School Rumble Ni Gakki 16

Poor poor Harima. That guy never gets a break. Just when he thought he could find time to finish off his manga he gets kicked out of Tenma and Imouto san's house because of another case of mistaken intention. I just love to see how much trouble the writers of this try to get Harima into. He is such a lovable misunderstood character but I also love to watch him suffer. He seems to be crying with frustration about five times and episode lately. Having being put out into the street he is beaten by delinquents and cast out into the cold winter air. Whilst mooching at a train station he meets Suou who takes pity on him and buys him a can of coffee. Learning of his sad story she offers to put him up in the Dojo.

His good fortune does'nt last for long however because he realises that Sawatchika san is also lodging/ hiding out there too, trying to avoid an aranged marriage. His best laid plan is to disguise himself as a worker of some kind (nondescript handyman type uniform) and pretend to be someone else by taking off his trademark shades. After an amusing and typical bathhouse blunder is narrowly averted, somehow Sawatchika and Harima are sent off on a motorcycle trip together by Suou who thinks that the best option is to continue hiding Sawatchika despite the fact that Harima needs to finish his manga (He only did 10 pages) and Sawatchika still has no idea of his true identity. This episode is all about Harima and I think they decided about half way through the first season that this was always going to be the best option. He is unlike any other Anime character I have encountered and his charcter progression right from the start has been a joy to watch. I defie this series to ever put a foot wrong. My only fear is that there will only be ten more episodes before it's over.