| Just finished watching all the eps, along with my wife, who isn't too fond of anime in general but REALLY liked Toradora. I freely admit I'm more of an anime newbie than most people here, probably--I watched my first anime last year. So maybe my perspective isn't from as "experienced" a point of view as others here. But personally, I thought Toradora was fantastic. Not the "most amazing show ever", but incredibly sweet at times, genuinely funny many times, very "real" most of the time, and fun to watch just about all the time. I found the characters to be compelling, multidimensional, and realistic. The various "on again off again, who's in love with who?" love triangles became a bit trite by the end, but I didn't find the characters themselves to be so. That's not to say that the show didn't have its share of flaws; and even the ending, in my mind, could have been improved a bit. But for what it set out to be, I thought it accomplished very satisfyingly. And I can't imagine someone watching the show and not falling in love with the character of Taiga. What an adorable little spitfire :) Some of her lines and actions were absolutely laugh-out-loud hilarious. Her facial expressions were a tribute to the artists who drew her....just awesome. At the very least the show was unpredictable, and not a little thought-provoking. The initial monologue about the thing that is hidden in the world....I thought that set the tone for a thoughtful look at life and love throughout the series. Well done. |
| I understand that it's not meant for everyone, but from my personal experience with the anime, these are the reasons I loved it: 1) Likable characters, especially the two protagonists. 2) Good quality comedy, no ecchi scenes (or at least none that I can remember) 3) Plot and Character progression. It actually had each progress incredibly well-paced. 4) An amazing cast (both sub and dub, but that's my personal opinion) 5) Great soundtrack. Good opening and ending songs, as well as background music. The only thing I didn't love all that much about it was the ending. I was hoping for a bit of a 5 years later kind of thing, but it wasn't left hanging in the end like quite a few anime. Anyways, those are my reasons for liking the anime. I know why you might feel like the characters were hard to get attached to... I guess you just need a certain taste in characters to like them. |
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| It had the potential to be amazing from the first half, set up a lot of things to be done perfectly, but it was all downhill from there.. |
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FragOutFire said: Why am I a Berserk fan? All I ever experience is pain. We are in the eclipse and Miura has sacrificed us |
| I've always wondered, if not Toradora, who DO people consider to be anime's best rom-com? I normally hate rom-coms but Toradora is still in my top 5 anime period. I'd love to watch whatever beats it though, that'd be one hell of a treat! |
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| Its a decent show but I've seen and read better romance/slice of life anime/manga. I won't say it is amazing but also not complete shit as many people claim it to be. |
Kagami_Hiiragi said: Idc if you think its weird, I have a life and friends and an income of money. |
skyzblue said: Its a decent show but I've seen and read better romance/slice of life anime/manga. I won't say it is amazing but also not complete shit as many people claim it to be. What series do you consider better in the romance/SoL genre? |
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Quirkiness101 said: skyzblue said: Its a decent show but I've seen and read better romance/slice of life anime/manga. I won't say it is amazing but also not complete shit as many people claim it to be. What series do you consider better in the romance/SoL genre? Well, in anime, I consider Honey & Clover and Nana to be the best of romance/slice of life series I've watched up to date. Right after that, there's Planetes (more of a sci-fi sol), Only Yesterday, Yomigaeru sora: rescue wings, Maison Ikkoku, Nodame Cantabile and others. Toradora never clicked with me for some reason. If anything, I found the novel to be significantly better. |
Kagami_Hiiragi said: Idc if you think its weird, I have a life and friends and an income of money. |
Sacrum911 said: It had the potential to be amazing from the first half, set up a lot of things to be done perfectly, but it was all downhill from there.. Pretty much how I felt. That's not to say I hate it by any stretch. I gave it an 8/10, but it's far from perfect. It started off great then the teen romance drama hit hard. I pretty much started to get annoyed with the series after the Student Council arc. Pros: - Taiga is easily one of the best Tsundere's ever, and I personally dislike the trope in general. - Ryuuiji, despite being insanely dense at times, was a very good lead. He realized his feelings much quicker than I expected towards the end of the show. He was also fairly assertive towards the end which is good. - Ami, almost 90% of the reason I stayed till the end. I honestly didn't think I would like her as much as I did when she was introduced. She really grew on me and was easily the best character. - Minorin, loved her; she was indeed the 'Sun' of the group. Funny as hell and overall a well rounded character. Kinda reminded me of Rena from Higurashi for whatever reason. Cons: - The fucking drama got ridiculous towards the end there. Especially during that scene with the valentines chocolate. As well as the one were Ryuuji told his mother off, and then accepted money from his friends to run away. Those two scenes made me want to slap the shit out of both the MC's. - The entire Minorin x Ryuuji business was handled horribly in my opinion. I felt Minorin got shafted hard, and ended up looking like some kind of martyr. Would have preferred if the entire thing had been resolved during the Christmas episode. Instead of dragging on the drama till the end. - Ami's feeling for Ryuuji remained fairly vague, kinda bothered me that he remained oblivious but she seemed to get over it pretty quick. So at least it didn't turn into another melodrama. Though it did bother me that whenever they were having a conversation it was always interrupted. It's a good series but not something I would watch again. Also it reminds me why it is that I don't like romance anime. This kind of thing is really not my cup of tea. Still, though, I don't regret watching it at all. In fact, I'm glad I did. It was a decent show with some memorable moments. |
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tsudecimo said: Likable tsundere Likable male lead Great support cast ( I love Ami) Decent drama Characters are fleshed out and developed Relationships between the characters are interesting ( especially the chemistry between Ami and Ryuji) Comdey that is actually funny Lovable atmosphere A lot of emotional and powerful scenes Nice OP/ED and OST Nice art style and... Those are my reasons for liking Toradora and I consider it special because I watched it really early on, which I guess made me love it since I wasn't used to school romance. I would have given it a 9 if it weren't for that stupid student council arc with all that melodrama and fan-service fight, that was just awful, I hate Kitamura. I think this is perfect explanation why people love this anime. I started this romantic/comedy/drama recently and i didnt even know that this genre hold such a precious gems. I was always for fights, blood etc, but after i watched Clannad it open entire new world. I really like in this one character and plot development Art is great, and you can laught on this humor, not alot but you can. And there is enough drama to make you care about characters. and soundtrack, MY GOD, is just amazing. |
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tsudecimo said: Likable tsundere Likable male lead Great support cast ( I love Ami) Decent drama Characters are fleshed out and developed Relationships between the characters are interesting ( especially the chemistry between Ami and Ryuji) Comdey that is actually funny Lovable atmosphere A lot of emotional and powerful scenes Nice OP/ED and OST Nice art style and... I couldn't have put it better myself. These are the reasons most people love Toradora! |
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| The only romantic anime i watched more than 3 times. |
| SHIT TASTE! It was a slice of life shitty anime with obvious characters that get little to no development. The last episode was the final needle in the coffin. |
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CUZ PEOPLE HAVEN'T SEEN NIGHT ON THE GALACTIC RAILROAD!!! |
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short_review said: I think it's better than most romcoms because - There aren't 5451436543560 girls for 1 guy as if there was only one guy on the planet Even though by the end of the series every one of the main girls likes Ryuuji. |
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| Personally, I don't like Toradora, and it's one of my least liked animes I have ever seen(with Hyouka). I found most of the characters more annoying than funny and the show did not just make me that interested in it. So overall this show was not for me. But I can understand that other people like it, and there seems to be alot of people that like it. |
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| Aisaka Taiga is a tsundere, I usually dont like tsunderes, but Taiga is pretty cute when she is mad. Some people hate her, some people love her. But I dont like the anime too, it's unrealistic. But thats my opinion. |
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| I just finished Toradora! I really enjoyed watch it. I would say that everybody got his proper tastes, so maybe if you think some anime is borring or another one not, this is not the case for everyone. |
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| Toradora! is worst "romantic" anime I ever watched because we have there one MC which love redhead girl only for years (and around 20 episodes of anime in the row) but in the end he just felt with psychological deviation - father complex, we have one little shit which hate everyone and non-stop talking about it in the face, most of all she hate MC and love only her redhead friend but in the end she felt in love with MC just like a baby because of his courtship (oh, and I so "like" that garbage move when around 20 episodes we see her as total scum and then without reason "Oh! She is not so bad person because she sad and sit at home alone and her father is asshole just like she is, and she sent some presents to orphans, Wow! What an angel!), one pseudo positive girl with big psychological problems which don't care about MC but it's become a tragedy for some reason in final (is she just jealous?), one sceptical hypocritical girl which even can't look worse than Taiga no matter how she is trying, but she just like that become a wise-one and gave advices to everyone. And one thing, Taiga is not Tsundere type, she is just a shitty insane person which lacks slap in the face. Character development here is total catastrophy and hackwork, and I even didn't see any humor there, and there is no any logic or typical sequencing. |
Lawgun said: Toradora! is worst "romantic" anime I ever watched because we have there one MC which love redhead girl only for years (and around 20 episodes of anime in the row) but in the end he just felt with psychological deviation - father complex, we have one little shit which hate everyone and non-stop talking about it in the face, most of all she hate MC and love only her redhead friend but in the end she felt in love with MC just like a baby because of his courtship (oh, and I so "like" that garbage move when around 20 episodes we see her as total scum and then without reason "Oh! She is not so bad person because she sad and sit at home alone and her father is asshole just like she is, and she sent some presents to orphans, Wow! What an angel!), one pseudo positive girl with big psychological problems which don't care about MC but it's become a tragedy for some reason in final (is she just jealous?), one sceptical hypocritical girl which even can't look worse than Taiga no matter how she is trying, but she just like that become a wise-one and gave advices to everyone. And one thing, Taiga is not Tsundere type, she is just a shitty insane person which lacks slap in the face. Character development here is total catastrophy and hackwork, and I even didn't see any humor there, and there is no any logic or typical sequencing. 1. You're wrong. 2. Punctuation marks or proper grammar in general would help. |
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| The flow of the story was soooo good and smooth...didnt rush anything took its time,, also its really realistic...u can even compare it to reality and yh it gives u a pleasant feeling watching this anime :) |
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CARR74 said: Is not bad, I liked it, but Taiga destroyed all the love I had for the anime before rewatching it. The problem of the anime is Taiga. Is not the other characters, the story, the ending (though I didn’t like the ending), or the OP/EDs. It’s a pretty funny, sweet and likeable love story. However, that thing we call Taiga, the one who is so mean and annoying with almost everyone that can’t even be called a tsundere (really, Kirino from OreImo is a tsundere; Villeta from Code Geass is a tsundere; Louise from Zero no Tsukaima is a tsundere, but Taiga is NOT a Tsundere), completely ruined the show for me. I wanted Ryuuji to end up with Minori, but I really didn’t care if he didn’t end up with someone at all, AS LONG AS HE DIDN’T END UP WITH TAIGA. Really, I hate Taiga, and I think she was the only reason I didn’t like Toradora as much as I should. But the kiss scene was pretty sweet though. You took the words right out of my mouth. If Minori were the main love interest instead of Taiga, Toradora would've been a much better show than it is. That spunky redhead is nothing short of a goddess and for her to take a secondary role to a disgusting piece of shit like Taiga is just unforgivable. I still love Toradora but my heart aches when I think about what could've been. Goddammit! Ryuuji x Minori would've been a fucking beautiful couple and anyone that says otherwise is a liar. |
| Look toradora dates back to 2008 and I don't think at that point in time there was any romance anime out there which comes close toradora and the recent ones are all cliches full of fan service with few exceptions so that's why I think toradora is a great watch and above all it hits you right in the spot |
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| Taiga alone made this anime trash. One of the worst female leads I have seen..fucking cunt. |
CARR74 said: Is not bad, I liked it, but Taiga destroyed all the love I had for the anime before rewatching it. The problem of the anime is Taiga. Is not the other characters, the story, the ending (though I didn’t like the ending), or the OP/EDs. It’s a pretty funny, sweet and likeable love story. However, that thing we call Taiga, the one who is so mean and annoying with almost everyone that can’t even be called a tsundere (really, Kirino from OreImo is a tsundere; Villeta from Code Geass is a tsundere; Louise from Zero no Tsukaima is a tsundere, but Taiga is NOT a Tsundere), completely ruined the show for me. I wanted Ryuuji to end up with Minori, but I really didn’t care if he didn’t end up with someone at all, AS LONG AS HE DIDN’T END UP WITH TAIGA. Really, I hate Taiga, and I think she was the only reason I didn’t like Toradora as much as I should. But the kiss scene was pretty sweet though. Basically. The anime had potential but Taiga was a bitch and ruined it. The other characters were fun & I liked the soundtrack. |
| Toradora was probably great in its time because how many decent romcoms were there in 2008(?) anyway? But if you look at it now, it wasn't really as good as people thought. It went downhill towards the end. All the ridiculous drama at the end was so over-the-top that it was downright cringey. I especially can't help but roll my eyes when they ran away from home. We have this tsundere who treats Ryuuji like shit and he doesn't do a thing about it because he's probably a masochist. Not to mention, he's incredibly dense like your typical harem mc which is pretty ironic because the show turned into a harem in the end lmfao. We have all the sudden change of hearts when both mcs spent most of the series fawning over another person and then suddenly they realized that they actually loved each other. I kinda get where Taiga was coming from but Ryuuji was so fucking random istg. He was all about Minorin and then suddenly likes Taiga because the bitch liked him. Best girl lost even though it was fucking obvious lmao. |
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BlakexEkalb said: Tohsaka_Rukia said: Toradora was probably great in its time because how many decent romcoms were there in 2008(?) anyway? But if you look at it now, it wasn't really as good as people thought. It went downhill towards the end. All the ridiculous drama at the end was so over-the-top that it was downright cringey. I especially can't help but roll my eyes when they ran away from home. We have this tsundere who treats Ryuuji like shit and he doesn't do a thing about it because he's probably a masochist. Not to mention, he's incredibly dense like your typical harem mc which is pretty ironic because the show turned into a harem in the end lmfao. We have all the sudden change of hearts when both mcs spent most of the series fawning over another person and then suddenly they realized that they actually loved each other. I kinda get where Taiga was coming from but Ryuuji was so fucking random istg. He was all about Minorin and then suddenly likes Taiga because the bitch liked him. Best girl lost even though it was fucking obvious lmao. I mean, maybe it's because Ryuuji is nice and doesn't like treating people (even jerks) like trash? Wasn't a sudden change of heart either, it's called spending time with someone and getting to know them as a person personally. KEKW that Ami was best girl, in your dreams. I literally just said that I knew where Taiga was coming from soooo what exactly are you trying to prove here luv? Yep she is. |
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BlakexEkalb said: Tohsaka_Rukia said: I literally just said that I knew where Taiga was coming from soooo what exactly are you trying to prove here luv? Yep she is. I was talking about Ryuuji. Nuh uh. Then I guess I was right after all. |
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ZeroSN said: They all act the way they do to hide their insecurities, i thought the show made that very clearthe problem with the show is tht nothing actually make sense like why does it seem like its whos babysitting taiga today like homie is a her dad more than her significant other the only ppl who like this show are the same ppl tht dont know wht love truly is Taiga and ryushi only have problems and issues in common they have no hobbies or personalitiy traits in common with one another how can you relate to a whiny brat, and OCD cleaner tht yells at his mom but doesnt yell at a stranger doing the same thing, a two faced diva (thts the only character tht develops thru out the series).. a hyperactive softball nut... or a goody two shoes student??? like how can u say this is true love when shes been disrespecting ryushi the whole series and depends on his complete.. she literally cant do anything herself but haves a monolouge on how she doesnt need anybody??? you can only enjoy a show like this if u are a hardcore anime tsudere type of watcher animes tht are good are ones tht everyone can watch and enjoy its a shame how this is rated so high its quite disgusting |
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