Toradora

Clockwork · August 18, 2009, 3:19am

Why aren’t you all out there, watching this right now. >:(
I am disappoint.

urza · August 18, 2009, 3:28am

Toradora!'s story begins with the male protagonist Ryūji Takasu who is frustrated at trying to look his best as he enters his second year of high school. Despite his gentle personality, his eyes make him look like an intimidating delinquent, so he is utterly hopeless about his chances of getting a girlfriend anytime soon, and does not have many close friends either. After being greeted by his hungover mother in the morning, Ryūji goes to school and is happy to find that he gets to be in the same class with his best friend Yūsaku Kitamura and a girl he has a crush on, Minori Kushieda. However, it is then that he unexpectedly knocks into “the school’s most dangerous animal of the highest risk level”—Taiga Aisaka—who just happens to also be in his class, and is a good friend of Minori.

Taiga has a negative attitude towards others and will not hesitate to snap at people. After meeting Ryūji, she takes an instant dislike of him. Taiga comes from a rich family, but she has moved out to live on her own due to family issues. She is coincidentally living in an apartment next to Ryūji’s. When Ryūji discovers that Taiga has a crush on Yūsaku, and Taiga finds out about Ryūji’s affections towards Minori, Ryūji suggests that they cooperate to win the objects of their affections. Taiga exploits the fact that Ryūji will do anything to get closer to Minori. She makes him her personal servant, getting him to do all her household chores (cooking and cleaning). Taiga spends a lot of her time over at his house, so much that she could almost be considered a member of his family. Since Ryūji spends a lot of time with Taiga, he has opened up to her world and to a side of her that most people do not see. The two also try to help each other improve the way people view them. However people they know from school start to become curious about their strange relationship and rumors begin to spread about them behind their backs.

a) Had never heard of it before
b) Not my style

gllt · August 18, 2009, 3:28am

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HandupOnYoHip · August 18, 2009, 4:25am

I assumed i’d seen it, then after reading the descrip realized I havn’t.

Name sounds like 50 other anime shows out there. Of the wierd cutesy persuasion (Puripuri,pooni,tora etc.).

RileyFiery · August 18, 2009, 4:44am

Palm something Lion. I forgot …

Anyway, it’s pretty decent. Sometimes funny, sometimes sappy.

Koroshiya · August 18, 2009, 5:43am

The title equals out to be “Tiger x Dragon.” It stems from “Tora” which is “Tiger.” And Dora, which is the first half of “Dragon” written in Katakana; “Do-ra-go-n”.

Personally, Toradora is one of my favorite shows. Good drama, amazing story and even more amazing character development.

Inko-chan!!!

HandupOnYoHip · August 18, 2009, 10:32am

Yeah, I started watching it tonight. Good call

urza · August 18, 2009, 12:00pm

Hmm, i’ll look into it

RileyFiery · August 18, 2009, 12:07pm

What I was talking about would be the nickname
they called her.
It’s something like Palm Top Tiger or Lion, I can’t recall.

It’s a pretty good anime.

Agret · August 18, 2009, 12:19pm

Me also.

LoakeyRonso · August 19, 2009, 7:19am

your talking about me . last new anima i watched was called Popotan , man was that one strange . something about time traveling sister’s and a house .

HandupOnYoHip · August 19, 2009, 1:08pm

Kemeko Deluxe!

Spooon · August 19, 2009, 1:22pm

No, he isn’t.

LoakeyRonso · August 19, 2009, 2:28pm

well he may not have ment it but he did . i got so burned out seeing the same old plot twist that i stopped watching anima . now i only pay attention to bleach and naruto but im about tired of that too . same old same old .

Beholder · August 19, 2009, 8:55pm

That’s because it has more fillers than actual episodes.
Even Gintama doesn’t have that many god damn fillers.

Seriously, first season of Naruto had 300 episodes of fillers or something? Or 100 in a row? I forget.

LoakeyRonso · August 20, 2009, 7:20am

yep , thats why i read the manga rather then the show .

HandupOnYoHip · August 20, 2009, 10:07pm

Some fillers are good… raaaarrely. As blasphemous as that sounds.

On that note, woulda been cool to see more episodes after 25 for toradora (watched it in 2 days… shoot me now)

Koroshiya · August 21, 2009, 5:51am

Yeah. And the abruptness of the “closure” had me a bit upset. I’m not usually one for dramas, but Toradora easily made its way to my top 10.

HandupOnYoHip · August 21, 2009, 9:42am

He just dug the short girls. They put a bounce in his moshpit.