School Rumble

Tsukamoto-chan's sisterI’ve been following another scanslated manga while waiting from Tenjo Tenge volume 10 to hit the streets (which is has now). School Rumble is its name, and though you wouldn’t know it by the title, it is not a high school fighting manga at all.

It follows a young high school student’s crush on one of her classmates, and another classmate who has a crush on her. It is reminiscent of Azumanga Daioh in its silly slice-of-life comedic style, but with a heavy romantic-interest approach to things. It is being translated by the uninterestingly-named Manga Inc, which describes this work as “Just some sloppy scanlated manga.” Their translation is rife with minor grammatical and spelling errors, but this title is a gem in the rough. In the interest of not encouraging usenet binaries spamming, I have placed a temporary http archive of this title in my webspace. Please do not be alarmed when I remove it in the near future: I like this title a lot, but am not in the business of fansub distribution.

5 thoughts on “School Rumble

  1. pc85

    im actually following school rumble also, but i dont understand what the “b01” “b02” chapters are. i have volume 1 and 2, are the ones with “b” next to it supposed to be volume 3?

  2. Burrowowl

    b01 and b02 are from volume 1. They are simply side stories.

    b03, b04, and b05 are all from volume 2, and are again just side stories.

    b06, b07, and b08 are from volume 3. I haven’t seen a translation of b08 yet, but it is listed in the table of contents for volume 3.

  3. Tau

    I read the 3 volumes. This stuff is great! My friend bought me the first volume when he was visiting Japan, the art alone captured my interest. Hope you can get your hands on the 4th (if it’s released).

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