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Review: School Rumble, Vol. 6

School Rumble, Vol. 6 School Rumble, Vol. 6 by Jin Kobayashi
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Meat.
This image made me giggle in a way and for long enough that I actually became light headed. Unfortunately this was were the laughs both started and ended with this volume.

This volume is entirely composed of the Sports Festival, and on-brand unrealistic hijinks ensue. Even though this was not funny, it was still decently entertaining and a nice dose of School Rumble-ness that we all could use every once in a while.

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this in my reviews yet, so I’ll just say it here: I love the way this series was translated and printed in English, and here are my two reasons:

1. There are always like six pages of translation notes at the back of every single volume—which is A LOT—which I love reading along with the story since they give insight into the way the manga was originally written. This makes me feel like I’m getting more of the authentic reading experience that the author intended.

2. After the TNs there are always a few preview pages of the next volume in their original Japanese form!!! This is great for learning Japanese because you have the Japanese text in one volume that you can practice reading, and then the English translation in the next volume which you can use to check your accuracy. Love it.


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