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  • Bibliography:
    32 Books
  • First Book:
    February 2006
  • Latest Book:
    August 2017
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Book List in Order: 32 titles



  • SUBTLETY IS FOR WIMPS!

    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...



  • DOWN BUT NOT OUT!

    Harima Kenji has never lost a fight, but his love for the clueless Tsukamoto Tenma is proving to be his greatest challenge. After catching his cherished Tenma-chan and an unexpected rival in a lunchtime tryst, Kenji spirals i...



  • HAVE A NICE DEITY!

    Love (in the form of Tsukamoto Tenma) betrayed Harima Kenji, but he has moved on in an effort to find himself. He’s become a fortune teller who can communicate with animals. Some even mistake him for a helpful deity who wa...



  • SUMMER LOVE SHAKE-UP!

    Cute Tsukamoto Tenma is desperately trying to help juvenile delinquent classmate Harima Kenji win the girl of his dreams: Tenma’s friend Mikoto. But when Tenma hears Kenji say “I love you” to someone else, she begin...



  • AMERICAN INVASION!

    Harima Kenji has tried everything he can think of to attract his cute, but dim, classmate Tsukamoto Tenma. This time he’s grown his beard to enormous lengths. But one snip of the scissors by wealthy beauty Sawachika Eri ru...




  • SLEEPING BRUISER

    Tough-guy Harima takes a nap backstage during the school festival. Unbeknownst to him, his bed is a prop in the stage version of “Sleeping Beauty,” and he is unwittingly about to make his debut as the princess. Fortunately...



  • HAUNTED BY FINALS

    A teacher’s ghost, infamous for preventing students from graduating to the next grade, is haunting Harima. If he’s held back, he’ll never again be in the same class with his beloved Tenma. Does this mean that Harima wil...



  • ARRANGED CHAOS!

    Rich girl Sawachika Eri is being forced into an omiai"a meeting that may well land her in an arranged marriage. Her only hope is to convince the handsome workman she’s just met to join her at the appointment. What she doesn...






  • THE SWEET AND TENDER HOOLIGAN
     
    Kyoto is the capital of Japan’s culture, but the school trip is ruined for bad boy Harima by a band of British hooligans. They’ve captured beautiful Eri, threatened Harima’s beloved Tenma, and challenged o...



  • SUBTLETY IS FOR WIMPS!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...



  • DOWN BUT NOT OUT!Harima Kenji has never lost a fight, but his love for the clueless Tsukamoto Tenma is proving to be his greatest challenge. After catching his cherished Tenma-chan and an unexpected rival in a lunchtime tryst, Kenji spirals into the ...



  • HAVE A NICE DEITY!Love (in the form of Tsukamoto Tenma) betrayed Harima Kenji, but he has moved on in an effort to find himself. He’s become a fortune teller who can communicate with animals. Some even mistake him for a helpful deity who watches ov...



  • SUMMER LOVE SHAKE-UP!Cute Tsukamoto Tenma is desperately trying to help juvenile delinquent classmate Harima Kenji win the girl of his dreams: Tenma’s friend Mikoto. But when Tenma hears Kenji say "I love you" to someone else, she begins to have se...



  • AMERICAN INVASION!Harima Kenji has tried everything he can think of to attract his cute, but dim, classmate Tsukamoto Tenma. This time he’s grown his beard to enormous lengths. But one snip of the scissors by wealthy beauty Sawachika Eri ruins ever...



  • THE REAL RUMBLE!!The school athletics fair is meant to be a celebration of youth and fitness, but personal grudges, haughty attitudes, and long-standing rivalries have turned healthy competition into all-out war! Will Tsukomoto Tenma’s teacher have...



  • SLEEPING BRUISERTough-guy Harima takes a nap backstage during the school festival. Unbeknownst to him, his bed is a prop in the stage version of "Sleeping Beauty," and he is unwittingly about to make his debut as the princess. Fortunately, the prince...



  • HAUNTED BY FINALSA teacher’s ghost, infamous for preventing students from graduating to the next grade, is haunting Harima. If he’s held back, he’ll never again be in the same class with his beloved Tenma. Does this mean that Harima will actual...



  • TWO FOOLS UNDER ONE ROOFHarima Kenji has just received an impossible assignment"to draw 120 pages of manga in a week! With his cousin away on vacation, the suddenly homeless Harima has only one person to turn to: his assistant, Yakumo. But how can ...






  • ARRANGED CHAOS!Rich girl Sawachika Eri is being forced into an omiai"a meeting that may well land her in an arranged marriage. Her only hope is to convince the handsome workman she’s just met to join her at the appointment. What she doesn’t kno...



  • DANGEROUS WATERS!The love of Harima Kenji’s life has made it clear that she will not return his feelings! Brokenhearted, Harima decides to run away and become a fisherman, sailing Japan’s high seas. Once aboard, however, Harima finds himself up a...



  • LOCK AND LOAD!The school festival is coming, and Harima and his cohorts want to present a play. But Hanai’s group is set on a maid café. So the two stubborn parties decide that the only way to come to an understanding is s rumble in the middle of ...



  • SUBTLETY IS FOR WIMPS!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 shock...



  • THE SWEET AND TENDER HOOLIGAN Kyoto is the capital of Japan’s culture, but the school trip is ruined for bad boy Harima by a band of British hooligans. They’ve captured beautiful Eri, threatened Harima’s beloved Tenma, and challenged our hero t...



  • SUBTLETY IS FOR WIMPS! She . . . is a secondyear high school student with a single allconsuming 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 shock...



  • SUBTLETY IS FOR WIMPS! She . . . is a secondyear high school student with a single allconsuming 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 shock...



  • SUBTLETY IS FOR WIMPS! She . . . is a secondyear high school student with a single allconsuming 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 shock...



  • After Sawachika tears the manuscript of his debut manga to shreds before his very eyes, Harima is in the pit of despair...until, that is, he learns the secret reason behind her actions: she loves him! Better yet, Tenma offers to help Harima pen a new...



  • 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 ...






  • After Tenma's opening speech, the Yagami Walking Festival begins! But with Karasuma nowhere in sight, she's sure to be down... wait, she's actually having a lot of fun! Harima has resolved to tell Tenma how he feels, but he's currently handcuffed to ...



  • The Walking Festival is over and everything's hunky-dory... NOT! That emotional finish! Yet nothing worked out! Tenma, in a cola-induced (yes, cola. COLA.) rage, spills her heart. Harima attempts to console her but ends up confessing instead! "I'll m...



  • Tenma travels to America, chasing after Karasuma. Somehow she manages to reunite with Karasuma, but the reality that awaits her is as sad as possible... At the same time, Harima is in the grips of heartbreak. He distracts himself by fighting, but you...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jin Kobayashi has published 32 books.

Jin Kobayashi does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, School Rumble: Volume 22, was published in August 2017.

The first book by Jin Kobayashi, School Rumble, Volume 1, was published in February 2006.

No. Jin Kobayashi does not write books in series.