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Title: The Twin Peaks of High School romance comics
Review: "School Rumble" starts like a standard High School romance comic. Tenma loves Karasuma. Harima loves Tenma. Eri loves Harima. Hijinks ensue. But...then it gets weird.Karasuma is anything but a normal human being. Almost completely expressionless, he dresses like a Kappa (a mythical Japanese water imp) and seems to posses supernatural powers. Harima is a master fighter, but has a hidden secret that he protects violently. Nothing is what it seems.Like most Japanese comics, "School Rumble" takes a while to get into the main story. This first issue is quite a bit of set up, and doesn't have all the elements that the series will grow into. The author, Kobayashi Jin, had the basic plot for the series but hadn't quite hit the tone yet. This early volume is still very, very funny, and had me laughing out loud while reading it.
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