School Rumble, Vol. 4

スクールランブル [Ｓｃｈｏｏｌ Ｒｕｍｂｌｅ] #4

by Jin Kobayashi

SUMMER LOVE SHAKE-UP!

Cute Tsukamoto Tenma is desperately trying to help juvenile delinquent classmate Harima Kenji win the girl of his Tenma’s friend Mikoto. But when Tenma hears Kenji say “I love you” to someone else, she begins to have serious doubts about Kenji’s loyalties. Now, in an abandoned school in the middle of the woods on a rainy night, Tenma is ready to confront him one-on-one about his infidelities. Little does she know that she has totally misread the situation, and that the love-crazed punk has actually developed a hopeless crush on her!

Genres: Manga, Romance, Comics, Comedy, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Young Adult

181 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 2004

About the author

Jin Kobayashi 小林尽 is a mangaka. His most famous work so far is School Rumble,
He began drawing manga seriously during his college years, and won the Weekly Shonen Magazine's Rookie Award in 2001.

Reviews

[Galadrielė · Rating 4 out of 5]

☆4/5☆

▪Plot 3.5/5
▪Details 3.5/5
▪Characters 4/5
▪Romance 4/5
▪Logic 4/5
▪Artwork 5/5
▪Enjoyment 3.5/5

Sadly, it went down a bit.. Fingers crossed, it will get better ^.^

[Elizabeth (Elzburg) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume was good since it was still funny and the situations still entertaining, however the quality of these has decreased since the last volume. Basically: The giggles came far and few between. Since the two main characters in this series (Tenma and Harima) are bona fide idiots, misunderstandings are inevitable, which is perfectly fine and can lead to funny gags. The problem with this volume, however, was that Kobayashi took these gags too far and stretched them out way too long to the point where the whole thing just became annoying. The particular misunderstanding didn’t last the whole volume, at least, so basically every other part of this volume except for the last annoying part of that misunderstanding was entertaining.

These reviews are getting shorter and shorter the deeper I get into this series... But no one really cares, so it's alright ha ha, ha... ha...


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[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This mangas pretty awesome and hard to stop reading 📖^.^ and I’m pretty hooked😻😁👌💕

[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars

[Conan Tigard · Rating 4 out of 5]

School Rumble: Volume 4 is another fun-filled volume of this highly entertaining manga series. I do love Kenji Harima the best of all the characters in this series. My problem with all the girls is that I keep getting them all confused with each other. Half the time I don't know who anybody is because some of them look just like the other girls. Then one of them cuts her hair and I have no idea who she is. Oh well, I guess it only really matters if I know who the main characters are.

As for the stories, they are all light and fun, although I didn't like when Eri thought Tenma was talking about sex when she was really talking about wrestling. In my mind, since the book is intended for 13 and older, I don' think sex should be mentioned at all. The artwork is great, as usual. The translation and adaptation could use some polishing, though. It doesn't flow as smoothly as it should.

Overall, School Rumble: Volume 4 is a great and funny manga book that made me smile a lot as I was reading it. Will Harima ever get to declare his love for Tenma? And if he does, will she believe him? Maybe we will get to find out the answer to these questions in School Rumble: Volume 5. I hope so, but I think that Jin Kobayashi will drag this out as long as possible.

I rated this book an 8 out of 10.

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 4 out of 5]

#Program BUBU

Pertama dibaca 19 November 2009.

[Marielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Young unrequited love so painful haha soo true!

[Roselyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh, Harima.

[Ruben · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un tomo con muchísimas situaciones graciosas, Harima tiene un encuentro más cercano con la chica que le gusta después en un día se campamento, en este número existen muchísimas vueltas en la trama, detalle se lo vuelve muy atractivo

[Josephine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still hilarious as ever!

[Anto Tilio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hasta el momento fue el volumen que más me gustó y entretuvo. Adoro los extras al finas de cada tomo con fichas de los personajes y las características de cada uno, son lo más genial de School Rumble.