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The Best Episodes of School Rumble

Every episode of School Rumble ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of School Rumble!

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High school can be hard enough with just academics alone, but when love enters into the picture, it can unravel into a comedy of errors. Tenma has fallen for oblivious Karasama and class delinquent Harima

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    School Rumble Season 1 Episode 26 - A Sudden Goodbye
    9.2/10(45 votes)

    S1:E26

    Harima rushes to enter the rookie manga artist contest. He soon runs into Eri.Tenma and Iori (the black cat) switch bodies!

    Director:Unknown
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  2. School Rumble Season 2 Episode 16 - Don't want to be shackled by anyone! Don't want to go back to school and home! In the tent of darkness!
    9.1/10(29 votes)

    S2:E16

    Harima wakes up all tied up outside the Tsukamoto home.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 16 - It's Actually The Tea Club... It's The Tea Club, Though... That's Because It Is The Tea Club...
    8.9/10(35 votes)

    S1:E16

    It's Actually The Tea Club...: Tenma, her sister, and her girl friends go camping as an activity of the Tea Club. Harima, Hanai, and Imadori soon follow. Harima talks with Yakumo and asks her questions about what Tenma said about him that one day. However, when Tenma sees Harima with Yakumo, Tenma thinks that he is hitting on Yakumo.It's The Tea Club, Though...: Tenma goes into ""Onee-chan Power"" mode and challenges Harima. She plans on pairing up with Harima in the upcoming test of courage and then get into a one-on-one match with him. Harima, however, thinks that this is Tenma's move to confess her love to him.

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  4. School Rumble Season 2 Episode 3 - Beautiful Beast VS Beastly Beauty God of War VS God of Fighting Teacher VS Student
    8.9/10(35 votes)

    S2:E3

    Nakamura is about to shoot Asou, but a snipers bullet causes him to dive out of the way instead.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. School Rumble Season 2 Episode 17 - ...Eri's escape! ...Harima's lullaby! ...The fake bride!
    8.8/10(27 votes)

    S2:E17

    Nakamura sees Eri ride away with Harima, but he cant catch them.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. School Rumble Season 2 Episode 26 - Period.
    8.8/10(25 votes)

    S2:E26

    Harima has his best chance yet to confess to Tenma. There are big news about Karasuma. Yakumo is visited again by the ghost girl, who interrogates her about her feelings for Harima. Flashbacks reveal Yakumo's relationship with Tenma as children, when Yakumo's character was quite different. We learn the importance of the children's book. The third term starts, and Harima has to decide whether to stay at school or not.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. School Rumble Season 2 Episode 6 - Sleeping, Beast Kiss, Impossible Finale
    8.7/10(27 votes)

    S2:E6

    Harima shows Yakumo a part of his manga, where a prince (Harima) has to save a sleeping princess (Tenma).

    Director:Unknown
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  8. School Rumble Season 2 Episode 18 - Sweet trap of part-time work, sweet trap of the classroom, sweet trap of celebrity
    8.7/10(25 votes)

    S2:E18

    Eri tells Mikoto about how she stayed together with Harima under a single blanket at the temple.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 11 - Nara! Karasuma! Harima!
    8.6/10(38 votes)

    S1:E11

    Nara!: Tenma and her girl friends spend the day at a water amusement park, where they meet a group of boys who want to go out with them. One of those boys is Nara Kentarou, who secretly likes Tenma.Karasuma!: On a rainy day, Tenma goes to a bus stop where she meets Karasuma. She worries if Karasuma doesn't like her after that curry incident.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 12 - At The Sea, Help! Naked, Help! Really, Seriously, Help!
    8.6/10(37 votes)

    S1:E12

    At The Sea, Help!: Tenma and the gang head for the beach.Naked, Help!: Harima, naked at the moment, tries to find his swimming trunks, but Eri walks in on him and sees him naked. Harima fears that Eri will mistake him for being a pervert. So, he tries to shut Eri up by grabbing her, but the situation goes from bad to worse!

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  11. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 14 - Have You Seen it Before? Not That Cute, Is She? Please Take Care Of Me!
    8.6/10(33 votes)

    S1:E14

    Have You Seen It Before?: Tenma invites Eri and Mikoto over for a study session. Eri arrives first and asks if Tenma has seen a man's body before, which she did.Not That Cute, Is She?: The friendship between Eri and Mikoto is on thin ice after Eri makes a comment on how Mikoto isn't cute. Meanwhile, Harima gets a part-time job and is now fixing Tenma's air conditioner. Harima also meets Yakumo for the first time.

    Director:Taiki Nishimura
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  12. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 15 - With Summer! With Friends! With Launching Fireworks!
    8.6/10(35 votes)

    S1:E15

    With Summer!: Harima writes another manga, but he soon runs into Eri, who he thinks knows about his manga. Harima meets up with Mikoto, but when Eri catches up to Harima, she thinks that Mikoto is on a date with him. Eri runs off, and Mikoto chases after her.With Friends!: Hanai thinks that Harima hurt Mikoto. The two boys then get into a fight. Meanwhile, Mikoto gets a message that her old tutor, Kouzu, is returning home.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 25 - Boooo! Puwaan! Gyuiin!
    8.6/10(33 votes)

    S1:E25

    Boooo!: The captain of the ship decides to turn the ship around to return Harima back to Japan.Puwaan!: Tenma goes shopping with Harima to buy a present for Karasuma's birthday (since Tenma failed to bake a cake 25 times).

    Director:Taiki Nishimura
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  14. School Rumble Season 2 Episode 15 - Men who have been given up now! Men who are invited! Men who are tested!
    8.6/10(25 votes)

    S2:E15

    Harimas manga actually gets published in place of Karasumas.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. School Rumble Season 2 Episode 25 - Isn't it romantic, Harima? Harima, published in Jingama! Come quickly, Harima!
    8.6/10(24 votes)

    S2:E25

    Harima gets unexpected assistance from Tenma for his manga, increasing their bond. Yakumo remembers a book from her childhood.

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  16. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 13 - Mission 1 is the Cofession of Love! Mission 2 is the Night of Offense and Defense! Mission 3 is Pii-Pyororo!
    8.5/10(32 votes)

    S1:E13

    Mission 1 is the Confession of Love!: Tenma tells Harima that she knows that there is a person on this trip that he likes and that Harima hasn't confessed to that person yet. So, Tenma gets Harima to practice confessing to her, even though she's really the person that Harima secretly loves.Mission 2 is the Night of Offense and Defense!: It's the last night of the beach trip, and everyone is sound asleep, except for some of the boys, who are pretty restless.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 21 - Hanai Strikes Back! Karen Shines! Onee-san, Revisited!
    8.5/10(32 votes)

    S1:E21

    Hanai Strikes Back!: Hanai returns from his training and learns that Harima Kenji has just saved two girls from a gang. Hanai rushes to where Harima was last seen. He finds that an entire gang has been beaten up, but it was not Harima Kenji who did it. Instead, it was.. Harry MacKenzie?Karen Shines!: Lala decides to have lunch with Ichijou, but things go bad when Imadori starts provoking Lala. Also, class 2-D's Harry MacKenzie and Tougou Masakazu challenge class 2-C at the upcoming sports festival.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 23 - The Women's War! The Men's War! The War Is Over...
    8.5/10(35 votes)

    S1:E23

    The Women's War!: It' the women's relay race, and Eri is participating. But, will her injury from the Kibasen event affect her running?The Men's War!: The last event of the sports festival is the men's relay race. 2-D is currently winning with a score of 245 points. 2-C's boys need to win this event if they want to defeat 2-D.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. School Rumble Season 2 Episode 2 - Strategy Battlefield Comrades
    8.5/10(29 votes)

    S2:E2

    Strategy: Class 2-C is the only class that hasn't decided on what to do for the upcoming Cultural Festival. Should they do a cafe or a theatrical play (or even a swimsuit sumo wrestling competition)? What's the best way to decide? Why, play a survival game, of course (which was proposed by Takano Akira)!

    Director:Unknown
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  20. School Rumble Season 2 Episode 4 - Theatrical Ideas! Bath House Ideas! Rice Ball Ideas!
    8.5/10(26 votes)

    S2:E4

    Since everyone in class has ideas for the play, Mai and Yuuki makes each person write it up, on the condition that they cant include themselves.

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  21. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 10 - Please God! Please! Real Animal Fortune Telling! Please! Tenma-chan!
    8.4/10(39 votes)

    S1:E10

    Please God!: Mikoto injures her hand after a day of martial arts practice. She prays to God for her hand to get better so that she can write for a test. A person who looks like God comes and solves her problem. That person can also tell fortunes with his many animal friends. The God look-alike is in fact Harima!Please! Real Animal Fortune Telling!: Tenma runs off after learning how Karasuma prefers curry over her. Harima chases after Tenma to confess his love to her.

    Director:Taiki Nishimura
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  22. School Rumble Season 1 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!
    8.4/10(33 votes)

    S1:E17

    Giraffe's Feeling in the Peak of Summer!: Yakumo and the tea club take care of one of Harima's animal friends, a giraffe named Pyotr. Later, a young boy runs away from home and seeks shelter in Tenma and Yakumo's home.A Panic Party in the End of Summer!: Harima, Yakumo, and the tea club decide to move all of Harima's animal friends to the Yagami temple. However, Harima and the gang will have to deal with a news team to keep the animals from getting captured.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 19 - Dream of Art! Pray to God! And Wish Upon a Star!
    8.4/10(34 votes)

    S1:E19

    Dream of Art!: There is news circulating through the school about Itoko being a model for an art exhibit, and the theme is nudity! Of course, all the guys are excited about this, except for Harima and Hanai. But, when they hear about Tenma and Yakumo helping out the art exhibit, they get fired up too!Pray to God!: Yakumo takes part in a mock wedding ceremony as the bride, and Hanai is the groom. Harima hears about this, but he thinks that it's Tenma who's the bride. So, Harima and Hanai get into another fight.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 22 - The War Has Started! Intense Kibasen! This Is Super Chaotic!
    8.4/10(33 votes)

    S1:E22

    The War Has Started!: The sports festival has begun! Class 2-C has won a lot of events, putting them in first place. 2-C is currently one point ahead of 2-D, and the last two events are the Kibasen and the Baton Race.Intense Kibasen!: 2-D and 2-C's performance in the Kibasen event forces the other classes to use unorthodox methods to win.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 24 - Fretfulness Hesitation Wandering
    8.4/10(33 votes)

    S1:E24

    Fretfulness: There are rumors going around the school about Harima and Eri dating each other. Since Harima knows that he no longer has a chance with Tenma, he asks Yakumo to get something from off his desk and change the nametag on it. The thing was supposed to be Harima's love story, but Yakumo accidently picks up a shirt that was meant to be a present for Harima from Eri, who ends up thinking that Yakumo is dating Harima.Hesitation: Karasuma's birthday is coming up soon. So Tenma tries her best to bake a cake for him.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"A Sudden Goodbye" is the best rated episode of "School Rumble". It scored 9.2/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/5/2005. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Don't want to be shackled by anyone! Don't want to go back to school and home! In the tent of darkness!".