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The Best Episodes of School Rumble Season 1

Every episode of School Rumble Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of School Rumble Season 1!

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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
    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!

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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.

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  9. 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.

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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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.

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  13. 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.

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  14. 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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  15. 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.

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  16. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 9 - Manga Tragedy! Older Sister Tragedy! The Big Mr. Kappa Tragedy!
    8.3/10(39 votes)

    S1:E9

    Manga Tragedy!: Harima tries to turn his life around by becoming a manga artist, but his dreams are soon shot down.Older Sister Tragedy!: Harima is then taken in by an older woman named Anegasaki Tae.

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  17. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 20 - It's Gone! This Is Gone Too! Whatever Will We Do!
    8.2/10(35 votes)

    S1:E20

    It's Gone!: Eri accidently cuts off Harima's beard. She tries to apologize to him, but it's not that easy for her.This Is Gone Too!: Harima writes another manga, but he is advised to get a friend to proofread the manga. The problem is that Harima has no friends! Luckily, Harima gets Yakumo to read his manga and help him edit and improve it.

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  18. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 18 - Karen's Love, Still a Long Way to Go! Karen's Love, Little by Little! Karen's Love, And Then...
    8.1/10(33 votes)

    S1:E18

    Karen's Love, Still a Long Way to Go!: Ichijou remembers the date that Imadori promised her, but Imadori doesn't recall it at all.Karen's Love, Little by Little!: Ichijou's date with Imadori has been set, but unfortunately, Ichijou also has a wrestling match on the same day as her date. But, never fear! Tenma's here!

    Director:Unknown
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  19. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 3 - Staring Sketch! Aiming Arrow Letter! Tell Me Pajama Party!
    7.9/10(42 votes)

    S1:E3

    Staring Sketch!: For art class, Tenma must sketch a portrait of her partner, Karasuma, and vice-versa. However, Tenma is too nervous about working with her crush.Aiming Arrow Letter!: Tenma tries to send her love to Karasuma by shooting arrow letters.

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  20. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 6 - Survival After School! The Arrival of Confession Time! The Two of Us in the Hospital!
    7.9/10(41 votes)

    S1:E6

    Survivng After School!: Tenma gets herself locked in the school gym's closet.The Arrival of Confession Time!: Harima now knows that Tenma likes someone, but he doesn't know who that someone is. Harima jumps to the conclusion that the person that Tenma likes is himself. So, he decides to finally confess his love to her.

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  21. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 8 - First Grocery Shopping! First Boxed Lunch! My First Heartbreak! What?
    7.9/10(40 votes)

    S1:E8

    First Grocery Shopping!: Eri goes grocery shopping for the first time. She's buying ingredients for a dinner she is making.First Boxed Lunch!: Tenma makes a boxed lunch with curry inside so that she can eat with Karasuma, since curry is his favorite food.

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  22. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 7 - Pool Cleaning! Pool Riots! Pool Wars!
    7.8/10(40 votes)

    S1:E7

    Pool Cleaning!: Hanai makes Tenma, Harima, and the rest of the class clean the school pool.Pool Riots!: A game of pool hockey is played to decide what Tenma's class is going to do for an upcoming school festival.

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  23. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 1 - Pounding Heart at a New School Term! Struggle with a Love Letter! Zooming on Bicycles!
    7.7/10(60 votes)

    S1:E1

    Punding Heart at a New School Term!: Tsukamoto Tenma is an ordinary girl who is about to enter her second year of high school, hoping to be in the same class with her crush, Karasuma Ooji. On the other side of the coin, Harima Kenji is a delinquent boy who is in love with Tenma, and he wants to be in the same class as her.Struggle with a Love Letter: When Tenma discovers that Karasuma is going to transfer soon, she tries to reveal her feelings for him by writing a love letter. Harima does the same thing and writes a love letter for Tenma.Zooming on Bicycles!: Tenma and Harima try to get closer to the crushes by bicycling to school together.

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  24. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 4 - Pigs Say Oink Oink! Cats Say Meow! Frogs and Kappas Say Ribbit Ribbit Ribbit!
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    S1:E4

    Pigs Say Oink Oink!: It's time for a school field trip. Tenma aims to sit next to Karasuma, whereas Harima wants to sit next to Tenma. Unfortunately, Harima gets on the wrong bus and ends up in a truck full of pigs.Cats Go Meow!: Yakumo tries to care for a stray black cat. She also meets Hanai Haruki, who is deeply in love with her.

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  25. School Rumble Season 1 Episode 2 - Confusing Test! Inescapable Toilet! Impossible Physical Examination!
    7.5/10(50 votes)

    S1:E2

    Confusing Test!: Tenma and Harima are taking an English test, but Tenma forgets to write her name on her paper. If someone doesn't write their name on a test paper, then that person will automatically recieve a failing grade for that test. So, Harima tries to subliminally tell Tenma to write her name before the test is over. Inescapable Toilet!: After using the girl's bathroom, Tenma goes to leave, but she finds Karasuma standing in front of the door. Afraid of being seen coming out of the washroom by Karasuma, Tenma uses bathroom tools to help her escape from the little girl's room undetected.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A Sudden Goodbye" is the best rated episode of "School Rumble" season 1. It scored 9.2/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/5/2005. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "It's Actually The Tea Club... It's The Tea Club, Though... That's Because It Is The Tea Club...".