I started watching the 2nd season last night and got up to episodes 04. From the get-go for season 2, there definitely has been an up in the romance department. I woke up this morning to continue watching up to episode 07. I think the last 2 episodes have been kinda not so lovey-dovey but good enough for me to have a big grin whilst watching them.
The first 3 eps I watched were by SFW and 4 to 7 have been done by Commie. I have the episodes 8 to 10 by Commie and ep 11 and 12 by HorribleSubs. I feel that Cang-Su might have better video quality than HorribleSubs but I actually have no idea though. Thats why I have requested it at the request thread because they don't have an IRC channel or even a website....just an e-mail address, which kinda sucks.
The manga I believe has about 36 chapters released in Japan, I don't know where to get the RAWs though but 14 chapters have been scanlated but the last release was back in 20th September 2009.......ages ago.
I know many compare this series to School Rumble as its done by the same author and the fact that School Rumble ended and the way it finished......many fans were angry and dissatisifed by it I think. Also the fact that the author instead just decided to continue Natsu no Arashi, many have complained that its not as funny as SR and stuff like that.
For me SR and Natsu no Arashi are completely 2 different mangas. The anime for Natsu no Arashi is just simply awesome and would love SHAFT to make as many seasons for the series as well as get a chance to read the manga up to its latest chapter.
The reason why there is about 36 chapters is because the manga is serialized monthly, whereas, SR was done weekly. Hence, I'm not too sure if there is enough material for perhaps a 3rd season. I think a 3rd season will come but most likely late 2010 or even 2011 and I hope SHAFT make another season of SZS as well.
I'm not going to read ur guys' post just yet and I'll wait till I've at least watched up to episode 10.