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School Rumble Band 01 by Jin Kobayashi
**Content**
Tenma is sixteen, sweet, clumsy, always optimistic, and hopelessly in love with Ohji Karasuma. To get his attention, she comes up with all kinds of ideas - from a thick roll of love letters to a wild bike chase. Of course, with so much effort, she doesn't even notice that the rough, motorcycle-riding Harima is crazy about her...
**Cover**
I actually found the cover quite appealing, which is why I bought this manga considering the interesting content text. Unfortunately, it didn't quite meet my expectations. I have to admit that one can really be easily misled by the cover and content.
**Personal Impression**
Tenma is a high school student and quite popular among everyone. Secretly, she is in love with her classmate Ohji, who hardly seems to notice her. However, the rocker Harima has set his eyes on her. While Tenma tries to make eyes at Ohji, Harima in turn tries to gain Tenma's attention. He even tries to break away from his rough image. But all efforts seem to be in vain, because Tenma only has eyes for Ohji and stumbles from one disaster to another in her attempts to confess her love to him... What can I say... This manga didn't deliver what it promised visually from the outside. Actually, I had expected sweet drawings like on the cover, but the content and the drawing style are... let's say they require some getting used to, because it just didn't convince me. For example, Tenma's crush Ohji looks more like a gray mouse and has no distinct features that one could even remotely understand why Tenma likes him so much. And her secret admirer Harima looks more like a serious criminal who wants to harm the girl rather than anything else. The mangaka really manages to depict the character of Harima so gruesomely that he looks more like he's in his mid-50s instead of having the appearance of a high school student. The content of the story is also a matter of personal taste as I see it. The actions that Tenma takes to impress her crush were neither cute nor funny in my eyes, but just embarrassing. One definitely needs a very special sense of humor for this work. For me, however, it's really nothing at all, which is why I'm going to stop this series with the first volume right away.
**Conclusion**
Not my thing, so I don't recommend it.
**Idea: 4/5**
**Characters: 1/5**
**Tension: 1/5**
**Humor: 1/5**
**Drawing Style: 1/5**
**Overall: 2/5**
**Data**
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: TOKYOPOP (October 1, 2005)
Language: German
ISBN-10: 386580361X
ISBN-13: 978-3865803610
Recommended age by the manufacturer: 13 - 16 years
Package dimensions: 18.4 x 12.4 x 1.6 cm
**Content**
Tenma is sixteen, sweet, clumsy, always optimistic, and hopelessly in love with Ohji Karasuma. To get his attention, she comes up with all kinds of ideas - from a thick roll of love letters to a wild bike chase. Of course, with so much effort, she doesn't even notice that the rough, motorcycle-riding Harima is crazy about her...
**Cover**
I actually found the cover quite appealing, which is why I bought this manga considering the interesting content text. Unfortunately, it didn't quite meet my expectations. I have to admit that one can really be easily misled by the cover and content.
**Personal Impression**
Tenma is a high school student and quite popular among everyone. Secretly, she is in love with her classmate Ohji, who hardly seems to notice her. However, the rocker Harima has set his eyes on her. While Tenma tries to make eyes at Ohji, Harima in turn tries to gain Tenma's attention. He even tries to break away from his rough image. But all efforts seem to be in vain, because Tenma only has eyes for Ohji and stumbles from one disaster to another in her attempts to confess her love to him... What can I say... This manga didn't deliver what it promised visually from the outside. Actually, I had expected sweet drawings like on the cover, but the content and the drawing style are... let's say they require some getting used to, because it just didn't convince me. For example, Tenma's crush Ohji looks more like a gray mouse and has no distinct features that one could even remotely understand why Tenma likes him so much. And her secret admirer Harima looks more like a serious criminal who wants to harm the girl rather than anything else. The mangaka really manages to depict the character of Harima so gruesomely that he looks more like he's in his mid-50s instead of having the appearance of a high school student. The content of the story is also a matter of personal taste as I see it. The actions that Tenma takes to impress her crush were neither cute nor funny in my eyes, but just embarrassing. One definitely needs a very special sense of humor for this work. For me, however, it's really nothing at all, which is why I'm going to stop this series with the first volume right away.
**Conclusion**
Not my thing, so I don't recommend it.
**Idea: 4/5**
**Characters: 1/5**
**Tension: 1/5**
**Humor: 1/5**
**Drawing Style: 1/5**
**Overall: 2/5**
**Data**
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: TOKYOPOP (October 1, 2005)
Language: German
ISBN-10: 386580361X
ISBN-13: 978-3865803610
Recommended age by the manufacturer: 13 - 16 years
Package dimensions: 18.4 x 12.4 x 1.6 cm
