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| Feck this episode. seriously... Feck it. I was minding my own business, watching Toradora rather because it's a "must" than because I really like it... And BAM!... this episode. Now I fecking love it. Now I have to cope with all this fecking feels without wich I was completely happy. God, I love this shit... |
GLORIA FORTIS MILES |
| simple take on love complications, just nice.... this has been the episode of the show, game changer |
| This was expected, and I still hated it. Poor Minorin 'till the end. Although I felt sad because of Taiga's Christmas tree. |
softwary said: God dammit. Fuck Taiga and fuck this show. Taiga ruins everything for Ryuuji and Minorin. couldn't agree more. this episode ruins my expectation. I just hate it. I don't know why people really like Ryuuji x Taiga, but I'm more to Ryuuji x Minorin or Ryuuji x Ami, and Taiga x Kitamura. |
| If I were Ryuuji, I would have seriously no clue on how to handle the situation. Choose one, and the other will be hurt. And I absolutely hate having to choose between people. |
| 3rd time watching and 3rd time brought to tears. This episode, honestly. I mean, you could see it coming but it's still awesome. |
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| Oh god. This episode got me all teary. |
Abyhape said: softwary said: God dammit. Fuck Taiga and fuck this show. Taiga ruins everything for Ryuuji and Minorin. couldn't agree more. this episode ruins my expectation. I just hate it. I don't know why people really like Ryuuji x Taiga, but I'm more to Ryuuji x Minorin or Ryuuji x Ami, and Taiga x Kitamura. I don't think I can ever understand people rooting for Ryuuji and Minori. I mean, honestly, she's the most annoying character of the show. As for Ami, she is the best, that's for sure, and her being with Ryuuji would be cool, but things would have to have happenned differently from the very start. |
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| Christmas Eve episode on Christmas Eve!!! Holy,holy,night. Ryuuji going to see Taiga so she wouldn't have a lonely Christmas was so sweet (biggest grin on my face throughout that spinning hugging scene,such happiness). Taiga crying ;____; "The one beside Ryuuji won't be me...I don't want that." Taiga finally realizing her feeling for Ryuuji. "Ryuuji...Ryuuji...Ryuuji..." Rie Kugimiya,perfect.Such feels. Minorin rejecting Ryuuji so she won't take him away from Taiga (FINALLY OTP TIME!!!) |
VanishingKiraDec 24, 2014 2:34 PM
| And I'm back rewatching the Christmas episodes. Oh boy, what a bittersweet episode. |
softwary said: God dammit. Fuck Taiga and fuck this show. Taiga ruins everything for Ryuuji and Minorin. Yes, this. Yes. I understood this was probably gonna happen and it was kinda the whole premise of the story and why I watched it. But after all the developments they made between Ryuuji and Minorin and the character developments they made with Taiga this was a huge middle finger to the face of everything. End rant. |
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| Oh dear, I actually got teary eyed. Ryuuji being Santa for Taiga was JUST TOO CUTE. The song with KitaEri and Rie Kugimiya was really good. I like how they switched roles in the song between the insert song in the episode and the ED. |
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| Am I missing something? When did she start liking Ryuuji? |
| Oh fuck I´m crying here just now. This was way too good episode. |
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| wow, this so cheesy |
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| I had a feeling Taiga would only hurt herself in this love triangle that is going on. I'm fairly certain both Taiga and Ami both love Ryuuji, but don't want to hurt each other because they are best friends. It's pretty painful because I'm sure Ryuuji's feelings are really mixed as well. |
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| Seems like Taiga selfishness ruined Ryuuji x Minori. It seems unlikely, but still not too late for Ami, Ryuuji. |
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KY791 said: I demand a remake with Minorin as the main protagonist ;_;. ^ this. Like I said I dont like where this is going .... |
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| Ryuuji as Santa was so adorable <3 And Taigaaa awwwwws. This was too aws and cute and kawaii. |
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| RYUUUUJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ;_; Taiga's Christmas tree looks like ass. btw, now that it's confirmed all three girls have a thing for Ryu, this series is officially lowkey harem. |
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| Very nice episode, one of the best ones so far! The song was great, and the scene with Santa afterwards too. I for one think her realization wasn't so sudden, those tears were triggered exactly by Ryuuji's kindness and caring for her all the time, the scarf was just catalyst. Though it's also true it would be a lot, lot better if it was Ryuuji who actually rejected Kushieda in the end, not cockblocking Taiga crying on the street. This way it felt like she was forced into rejection. But it's only fitting that Kushieda went to Taiga's house first. She also have Taiga on the first place in her mind and she couldn't possibly have fun on the party when Taiga went home. But sadly she saw what she saw there. Her feelings aside, I think she realized there that Taiga would be always first for Ryuuji too. Though she also didn't give him a proper chance to get her know better so it's kinda sad. I hoped they will at least go as far as to mutual confession. They deserved at least this. But I guess those type of things are happening in the real life too. But she would be most likely heartbroken and unable to talk to him for some time now. Cause Taiga literally gave her false hope when sending her to the party. Poor Ryuuji, he can't possibly understand what's in her head when she rejected him. So, with their stories done Minorin and Kitamura are now out of the way and ending romance can begin. |
Mich666Sep 15, 2015 6:01 PM
| What an emotional episode, I loved every minute of it! The Santa scene was really really cute and Taiga realizing her feelings was so sad. 5/5! |
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| Finally... Took long enough to get to this point. I really wanted to go the Ami route, but guess not :( |
| I expected more of the drama's effect on me, kind of disappointed. I guess I have to play the VN game for Takasu x Midorin ship. |
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| Really dissalointed..i mean its really annoying and childish that they feel love for a lot of people and make them feel confused i mean this girl liked the guy with the glasses and out of the sudden she likes the protagonist and the red head girl instead of talking like a woman and tell him " yeaah i love yourr dumby scary little eyes you dumbass I LOVE YOU but i want my annyoing friend to be with u she talks about ufos and monsgers..and this ryuji salamandra acts like he doesnt get anything?.he could already hook up the 3 girls..btw i ship this man with the girl with blue hair,.she is really mature sexy and she teases so beautifully..she is so smart..how can he turn her so easily down? I mean cmon man..you have the chance in front of you and u keep chasing an annoying softball little girl..man up bro..and make right decisions. |
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| Oh... my.... god.... this got to me. What an episode. |
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| Hah, I'm watching this show for the first time and I'm really glad I got around to it! Beautiful episode, so far the biggest highlight for me - quite a few tears were shed. |
| Realization of love on Christmas Eve... check. |
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| Oh,I was right about Taiga ^^ At the beginning I was rather skeptical about this series, but... Yeah, I see why it is hyped. I'm rooting for you Taiga :) [which is rather unusual for me rooting for this type of character] |
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
These kids... who understand them? This became a total mess of feelings. What will happen? Bah, why do I ask? We all know what's gonna happen. Yeah, I find weird that Taiga falls for him but it also has its logic but her behavior towards him is not that consistent... I think it's more egoist than... bah, whatever. I don't really get it xD I just know since ep 1 that they would end up together so, let's go with it! In the end, Yuri sensei is right. If you see something you want, take it immediately. CrazyRomance said: I agree on almost everything you say but, Ami with Ryuuji is never gonna happen since it's a one way affection. Ryuuji is not interested in her. On the contrary, Minori with Ryuuji is a two way affection, even Taiga and Ryuuji but we know the cliché is powerful and which is gonna be the main couple.Really dissalointed..i mean its really annoying and childish that they feel love for a lot of people and make them feel confused i mean this girl liked the guy with the glasses and out of the sudden she likes the protagonist and the red head girl instead of talking like a woman and tell him " yeaah i love yourr dumby scary little eyes you dumbass I LOVE YOU but i want my annyoing friend to be with u she talks about ufos and monsgers..and this ryuji salamandra acts like he doesnt get anything?.he could already hook up the 3 girls..btw i ship this man with the girl with blue hair,.she is really mature sexy and she teases so beautifully..she is so smart..how can he turn her so easily down? I mean cmon man..you have the chance in front of you and u keep chasing an annoying softball little girl..man up bro..and make right decisions. Yiuumii said: I hope the main couple didn't ruin the anime for you guys since, despite that, the show is still good. At least I still like it.KY791 said: I demand a remake with Minorin as the main protagonist ;_;. ^ this. Like I said I dont like where this is going .... |
HumbertoZeroNov 27, 2016 10:45 AM
| I was watching this again because of this being close to Christmas. You have to have a heart of stone to not love this series, especially this episode. |
| What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about? |
| That was it? This was the big episode that I've heard so much about? Wow, talk about a let down. I'm suppose to care about Tiaga and her feelings? Well I don't, she's annoying and a asshole. I don't care that she has family problems or that she likes Ryuuji. When she's that big of a tsundere I couldn't care less about her. Their Christmas song wasn't even as good as Mean Girls, so basically I didn't like this episode all that much. |
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| that time of year again i need to start collecting more anime Christmas episodes this is the first one that comes to my mind |
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| I think everyone seems to forget the song and miss the message that Taiga and Ami are singing. The smiles are abound and it's time to make your wish. Feels like Christmas after watching this. :) English Lyrics http://wakarenokyoku.blogspot.com/2013/12/holy-night-english-lyrics-toradora.html English Cover - A damn good one at that. One of my favorite X-mas songs actually. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMw8Ef0C4sc |
| I just... can't... Although I'm watching this series for the second time, seeing crying Taiga was even more painful for me than the first time I saw it... ;( |
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| I can't believe no one gets the happy ending today. That's heart breaking. |
| I reject your reality, and substitute my own. |
| Poor Taiga, I don't want to see her sad. |
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| "The will to live is stronger than anything else" |
CrazyRomance said: Really dissalointed..i mean its really annoying and childish that they feel love for a lot of people and make them feel confused i mean this girl liked the guy with the glasses and out of the sudden she likes the protagonist and the red head girl instead of talking like a woman and tell him " yeaah i love yourr dumby scary little eyes you dumbass I LOVE YOU but i want my annyoing friend to be with u she talks about ufos and monsgers..and this ryuji salamandra acts like he doesnt get anything?.he could already hook up the 3 girls..btw i ship this man with the girl with blue hair,.she is really mature sexy and she teases so beautifully..she is so smart..how can he turn her so easily down? I mean cmon man..you have the chance in front of you and u keep chasing an annoying softball little girl..man up bro..and make right decisions. HumbertoZero said: These kids... who understand them? This became a total mess of feelings. What will happen? Bah, why do I ask? We all know what's gonna happen. Yeah, I find weird that Taiga falls for him but it also has its logic but her behavior towards him is not that consistent... I think it's more egoist than... bah, whatever. I don't really get it xD I just know since ep 1 that they would end up together so, let's go with it! In the end, Yuri sensei is right. If you see something you want, take it immediately. CrazyRomance said: I agree on almost everything you say but, Ami with Ryuuji is never gonna happen since it's a one way affection. Ryuuji is not interested in her. On the contrary, Minori with Ryuuji is a two way affection, even Taiga and Ryuuji but we know the cliché is powerful and which is gonna be the main couple.Really dissalointed..i mean its really annoying and childish that they feel love for a lot of people and make them feel confused i mean this girl liked the guy with the glasses and out of the sudden she likes the protagonist and the red head girl instead of talking like a woman and tell him " yeaah i love yourr dumby scary little eyes you dumbass I LOVE YOU but i want my annyoing friend to be with u she talks about ufos and monsgers..and this ryuji salamandra acts like he doesnt get anything?.he could already hook up the 3 girls..btw i ship this man with the girl with blue hair,.she is really mature sexy and she teases so beautifully..she is so smart..how can he turn her so easily down? I mean cmon man..you have the chance in front of you and u keep chasing an annoying softball little girl..man up bro..and make right decisions. I hope the main couple didn't ruin the anime for you guys since, despite that, the show is still good. At least I still like it. seems u both have been blind that u say it happened suddenly, they have showed that they love each other before, example at the Pool what Taiga yelled don't touch my Ryuuji, she later found excuse for it & said i mean hes my dog after all & also how Ryuuji comes her rescue when she needs him & second i don't think she ever loved Kitamura that way, i think it wasn't more then childish crush or admiration that she mixed up with love, u know sometimes it happens with ppl they think they are in love with that person & later discover they just admired that person & they really love some1 else Also when Taiga Confessed to Kitamura at early in the anime its was more like saying i like Ryuuji then i like Kitamura & also despite the rumors Ryuuji said he wants to stand by her side, but the way he did it was also like telling her a like u i am starting to like u romantically bur ur not the only blind one i have seen more blind ppl with this anime + other anime's where ppl say how come she fell for him out of the blue & i am like WHAAAAAAAAT, its bit irritating XD |
| Damn why she gotta arrive at that timing why. |
| Unless Minori had to walk right past Taiga's apartment/Ryuuji's place to get to the party, I'm pretty sure she was going there to check up on Taiga first, and that she was still unconvinced Taiga didn't have feelings for Ryuuji. Pre-existing infatuations can make people very blind and sometimes they'll only realise how they feel about someone else in a situation where they either fear losing them or have reason to be jealous. Both the MC's have had that moment recently and it seems like Minori and Ami have pretty much burned their own ships. Which is probably better than either of them getting more involved and hurt in the end. I still really hope they both end up with someone they can depend on by the end of this too though, rather than just being gradually written out |
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