what happened to me. I feel like I've burned out and I've missed everything that's going on around me. My life feels monotonous. Still I couldn't bring myself to make a change because I don't feel like it. Maybe I'm too depressed, I don't know. Probably bored. It doesn't feel right at all.

Somehow, I think that things won't be pretty this week. It's too pathetic to feel this way. I'm beginning to see that I couldn't fulfill any work that I've started. I'm stranded and I'm being left behind. I'm lousy this time and I don't feel the limelight like I should. I wonder why.

I've low spirit and I'm bothered as to what would become of me. I am fascinated of the people who know what they're doing and how they do it. It's like I've come to a stop where I have to choose without backing up. I've realized that maybe I am not that confident at all. I don't want to make many mistakes as well. Although, there's a guilt that I have to do move forward anyway and swallow all the negativity of what would follow.

So this is what feels like to become an adult. I am no longer looking to depend on my parents anymore. And the any burden that I am to answer wouldn't look for anyone but myself. My responsibilities keep adding. And I am paranoid as to what other people would expect me do. It's silly.

I pray that this week would turn out great. So great it would change my opinion of how I feel this day.

captain's log : the fall of 2009

2009-09-27T15:34:00.001+08:00

I can finally feel the chill. Fall's here and it's official to say goodbye to 2009's summer. I'll surely miss you, summer. Bye bye.

And since Fall's here, there's just one question looming in my mind. Am I ready for this year's winter?

I've save up for a new winter jacket, gloves and a new pair of shoes. I also need to change my commute and observe really close the bus schedule as to prevent frostbite before going to work. In any case, calling in sick before work is reasonable -- that is if I'm really sick.

Farmers in Canada say that this coming winter would be mild. I don't really know what their basis is, but they really know 'seasons' and they have experience. I really do hope that this year's winter would be mild.

In preparation to the coming winter, I'm also saving aside some money to buy a videocam. I'm planning to make a Christmas video to send to my folks in the Philippines. But camcorders aren't cheap. Besides, there's too much stuff I want to buy this Christmas.

captain's log : 09.09.09

2009-09-09T23:44:00.000+08:00

Wow, it's 09.09.09. So what has been happening to me until now?

First, it's kind of weird not to go to school, since today's the first day of school. I forgot, I've already graduated. Anyway, I'm starting to get bored. I find that my routine is getting older and I should do something new. Maybe I'll go bungee jumping. But it's expensive to buy proper gear. I'll just skip buying the elastic safety rope, that way, I'll save money.

September's here already and I'm getting all depressed since Summer's about over. Almost everybody's feeling the change of mood. Other people get so depressed their nose even tears -- they got colds. I'm fine. I take multivitamins everyday.

Yep, I feel really weird not having to go back to school. I've been studying for a long time now, and this is my first time to just stay at home at the start of school. Oh well, it was really quiet at home and the day-off from work made it totally worth it.

Hey is 09.09.09 a lucky day? A remember my friend telling me that whenever there's the trio-numero-date, a person will be able to perfect a task -- say you'll get a perfect score in an exam. It's a day where amazing happens. As for me, I got the pulled off the perfect sleep. Amazing.

Anyway, it's September. Fall's around the corner and it's gonna be that time of the year to buy new winter gear.

random rambling

2009-06-24T02:00:00.000+08:00

I just wanted to write before I go to sleep. It helps me take a load off my mind. I don't know where our awards ceremony is and the graduation is next Monday. It's high school grad and it'll be my second high school grad. Well, to be honest, and it's kind of funny, it'll be my third one since I was already included from the 2007 - 2008 batch at Elmwood high. And we have grad breakfast this Thursday. My friend's telling me to bring my acoustic drums so we can play Drifting. And I think my pocket's going to feel pain after I buy my suit and a pair of new shoes for the dinner and dance. Quite frankly, I didn't want to go, but I think it would be rude to everyone if I bailed out. Besides, I also want to hang out. As for guests? Well, I don't have any. I'm betting my friends are bringing their girlfriends and boyfriends with them. Wow, I am so depressing. I'm just going by myself and the ticket's aren't that cheap either. I hoping that everything would turn out properly. I have work later and I'm looking forward to get the grad out of the way. After grabbing that Grade 12 diploma, I can finally rest assured that I'll be able to enter my University life here in Canada.

captain's log: a firm hold

2009-06-21T14:38:00.000+08:00

I bought my dad a grill yesterday. I barely slept Friday night, but I didn't mind being woke up at 10 in the morning. Dad called and he was asking if I buy him a grill. and may I reiterate: HE WAS ASKING ME. HE DIDN'T TELL ME TO BUY IT. HE ASKED ME FIRST. And I know that for all the good things he has done to my life, he had the right to tell me to buy it. Instead, he asked first.

NO CRYING, BOY!

I'm betting I slept for four hours. Still I knew that my Saturday would be wonderful, so I stood up anyway. Besides, I also knew that I had to get my dad something this Sunday, good thing it's a grill. It's cheaper than a laptop.

Of course he wouldn't know that he's supposed to get a laptop this Father's Day. Don't tell him. Haha.

My dad's simple and humble. A lot of people don't know how smart he is. He's always helped me in math and physics and stuff and he drew me projects that were due next morning. He also taught my older bro. and he's waaay better than me in Arithmetic and Sciences. And people say that I'm good in Math. Hell no, I suck, and I'd usually cry to daddy when it comes to problem solving.

Not anymore. He's taught me well as well. Haha.

My dad's been valedictorian in high school and elementary where I barely excelled. I studied at the same elementary school as him and the same high school back in the Philippines. The teachers knew him.... they knew him well. Unfortunately, I didn't have the brain capacity like his when he was young. Sorry teachers, and yes, I'm his son.

Smart man. Strong ethics. How I wish to possess thee.

My dad has always been an outstanding worker. I lost count on the places where he worked, because they've been competing for his service. He worked as a teacher, engineer, project manager... erm... and more. I forgot. And he's bought a computer when there was no OS except DOS. He needed it for work. He's been doing complicated jobs ever since I can remember. Good thing I was a nosy snotty 3 year old kid back then, thanks to him, I was able to learn and use the computer using DOS at the age of 3.

He's hardworking and realizing his sacrifice would always make me pause. I mean, he had made so many sacrifice just to keep our spirits up; not to mention keep us satisfied. Settling here in Canada, hasn't been a walk in the park and we saw his dedication for the family when he went home coughing real bad. It was still cold outside and we didn't have a car yet. Sure he'd take the bus early morning, but everyday he would still need to walk a distance and wait for the bus. And my dad is very susceptible to cough and colds. Despite the cold weather, the very exhausting job, the pressure of the environment and the weariness, he didn't make a fuss. HELL NO. He didn't make any fuss. I can't stress this more, but yes, not a complain from his mouth. He didn't complain how lame his new *starting* job was and he didn't say anything that would regret him from leaving all our good stuff in the Philippines.

He was already sick, but he was still going to work because he knew what was on the line -- the impression of our future here in Canada. I know, I know. He needs to work even if he's sick, because we need food on our table. BUT... isn't that amazing? He's not supposed to do that.

My dad is also the chauffeur. I've known him driving us around since... ever. Back in the Philippines, he'd usually drive us, me and my bro, from home to the university -- cars are expensive, and no one dared to learn how to drive between us both. Anyway, everyday he'd drive for hours to and from work, pick us up and stuff, and so on. Dude, that's dedication right there.

As for games, oh yeah. He's one player. When we bought the Wii, oh boy. We had fun. My cousin commented that he wished my uncle was like him. He's still playing by the way.

My dad's also a bit lazy, I mean he doesn't go out much often. He also likes to eat. He said it makes him happy. Well, if eating and hanging around at home makes him happy, then problem solved. I'll say it's not so bad living a simple life-- not too many complicated thoughts and one can sleep easy too.

The biggest thing that would always make me stop to ponder is his amount of patience. If I look back and see all the stupid things I did when I was young, oh man, I get pissed at myself. But not my dad. He's a very patient man and how I AM THANKFUL for that.

I know that dad isn't getting any younger. And yeah, he's supposed to be taking it easy. I mean, I don't want to see him tired. He's supposed to relax... he's getting old. But life here isn't simple you know. There's some close relatives back home that need help and we need money and we're paying this house and the bills won't pay themselves and there should always be food on the table and the gas prices are hiking and and... It's these things that really make me teary eyed and I just thank my dad for everything and for the way he is. He's truly a gentleman. I envy his character and fortitude. It's also one of my goals in life to succeed after him and become better for him, so he would know that he did a heavenly perfect job raising me as a son.

You know what, it's Sunday and it's Father's day. I've been convincing myself to call in sick today. To tell you the truth, I wasn't planning to go to work. And while I was on my desk, I kept thinking that BEING AT WORK TODAY WASN'T RIGHT. How I wished to be at home and spend some quiet time with my dad. I just wanted to be at home with him. But I knew that it wouldn't make him happy knowing that I skipped work. I don't want my dad to be disappointed at me. Because I know that he did a lot of sacrifice and dedication. And for that, I love him.

Oh dear God, don't let him read this.

Anyway, Happy Father's day!

wakey wakey!

2009-05-19T15:31:00.003+08:00

I think that's enough holidays for SchoolRumblog. Time for it to wake up, seriously. I'm sorry for the long hiatus. But now that School Rumble is over (School Rumble Z is the apparent sequel), at least in the manga and anime, I think I have my edge back to write some serious fan contents.

School Rumble is arguably one of the best anime titles out there. Ironically, the School Rumble isn't considered a popular title. Fanbase is pretty low. And I'd like to promote this anime; it's actually one of the reasons why I built this experimental fansite. And until now, I'm experimenting on possible additions to SchoolRumblog. So, expect some new content in the future.

I will miss you, Francis "Kiko" Magalona

2009-03-07T08:18:00.004+08:00

It was all too surreal. I couldn't take it in. December of 2008, me and my mom were just talking about his fight against Leukemia. He was a fighter. Francis even posted pictures on his blog from the medical treatment. And then we watched his Francis M. video when he returned to Eat Bulaga, a noontime show, his home. I, for one, was happy to see him back in action. And it was then that I wished for him to keep fighting.

"I look forward to the pain as I know my journey is on full speed ahead. I will not be bold to say that without asking a favor from you all. PLEASE PRAY for me as I undergo treatment. Your prayers, as always, have sustained me. And am sure the Lord will listen to all our prayers. To His will I submit myself."
-from the blog of Francis Magalona | http://francismagalona.multiply.com

Two in the morning. I knew. I discovered. While I was delighted to discover that Quest Crew had won the America's Best Dance Crew season 3, my brother sent me a message.

Francis Magalona passed away.

Francis has been one of my childhood bridges. He was so patriotic; he loved the Philippines so much. He expressed this love through what he did best, through music. He was named the King of Philippine Rap, The Man from Manila, The Mouth, The Master Rapper. He was one of my influences in the music scene. Not only did he rap and write songs, Francis was a jack of all trades kind of person. That's why he's my idol.

He was a photographer. He was a host. He was an actor. He was a scriptwriter. He had his own clothing line (FMCC - Francis Magalona Clothing Line), and he was also a producer. His work involved his love for his country and his love for the Filipino children. He motivated everyone through his music. And he became an icon in the Filipino Music industry. But despite his fame, Francis M. never let it get over his head. He was a very humble person; very Simple. He shared his blessings and he helped young artists and rappers alike to pursue their dreams.

I sat on my computer quiet. My delight didn't matter anymore. I just realized that a childhood bridge has passed away. And something from my past started to reel in.

I remembered running. I was playing tag with my cousins outside. Yes, I was in my Grandma's house. And while we were playing, I remember hearing "Kaleidoscope World" being played too -- maybe it came from neighbors. From then on, it got stuck in my head.

Back in front of my monitor, I was in plain nostalgia and my hands on the keyboard stopped for a couple of minutes.

KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD - FRANCIS M.

(kaleidoscope.swf - 987kb)

So many faces, so many races
Different voices, different choices
Some are mad, while others laugh
Some live alone with no better half
Others grieve while others curse
And others mourn behind a big black hearse
Some are pure and some half-bred
Some are sober and some are wasted
Some are rich because of fate and
Some are poor with no food on their plate
Some stand out while others blend
Some are fat and stout while some are thin
Some are friends and some are foes
Some have some while some have most

Every color and every hue
Is represented by me and you
Take a slide in the slope
Take a look in the kaleidoscope
Spinnin' round, make it twirl
In this kaleidoscope world

Some are great and some are few
Others lie while some tell the truth
Some say poems and some do sing
Others sing through their guitar strings
Some know it all while some act dumb
Let the bass line strum to the bang of the drum
Some can swim while some will sink
And some will find their minds and think
Others walk while others run
You can't talk peace and have a gun
Some are hurt and start to cry
Don't ask me how don't ask me why
Some are friends and some are foes
Some have some while some have most

Every color and every hue
Is represented by me and you
Take a slide in the slope
Take a look in the kaleidoscope
Spinnin' round, make it twirl
In this kaleidoscope world

There's love in his songs. There's no violence. It's about Patriotism. He loved the Philippines and he encouraged Filipinos, young and old, to do so as well.

Thank you so much for your songs. Thank you for the inspiration. Thank you for everything. Kiko, we love you. God Bless and you will never be forgotten.

Francis Magalona (October 4, 1964 - March 6, 2009)

LOSING MY HEAD NOTICE

2008-06-06T14:15:00.006+08:00

Hey y'all, I'm still alive. Exams are coming up and things are tight for me right now. For the next two weeks, I won't be going online and I need to finish everything. SchoolRumblog is not going anywhere and is here to stay. There will just be a short hiatus and I'll be definitely back with some fansite updates for everyone. The hiatus will not be exclusive for this site, but for my other fansites / sideprojects as well. Here's my FINALS list and I will keep you posted:

- Foods Final presentation.
- PreCal Provincial and Finals.
- Foods Final exam.
- Accounting Finals
- Applied Math Finals.
- Chemistry Unit Test.
- Chemistry Finals.
- Launch of TEENSIDE Chronicles

captain's log : erase! turning point! music magic!

2008-05-17T15:20:00.004+08:00

I just made a mistake of putting SchoolRumblog into an extended hiatus. Damn, now I have no idea how to get things back in shape. However, I have three days to complete everything from planning contents and updating here and there.

Anyway, enough about that.

How was your week? I've had a great week. It turned out that it wasn't bad, when I had a feeling from the start it would be crappy. But I had fun - in school and on my community service. Yeah, it's pretty weird for some kid to say they had fun in school.

I just finished some key work that were bothering me. Now that they're dealt with, my mind's at ease right now. Which isn't a good thing when I'm blogging.

We're setting up an experimental band at school. We have our guitar player, and a potential vocal, while I take care of percussions. Our guitarist is also spending his money on buying a drumset and guess who's playing it. Yeah, the vocalist. No, me. And I still can't believe that he's buying it for me. Well... yeah, for me to play it, but I mean... drumsets are expensive, aren't they? Then he told me I could come to his garage and play during the summer. Sweet.

This is my fourth band. And I hope I'd be involved with more to come. That way, I'd be able to build up networks and friends, and find more help for the future. Music is magic.

Happy Holidays

2007-12-23T11:21:00.001+08:00

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who visited my humble website. Seasons Greetings and Happy Holidays!

hiatus na naman!

2007-09-05T12:05:00.000+08:00

I should've put this hiatus a month ago. SchoolRumblog will be back to normal programming in the coming November. The hiatus is due from work, personal reasons, businesses. I will be back. SchoolRumblog will be back.

jed's diary : pressing on

2007-07-06T05:20:00.000+08:00

Just hearing of the Three stars and a Sun gives me the goosebumps. It's a normal feeling you get when you live outside the Philippines; not for the expatriates perhaps. But since I'm not one of them, I miss home. I'm not talking about the song by Francis M. I'm talking about the text Three Stars and a Sun is somewhat encouraging. Other people might not feel it. I do. I have to press on. Carve a name for the country.

update:
As for my visitors, sorry for the absence of School Rumble Radio. The apparent attack to my server crippled five of my radios (Hachikuro Radio, Furuba FM, Blog Hina Radio, Kare Kano Radio and yours truly) I have moved the 3/5 to one server and the 2/5 to another. It took about half a day for me to complete everything. Anyway, School Rumble Radio is back online.

move it! move it! pump it! groove it!

2007-06-20T12:32:00.000+08:00

Actually, I shouldn't be working tomorrow. But when my boss asked me to go, drop the plan.

He was passing around a piece of paper and he was asking each of us for our signature, the signature of commitment. If you sign on that paper, you work tomorrow. Simple right? Umm... not exactly. If he hadn't been there, and if there was only this random guy or girl who was passing it, it could've been a lot easier to maneuver things. However... His presence is the booby trap! DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!

When he was in front of me, I blanked and I just signed the damn thing! While I was signing it, my mind was saying "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! WHAT ARE YOU... NO! NO! NO! STOP SIGNING!! STOP! STOP YOUR HAND! THIS IS NOT HAPPENING! oh well, you're dead." I was supposed to say NO, but he had this look on his face that says YOU CANNOT SAY NO. Resistance is futile. Enter Darth Vader: Inhale. Exhale.

I asked my second boss if it's possible to work on Wednesday only and not on Thursday. Otherwise, I may have to work two jobs on Thursday. Unfortunately, his answer is also convincing. He replied to me that it's preferably to work on both days. PREFERABLY? Awww, now there's no point in masking what you mean, chief. So, here's the gameplan for Thursday. After RGIS, go home and get ready for the other job. Now that's something really exciting. WOOHOO!

or... I could just call in sick. Not a good idea for a starter.

Now scream! SCREAM LIKE A LITTLE GIRL WHO NEVER SCREAMED BEFORE!!

- server crashed. School Rumble radio is currently offline. I'm on the case and I'll give an update as soon as it's fixed.

Happy Father's Day

2007-06-17T12:56:00.000+08:00

WANTED!
.... for being the perfect Father.
I couldn't think of anything fancy, so I figured I might just post a caricature of my dad that he drew when he was just in college. Wow, this drawing's older than me. Anyway, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

booored.

2007-06-08T16:28:00.000+08:00

I was planning on taking a snapshot of my desktop, but my desktop is still inside my cargo box. I'm bored so I picked my laptops instead. I know... it's a total mess.

jed's diary : it's empty

2007-05-22T07:43:00.001+08:00

I'm glad today's a holiday, Victoria Day. Hell, I'm really really glad that I don't have work tomorrow as well. My cough finally settled far away and I fear that working would only attract it to come back. It finally realized how boring I am.

Our picnic has been canceled because of guess what? Work. We were about to go to picnic yesterday. But Mom and the rest of my cousins had to work -- on a Sunday. They decided to move it to today because it's a holiday. However, my mom also had work and so did my uncle -- on a holiday. Seems that holidays aren't an exception for them.

The disappointing news doesn't stop there. Three of my relatives went to fishing this morning. I recall that they woke up 3 in the morning and zoomed to their fishing spot. After several hours, they didn't catch anything. I couldn't believe their perseverance. If I was the one fishing, thirty minutes of nothing would've been enough for me to go home. I don't like fishing but I love the sight of raising a catch and showing it off to everyone. I'm not patient with fishing. Oh well, patience is a virtue.

news : radio down

2007-05-18T17:54:00.000+08:00

There has been a server problem that rendered my uploaded songs (School Rumble Radio) inaccessible. Not only School Rumble Radio, other five radios have been affected due to my server's transfer. As you can see, Gbspace[dot]com is no more and all of my files were transfered to Uploadway[dot]com; Thus spelling broken links.

I had to manually correct every broken link of five radios from five different fansites: School Rumble Radio (SchoolRumblog), Hachikuro Radio (The Waltz Dramatic), Blog Hina Radio (CYFLoveHina), Furuba FM (Fruitsblogsket), and Kare Kano Radio (My Circumstances).

I didn't notice right away that the songs weren't working on each website. I figured the problem quickly and, fortunately, it took me only an hour to straighten the mess. I also encountered various navigational bugs along the way and fixed them right away.

jed's diary : synthesis

2007-05-11T13:25:00.001+08:00

kay let's get organized:

Things to do:
- send email to my boss and ask if there will be an activity on Monday
- work on Tuesday
- look for a lighter backup job at WalMart
- scout the area at Southdale Mall
- get a haircut
- finish chapter 1 of project x

Currently working:
- waiting for the four concept art for project x
- working on 5 secret projects (a,b,x,y,z)
- revive chonegai and its parts
- working on chapter 1 of project x
- planning for layout of project a,b,x

jed's diary : it's cold here

2007-04-09T15:13:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the unexpected blog break. I was really BUMMED and CONFUSED of what's happening around me. I'm starting to think about God's plans for me on the foreign snow and soil of Canada. Yep, it's a faith subject, just like what happened to me on my second year college. It's a loooooong story.

My life's on halt right now. I can't wait to move again. I can't wait to start working. I can't wait to study. I can't wait to do something important out there. God, am I this bored? I sound like an idiot right now. I mean, I get to wake up and stay up late everyday. I get to relax. I get to do nothing. Wow. I doubt I deserve such luxury.

I'm sure there is something better ahead. There's gotta be. There has to be. If there isn't, then why did we leave the Philippines?

Special announcement from GbSpace.Com
(04-27-07)

The number user at gbspace.com has been increased. Therefore we decided to move to advance server with faster speed more space and better performance. There will be some downtime next week during off peek hour. We are very sorry for any inconvenient.

Thanks for supporting us

GbSpace.Com Team

jed's diary : Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

2007-04-02T07:03:00.000+08:00

It's Sunday. Time to go to church. I usually go to church every Sunday. It's not just a habit. It's a way of refreshment. Sometimes, I can't really think straight or I get more pimples over a week of absence in church.

I got up pretty late. I mean I should've gotten up an hour and thirty minutes before ten, the time our ride arrives. Why? Well I'm not living in my own house right now and it would be really embarrassing if I made myself at home too much by spending a long time in the bathroom. Yeah, I really really take my time when using it. Anyway, to make the matter worse, my stomach ached right after entering the bathroom. Man, a lecture from mom afterwards.

I was really surprised on my Pastor's message. Technically, the Pastor that gave the message today isn't really my Pastor. He was a guest speaker and he took off right after his message to catch his flight to Toronto. The guest Pastor will attend his business there and eventually fly to Manila. Yeah. I'm sure he'll need to eat a lot of halo- halo afterwards. Anyway, back to I was really surprised on my Pastor's message, the message is my testimonial back when we were at THE FREE CONCERT. THE FREE CONCERT, brought by MCMI, was held on my birthday and the memories of it are still fresh.

10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
-- Ephesians 6:10-17

According to the weather forecast. There is still a week of snow left. Jumping grandma on a stick, I thought we were all the way to spring. Guess I have to postpone my getting up early routine.

just a quick message: Fruitsblogsket has a new layout! Come check it out and leave this noob blog!
song of the moment: Blue Moon by Orange and Lemons
mood: peachy, just peachy

changelog: moving out

2007-03-27T05:31:00.000+08:00

Omotase shimashita! Schoolrumblog is back with something new.
- schoolrumblog @ blogdrive will be turned into harima's blog.
- I have decided to make schoolrumblog @ blogspot to be the HOMEPAGE of SchoolRumblog.
- s2r School Rumble Radio added. Check out the lower left sidepanel.
- added School Rumble Second Semester episode guide and summaries thanks to Xebek @ Animeblogger.net
- added 8 more avatars
- Tenma moved out to her own blog. check it out.
- added s2r (School Rumble Radio) to each SR blogmates.
- added Girls - Boys by Ogura Yuuko, Kono Namida Ga Aru Kara Tsugi No Ippo To Naru by Ami Tokito, Pintura by Kjwan, School Rumble 4EVER! by Various Artists, Scramble by Yui Horie, Sentimental Generation by Ami Tokito, Two Trick Pony by Sandwich songs to School Rumble Radio.
- Fixed layout problems with Eri's blog @ blogdrive.
- uploaded How to Save a Life by The Fray at S2R (school rumble radio).

that's it for now!

avatars : page 16

2007-03-02T12:18:00.000+08:00

To download, right click an image and select "save picture as". Then rename if you must. Please do not hotlink for I'm only using a server with limited bandwidth. I do not claim ownership over these avatars / animated gifs and they should be used for personal / non- profit purposes.

jed's diary : schoolrumblogs on vacation

2007-02-21T16:44:00.000+08:00

SchoolRumblogs will take a break for a while. This hiatus will give me time for my travel to Canada and the readjustment of lifestyle in that new environment. We'll live there from now on. Our flight is scheduled on the 24th of February. I will get back into posting new entries and stuff as soon as we're settled. See you soon!

my song of the moment: Meant To Live by Switchfoot
kumusta naman: Blank

jed's diary : plug then sleep

2007-02-16T01:47:00.000+08:00

What a long break. I've been off from blog updates because I'm starting to pack my bags and head to Canada. Yep. We're going to be emigrants next week. At first, it's unreal and it felt like we're not going anywhere. But when my dad told me to start packing, from a somewhat murky dream everything became sharp.

I've also decided to change the site layout. I prefer a "magazine feel" to it. However, I have no idea of how it should look like as of now. Just expect a layout change in the fuutre.

Soueba, I almost forgot - probably because I'm getting groggy - I've finished my Honey and Clover fansite / blog called The Waltz Dramatic. You'll find major and minor character biographies, soundtrack lyrics episode summaries, sing-alongs, screenshots, wallpapers, avatars, and roleplay blogs. You can bet that there will be more features in the future. Of course I also have a major plan for SchoolRumblogs. Guys and girls, don't hesitate to drop by.

my song of the moment: Bring Me to Life by Evanescence
kumusta naman: Easy

tenma's diary : question mark on my head

2007-01-27T18:58:00.000+08:00

It should be easy to find a good topic these days. The words on the street, the news on the tv, the comments coming from my friends, the lyrics on the radio, they're all potential titles. I'm bothered why I can't write anything.

Having scattered ideas is almost the same as having none. I can't start with multiple ideas. Well, I could fuse them but a single topic is easier and simpler. Besides, I don't need a complicated topic for a 10-point essay.

my song of the moment: DOA by Foo Fighters
kumusta naman: frustrated

tenma's diary : writing with a dry head

2007-01-15T17:42:00.000+08:00

Writer's block. Mental Constipation. Mental Constraints. Mental Blocks. The romantic terms for laziness. Mou, apparently, I can only write when I'm in the side of the extremes. I'm able to break free when I'm very happy, depressed, I feel weird, desperate or disappointed. Pure rants and raves, I guess. When one has no problems, telling the world that I have no problems would be boring. There's always the case when I could write something about writer's blocks. Too plain. Bland even.

A surrender would be a bad move because creative vibes tend to break in without anyone noticing. However, that surrender would also be pointless since my mind tells me to write again because it found the missing idea.

Intro's done. "Yakumo! Come here and read my essay about 'Defining Yourself'!"

"'neesan, did you write this? Or did you copy someone else's work?"

"That's cruel! Of course I wrote it! You don't believe me?"

"No, it's just that it's unbelievable. Normally you'd talk about candies, cakes, rock and roll, Karasuma-kun and..."

my song of the moment: We Are One Tonight by Switchfoot
kumusta naman: tired. so tired.

jed's diary : THS

2007-01-07T16:22:00.000+08:00

flash report: Studentlife reaches 10000 hits! Total Hits Statistics (THS) courtesy of statcounter.com: studentlife - 1060 | Chonegai Project - 844 | Love Hina Project - 5267 | My Kare Kano - 2146 | SchoolRumblogs - 1203 | FruitsBlogsket - 7379 | Queca Cu - Quacu Ca - 25 | Weblogkoto & Blogkeini! - 366. There are still other blogs unregistered. BTW, I hate skewing my hits.

= doing great
= slow

my song of the moment: Sakura Kissu by Kawabe Chieco
kumusta naman: weird

episode 52 (ep.26 season 2)

2007-01-05T14:19:00.000+08:00

Yakumo deals with her feelings for Harima, while Tenma comes to a revelation as to who Harima is and what happened in the past.

Summary:

Yakumo stands face to face with the spirit. The spirit asks if she loves Harima and Yakumo doesn’t deny it, saying even so he likes Tenma. The spirit asks if its ok to sacrifice her happiness for her sister's happiness.

Yakumo flashes back to when she and Tenma were kids. Tenma was a klutz and always screwed things up for Yakumo, calling her childish names “Yamo”, ruining her art work, and eventually destroying her favorite picture book.

The book was given to her by their father and we see the end of the book she was reading before about how Otome and Uta were always together for the whole time. Yakumo tells the spirit how she will always be with Tenma as she tires to do her best and she is nice.

Meanwhile Harima is on top of Tenma, being held there by her in her sleep. She wakes up and wonders what is going on and freaks out. She then sees Harima without his glasses and recognizes him as the pervert from way before. Harima admits it but says that he isn’t really a pervert. He says he knows his reasons won’t matter, but the reason he hid his identity was…. Harima is about to say because he loves Tenma but his phone rings. He answers it and finds out that Karasuma was in an accident.

Harima tells Tenma about Karasuma and rushes her over on his motorcycle. However they get into an accident along the way. We see them wake up in the hospital, Tenma perfectly fine. Karasuma appears before her and finds out he is fine, in fact he won the word cup in soccer.

We see Harima in another hospital room with Itoko. We find out that Harima avoided the accident and caught Tenma as they were falling down a cliff. He was then hit by a truck after protecting Tenma.

The next day at the start of the new term, Harima goes to school ready to drop out because he only went there because of Tenma. When he gets to school Tenma sees him and chases him down, as Harima runs away not able to face her. Eventually eh is corned and we find out Tenma doesn’t remember last night, and doesn’t know Harima is the pervert from before.

Harima decides to stay in school and is happy after getting the tape of the TV show from Tenma that she promised before, ready to face the new term.

episode 51 (ep.25 season 2)

2007-01-05T14:16:00.000+08:00

Tenma goes over to Harima’s house to help him with his manga, as Yakumo had Tenma go in her place. Tenma does her best to help Harima, as the two of them bond though their work; meanwhile we see Yakumo’s true feelings.

Summary:

We see Harima working hard on his manga, needing to get it done soon. Someone arrives at the door, thinking its Yakumo because she was going to come over to help; he answers it to find Tenma. Tenma tells him that Yakumo sent her in her stead. Harima is surprised and embarrassed, and lets her in.

Tenma and Harima stat to work on the manga, but get caught up talking to each other and finding out their similar interests in a TV show.

We see Yakumo at her house. We find out how she purposely let Tenma go over in her stead, thinking back guessing that Harima has a crush on her but knowing how Tenma has no idea, so wanting to allow them to spend more time together.

Tenma and Harima keep talking but Harima gets a call finding out his manga is due the next morning so the two of them start to work hard. Tenma says how they must work hard, saying she will work with him which can me misheard as have a relationship. So Harima gets all excited and the two of them work.

After working, finding out Tenma isn’t helping much, and having some really bad food Tenma made, they go back to work and Tenma falls asleep. Harima places her in his bed and thinks about how he loves her, and has since the day he met her. The misunderstanding causing him to grow his hair out, wear sunglasses, and so on.

Harima continues working on the rest of his manga, while we see Yakumo at home going though some old photo albums. Yakumo sees a picture in which she is holding a picture book. She remembers that form when she was a kid and finds it, reading it.

The book is about two friends who were always together, one of them always following the other around. There were times when the one wanted to do other things, but the bigger one didn’t want to and the little one forgot about it and followed him. One day he left the big one, wanting to do other things. The big one said find, but eventually got lonely and went looking for the little one.

All of a sudden behind Yakumo appears a glowing more child looking Yakumo with long hair, glowing green and flying. She asks Yakumo if this is really alright. That she loves Harima, doesn’t she? Yakumo reacts surprised, but doesn’t deny anything.

episode 50 (ep.24 season 2)

2007-01-05T14:13:00.000+08:00

Eri takes the whole class out on a luxury cruise when the boat crashes, stranding everyone in the middle of the ocean.

Summary:

We see the four girls on a huge cruise ship out in the ocean. We find out that its’ Eri’s boat and she invited all of the class. We see them all doing various things. Eri goes to get a huge tuna for everyone to eat and we see Harima by himself in the freezer because he has to work on his manga. He ends up helping Eri carry the huge tuna and tries to cut it but fails.

We see Tougo and Harry riding a Kayak and they meet up with the boat Just then Harima notices they are heading straight for some reefs so he tries to tell the chef who is steering the boat to go right, while Eri is telling him to go left. They end up crashing, breaking the engine stranding them.

We see a shot of Hanai waking up in some bed in a small village. He wonders what he is doing; last he remembered he was still on the kite. He is greeted by a villager who looks identical to Yakumo, only tanner. He finds out that everyone in the village looks exactly like his classmates and have practically the same names, except for Yakumo’s look alike who is called Yakumo. He is led tot eh queen, Eri look alike, where he finds out they are preparing to sacrifice Yakamo to some demon.

Hanai objects and says he will go to defeat the demon. He goes out tot eh forest and eventually he activates some statue which is supposedly a god and it fights off the demon pig.

Hanai is a hero there but he decides to head off, not belonging here. We then see everyone on the boat all had this vision as a dream, everyone sharing the same dream. However Hanai just then actually does fly above them, wearing the village clothes turning out not to be a dream.

Everyone is still waiting on rescue, on the stranded boat and Tenma sees an image of Karasuma in a penguin suit. She just stares at it and gets from the look he has that he wants her not to give up. Everyone around her says they won’t and resolve to fix the boat.

Just then a huge whale comes at their boat straight on. Everyone ducks, preparing to be destroyed by the wale but the wale stops, seeing Yakumo, and falls in love. Eventually the wale pulls their boat, although we see it is headed past their destination.

episode 49 (ep.23 season 2)

2007-01-05T14:10:00.000+08:00

Tenma and her friends go on a ski trip, meanwhile Karen, Lala, and Imadori go skating together and end up competing.

Summary:

We see Tenma weighing herself. She reads the scale and flips out, saying how she ate too much over New Years like always. She gets a call about going on a skiing trip with the other girls and jumps at the idea, Yakumo saying how this is great because she can get exercise.

We see Lala in her room watching some figure skating. She seems amazed by it, wondering how anyone can do that. Her washer and dryer then go crazy and overload her room as she scrambles as to what to do.

Tenma and the other three girls are all skiing, Tenma we see who is extremely good, able to swerve around obstacles, and make big jumps and land them perfects. Eventually they run into Karasuma who is there and together with Mikoto and Eri, Tenma plans to spell out in Kanji with their bodies after a jump, I love/like you. They make the jump and make the kanji for it, but then just a slight change to it causes the meaning to be too fat. Karasuma takes this as directed at him, saying how his snowman suit does make him look fat and Tenma is devastated saying that’s not what she meant.

Lala, Karen, Imadori as well As Tougo and Harry are all ice skating. Karen overjoyed that Lala asked them here because she can skate with Imadori. They go out onto the ice and Lala doesn’t know at thing, thinking it was easy but not able to hardly move. Imadori teases her about it but she can’t do much to him, as she can’t skate over to him. They all take part in a skating contest, Imadori and Lala on a team, and Karen and Tougo on another. Karen and Tougo are both amazing skaters but it is a couple skating competition and both of them basically do their own thing so they are out. Then Imadori has a plan to humiliate Lala so when they go out she is wearing a speed skater outfit and looks ridicules. Imadori taunts her as she can’t go over to him but she takes off her skates and runs over to him, beating him up.

Harima is at home working on some manga assignment he was given when he is greeted by his friend giraffe. The giraffe says how a dear fiend needs help. Harima takes this as meaning Tenma needs him so he rides the giraffe but finds out its Yakumo who has passed out on the floor of her house from a cold. Harima helps her into bed and falls asleep on the floor next to her.

episode 48 (ep.22 season 2)

2007-01-05T14:07:00.000+08:00

Its New Years time and Harima is forced to go around in a lion suit with Eri, as he stalks Karasuma and Tenma. We also see the various characters doing traditional New Years activities.

Summary:

We see Youko (art teacher) and Itoko drag racing with some other car down twisty roads. They easily beat the other car and they just drive to the beach to have a picnic, watching the sunrise.

We see Tenma and Harima both having New Years dreams, which by superstition is supposed to come true. Tenma dreams of getting together with Karasuma and Harima dreams of getting together with Tenma. They both head to the temple to do New Years things.

At the temple Harima sees Tenma who has met up with Karasuma and walks with him. He is fuming in anger and Mikoto sees him and asks him if he can do her a favor as they need some people to work the celebration, reminding him of how she helped him.

He ends up having to be in a lion suit with someone else and dance around. He goes in the suit and find Eri there, much to both of their surprise. Eri however sees how the little kids are looking forward to the Lion dance so she does it with him.

They dance around and after some events where Harima swallows Imadori and gets attacked by Lala; he ends up stalking Tenma and Karasuma who leave the temple area. He sees Karasuma about to do what he thinks is kiss her so he charges him but falls off a cliff and she just ends up giving her a present.

We see everyone flying kites. Itoko asks Harima to do something for her and Akira coaxes Hanai into doing something. We see the two of them ending up being tied to kites and being flown. The two of them then fight each other on the kites, fighting in the sky. However when Hanai tires to do a special move the string breaks and he flies into the distance.

We see everyone doing different New Years activities. In one, Eri and Yakumo play a game and since Eri looses Yakumo gets to paint on her face but she uses Harima as a substitute sense he caused them to fall down a cliff. Yakumo just paints a mustache and beard on him, making him look like he used to.

episode 47 (ep.21 season 2)

2007-01-05T14:06:00.000+08:00

A parody episode featuring the adventures of Magical Girl Mai as she tries to save the Masked Kamen and compete with her rival Magical Girl Tenma.

Summary:

We start off hearing how some blue rose has the power of when placed behind the ear of the one you love, it will make that love come true. We then see a different opening, one where Mai, a girl from the same class as everyone, is a magical girl. We get a fairly full opening with her in her magical costume and poses of it and so forth. We then see Mai waking up in her bed, seemingly normal. She says however there is a secret in her family. We see her mom and dad, who are Lala and Tougo. She says how they are the king and queen of the magical world and she is a magical girl. Then we see a flying cat, Iori, that talks to Mai. She hands her the blue rose that will make whoever she loves love her back and the cat tells her to use it on whoever she wants. She rushes off somewhere and the cat follows her asking who she is going to give the rose too. She says that’s obviously, the Masked Kamen, however she doesn’t know how to find him. Just then she sees some kids bullying another kid so she transforms and tries to stop them, even though they make fun of her for being too old to be a magical girl. They eventually run off and suddenly a letter comes flying by her. She looks up and we see Tenma in some wonder woman like costume flying above, with a much more glamorous figure then in reality and a small fairly flying next to her, Yakumo. She says how she was told to deliver that message too her. Mai reads the letter and finds out that the Masked Kamen is being held prisoner by some evil villain who seems to be played by Harima. She says how this saves her the trouble of finding him. She thinks about how she is getting rather old for being a magical girl, and the cat says if her life continues this way she is going to be an old grandma before she finds love. She says she must go and save him and give him the rose, and rushes off.

Mai makes her way to the Evil Cartoon King’s castle. She looks from behind some rocks at the front gate and wonders if it’s a trap. Akira appears behind her saying of course it’s a trap, and continues to say some things about how she needs courage if she is to fulfill what she is doing and so forth. She claps her hands saying they have two new customers and some huge giant men come and take Main and Iori away. They find themselves in some dungeon on a conveyor belt going past a bunch of weapons and torturing tools, Iori saying how things kind of stuff doesn’t belong in Shoujo. We then see the Masked Kamen tied up and laying before The Evil Cartoon King. The Masked Kamen asks why he is doing this, how even though he set a trap for Mai there is still Magical Girl Tenma. He tense up and says how two magical girls is enough for one city. The Masked Kamen asks if he is doing this for Tenma, and if he has told her his feelings. The Evil Cartoon King just kind of sighs in depression saying how she is mesmerized by another. Back with Mai, she just ran into Karasuma. Karasuma tells her how he designed this castle, but designed it like it should be with no useless traps, a structure that can withstand things like earthquakes, and so on. She asks if there is an escape route from the dungeon place they are in and the two of them break out, fighting the guards along the way until they arrive in the room where the Masked Kamen is. She says how she is glad to see him but The Cartoon King shows up and we see he is basically just wearing a loin cloth. Mai says how he should put more on and he just spouts some crap about how this is the sign of real men, and we see some rather disturbing camera angles and Mai yells not to do that. The cartoon King grabs Masked Kamen and just then Tenma appears at the door. She says how she went to take care of the other side but, and then sees Karasuma there and kind of fawns over him, but sees Mai and freaks out asking why she is there. Mai asks if she is on their side now. Karasuma says to her that her outfit is beautiful and Mai gets annoyed she seems to be ignoring her. The Cartoon King sees Tenma with Karasuma like that and holding onto Masked Kamen jumps up to the roof saying to Mai to come get him.

Mai arrives at the roof where Cartoon King is waiting. She tells him to release Masked Kamen and he says sure, if she gives up her magical powers. She seems stunned and he tries too persuade her saying how she has always looked for an out, how she is getting too old for this. She remembers back to the kids and how they said she was too old. She seems to really be thinking about it but the Masked Kamen yells at her not to give up. He says how it’s great, the tight clothing on a high school girl. Cartoon King kind of looks back at him saying how he is a pervert. Mai says she won’t give up and the two of them start fighting. Cartoon King wins though, holding Mai up by her neck with his…loin cloth. She apologizes to masked Kamen for not salving him and sheds a tear. Cartoon King sees this and lets them go; saying to her she can see she too isn’t good at showing her feelings. She thanks him and takes the rose and prepares to give it to Masked Kamen, but ends up sticking the stem in the hole of the ear, not putting it behind it like a pen. Kamen screams and falls down and Iori yells and asks what she is doing, she could have killed him, she is supposed to put it like a pen. Mai freaks out, saying she didn’t know but Masked Kamen is alright. Cartoon King tells Mai how if she relies on those things then the love won’t be real. Masked Kamen says to Mai how its ok, he knows her feelings now but can’t return them, for as long as he wears this mask he must protect others He walks away and Mai asks to see his face. He starts to remove the mask and his face and body bulge out and we see it is the fat pervert guy who then crashes through the roof.

We see a quick thing with the badly drawn basketball players. Everyone is on the ground except the main character and they also give him inspiration to make a final super technique. He thinks he has won but then the other team turns out to be robots. They all assemble together like some power rangers thing and make a huge robot, with the basket on its chest and some girl being held hostage. All the good guys come too and attack this robot but it has some shield. The girl starts to glow and says she will take care of the barrier. Then with the help of his friends the man guy makes a basket and defeats them and everything is fine, when they are greeted by an ominous figure that challenges them….

episode 46 (ep.20 season 2)

2007-01-05T14:03:00.000+08:00

A mostly parody filled episode; we see Imadori visiting Ichijou’s house, two classmates together, and then a universe where Tenma and the other girls are cyborgs.

Summary:

We start out seeing Ichijou (going to just call her Ichi) at her home with her brother. She is brushing her teeth and going though normal exercises when her brother asks her if she wants to play Dozibiron with him. Ichi says she is tired so she is just going to sleep in. Kousuke, her brother, says fine, he’ll call someone over to play in the house. Ichi says fine, as long as they are quiet. We then see Ichi’s dream, she dreams of Imadori coming to her house and saying he wants to go out with her and that he loves her. They kiss and then Ichi wakes up, hitting her head on the bunk bed ceiling. She says how it must have just been a dream, but a good one. She hears outside the curtain around her bed her brother playing with whomever and they are being noisy. She opens the curtain to tell them to be quiet and finds her brother playing with Imadori. She freaks out and punches him, knocking him out briefly asking why he is here; she thought his friend coming over was his age. She freaks out and tries to clean up her room as fast as possible. Imadori asks her where he should put this, and holds up a bra. She says in the bottom drawer, but then freaks out just realizing that it’s Imadori. He says that he didn’t know her’s were this big and she says it’s her mom’s, and tries to chase him down who is keeping the bra away from her. Eventually she gets it and Imadori goes around her room, embarrassing her as she tries to get him to stop, saying how the dumbbells in the room are really heavy, there’s a diet chart on the wall, and so on. She starts crying at all that’s gone on and her brother just tells her to forget about it and play Dozibiron with them. Imadori goes over and tells it it’s alright. Then the three of them play Dozibiron, a seemingly cheesy action show and they do things like pretend fight and act things out, really getting into it. Imadori eventually leaves in the evening, Imadori being incredibly nice and really good with her brother as she just watches him leave. Her brother says how she should go out with him then covers his head saying just kidding, expecting her to hit him but she just stands there watching. She then notices he has her mothers’ bra with him and chases him down, beating him up.

We then see on the school rooftop, a guy and a girl from the class together setting up a telescope. Soon, Sango and Ichi arrive with some snacks and Yuki, the girl, explains that she asked whoever the guy is to come. They eat and the three girls talk about the relationships in the class since its nearing the end of the semester. Sango says how she saw different couples and so on and they talk about the progress people have made. The guy then offers to get some drinks but Sango and Ichi say they will get it, and leave the tow of them alone saying to each other how it might be another couple. Yuki and the guy sit there together talking and it seems like the guy likes Yuki and she knows it, but doesn’t want their relationship to chance for some confusing reason. She thinks about all the people she’s seen in relationship and as the two of them look to the sky she starts to tear.

We then see a parody universe bit. We see Karasuma sitting at a desk working and at a nearby table Mikoto, Eri, Tenma, and Yakumo in all similar uniforms but not school uniforms are sitting. Mikoto asks what they all think of their new chief. Eri says how he is more handsome then the last one, but his fashion sense seems to be weird. Tenma jumps up and defends him saying he’s fine and everyone sly says how of course she would say that. Karasuma says he is thirsty and Tenma volunteers to get him some tea. When she leaves the other three girls say how they should have a “welcome party” for her. Tenma narrates ass she is making tea that she is a cyborg. She runs to bring Karasuma the tea and says how she lost all her memories except for the past 6 months. She says how she was found on the street by Yakumo, and explains who Yakumo, Eri, Mikoto, and Akira are saying their personalities and so forth. She arrives at Karasuma desk to see Eri there with him, deducing him. Tenma drops the tea in shock and Eri says to get some more, some for her too. She does so, angry about this and brings two things of tea to find Mikoto there now seducing him also, again she goes gets new tea from dropping it for the three of them and sees now Yakumo along with him. She freaks out saying how could she and Yakumo just says this couldn’t be helped. Tenma just runs away crying. We then see Harima working at a desk with Lala and Ichi as his cyborg workers; apparently they are from some hacker prevention division. Harima looks over at Karasuma, fuming how he is stealing Tenma away from him. Eri sees him looking and gets all embarrassed and straightens her hair and he yells not you. Tenma is talking with Akira on the roof. Akira says how Tenma being happy and cheerful affects everyone. Tenma says that’s just an act but Akira says that it doesn’t matter, because that’s what people know her as and its what gets people through things. Then everyone arrives at the door to the roof and apologizes for earlier saying how it was just a prank for the new person and they all say how much they appreciate her. Just then an alarm goes off and there appears to be someone hacking into their network.

Karasuma yells to everyone lets go and they all lien up behind him ready to fight. Harima runs in yelling saying how this is his department. The girls all suit up in tight cyborg like jumpsuit things and Karasuma says how someone has hacked into something and they will be fighting. A screen appears with evil professor Hanai who is attacking. Some machines and robots appear and they all fight them. Everyone gets defeated except for Tenma and she is left by herself. Before she goes to fight the final person Karasuma tells her something and she wonders to herself if it’s about her past. She just says she is wearing two different socks and she freaks out. Harima who showed up again to complain this is his department asks what is with her past and Hanai said he created her and she lost her memories when she got hit by a truck. Tenma freaks out saying to Hanai how he could steal her nobility away and there is a flash of light as she powers up. Karasuma then looks to a giant robot saying it’s your time.

episode 45 (ep.19 season 2)

2007-01-05T13:59:00.000+08:00

Its Christmas time and Harima has just finished his manga, so he works up the courage to show it to Tenma which shows his feelings.

Summary:

We start off seeing a scene with the huge captain of the boat that Harima was on in the first season. He and his men go up against a huge wave, and the huge captain just faces it, wondering to himself if Harima found his dream on land. We then see some jail where a guy is walking down the aisle. He stops at a large cell that contains Harima in his Santa suit, passed out on the floor with manga pages and ink around him. The guy asks if he is alright, telling him its time to go. Apparently Harima was in there because he was angry and lying in the streets and Santa lying in the streets during Christmas time isn’t good. Harima jumps u, grabbing the guy telling him that it is finished. He gathers his manga pages together. The guy asks what he is going to do and he says he will show it to the woman he loves. Harima walks down the streets in the snow, reminiscing about recent ev4ents, how he was able to stay with Tenma and ho much he loved it, then the events where he was kicked out, forced to go through all the stuff with Mikoto and Eri. Harima tells himself how he Tenma will be the first one to see his script. Meanwhile, Tenma and Akira are with Tougo, outside next to a big pottery kiln. Tougo says in his domineering kind of voice how they are ready, despite the temperatures and going from hot to cool they remain perfect. Apparently Tenma had made something and it’s finally finished so she takes it with her. Back with Harima, he is still walking through town when he gets a call from someone at the manga place. They tell him how he has to submit his script right away, or else it won’t be published in time. Harima says how he wants to show it to the girl he loves but the guy says there is no time for that. He tells him this could have an impact on his future and Harima says he understands and hangs up. Harima thinks about himself, and his future. He had always been the kind who kind of just made his way through life, most of the tie being a delinquent only and getting into fights, while those around him for the most party were studying, getting into universities, and so on. He realizes that this is the first thing he has done that can be a step for himself in the future.

That evening, Yakumo is home watching TV, hearing about the upcoming snow storm, when she hears Tenma outside. She goes out and sees Tenma lugging a huge pottery curry dish, a dish that is bigger then herself. She props it up against the house saying how it is for Karasuma. All of a sudden Harima arrives, out of breath, standing before Tenma. Harima starts to say this is the one thing he cannot back away from but Tenma snaps asking what he is doing here, that she said he is to never come here. Harima seems devastated, not knowing what to do, seemingly unable to give her the manga. However he says to himself how this is one of his only chances, that there will just be another misunderstanding. He tells her that he is working on manga but she says he is lying, that that is not like him at all or anything. Yakumo seems to not know what to do, knowing the situation but not wanting to interfere. Harima tries to tell him it’s the truth, and Tenma asks what this even has to do with her. Harima mentions Yakumo and Tenma looks at her and Yakumo kind of nods, saying that she should read it. Tenma kind of gets it now that he is serious, and she reads Harima’s manga while Harima sits there, waiting, worrying. She hands it back to him, a bit surprised and says that it is interesting. Harima seems overjoyed at this. Yakumo tells Tenma how it is about to be published in some magazine and Tenma says how that is amazing, she tells Harima she will be looking forward to it, which just makes Harima overjoyed. Just then they hear an announcement over town that because of the huge snow storm and such that all the streets, trains and public transportation will be shut. Tenma and Yakumo run inside, seeing on the TV the reports of the huge snow and Harima just stands still, devastated that he won’t be able to get the manga to the publishers. However, Harima takes Tenma’s curry dish that was just sitting there and uses it as a sled, as apparently the publishing place happens to be conveniently nothing but downhill. Harima zooms down hill, dodging people and fish rockets that are launched at him, dodging them and making his way as fast as he can to the publishers. On the way he passes Akira who is walking home, and Itoko and the art teacher in their car on the way back from their skiing trip. They see him and come to a stop, as they are just speechless at seeing Harima sledding downhill at super fast speeds.

Back at Tenma’s place, Tenma is just sitting by herself, seemingly depressed, beating herself up over how she treated Harima, how because he didn’t tell her earlier tit caused her to hate him from misunderstandings. Yakumo just tells her if she really hated him she wouldn’t be feeling this way now. They soon get a call from Mikoto, who heard from Akira that Harima is riding her curry dish down hill. Tenma is stunned, shocked at this news and just drops the phone. Just then, Itoko arrives at their house and tells the two of them to get in her car. At the Christmas party at the manga publishers, we see the huge editor, the guy in charge of getting Harima’s script, and Karasuma there. The guy seems worried that Harima won’t make it in time but soon Harima comes busting though the door in his Santa suit on the curry dish. As he enters, the dish breaks but Harima manages to hand the chief editor his script. The editor reads it and when he is finished he says he cannot accept it, and throws it back at him telling him to take it back. Harima is shocked and pissed off. He tries to punch him but Karasuma stops him. Harima turns his anger to him, saying how it is him again. He tells Harima to calm down, that he heard it all from Akira, and then looking behind Harima says it looks like “she” is here. Harima turns to see Tenma, looking at them all, devastated that her dish is broken. She takes a broken piece, puts some curry on it and, crying, hands it to Karasuma telling him Merry Christmas. Karasuma accepts it and Tenma goes off crying. Harima seems stunned, not realizing that that was Tenma’s hard worked present. Harima runs off after her. The editor picks up his manga and says to Karasuma how he cannot accept this, only one man can judge a manga such as this, referring t the sea captain. Harima runs through the halls and finds Tenma in one of the offices, crying. He just stares in at her, devastated at her crying saying how he just wants to see her smile again. He approaches her, trying to tell her that he is sorry. He comes up behind her and just hugs her from behind, shocking Tenma causing her to stop crying. He holds this for awhile then Tenma screams out from surprise at what he did. Harima apologizes again for breaking the dish and Tenma apologizes too for having misunderstood him. She holds out her hand asking, friends? Harima shakes her hand saying yeah.

episode 44 (ep.18 season 2)

2007-01-05T13:57:00.000+08:00

Its Christmas time and Eri and Harima both get roped into doing the same job together decorating a huge tree. Also, Akira has set a trap for Sarah, Yakumo, and Tenma but gets caught in it herself as well.

Summary:

We start off seeing Eri talking with Mikoto. They talk though some stuffed animals, Mikoto asking Eri what her night was like that she spent with Harima. Eri is mad at her for not telling her that the worker was Harima. Mikoto just says that if Eri knew she was under same roof as him she couldn’t take it, and it’s her fault for not recognizing him. Mikoto asks what she did with him and she tries to say nothing she just spent the night with him in an empty temple and Mikoto kind of teases that they did something but Eri yells they didn’t, they just shared a blanket, but Mikoto reacts to this in a big way making Eri embarrassed. She says seriously though if she did anything and Eri said no so Mikoto gets on her phone and calls Akira saying she was wrong, Eri didn’t confess so Akira wins the bet, Eri didn’t do anything and Eri flips out that they are betting on her. Akira comes in the room now still talking with Mikoto via cell phone saying how they didn’t even kiss, it’s a shame and Eri just kind of falls to the floor giving up. Akira then says to Eri how she needs to repay Mikoto’s kindness. That her family gets a lot of requests for work around this time since it’s nearing Christmas so there’s a job for her to do. The next day Eri shows up at the site of a huge Christmas tree with scaffolding around it, the job being decorating it. She sees amongst the workers Harima and the two of them see each other and yell, asking why the other one is here. They were apparently set up by Mikoto and Akira. They go about their work, Eri trying to avoid Harima. Eri gets a lot of her work done for her because she is a girl and is hot so at lunch time Eri asks to sit by Harima and says how this is easier then she thought. Harima kind of ignores her and they both try to avoid the subject that they spent the night together. Eri gets mad at Harima because he acts like he wanted to say something but doesn’t, so Eri leaves. Eri then runs into Tenma who is at the job site waiting for someone. The two of them talk while Harima sees Tenma here saying how she will get another misunderstanding if she sees him and Eri were talking. Eri and Tenma talk and Eri says how Harima is here too and says he is the worst, still being angry at him. Tenma says how she agrees referring to when he was spending the night but Eri says she is wrong and starts defending Harima saying he isn’t’ that kind of person. Harima hears this, wondering why Eri is defending him and Tenma kind of agrees that maybe she jumped to conclusions.

Meanwhile we see Sarah arrive at the tea clubroom because of a call she got from Akira. Akira says there is a present in one of the rooms upstairs so Sarah goes up and sees in one of the rooms some big black thing half sticking out of the floor. She wonders if this is it and starts to walk forward but the floor breaks under her and she gets stuck, half sticking up in the floor. She tries to get out but can’t and just then Yakumo arrives, apparently from getting the same call from Akira. Yakumo wonders what Sarah is doing and walks forward, but gets stuck as well. They then both get a call from Akira saying that this is her challenge to them. They call her back and hear her phone ringing and they find out the big black thing stuck in the floor in front of them is Akira in a big penguin costume, stuck as well. Yakumo calls Tenma to try and help them get out and eventually she arrives but she gets tuck as well. Sarah tells Yakumo to try and contact “him” as if he senses she is in danger he will come. Yakumo concentrates but says nothing is happening, and then finds out the others were referring to Hanai and apparently she was thinking of some other guy. They all say how hopeless it is and then Akira says no one has asked her why she is in a penguin suit. She unzips it and stands up, being able to be free since she was in the suit. She says how she will not take pictures of them in embarrassing poses but walks forward too much and gets tuck again. Akira then says their only hope for someone to save them is that if someone on the bottom floor is there. Tenma says ho no one would be in school during the vacation but Akira said if someone had to work on a 120 page script but can’t get into his house and was kicked out of a friend’s house then forced to help someone with their engagement, they may come here to work. Tenma says how that is impossible but Yakumo kind of guesses that she means Harima but keeps it to herself. Then all of a sudden at the doorway someone in a Santa suit arrives. He takes a plastic bouncy hammer and bobs everyone down to the next floor where they fall on a mattress he left there. They say how thankfully they are safe and wonder who that Santa person is, but just forget about it.

We see the three kind-of pervert boys sitting around a table saying how it’s close to Christmas and they need to gets some girls. They see Harry and Tougo sitting together seeing how Harry gets all the girls. Two of the guys say to just give up but Nishimoto says that they can’t give up, they are men. Tougo comes over saying exactly, they can’t give up. He tells them about a party he is having which Harry and a lot of girls will be at, if they can prove they are men he will let them in. The boys try all sorts of things acting like Harry to try and get in but can’t get anything to work. Then one of them says to drop it, just be themselves and Tougo appears saying exactly, real men make their own paths. The boys go to the party where a lot of girls are but when Harry has to leave, all the girls do as well so they are left there alone with just Tougo, themselves, and Lala who is eating everything in site. Tougo says how it is still a dance party so all the guys dance with each other.

episode 43 (ep.17 season 2)

2007-01-05T13:53:00.000+08:00

Harima escapes with Eri but is forced to spend the night with her in an abandoned temple as they make their way to stop Eri’s engagement, as Tenma has been taken and mistaken for Eri.

Summary:

We start off seeing Eri and Harima escaping on motorcycle, Eri thinking to herself if what she is doing is ok, if this is what she desires. Meanwhile, Tenma is just outside her house when suddenly she disappears after we see a large man dressed as a maid takes her. Eri and Harima are still escaping, Eri apologizing for making Harima go through all this. As they are driving they see car and they both see Tenma in the passenger side and Eri recognizes the person with her as one of her family’s maids. Harima stops the motorcycle and both of them look chocked and wonder what she is doing. Meanwhile at Mikoto’s house, the butler is still there and eating dinner with her and her parents pretending to be Asou much to Mikoto’s discontent. Eri and Harima are still trying to figure out what to do, and Eri gets a message from Tenma on her phone that she has heard about the engagement and that her maid calls her miss. Eri and Harima, and later we find out Tenma figure out that they have mistaken Tenma for Eri and she is being taken to be wed. Harima flips out saying he can’t let that happen and takes off with Eri on his motorcycle. As they ride, they get a flat tire and so they stop at a temple for the night. Eri and Harima go inside and sit in the cold. Eri is sitting there saying how cold it is, that she has the only blanket because Harima let her have it. She thinks about perhaps sharing it but then gets embarrassed saying how that is too intimate. Harima is sitting there in the cold and Eri asks him some question about when he started working at Mikoto’s place. Harima makes up some stuff because Eri still hasn’t realized its Harima. They keep talking and Harima is describing things and Eri seems amazed at how strong a person he is, physically and mentally and asks if she needs to become a stronger person too. Eri then moves over to Harima and shares the blanket with him saying he will get a cold. Eri asks him if he would pretend to be her fiancé so she doesn’t have to get married. Harima agrees to help her and Eri soon falls asleep next to him much to Harima’s surprise. In Eri’s sleep she says “Beardy, you’re the worst.” And to get back at her, Harima takes out a temporary marker and draws a beard and mustache on her.

The next day, Eri and Harima head out, Eri with apparently a clear face. They arrive at Eri’s house and the two of them go change from their worker uniforms and Harima prepares to pretend to be her fiancé to get Eri out of this all as well as find Tenma to rescue her. After Harima changes, he goes into the room where he is supposed to be with Eri and he finds Tenma sitting there. She says that she is Eri. Instead of Harima trying t break apart the relationship he now continues because it is with Tenma, while Tenma’s plan is to help Eri by making her fiancé think she is crude. Meanwhile, Eri is all dressed up and meeting with her mom who apparently she hardly ever sees. She says how beautiful she is and that she hopes Eri won’t refuse this engagement. With Tenma and Harima, the two of them are supposed to be getting to know each other but Tenma keeps doing stupid childish things to try and put off Harima but since its Tenma Harima just accepts everything, much to her surprise. Eri is with her mother and says she is sorry and runs off. She remembers to all the times she spent with her friends, the fun times, and all the good memories. We see that she told her mother that she can’t become engaged yet, she wants to be herself. With Tenma and Harima, Tenma spilled tea on Harima’s hair and he says its ok, slicking it back making him look more like Tenma. Tenma, not being stupid, sees this similarity and struggles with him and puts on sunglasses and a hair-band, making him look like his old self just as Eri comes in. Eri seems to snap and gives him a hard kick.

After the credits, we find out that Hanai heard somehow that Harima was going to get engaged to Eri, but they confused her with Tsukamato. He assumes this is Yakumo and doesn’t know its all fake so he runs off to try and stop the marriage. He rides his bike but it breaks and we see that he ended up staying the night in the temple that Harima and Eri did, but he had to fight some giant raccoon and the racon brushing up agasint Eri is why the drawn on beard disappeared.

episode 42 (ep.16 season 2)

2007-01-05T06:27:00.000+08:00

Harima is kicked out of Tenma’s place when Tenma thinks he is just a perverted monkey so Harima ends up staying at Mikoto’s dojo while Eri is there as well.

Summary:

We start off briefly seeing Itoko on her skiing trip along with the art teacher who she is friends with. They see an amazing good skier in a huge snowman outfit which turns out to be Karasuma. Back in the town, Harima finds himself tied up and sleeping outside when he wakes up in the morning. Yakumo asks Tenma where Harima is and she says she doesn’t know, as she sharpens a knife saying to herself how Harima is a perverted monkey who tried to sneak into Yakumo’s room last night. Harima comes in and asks if anyone know why he was sleeping outside, as he remembered going to sleep in his room. Tenma just plays dumb and Harima then finds his stuff outside. Tenma says that he is to stay out here now and to never come near Yakumo in the house again. They both try to tell her she has misunderstood something but Tenma won’t budge. That night, Harima goes to Tenma’s room to clear everything up and tell her everything but Tenma just thinks he is after her now and kicks him out of the house for good. Harima is wandering downtown, yelling at a statue to get his frustration out when Mikoto walks by. She asks him what he is doing and eventually he explains his situation, how he has no where to stay the whole winter holiday. She invites him to stay at her dojo and eventually he does.

At Mikoto’s dojo, she sets Harima up in a room and then goes back to hers, in which Eri is waiting apparently also staying the night. Harima gets up because he wants to go get something to eat, as Mikoto said he could. He has to wear a workers uniform however without his sunglasses so he changes and heads to the kitchen. He runs into Eri there who doesn’t recognize him has Harima. To keep up the deception of being a worker so Eri doesn’t find out about him, he ends up delivering tea to Mikoto and her room, and Mikoto wonders what he is doing. After doing more worker related stuff to fool Eri, he tries to get out as he doesn’t want her to find out. Mikoto stops him, saying how he really does look different then normal in those clothes. She says she has to go out and asks him to watch the house, as she can’t leave Eri alone by herself. Harima stays and ends up helping Eri reach the laundry hanging up that’s too high for her. Mikoto returns and after her and Eri practice some martial arts; Mikoto heads off to take her bath first. She then realizes she has to give Harima his food and eventually when Eri thinks Mikoto is done, she heads into the bath and sees a figure in there, assuming its Mikoto but it turns out to be Harima, she just doesn’t realize it. Eri starts talking to Harima, Harima stiff and scared as to what to do, fearing being discovered. Mikoto walks by the outside and peers in seeing the situation and wonders what to do. Eri asks him a question and he tries to bluff his way through it but when he says something embarrassing, Mikoto throws something at him from outside. They talk in sign language, Harima asking for help getting out. Mikoto ends up talking for him, finishing the conversation with Eri. They talk and find out that Eri has an arranged marriage that she doesn’t want to go though with but doesn’t know what to do. Eri starts to get in the bath part where Harima is and he tries to find a way to stop her because at that close distance she would be able to tell. He makes an air bubble with his towel and Eri thinks it is a fart so she leaves. Afterwards, Mikoto throws things at Harima yelling at him for making Eri think she did that.

As the others go to bed, Harima works into the night on his manga when after Asou comes to the door and Harima gets him to leave, Eri’s butler comes. Mikoto comes and tells him not to tell him Eri is here, as she obviously seems distressed and has run away. Eri comes by and says its alright, that she will go but Mikoto flips out saying she can’t do that and drags Harima and Eri to the garage and puts them on a motorcycle telling the to get away. They do and ride off together, Eri still oblivious to Harima’s identity.

episode 41 (ep.15 season 2)

2007-01-05T06:25:00.000+08:00

After being locked out of his house for the winter holiday, Harima stays at Tenma and Yakumo’s house all the while Tenma is under the assumption the two of them are together.

Summary:

We start off seeing Harima looking at the latest manga published and sees that the one he worked on was published instead of Karasuma’s. He overhears people talking about it even though they don’t know Harima wrote it. Mikoto seems to like it, Eri doesn’t, and Akira sees Harima being affected by this discussion and asks Tenma what she thinks of it. Tenma says she likes it much to Harima’s enjoyment so he decides he will continue it. After school he goes by the manga office with Yakumo and gets an assignment of 120 pages by a huge giant of a man, who Yakumo is the only one who isn’t afraid of him. Harima and Yakumo head back and when Harima gets to his house he sees a not from Itoko she will be gone for a week, but the door is locked and he doesn’t’ have a key. Yakumo takes him home and asks Tenma if he can stay with them for a while, to Tenma’s complete shock and Harima’s disbelief.

Harima wakes up the next morning thinking that him staying at Tenma’s place is all a dream but realizes its not when he wakes up in their house. He eats breakfast with them, all the while not believing that this is happening, it’s like a dream come true, and to him he is in heaven. He helps Tenma with the dishes and gets complemented by her and just can’t believe it but when he offers to do more help Yakumo reminds him of the 120 page script he has to write so he goes to work on that privately in a different room so Tenma doesn’t know what he does. He works all day but isn’t able to get anything down so eventually Yakumo helps him with a couple of scenes and all. He makes great progress and eventually runs out of ink so Yakumo goes to buy him more as she has other things she needs to buy. While she is gone Tenma talks with Harima and when Yakumo returns she sees him actually smiling talking to her and that gives him the drive to finish. Yakumo wants to do something for Harima so she sees a flier for a manga artist class that she goes off to take. While Yakumo is gone Tenma gives Harima a test to see if he is a good man for Yakumo as she still thinks there is something between them. She asked everyone what their idea of a good man is and so based on that gives him tests while dressed up as Yakumo which Harima passes, thinking that Tenma just wants attention since he spent time with Yakumo. Harima passes all the tests such as notices differences, saying bad food is delicious, and so on. Harima passes them all and Tenma says to him he is perfect for Yakumo. Being shocked she still thinks there is something between tem he resolves to tell her everything that night. Come night time he goes into what he thinks is Tenma’s room to tell her but it turns out to be Yakumo’s room even though she isn’t’ there. Tenma sees this and Harima gets a bad vibe about Tenma seeing Harima sneak into Yakumo’s room.

episode 40 (ep.14 season 2)

2007-01-05T06:23:00.000+08:00

Tenma is having her birthday party, while Harima tries to re write a manga that he screwed up with Yakumo’s help.

The survival game comes to a conclusion with some very funny moments throughout.

Summary:

We start off in a restraint where Tenma is having her birthday party with everyone from the class there. Someone says that since it’s her birthday, Tenma is the queen and can order anything. Tenma gets excited and starts telling people to do stuff, like Eri eat a disgusting food, Akira to smile for her, and so on. Harima is just sitting by himself watching all of then when Yakumo comes up and says she remembered that his birthday was the day after her sisters, so gives him a birthday present now. Eri barges in and says he doesn’t need one, that just being here is a present for him and he sys to himself how she is right, seeing Tenma happy like this is good enough for him. He thinks however that she seems lonely and not really happy, and that it’s because of Karasuma not being there, and that he is frequently gone fro class. A little while after that, Harima waits outside where he says to himself he was going to confess to her, Tenma comes outside and he gives her a bouquet of flowers sand says it’s from Karasuma in order to make her happy. However Tenma notices something isn’t right on the note and orders him, as queen, to tell her who really wrote it and he says he did. Miko and Akira come out to get her and bring her inside for the party and Harima heads off into the night, as he was to go to work.

Harima arrives at work to find, much to his surprise, Karasuma. He has to help him shade a script that he has. Even though Harima feels a bit of tension, he works on it anyways with him. He then sees that the manga is a love manga and jumps to the conclusion that Karasuma is going to use the manga to confess to Tenma. Harima then accidentally drops a drop of ink on the script where it isn’t supposed to be. Harima tries to hide it and he turns it into the guy wearing sunglasses, since the drop fell on his eye. He then says how there can’t just be one frame where he wears sunglasses. He thinks how he has to get Karasuma to leave so he tells him how he should duck out and go to Tenma’s party as a classmate and all. After dressing up like Karasuma and having the real one head out, ditching work, he starts to work. At Tenma’s house, after the party Yakumo comes in to the room and tells her something. Shocked, Tenma gets up and heads outside to the waiting Karasuma. Meanwhile, as this happens Yakumo gets a call from Harima about how he needs her help with a manga, as she has helped him before. Yakumo arrives to where Harima is and Harima tells her how he spilt the ink bottle and ruined all of the scripts. The two of them then work on a new manga which is a cross between a sports, action, and love genre. To get motivated, Harima and Yakumo even act out a scene in the love part, much to Yakumo’s embarrassment as she gets on top of him. In the end, they finish a really good manga and Harima turns it in, even though the manga is completely different then the one that they started working on.

After the credits roll, we see what happened at the party during the Harima segment. Someone says how they have a game for everyone to play. They pass around a random timer and say a topic that the leader picks, if the timer goes off when they are holding it, they must wear an odd costume. They go around and first a guy is forced to wear a dress, then it goes off for Akira because she wanted to wear one, and it turns out to be a huge fish costume. Then it goes off for Eri and she must wear a bald head. Eventually they get done with the game after some others are forced to wear stuff.

episode 39 (ep.13 season 2)

2007-01-05T06:22:00.000+08:00

Everyone has to take tests and we see everyone preparing hard in their own ways so they don’t fail.

Summary:

We start off hearing about a ghost story called the Retaining Professor. Harima is walking to school one day when he overhears two people talking about the Retaining Professor. Apparently, students mysteriously see this man when they are going to be held back a year for various reasons. Harima says there is nothing to worry about because his attendance is perfect. However, just then he sees him behind a light pole. When looking and no one is there he gets freaked out. He sees him again when he is going to the bathroom and considers that you can be held back for bad grades, so that night at home he studies extremely hard. The next day he keeps seeing him though, he sees his face in everyone else’s and he freaks out. He runs into Itoko’s room at school and asks for her help. She says she will help him and tells him if he writes English words on his body for his English test it will give him strength. He stays up all night writing words on his body and the next day for the test he is confident. However with worlds all over him the teacher wont’ let him take the test like that so he has to go wash them off. However, because of writing them all over himself he remembers them and does well on the test.

We see the next day everyone studying hard because there are multiple days of tests. Mikoto and Eri note how everyone is working really hard and then they look at Tenma who is completely zoned out and not working hard at all. She suddenly explodes saying how it would be horrible if she is held back because she would be away from Karasuma. The other three girls decide to help her out with a study group. At Mikoto’s house, the four of them help Tenma study. They try and find out how much she already knows but basically she knows nothing because she hasn’t studied at all, she just falls asleep all the time. They have two subjects to teach her and only enough time for one, so they teach her one but Mikoto has the idea to teach her the other, to use someone she loves as an example to help her. They use Karasuma in examples and the next day at school, because of this she is able to get all the answers. She writes Karasuma down for all of the answers as the first name however, and someone copies her because it seems like she knows what she is doing but the person who copied her gets a zero but Tenma passed because she noticed her mistake.

We hear another brief ghost story about a dragon in the school pool. Everyone checks it out in a scary setting and they see something and all run away but it turns out just to be Harima’s giraffe. We then see a pajama party at Tenma’s house with the four girls. They are all hanging around and they ask Mikoto about the date she had with Asou. She doesn’t want to tell them anything but they force her to. She talks about her date about how they went out to eat and then to the store and arcade. As she is telling it she says things that make her sound more feminine but they all stop her and can tell she is lying, saying things like she reads fighting books not romance and things like that. Mikoto tells how she was at the arcade with Asou and they played a racing game, in which she beat Asou and they finally agree she said someone she actually did.

episode 38 (ep.12 season 2)

2007-01-05T06:18:00.000+08:00

Some interesting dream sequences of Tenma and Harima as well as a kind of date between Harima and Tenma, but with other people too.

Summary:

We start off seeing Tenma heading into the library to study, while singing a song the whole way about studying and how it will help her improve. Shortly into the library, in fact in the middle of the song about how she will improve herself, she falls right asleep instead of studying. While asleep, she has a dream about how she has become really popular. The number 165 keeps popping up such as she has suddenly grown to 165 cm, she gets an IQ of 165 and is asked by everybody to do things for her and help them with school work because she is so popular and perfect. As she walks around she runs into hundreds of guys who follow her around asking for her autograph. Eventually when asked out by every guy, she says she is sorry but there is someone she likes. She is alone in the classroom and Harima comes in. Harima tells her how he loves her and she is taken back by this, as if he was the one that she had liked. She then wakes up in a fright and wonders to herself what the dream was about, and why she dreamed of Harima, as if she really did like him. Harima then comes into the library, making Tenma even more embarrassed. She says to him how she is feeling different with him around, and is about to say more when we see this is Harima’s dream, and he is asleep in the library as well.

Next, we see Tenma with all her friends talking about her upcoming birthday. Eri and Miko both say how they won’t be able to make it and Tenma is whining and complaining about how they can’t make it and it won’t be as much fun without them. Harima overhears them talking and imagines the possibilities of him taking Tenma out on her birthday and how it will lead to a relationship between them and imagines it in the form of a dating sim game. At home, Harima tries to sneak into Itoko’s room to get a magazine with some help for dating. After tripping a huge alarm system in her room and getting the OP song from the first season to play, he gets the magazine to get some date ideas on when he takes Tenma out. The next morning he is trying to think of first off, how he is going to ask her. The annoying kid comes over to his house, whether he is his real brother I’m still kind of shaky on that, because they treat it that way, not talking about the whole Onii-chan thing either, but he seems to live at a different house. Either way, he says that it is his birthday and Harima needs to take him out to celebrate. He says however how he brought some of his friends over to celebrate his birthday with him, and says he brought over Tsukumoto, him thinking of Yakumko and Harima thinking Tenma. They head out and run into Tenma and Akira, much to the kid’s disappointment. Harima says how he will take them all out on a trip to see sites around the outskirts of the city.

After stopping at many temples that Harima claimed to know about which turned out to just be flops, the whole date seems a bust. Akira even mentions out loud to the kid how if this was a date, Tenma would be extremely disappointed in Harima. Harima thinks to himself how he will redeem himself with dinner. They stop at a restaurant that seems really fancy but decide to head in. Harima extremely underestimated how high class the restraint was, with prices for one meal being way more then he can afford. However to impress Tenma because she seems so happy with the restaurant and smell of food, he orders one for everyone and then Tenma keeps ordering more, piling up to dozens. When asked to pay, Harima panics and asks to go to the bathroom. While being escorted he is about to explain he can’t pay when Eri shows up and pays for his bill, being extremely wealthy as she is. She says that this is Tenma’s birthday and he should be with her and not make her worry, much to Harima’s surprise. Tenma appears and sees Eri and says how great it is.

They both head out together and when Harima tries to tell Tenma that his birthday is tomorrow Tenma remarks to the kid how nice Harima is to do all this for the kid, much to Harima’s disappointment that Tenma missed the point. Eri mentions to herself in an almost sad voice how he is an idiot.

episode 37 (ep.11 season 2)

2007-01-05T06:15:00.000+08:00

We see a hotpot party with everyone at Mikoto’s house, Nishimoto giving away his “special” videos, and Sara’s day as a sister at the church.

Summary:

We start off seeing a hotpot party at Mikoto’s house, with lots of tables outside and almost everyone there. We see Tenma and Yakumo there, even though Yakumo is a little shy about being there disturbing everyone. Tem says it’s okay as long as everyone brings their own ingredients. Tenma then suddenly remembers she forgot the meant and Harima is there and gives her some expensive premium grade beef. We then see Imadori, Togo, Lala, and Ichijou all at a pot together, even though Imadori isn’t too happy about being with Lala as she has destroyed his stuff countless times. Ichijou asks what everyone brought. She says she brought vegetables and then someone just throws them in much to her shock. Togo then says he brought some extremely spicy peppers from Mexico and dumps them in even though much to Ichijou’s horror she tries to tell everyone you can’t just throw things in. Lala then throws in leftover fast food burgers and fries even more to Ichijou’s complete horror. The pot looks absolutely horrible, all black and bubbling and Tenma cones over and says she wants a taste. She and Lala taste it and they say it’s delicious but when Togo and Imadori taste it they nearly drop dead and say it’s horrible. Hanai comes over to Yakumo’s table and tries to get her to eat some of the stuff he made. He tries to feed it to her even though she doesn’t really want it. We then see Imadori trying to sabotage the next pot that they make to get back at Lala for destroying his shoes. He puts a shoelace in there but ends up having to eat it himself. The hotpot party is then ended when Harima’s pig shows up and Tenma starts talking about pig soup and the pig ends up running everywhere and messing everything up.

We then see a small earthquake one night and the next day at school Nishimoto comes into class with a broken arm and a head injury. His friends ask if it’s from the earthquake and he says it was. During the earth quake his bookshelves of “special” videos were about to fall over so he tried to hold them up but eventually they fell on him. A girl comes over and says whatever fell must not have been properly organized, that he should just put what he needs in a box and give the rest away. When she offers to help he says they aren’t something a girl should help out with and she figures out what they are talking about and runs away calling him a pervert. After school, he piles all his videos into piles and he has hundreds of them. He calls over guys from his class to come take some for free and we see him showing a few to Imadori and other guys as he gives them away. Eventually he is down to his last dozen or so when Hanai comes by. Nishimoto says he didn’t invite him but Hanai says he just wants to help, not actually knowing what’s going on. When Hanai finds out he takes all of Nishimoto’s tapes saying he shouldn’t’ have these and he is confiscating them. He takes them all in a giant bag. Eventually he runs into Yakumo and because his mind is on what he is carrying and the kinds of stuff it is, Yakumo senses that kind of perverted aura about him and runs off.

We see Sara, Yakumo’s friend, in the church as her job as a sister listening to confessions. Hanai comes in and confesses about the incident with Yakumo and Sara says that it will all be all right and is able to guess just from the situation that it is Hanai. Someone then comes in and confesses that they love one of their classmates and if they win their next soccer match they will confess to her. Sara kind of spaces out and thinks about how many love problems there are recently and how she doesn’t quite know how to deal with them.

The next day someone, not the same guy from confession, gives Sara a love letter much to her surprise. At tea club when she brings up the subject much to Akira’s surprise she asks what she should do. How she doesn’t know how to help people with love problems when she doesn’t know much about it herself. After school she sees a soccer game going and watches it for a while. She doesn’t know who it was who made the confession but she sees someone doing really well and people cheering for him and kind of guesses its him. He almost makes a goal but is stopped and they loose the game, and Sara can tell that the guy is really depressed by it. She then sees a girl run away from the stands, tears flowing. That night the same guy comes to confession saying he lost the match. Sara says that if he tried his best it should be enough but he says no, he will wait for next match to confess. He then leaves and Sara this time is able to yell out to him good luck.

episode 36 (ep.10 season 2)

2007-01-05T06:13:00.000+08:00

We get Harima and Hanai going up against Togo and Harry from the other class, betting classmates in their card game as well as a spicy food eating competition.

Summary:

We start off seeing the four girls studying together in a café. Tenma is complaining about how she needs to go on a diet because she has gained some weight and they start talking about how much they all weigh, that they are fine and its just Tenma who should worry about herself. In the same café, Harima, Togo, Hanai, and Imadori are there. Imadori says how because of basketball he is in better shape, and shows off his bicep. Togo and Hanai get offended and Togo challenges him to an arm wrestling contest, to which Imadori looses badly, even getting his arm broken. Harima really doesn’t’ care about what they are doing and sees Tenma over at the other table struggling, as she is trying to find out how to divide a cake into thirds for everyone, because they all said she can’t have a piece because she ate all the ice-cream and said she was on a diet. Harima goes over to try and impress Tenma and cuts the cake into four pieces and eats one himself, saying their problem is solved. Everyone seems amazed at him except for Akira who seems the only voice of reason.

We then see, in a different more realistic animation style, Togo, Harry, Hanai and Harima sitting around a table playing cards. Harima and Hanai seem to be loosing badly. Back to normal, Harima is listening to Tenma’s conversation with Mikoto in the classroom, about how Karasuma has been gone for a while. He thinks this is his opportunity to move in but is shot down when he hears Tenma talking with Mikoto about Togo’s bento she had. Later Harima and Hanai both agree that they shouldn’t let Tenma be around Togo since he is from another class and they say he is dangerous. They go to see her when it turns out Lala is sitting I her desk dressed as Tenma, pretending to be her. We then see in Lala’s class, Tenma sitting in for Lala next to Togo. Togo tells the teacher how he should let her stay in their class and he says its fine. After class Harima and Hanai confront Togo about how they have captured Tenma and tell him to give her back. They play for her by playing cards and eventually Harima and Hanai loose. Harima doesn’t give up and bets Eri for Tenma, and when loosing again he bets Akira and Mikoto until he bets their whole class and still looses and the next day Harima and Hanai are the only ones in their class. We see however that everything goes back to normal and Harima and Hanai are bowed before Eri and Akira who make them go do things for betting their classmates in a card game. Hanai and Harima try to redeem themselves and take the girls out to eat when they see a spicy food eating contest. They both fight hard in it even though they loose to Satsuki.

After the credits we see a side story about Lala and her trip to fame. Lala ends up cutting her hair herself the wrong way and freaks out so she covers it up and asks Ichijou for help. Ichijou takes her to a hair salon but when Lala finds out it is owned and run by Imadori she heads out right away. The two of them head to another place but Lala, embarrassed about her hair, flips out when there are so many people around and they end up getting into a fight with dozens of men. Ichijou and Lala beat them all much to the amazement to the people watching and they become famous, releasing CDs. However the CDs didn’t market well and soon everything went back to normal.

episode 35 (ep.9 season 2)

2007-01-05T06:10:00.000+08:00

The continuation of the basketball thing where the reject team including Tenma and Harima goes up against Satsuki’s team.

Summary:

We start off seeing Satsuki’s basketball team practicing hard. Someone mentions how Satsuki seems to have lost her touch for shooting the ball and that something must be bugging her. The nurse tries to tell Asou to comfort her so he does but it just causes her to tense up even more because the reason she is doing so badly is because she has a thing for him. Satsuki head out for a bit and Lala heads out to try and comfort her. Although not exactly saying the right things she comforts her none the less, having Satsuki cry in her arms. Later after practice Asou asks to see Satsuki alone. He asks her what she thinks of him, he starts to say even if he is rejected… Satsuki immediately jumps to conclusions and says no, she loves him. Asou then goes on to say what she thought of him as a coach. Satsuki gets really embarrassed and runs out.

The next day the team is practicing and the nurse tells them she scheduled a game for them to face the first year boy’s team. All of a sudden when dribbling the ball is snatched away by someone too fast to see and a basket is scored. Again it happens and the Outlaw team appears, consisting of Tougou, Harima, Imadori, Tenma, and Yakumo. They say that they will be their opponent, that the first year team isn’t’ worthy as they show them all beaten up on the ground. The nurse accepts the challenge on behalf of her team and tells them to fight hard. The game starts and goes on for a while, the Outlaw team completely dominating the other team since they don’t have Satsuki as she is no where to be found.

Eventually, after continuing to be beaten horribly by the Outlaw team, Lala heads out for a bit to find Satsuki. She finds her on the balcony looking in, saying to herself what people are doing wrong. Lala tells her that it’s because they heed her. She gets startled but says she can’t. After some encouraging words she convinces her and she heads into the game. The game starts going again, this time Satsuki’s team doing better. Eventually however because of their strategy Lala gets kicked out for too many fouls. The nurse says she is calling in Tenma but Harima yells she can’t do that, Tenma isn’t on her team anymore. Tenma leaves anyways but so the game can continue Asou joins the Outlaws and the game continues.

It gets down to the final moments and Mikoto and Satsuki manage to pull of a great move and score a basket, but in the end Satsuki’s team looses by one point. Tougou says the court is there is but with Tenma now gone, Harima doesn’t want to play, and with Lala ruined Imadori’s shoes so he doesn’t want to play, and Yakumo has to go make dinner so they don’t’ really get anything. After the game Satsuki’s team all goes out for an after party to eat. Satsuki still seems shy around Asou, but she seems to think he likes Mikoto so after dinner she says she will let Mikoto and Asou finish cleaning up together and heads home.

episode 34 (ep.8 season 2)

2007-01-05T06:08:00.000+08:00

A girl’s basketball team is formed and Tenma joins after her fascination for basketball is sparked by a cheesy manga.

Summary:

We start off right where we left off with the two guys being held up at gun point by the man dressed like Eri. They are about to be killed but are saved when Itoko fro some reason snipes at Man Eri from a rooftop and Man Eri retreats.

We start off seeing a cheesy manga being red. It is about someone playing basketball. There is only one guy left on a team as his teammates are all knocked unconscious by the evil looking team. His team mates pull though however and the one who was left pulls off some super move and wins the game. We then see it was Tenma who was reading it, now saying how cool basketball is. We then eventually go to a young girl at school who is talking to the nurse. She asks her if she would sponsor a girl’s basketball team and she gives the go ahead if they get a good coach. She gets the adviser of the boy’s basketball team to make Souu who is a member of the team coach this new girl’s, Satsuki, basketball team. They try to gather members and eventually she gets herself, Sagano the super good basketball player, Mikoto, Tenma, Lala, and Ichijou. The nurse gives them all nicknames and their team is formed.

The team is practicing and Satsuki who seems to be very good despite her height is talking with Souu. We get the impression that she likes him and when Souu leaves we see the nurse lurking there saying how she can tell she likes him. Tenma overhears this and tells her friends including Mikoto who is on the team as well. We see them practice quite a few times and when Souu is coaching Mikoto it seems that Satsuki gets jealous and challenges Mikoto to a one on one and easily beats her. After practice they all go out to eat at the restraint Souu’s family owns, although his family owns it he works at a different one for some reason. Satsuki overstuffs herself trying to impress him or something and passes out so Mikoto takes her home.

The next day at practice, when Tenma arrives it turns out there is already a practice game going on against the boys she joins in but the nurse calls her over saying it turns out basketball is a five person sport, not a six person sport so she lies to Tenma saying she is sending her out on special solo training. Meanwhile while Souu is coaching them Imadori tries to but in saying he wants to be a coach so he can be close to all those girls. Souu basically kicks him out however. Day after day Yakumo fixes Tenma lunches for her practice and to share with her teammates so Tenma is unable to tell her that she has her own training although Tenma still doesn’t seem to quite get it she was kicked off because she was always late and not very good and such. Late one night she is sitting on a sing asking when this solo training will help her when one of Lala’s friends who seemed to try and help with the basketball team tells her she has been lied to, like the rest of these rejects and we see Imadori and Harima in the dark. He says as long as you have teammates you can win.

episode 33 (ep.7 season 2)

2007-01-05T06:05:00.000+08:00

Good episode, fairly typical but it was nice that for the last half it was a bunch of independent stories which we haven’t seen much of except for in the OVAs of the last season.

Summary:

We start off with the girls and Hanai and Harima taking a trip into the nearby woods to eat and spend some time outdoors. The guys are being forced to carry huge bags which Akira says is the only reason she brought them along. It turns out Imadori was in one of the bags that Hanai had to carry so he joins in. When they stop to eat it turns out Tenma forgot the food and all she brought is rice. She offers to make her rice balls and Eri says she will help but Harima, remembering from the episode when he tasted both of their rice balls and they were the worst thing he had ever tasted in the world says that’s ok, he brought supplies and he will make the food. The girls mention how a guy who can cook is cool so Hanai wants to help out as well but Harima wants the glory to himself so Akira turns it into a contest between the three guys.

The three guys go out into the forest looking for ingredients, Harima conquering a three story high crab for an ingredient, Hanai a huge ten ton boar for his main ingredient, and Imadori….sleeping. When the guys return with the ingredients they start cooking. They both add their super secret amazing ingredient to their meal and when they are done it is to be tested by Tenma, Eri, Yakumo, and Mikoto. Imadori serves his dish which is disqualified because it is basically an instant food he had bought. Harima serves his dish which at first gets huge praise but then criticized on its seasoning which breaks Harima’s sprit. Then Hanai’s dish which is also just super amazing delicious but again then criticized which breaks his spirit. At the end Akira announces the winner, Karasuma’s personal cook who they show standing in front of a helicopter.

We then go to a series of small side stories involving some minor characters, all of them starting out and then concluding after the others have gone but I’ll just give the full jist of it even though not in order. We see Harima who attempts to get his manga turned into an anime but eventually gives up because of how much work it is but then gets fired up when he sees Karasuma getting an anime of his manga. We see Sarah and Isou, Sarah being Yakumo’s friend, who is working at a restraint, just the two of them because the owner has to leave. At the end of the day they find out that when the owner comes back he didn’t’ really have to leave so they did all that work for mostly nothing. We then see Yakumo working at her job being told she has to wear a new uniform for the day. Hanai is heading towards the café Yakumo is working at when he sees the sign outside saying today, bunny girls. He imagines Yakumo in a sexy bunny girl outfit but when he gets in it turns out to be a huge poofy costume that looks like some cartoon. We see the perverted boys’ gang helping out at a video shop looking for the “treasured” videos. They find a door that leads to a place that will change them but in the end it turns out to be sumo wrestling basically and they seemed scared. We see Ichijou and Lala working at a fast food place when Imadori comes in trying to order off the kids menu. He begs Ichijou but eventually Lala gets pissed at him and she starts attacking him and Ichijou seems helpless to stop them.

We see Tenma working at a bread shop, wrapping buns of bread. She works incredibly fast but the work keeps piling up and she exhausts herself from doing mountains of bread wrapping and collapses. Later she tells Yakumo how she isn’t suited for those jobs and collapses again in her arms. Finally we see Akira’s job which is at a book store, but she secretly has another job which we see as some spy/secret agent who we then see being chased on motorcycle by persons from a car shooting at her. She throws grenades at them and they race through town.

episode 32 (ep.6 season 2)

2007-01-05T06:02:00.000+08:00

We get the second day of the school festival with the airing of the class’s play with hilarious things going wrong throughout. This is one of the funniest School Rumble episodes I have ever seen.

Summary:

We start off right where we left off with the two guys being held up at gun point by the man dressed like Eri. They are about to be killed but are saved when Itoko fro some reason snipes at Man Eri from a rooftop and Man Eri retreats.

We then go to the scene of some people shooting out with others from behind barricades when all of a sudden Karasuma takes them out swiftly. Meanwhile Mikoto stumbles across a room full of dead enemies and wonders that it was they were fighting then when Yuuki from the band team attacks. Mikoto is saved by Hanai and Yuuki tells them that the band is participating now. Hanai refuses to shoot Yuuki but Mikoto does it and gives this speech about how they are at war.

We then go to Tenma and Eri who are guarding the flag. Eri sees someone outside their room so she goes to investigate but gets killed. Tenma investigates and finds Karasuma. Meanwhile Mikoto and Hanai are ambushed by the remaining band team members. Mikoto and Hanai manage to defeat them all so only Karasuma is left from the band team. Just when Mikoto and Hanai relax Harima kills Mikoto in front of Hanai and he gets all pissed off.

Karasuma and Tenma are at a face off; there is no way Tenma would shoot Karasuma. When Karasuma tells her of why they are fighting she gets all emotional and readies to kill herself so that they can play at the festival but Karasuma stops her and kills himself. Meanwhile there is a big showdown between Hanai and Harima. Their shootout goes on for some time and during the fight Hanai asks Harima if he loves Yakumo but Harima doesn’t answer. Eventually Harima looses and tells Hanai that he Yakumo isn’t the one he likes and Hanai gets all emotional about killing him like they do in movies a lot.

All throughout this Akira and Itoko were making a movie out of everything. When the game ends a hard-ass teacher finds out about all of it and makes them do both of them, then he finds out about the band so he makes them do all three. At the classroom Harima gets ticked at Hanai for getting everyone’s attention about how they will work hard so he brings up him getting all emotional over Mikoto and everyone in the class jumps to conclusions that they are going out and they like each other and the episode ends.

episode 31 (ep.5 season 2)

2007-01-05T05:33:00.000+08:00

The beginning of the festival including the tea shops and the arrival of the manga award that Harima applied for.

Summary:

We start off with the school festival having just started. One of the teachers walks into the main class in this series’ room. The room is packed full of guys and incredibly busy for a coffee/tea shop. The teacher is sat down and given a menu of girls from the class to pick as to which one is going to serve him. The teacher kind of flips out about this and says he can’t possibly since he is a teacher and this is wrong but one of the girls manages to calm him down.

The boys’ shop isn’t doing so good because the girls’ tea shop is attracting all the customers. One of the boys goes to check out what’s going on and all of the girls are now role-playing roles of less dominant characters in a male and female relationship, nurse and doctor, police chief and an officer and so on. The guy doesn’t come back and so Hanai this time goes to see what the matter is. He is greeted by Yakumo in the police relationship and Hanai completely folds and goes along with it.

Harima who is forced to do dishes is stopped by Itoko and is told that the teacher in the other house wants him. He is kind of confused because Itoko is a teacher but he goes anyways and finds himself in a room with Yakumo as a manga artist and Harima as his assistant. Harima goes along with the role-playing thing and talks to Yakumo about why he draws manga and Yakumo tells him don’t give up even though Harima tells her his passion has kind of faded.

Outside, Harima is sitting under a tree when he gets a call from the manga contest agency. Apparently he won the award and he rushes to get it as the ceremony is almost over because apparently Harima wasn’t able to have been reached. Harima tells Yakumo about the good news and heads off. Yakumo decides to decorate a cake for Harima to celebrate his award and when Tenma walks in she again gets the wrong impression that there is a thing between Yakumo and Harima.

Tenma carries Yakumo’s cake with Harima written on it as well as the one she made with Karasuma written on it to celebrate his birthday. As Harima is running through the halls he bumps into the cake that Tenma placed on a table, the one for Karasuma. Harima ruins the cake to the point where the writing of Karasuma is ruined and all that he can see is the “MA” at the end of it. Harima thinks that Tenma made the cake for him, having the last two letters of his name also be “MA” Harima fixes the cake to spell Harima but later when Tenma gives him his cake from Yakumo that says Harima on it he kind of freaks out and realizes he wrote Harima on the cake for Karasuma. When Tenma sees this she is really confused and when giving it to Karasuma eats the part that says “HARI” As Tenma sulks in the stairwell Karasuma approaches her and kind of comforts her and the episode supposedly ends.

After the credits we get a segment about the boy who thinks of Harima as a brother which we saw in an episode in season one. He had a huge crush on Yakumo and he is at the festival with a girl his age who likes him. They go though and the girl is kind of depressed and all that the boy hasn’t noticed her but when she runs into Yakumo she gives her some reassurance and later when the two meet again the boy said he was worried about her because she got separated and the girl is kind of happy at this and the episode really comes to an end.

episode 30 (ep.4 season 2)

2007-01-05T05:31:00.000+08:00

A much more… normal episode compared to the last two, with more clueless ness and misunderstandings amongst the students.

Summary:

We start off with the two students in charge of the play going through ideas that were submitted. They go though various scripts including ones that involve a Yaoi relationship of Harima and Hanai, one with a pervert dance teacher and two jealous students sabotaging the best student which is played by Mikoto, one with Harima yelling at Eri after she has become poor, and one written by one of the students organizing it where she is a magical school girl. Eventually they decide to ask Akira to do it.

Later while the whole class is working on making things for the play Tenma asks Eri to ask Harima what he likes in girls because Tenma still believes there is a thing between Yakumo and Harima. Eri is rather reluctant because she likes Harima but asks him the questions anyways. Harima, seeing that Tenma is eavesdropping thinks that it’s Tenma who wants to know because she likes him. He answers the questions to fit Tenma but they happen to all fit Eri as well and she gets really embarrassed and wonders if Harima likes her.

Next we have all the class visiting a bath house. There, not too much happens but some girls ask Eri if some of the rumors are true that she is going out with Harima. She gets really embarrassed and before she can answer she hears Harima yell at someone on the guy’s side and she interprets it as referring to her so she just says that she hates Harima.

Later back at the school because everyone is hungry the girls prepare rice balls for everyone. All the rice balls look different and Tenma tells everyone that each one was made by a different girl and they have to figure out by whom. Of course Harima tries to find the one that Tenma made and when he thinks he found it he tastes it and it’s awful. He tries to take the horrible taste out of his mouth by trying one more and it’s even worse then the first one he tried, much much worse. Harima says at least Tenma’s isn’t the worst, thinking the one he first had was Tenma’s but later he finds out that the one that was much much worse was hers, and the first one he had was Eri’s and the episode comes to an end.

episode 29 (ep.3 season 2)

2007-01-05T05:28:00.000+08:00

The survival game comes to a conclusion with some very funny moments throughout.

Summary:

We start off right where we left off with the two guys being held up at gun point by the man dressed like Eri. They are about to be killed but are saved when Itoko fro some reason snipes at Man Eri from a rooftop and Man Eri retreats.

We then go to the scene of some people shooting out with others from behind barricades when all of a sudden Karasuma takes them out swiftly. Meanwhile Mikoto stumbles across a room full of dead enemies and wonders that it was they were fighting then when Yuuki from the band team attacks. Mikoto is saved by Hanai and Yuuki tells them that the band is participating now. Hanai refuses to shoot Yuuki but Mikoto does it and gives this speech about how they are at war.

We then go to Tenma and Eri who are guarding the flag. Eri sees someone outside their room so she goes to investigate but gets killed. Tenma investigates and finds Karasuma. Meanwhile Mikoto and Hanai are ambushed by the remaining band team members. Mikoto and Hanai manage to defeat them all so only Karasuma is left from the band team. Just when Mikoto and Hanai relax Harima kills Mikoto in front of Hanai and he gets all pissed off.

Karasuma and Tenma are at a face off; there is no way Tenma would shoot Karasuma. When Karasuma tells her of why they are fighting she gets all emotional and readies to kill herself so that they can play at the festival but Karasuma stops her and kills himself. Meanwhile there is a big showdown between Hanai and Harima. Their shootout goes on for some time and during the fight Hanai asks Harima if he loves Yakumo but Harima doesn’t answer. Eventually Harima looses and tells Hanai that he Yakumo isn’t the one he likes and Hanai gets all emotional about killing him like they do in movies a lot.

All throughout this Akira and Itoko were making a movie out of everything. When the game ends a hard-ass teacher finds out about all of it and makes them do both of them, then he finds out about the band so he makes them do all three. At the classroom Harima gets ticked at Hanai for getting everyone’s attention about how they will work hard so he brings up him getting all emotional over Mikoto and everyone in the class jumps to conclusions that they are going out and they like each other and the episode ends.

episode 28 (ep.2 season 2)

2007-01-05T05:25:00.000+08:00

We get the whole episode one big survival game shootout, very interesting and funny at times.

Summary:

We start out with the class not being able to decide what to do for the cultural festival, a play or coffee shop. The class is basically divided in half and with Harima and Hanai out of commission still from their shocks of Hanai thinking there is something between Harima and Yakumo and Harima being depressed that Tenma thinks likewise. Akira knows exactly how to manipulate them and gets them both interested in the opposite ideas so eventually it is decided that they will decide what to do by whoever wins a survival game.

The class goes to the school at night and with guns they fight for the other team’s flag. Notable members of each team are Harima and Eri on one team, and Hanai and Mikoto on another. Then throughout the whole battle it is just a shootout between the two teams, with scene of people suddenly appearing from behind them to scenes between two friends on different teams, very Battle Royale like.

We get near the end the band group from the class who finds out they can’t play on stage at the festival so they decide to participate in the game. At the end we get two people chasing after who they perceive to be Eri. They chase her into a room and then when they can’t find her suddenly a man Eri appears in the window. The man is obviously Eri’s butler but that doesn’t’ get said and the episode comes to and end.

episode 27 (ep1. season 2)

2007-01-05T05:23:00.001+08:00

Even more hilariousness from the misunderstanding filled School Rumble; the first episode of this second season does not disappoint fans of the first season.

Summary:

We start off with a parody’ish setting of a samurai fight and then to a tea shop being run by Yakumo and Tenma. Hanai, as a samurai, is eating there and says that he will protect the two of them when they tell him about some thugs who are going to come bother them. Hanai attempts to stop the thugs but is beaten to a pulp, when Harima as a samurai saves them all. Tenma freaks out about why it can’t be Karasuma I think and Yakumo says, “Because this is School Rumble.”

Harima then summarizes a bit about some of the events of the end of the first season. He then gets a note from Itoko saying he won something, Harima taking this to mean the manga artist award and brimming with confidence he looks for Tenma, telling himself he will finally confess. Tenma and Yakumo are on the roof talking about Yakumo spending the night with Harima, a misunderstanding on Tenma’s part as Yakumo was just helping Harima with his manga script. Tenma then of course takes this to mean that there is something between Yakumo and Harima but Harima bursts into the conversation with…bananas and tries to settle the misunderstanding. Harima accidentally says that Yakumo spent the night at his house and not just out with him, leading to even greater misunderstanding of the relationship between Harima and Yakumo. Tenma says that she was just mad that Yakumo didn’t tell her, and the conversation ends with Tenma still thinking there is something between Yakumo and Harima.

The next scene takes place with Tenma really down because she doesn’t have any special talents and can’t be in the music performance and such with Karasuma. Karasuma tries to cheer her up by giving her a… turtle and says to find the turtle’s Ji. Tenma has no idea what this means and is trying to figure it out. She comes to the conclusion somehow that Karasuma wants her to play sleeping beauty in the school play during the festival.

Next we have more misunderstandings by Tenma about the relationship between Yakumo and Harima. Tenma schemes things up so that Yakumo will bring Harima a box lunch, a typical move by someone towards someone they like. This of course makes Hanai furious and just really depressed and defeated, having a thing for Yakumo. This also makes Harima completely confused and he has no idea what to do because Tenma thinks he likes Yakumo, but he of course really likes her.

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episode guide and episode summary

2007-01-01T05:18:00.000+08:00

SCHOOL RUMBLE EPISODE GUIDE AND EPISODE SUMMARY

SEASON 1: FIRST TERM
episode 1 : Pounding Heart at a New School Term! / Struggle with a Love Letter! / Zooming on Bicycles!
episode 2 : Confusing Test! / Inescapable Toilet! / Impossible Physical Examination!
episode 3 : Staring Sketch! / Aiming Arrow Letter! / "Tell Me" Pajama Party!
episode 4 : Pigs Say Oink Oink! / Cats Say Meow!/Frogs and Kappas Say Ribbit Ribbit Ribbit!
episode 5 : Burning First Love! / Burning Tea Party! / Burning Softball Match!
episode 6 : Survival After School! / The Arrival of Confession Time! / The Two of Us in the Hospital!
episode 7 : Pool Cleaning! / Pool Riots! / Pool Wars!
episode 8 : First Grocery Shopping! / First Boxed Lunch! / My First Heartbreak! What?
episode 9 : Manga Tragedy! / Older Sister Tragedy! / The Big Mr. Kappa Tragedy!
episode 10 : Please God! / Please! Real Animal Fortune Telling! / Please! Tenma-chan!
episode 11 : Nara! / Karasuma! / Harima!
episode 12 : At The Sea, Help! / Naked, Help! / Really, Seriously, Help!
episode 13 : Mission 1 is the Confession of Love! / Mission 2 is the Night of Offense and Defense! / Mission 3 is Pii-Pyororo!
episode 14 : Have You Seen it Before?/Not That Cute, Is She?/Please Take Care Of Me!
episode 15 : With Summer!/With Friends!/With Launching Fireworks!
episode 16 : It's Actually The Tea Club.../It's The Tea Club, Though.../That's Because It Is The Tea Club...
episode 17 : Giraffe's Feeling in the Peak of Summer!/A Panic Party in the End of Summer!/Summer's Over, So We're Changing Now!
episode 18 : Karen's Love, Still a Long Way to Go!/Karen's Love, Little by Little!/Karen's Love, And Then...
episode 19 : Dream of Art!/Pray to God!/And Wish Upon a Star!
episode 20 : It's Gone! This Is Gone Too! Whatever Will We Do!
episode 21 : Hanai's Counterattack! Karen's Flash! Reunion with Onee-san!
episode 22 : The War Has Started! Intense Kibasen! This Is Super Chaotic!
episode 23 : The Women's War! The Men's War! The War Is Over...
episode 24 : Fretfulness Hesitation Wandering
episode 25 : Boooo! Puwaan! Gyuiin!
episode 26 : A Sudden Goodbye!

SEASON 2: SECOND TERM
episode 27 : Scramble Reloaded! / Suerstar Request! / Scandalous Restart!
episode 28 : Strategy Battlefield Friends
episode 29 : Beautiful Beast vs. Beastly Beauty, God of War vs. God of Fighting, Teacher vs. Student
episode 30 : Theatrical Ideas! Bath House Ideas! Rice Ball Ideas!
episode 31 : Escorts are culture! Manga is culture! Cakes are also culture!
episode 32 : Sleeping.Beast Kiss. Impossible Finale
episode 33 : Fight, Hunter! Fight, Eater! Fight, art Timer!
episode 34 : Blow out, the birth of the girl's basketball team! Please take care of me, Sempai! Collapse, the swing of tears...
episode 35 : Pass! Dribble! Shoot!
episode 36 : Hee~ Hee hee~ Hee hee hee!
episode 37 : Naoleon, between life and death... Nishimoto, between one's nature and one's motives... Sara, between a saint and me
episode 38 : Perfect, Prohibition! Entering, Prohibition! Knickerbockers, Prohibition!
episode 39 : Peole with death Behind them. lace the name of Karasuma. Unlocking all the secrets of the riddle!
episode 40 : At Colorado. In America26F. With America26H.
episode 41 : Men who have been given u now / Men who are invited / Men who are tested
episode 42 : Don't want to be shackled by anyone/Don't want to go back to school and home/In the tent of darkness
episode 43 : ...Eri's escape ...Harima's lullaby ...The fake bride
episode 44 : The sweetness of the working traps/The sweetness of class traps/The sweetnes of the famous figure traps
episode 45 : Here, there, everywhere is Christmas! Bravely moving forward for Christmas! Shatter, Christmas!
episode 46 : More than friends... Less than sweethearts... Before that...
episode 47 : ...it's School Rumble ...it's really School Rumble ...I said it's School Rumble!
episode 48 : Year's first dream, Lion dance, New Year's
episode 49 : Jumbo dream, Dream jum, Dream exress
episode 50 : Southern Rainbow of 2-C! Mysterious Yaakumo Island! The Seven Seas...!
episode 51 : Isn't it romantic, Harima? Harima, Published in Jingama! Come quickly, Harima!
episode 52 : (.) Period

jed's diary : Happy New Year!

2006-12-31T18:03:00.000+08:00

This is my last post for the year 2006. Before the year ends, I just want to thank God for everything -- literally. I want to thank God for the ups and downs of my life. I want to thank God for the challenges that he had given me. I want to thank God for the blessings that poured down in my time of need. I want to thank God for the experiences that he had taught me and lessons of encouragement. I want to thank God for giving me friends and colleagues who make me laugh, help and stand beside me whenever I'm in trouble. I want to thank God for giving me time to enjoy life. I want to thank God for giving me such loving and understanding parents *naks*. Have a Happy New Year!

my song of the moment: Freak on A Leash by koRn
kumusta naman: uneasy

Merry Christmas!

2006-12-25T11:02:00.000+08:00

Finally the 25th of December begins. Begin the day with a light heart and let all your worries be swept aside. Smile for a moment and thank God for this day. Let the spirit of Christmas bring you and your family Love and Peace. God Bless and A Merry Christmas! Keep cool. There's still the entrance of the New Year!

A MESSAGE FROM JED DAVID:
An Exultant Christmas and an Exuberant New Year to all of you. Thank you for the time and patience. Thank you for your visits and misvisits. Thank you for the doodles and blueprints. Thank you for the credits and hits. Thank you for your support and effort. Thank you for the pain and laughter. Thank you for the inspiration and encouragement. They're all appreciated and I've cried a little when I realized that I conquered some of the things I thought I'd never be able to do. I'm grateful for the days and nights you've made me move. Sorry for being corny. God Bless!

my song of the moment: time has come by Hillsong United
kumusta naman: masayanaman

tenma's diary : up then down

2006-12-01T22:24:00.000+08:00

Yosh! They're going to hold tryouts to join the band! I overheard Fuyuki-kun that they're a pair of hands short if they're going to add another member to the band. This is great! I'll be able to be with Karasuma-kun!

They're looking for a guitar player doing for the ryhthms. Soueba... I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR!

Shimata.

In fact, I don't know how to play anything! Add insult to injury, I'm no good at singing too! I wonder who's going to teach me! I need someone to teach me fast! I also overheard *wow I have incredible hearing powers* Fuyuki-san that they're going to hold a December concert! Add a cup of pressure and mix.

Damn. I guess it's too good to be true that I would be able to play with Karasuma-kun. Demo, this opportunity might not repeat itself.

my song of the moment: everything to me by sonicflood
kumusta naman: sour

jed's diary : anime and manga R&R

2006-11-24T00:59:00.000+08:00

Here are some Anime titles that I've just finished:

Fate Stay Night - 7 Masters and 7 servants, a war for the Holy Grail (of different kind), only one will seize it and use its powers to grant one's ultimate wish. One master can only control one servant and these servants are fallen legendary heroes -- Gilgamesh, Heracles, Arthur as such. Damn! NABITIN AKO! This is a freaking 5 out of 5 anime. Better watch it to find it out for yourself how great this anime title is. I almost forgot, babae si King Arthur dito... I know.

Mai Hime - If you like FSN, you'll like Mai Hime as well. I love this anime. I'm contented with its ending, it's a twisted one. It's a witty story having to protect your special someone rather than yourself. 5 out of 5. I recommend it.

Ichigo 100% - Ecchi pala 'to. Well... its introduction will give you an idea how ecchi Ichigo 100% (Strawberry 100%) is. The main lead, Junpei, has been in love with a mysterious girl because he saw her panties *I might say Junpei fell in love with the panties*. Yes, panties with strawberry prints. It might also explain the title. But wait there's more than panties... the anime title follows the story of Junpei Manaka and his numerous love interests from the third year of his middle school to the end of his high school years. Mmmm... 3 out of 5.

Air TV - I think I've posted a review about Air and Mai Hime in CYF Love Hina. Anyway, it's a really beautiful anime -- excellent background, color scheme (I LOVE the beach scenes and the lightings), and character designs. I also love the story and the tragic ending. How it picks up the pace from comedy to drama is remarkable. I like Air more than Kanon. Still, it's a very short anime. WEVER! BITIN NA BITIN! 4 out of 5, because it only has 12 episodes and 1 OVA. I want more!

Honey and Clover - Madalas ko itong masulat na Anime and Clover. Freaking typo. It's a very cute story of several College Arts students on how they should live and plan their lives and how they should deal with love and relationship. Honey and Clover is a funny anime. I love their reactions and how the characters act. I especially love the sceneries shown during the lead's Soul Searching. Cinematography is astounding. 5 out of 5. It's worth the watch. I feel like there's a spring breeze that's refreshing while watching this anime.

Animes that I don't have but am dying to get a copy of it:

Naruto episodes 200 and up - Do I have to tell you why?! The fillers are finished and the story's back on track! Orochimaru must die! There's the frequent appearance of Akatsuki! It's up to Naruto to bring his friend Sasuke back and protect Konoha.

School Rumble Season 2 - Meet Harima Kenji and, by the way, I'm a fan of this devoted Tenma Tsukamoto delinquent! Harima gears up once again to confess his feelings to Tenma Tsukamoto. Will he be able to do it -- with all the misunderstandings and other girls pressuring him up? I haven't been able to get a copy but I'm not giving up! YouTube? Sure.... but I prefer having a copy of it. SANKAPA?!

Honey and Clover 2 - Yes! It's out! AND I need it now!

Death Note - Jumping grandma on a stick! Its anime has commenced! I'm surprised to find out how popular this title is. A paranormal notebook. The name that will be written on that Shinigami notebook will die. Whose name? It depends on the owner of it. Kapish? Although the anime is still on going, I can be patient. The battle of wits is on!

Mangas currently reading:

Koi Kaze - Printed out some scans for my scrapbook. Like the style. Weheheh... ass.

Death Note - Try this title out. You'll find yourself engrossed with its story, art and dialogue.

Fruits Basket - Chapter 136, the last chapter, has been finished. Everything's settled, the manga's finished, and I'm off to read!

Other recommends by your truly:
Tsukihime, Ouron High School Host Club, Bleach, Koi Kaze, DNAngel, Fruits Basket, Onegai Twins, Onegai Teacher, School Rumble, Chobits, Graveyard of the Fireflies, Aishiteruze Baby, Midori No Hibi, Full Metal Alchemist, Love Hina, .

If you have other recommends, please let me know and drop a comment.

my song of the moment: Dirty Little Secret by All American Rejects
kumusta naman: Relieved

jed's diary : some whatever this November

2006-11-22T23:55:00.000+08:00

Sakit ng ulo ko. Nakakapagtaka. Naka- isang oras lang naman ako ng Quake III ah. I usually can play longer. I guess I'm not the LAN player that I used to be. Wah, November na pala. Ewan ko lang. Feel ko ang parating na Pasko ang magiging pinakaibang pasko sa buhay ko.

my song of the moment: Sugar, We're Going Down by Fallout Boy
kumusta naman: Bummed

jed's diary : ows?

2006-11-18T21:19:00.000+08:00

Did you know that those who appear to be very strong in heart, are really weak and most susceptible?

Did you know that those who spend their time protecting others are the ones that really need someone to protect them?

Did you know that the three most difficult things to say are: I love you, Sorry and Help me?

Did you know that those who dress in red are more confident in themselves?

Did you know that those who dress in yellow are those who enjoy their beauty?

Did you know that those who dress in black are those who want to be unnoticed and need your help and understanding?

Did you know that when you help someone, the help is returned in two folds?

Did you know that it's easier to say what you feel in writing than saying it to someone in the face?

But did you know that it has more value when you say it to their face?

Did you know that if you ask for something in faith, your wishes are granted?

Did you know that you can make your dreams come true, like falling in love, becoming rich, staying healthy, if you ask for it by faith, and if you really knew, you'd be surprised by what you could do.

my song of the moment: Take All of Me
kumusta naman: Worried

jed's diary : rant it down

2006-11-13T23:34:00.000+08:00

I'm currently hooked with Koi Kaze. Damn! The romance in this manga is unique! No wait... the Koi Kaze manga's top notch! It's an old manga by Motoi Yoshida. Basta... ang ganda ng manga niya. Matamis pa! I'm having a hard time looking for a source of direct download Koi Kaze episodes. I guess it's too old. No that can't be the reason. I wish I have this series!

Koi Kaze tells a love affair between an older brother, in his late twenties, with her younger sister, in her teenage years. The story revolves on the topic of genetic sexual attraction. Both of them were separated for quite a long time that they didn't recognize each other and didn't know that they were siblings when they coincidentally met each other. At first, they got attracted with each other like more than two complete strangers, but their attraction didn't stop there. It gradually developed -- turning things complicated. OH HOW I WISH TO OWN A COPY OF THIS SERIES!

Wah! It's almost 12. I better go to sleep before I turn into a vampire.

my song of the moment: Breathe Your Name by Sixpence None the Richer
kumusta naman: Demanding

tenma's diary : the boring me

2006-10-28T22:21:00.000+08:00

I should quit this habit. I'm always waking up late for school. It's a standard procedure. Yakumo always comes to my room and wakes me up. It's unhealthy. I'm totally off the rhythm. I should wake her up for ones. Soueba, she's also a heavy sleeper. How come she gets to wake up first?

I sleep too much. Heck, I wonder why I don't get any taller. What do I have to do to gain a few inches to my height? I've been planning to buy a computer. I don't care if it's a decent one.

That Karasuma-kun's a hardworker. His bandmates told me that he practiced the guitar for 10 hours -- with short breaks, but Ten hours? Applause. I asked if I could take a look and he seemed as if nothing happened. He's still the neat Karasuma.

Wah, it's already eleven! This is what I'm talking about! Gotta hit the bed! Oyasumi!

my song of the moment: Still - Hillsong
kumusta naman: awkweird

jed's diary : bad scalp day

2006-10-27T22:41:00.000+08:00

Di 'ata hiyang ang shampoo ko. Itchy. Kainis. Pisser. Wala naman akong kuto eh. Sabi na nga ba't HNS na lang ang gamitin ko. Okay lang, tamad naman akong bumili eh *belat*. Yung shampoo na gamit ko pala eh souvenirs ng Erpat ko dun sa tinirhan niyang hotel sa Thailand. Ang dami, sayang naman, kaya dinala niya rito sa Pilipinas.

my song of the moment: Mou Sukoshi... Mou Sukoshi... OST ng Midori No Hibi
kumusta naman: Humihinga

jed's diary : my depressed aunt

2006-10-18T14:56:00.000+08:00

It's hard to loss a loveone. My auntie collapsed and they brought her in the hospital. Apparently, she's still shocked of grandfather's death. Who could blame her? My auntie and her dad are very tight. She's the youngest among my mom's siblings -- plus she's extra sensitive. My aunt's resting in the hospital right now. But they called last night that she couldn't sleep.

What bothers me is that I asked my Mom if my aunt's feeling a little paranoid. My Grandpa died on September 20. I am quite disturbed that my aunt's thinking that she will die at the 20th of October. Superstition? They live in the province but I don't know what made her think that way. Magka- konek daw ang kamatayan nila.

Wukei. Maybe, I'm just talking crazy. Sigurado ako na ang primary reason why she's all emotionally stressed is because of Grandpa's passing away. Healing takes time. Time and the support of her loveones are the prime medicine for depression, at least for her state. The problem is, we can't tell the day when she'll become okay. It might take months, even years. Grandma's unsure whether she should stop school for a while. Oh why did grandpa have to die?

my song of the moment: Everlasting by Hillsong United
kumusta naman: Dull

tenma's diary : blow the candle

2006-10-12T01:54:00.000+08:00

Wah, I'm finally done with my one page report! It took me all night to finish that one page report! It wasn't easy but I'm glad it's been taken care of. Soueba:

"I really suck at writing." Quite frankly, it's not my habit to write on my diary either.

I think I'm running out of my midnight oil. Yawn, sleepy. Anyway, I feel refreshed. It's really comfortable to sleep knowing that I did heck of a lot of things. The pillow's extra soft and the bed's extra warm. Oyasumi nasai.

"IT'S FRIDAY THE 13TH TOMORROW! HOLY KETTLE CORN!"

my song of the moment: Tinig (Acoustic) by Join the Club
kumusta naman: sleepy

jed's diary : oktoberfest!

2006-10-01T00:53:00.000+08:00

Wow, October na! At naalala ko pang sinusulat ko yung last entry ko just an hour earlier. Tungkol pa naman yun sa last day of September! Ambilis ng panahon! Anyway, I just wanted to write to let you know that I'm opening schoolrumblog. 'Di pa kumpleto though. Marami pang adjustments akong gagawin. A lot of tweaking too.

I have finally figured out some ideas that'll help me continue the schoolrumblog project. Hindi lang wallpapers, summaries at avatars ang tinitignan ko eh. Mas marami pa para ma preserve ang heat sa seryeng anime na 'to. I also found out that School Rumble's fanbase is relatively small. Wow? I really think that this anime's very good -- it's funny, romantic and also has some bits of action. Maraming inispoof din ang School Rumble. October's here!

my song of the moment: Psycho by Giniling Festival
kumusta naman: Pagod at Inaantok

jed's diary : blog fraternity

2006-09-16T23:37:00.000+08:00

Deep breathe. I'm currently working on Schoolrumblog's mutual blog partner, weblogkoto. I'm planning a four-member blog fraternity exclusive for tenma's schoolrumblog, harima's schoolrumblog, weblogkoto and blogkeini. As of now, I've selected a Starcraft Ghost theme for weblogkoto.

Schoolrumblog updates will still continue but I'm not opening the site yet. I have to wait for decent updates to push through. I can almost feel it. We're almost there.

Oh yeah, I'm looking for an mp3 converter software -- not pirated though.

episode 28

2006-09-02T17:26:00.000+08:00

episode 28. Strategy / Battlefield / Comrades

Strategy: Class 2-C becomes divided when they decide on what to do for the Cultural Festival. The party of Harima demands that they should do the Theatrical Play (the sleeping beauty). The side of Hanai casts vote to put up a Cafe. Kentarou, Nishimoto and Yoshidayama, the skin hungry pupils of 2-C, insist that 2-C should have a Swimsuit Sumo Wrestling Competition. Idiots. Akira Takano thinks of a way and declares that, to decide on what to do for the Festival, 2-C must play a survival game.

Battlefield: The War has begun. The survival game is moderated by Akira. Each team must penetrate the enemy base, retrieve the enemy flag and return it to their base. It's capture the flag classic. Hanai, Mikoto, Asou and Suga enters Team Cafe. Team Cafe starts out great. But when the elite Eri Sawachika and Harima Kenji confronts them, their progress becomes slow.

Comrades: Madoka and Shigeo, two lovers, reflect on their teams on the survival game. They don't belong in the same team and wonder if who will shoot first. Meanwhile, Karasuma's band practices for the cultural festival. Asou and Suga pins Eri down, although they discover something rather bizarre. Nay -- Disturbing.

episode 27

2006-09-01T16:55:00.000+08:00

episode 27. Scramble Reloaded! / Requesting a Superstar! / A Scandalous Restart!
Scramble Reloaded!: After helping Harima finish his manga, Tenma's thoughts of Yakumo and Harima dating escalates. The rumour about Harima and Yakumo going out becomes more unstable and convincing when Harima accidentally says that he'll do everything to make "Imouto-san" happy. IMO, what he was really trying to say is that he won't give Yakumo any more troubles. Imouto-san - meaning the younger sister. Hence, Yakumo.

Requesting a Superstar!: Karasuma's band is invited by a music producer. It's good news for Karasuma Ooji. However, it's terrible for Tenma. Tenma isn't included because she doesn't know how to play any instrument. The vocals will not do her good, since Ichijou has already occupied this position. Heck she's not even in the band! Moreover, Tenma can't sing. So, Karasuma gives a turtle (yes, a turtle) to Tenma and cheers her up. Tenma tries to decipher what the turtle is about (you got me there). In a twist of fate, Tenma finds out that they should do a play about Sleeping Beauty for the cultural festival, thanks to the turtle.

A Scandalous Restart!: Hanai learns of the rumour regarding Yakumo and Harima. He's critical at first. But when he discovers that Yakumo spent a night over at Harima's place, all hell breaks loose at 2-C... or would it? IMO, episode 27 or episode 1 of School Rumble 2 is a great kick off for the second round of the anime.

episode 26

2006-08-30T22:43:00.000+08:00

episode 26. A Sudden Goodbye

Harima zooms on his motorcycle to submit his entry to the rookie manga artist contest. His motorcycle collides with Eri's limo. Harima, battered and bruised from the accident, asks Eri to deliver his entry to the contest.

Also, Tenma and her pet cat, Iori, switches bodies.

Afterwards, Tenma meets with Karasuma and plans to confess everything to Karasuma on his birthday.

episode 25

2006-08-29T22:34:00.000+08:00

episode 25. Boooo! / Puwaan! / Gyuiin!

Boooo!: The captain of the ship discovers Harima's dreams and returns Harima back to Japan.

Puwaan!: Tenma has no idea what to get Karasuma for his birthday. She asks Harima for help. Hmm... sounds like date, doesn't it?

Gyuiin!: Harima tries to catch up for his submission to the rookie manga artist contest, because he discovered that the deadline is sooner than what he expected. He asks help from Yakumo to finish his manga. On another side, Tenma finally confesses her feelings to Karasuma, and she finds out a shocking truth about him.

jed's diary : injured in the waiting game

2006-08-29T22:28:00.000+08:00

After suffering from frequent problems in school performance, I've decided to file my LOA (Leave of Absence) while waiting a few months before abroad. Yup, the family's going abroad and with, just a little time, my decision to enrol again within the wait is apparently a wrong choice. In the meantime, I feel so useless at home -- useless and bored.

I am writing my novel, blog, drawing concept arts, but this is the first time that I've felt like I need to do something so that I could prove to my family the otherwise. I have to prove them wrong that even if I left for absence at college, I need to show how I really want to exert effort in maintaining my ethos as their child.

I'm currently looking for a part-time job or an offer in the internet to cover up some of my expenses and provide myself the money that my parents won't give rather than necessities.

What's bugging me is that I have no idea what happened to me. I mean, suddenly, I just started flunking like crazy -- even though I've exerted extra effort and time. I am so pissed that I've wasted my time trying to hold the fort. My persistence in the battleground seemed futile and I've ceased doing it because I see no direction. I just don't know why these dilemmas happened.

episode 24

2006-08-28T22:19:00.000+08:00

episode 24. Fretfulness / Hesitation / Wandering

Fretfulness: Rumors are circulating in the school that Harima and Eri are seeing each other. Since Harima knows that he could no longer see Tenma, he asks Yakumo a favor of getting something on his desk and change the "nametag" on it. Yakumo picks up the wrong item, a shirt made from Eri as a present for Harima. Eri notices that her present to Harima got tampered with and thinks that Harima and Yakumo are seeing each other.

Hesitation: It's Karasuma's birthday and Tenma thinks for the ideal present for him.

Wandering: Harima grows his hair back and starts a new life at sea. But, he gets bullied from the crew of the ship boarding.