Toradora! Episode 11 Discussion

martyrInReverse said:

I took what he was about to say as realizing that he wanted her to make up with her dad because he knew he wish he could do the same, and vicariously wants to through her and her dad. It is a bit odd though that he only wants her back after his wife and him are through, like Taiga coming back is the 2nd option, and based on how Taiga talks about him as some kind of asshole, he's just bluffing about caring as much as he says he does, I'm not as certain about that part though.

I thought Takasu putting his nose in her family business, and being so aggressive and seemingly-judgmental about it was pretty out of line, but I do think it was coming from a good place, I understand not wanting people to have to go through a crappy family situation like he did, which I assume was his intention since it seemed like he regretted that he couldn't see his at the end of the episode.

Big props to Taiga though for understanding him though, I wouldn't have expected her too, especially when he was kind of being a meanie about it :(. She clearly has a lot of trust in Takasu if she's gonna do something like that just because he said it would be a good idea probably.