Reviews

The first time I watched this, I watched it in dub. But for the first episode, I watched in sub, then by accident moved to dub in the second episode but the thing is, I didnt even realise! That has never happened to me before (with the exception of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood) for me to watch a show and not realise the language is being spoken in a completely different language from the previous episode! Thats all I can say about the voice acting, it THAT good! The voice actors nail their roles so well in the dub that I cant choose which is better, the dub or the sub? I have watched this show about 4 times now. each time I change from sub to dub or vice versa depending on which one I watched through last (I cant remember).

As for story, there is no other romance anime (and trust me, I have watched a LOT) that has given the main cast so much character development over the entirety of the show as well as Toradora. The story is about how the two main characters try to help each other get with the people they are in love with. And through that main aim, they spend time together, forming a friendship and a better understanding for one another. The show starts off with a more comedic focus to the plot, but that drastically changes in the second half when focusing on the two main characters conflicting desires and confusions within their feelings. Each arc in this show are great (with the exception of Kitamura's two or three episode delinquency, imo at least)! And all of them impact the main characters greatly in the long run e.g. Someones perception on a certain character might change or a realisation of how hopeless a certain situation regarding love is might occur (idk, these are just examples, I'm tired. don't judge me).

As for animation, it's fairly above average. With the various surprise increases in quality here and there e.g. the fight scenes. The art style does compliment the animation though, making it pure eye candy a lot of the time. Of course, it does have it's drop in quality in the less important scenes but seriously, every anime has that.

Since this is my first ever review, I might have missed some stuff to talk about and since it's late at night and I'm tired, it's getting hard to think coherently so I apologise if this review isnt very helpful to you. But I spent a good 20 minutes writing this review, so I'm gonna copy paste this on myanimelist lol (I did, yay).

Overall, this anime is a must watch, especially for romance fans like myself. 5 stars, 10/10 for me.