School Rumble

The chapter opens with a soliloquy by Tenma, in which she laments the fact that she and her friends are no longer the "reliable bunch" that they once were. She laments that she is now a student and that she has to deal with "the formal showing a jerk" . Tenma laments how she has been tricked by a "piece of trash" , and she vows to "make sure" that she will never be tricked again. She also laments her inability to express her love for Tenma in a way that would make her feel better. She says that if she were a man, she would "show it in his char but not in his flesh." She then goes on to criticize Tenma for being a "stubborn one," for wanting to "blame anyone else if he died," and for not being able to express his feelings in a straightforward way. She concludes by saying that she would like to go to Tenma's house, but that she does not know if she will be up for it.