It is gentle and sweet.
If everyone could see it they would probably fight for it.
Thats why no one has seen it...
The world hid it so that no one can get their hands on it easily...
However, someday, someone will find it."
This a story school life story about a boy meet girl only with a twist. the boy has a friend which the girl likes and the girl has a friend which the boy likes, thus beginning a heartwarming epic about the lives of the boy and girl and everyone around them.
Often times people are misunderstood and get bad first impressions but for those who are willing to see through those misunderstandings await rewards that may be incomparable to anything else in the world. This is a main driving point for the story which will tie into the very first and last lines of this anime and after watching will leave u touched in ways your average animes cannot.
Ryuuji Takasu, an intimidating looking boy in love with Minori and whose best friend is Aisaka Taiga a short but vicious girl finds out that Taiga likes his best friend Kitamura and after a midnight assassination attempt by Taiga, works together so that their loves can be fulfilled. As the story progresses not only do they not get any progress, but they begin to realize their feelings for each other as they spent most of their time together.
Plot development and character development is ongoing and through the course of these 25 seemingly short episodes, you will find that there is absolutely no fillers and that the characters are unique, funny, and heartwarming to watch. Everyone in a sense will get their mini arcs which consist of an episode or two but the main focus as you will notice is how the feelings for Taiga change over the course of the anime. As the story progresses, you will become attached to all the characters with feelings for everyone of them for all these characters are far from being recycled material.
Plots and characters aside, Toradora also has a very catchy and addictive opening and ending tracks which are inserted perfectly to provide transitions into the start of an episode as well as transitioning into the end. Because of this, episode intros and endings are not abrupt which contributes into the overall enjoyment as well as leaving you wanting more (especially if you were watching it when it was being released weekly).
If you managed to read this far and asked yourself, "do i want to watch this?" my reply is that you most likely do. This story is not all about romance since it deals with family situations and that not everyone is content in life. To be more in depth, this is a more realistic romance story even if its superficial at some points, but overall is an anime you cannot put down once you start.
