She ... is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: Will the boy she likes ever really notice her? He ... is the school’s most notorious juvenile delinquent and he’s suddenly come to a shocking realization: He’s got a huge crush, and now he must tell her how he feels. Life-changing obsessions, colossal foul-ups, grand schemes, deep-seated anxieties, and raging hormones-School Rumble portrays high school as it really is: over-the-top comedy!
With senior year approaching, Tenma and the gang start to panic when they realize they've made no progress in love this past year. There aren't even any school functions left to make memories with Karasuma-kun... So why not make their own? Thus, the first Yagami City Walking Festival is born! Tenma's so excited to be able to walk with Karasuma-kun, but on the day of the festival he's gone! Why?!