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May 17, 2018
Preliminary (57/? chp)
Forget breathy sighs, excessive thought bubbles, and unending miscommunication. Toradora! centers around two relatively straightforward, unconventional leads that inadvertently become best friends. Despite having a combative relationship, Taiga and Takasu agree early on to serve as wingmen for each other in pursuit of the other's best friend. Takasu likes the silly, cute Minori (Taiga's best friend), while Taiga likes the sociable, active Kitamura (Takasu's best friend).

It took me 5-10 chapters to get into the swing of things, but once Taiga and Takasu established their friendship, I found this manga to be delightfully refreshing. I'll agree with other reviewers that there's nothing especially deviant from the genre, but the relationship between the leads is one not commonly seen. Since the main characters are focused on becoming closer to secondaries, the blushing and awkward shoujo tropes are told from a hilarious third-person perspective; so you get to see something like a confession scene with someone else commenting on how terrible it is.

Of course, you have to understand that guys and girls can't be friends, or at least not as close as Taiga and Takasu. Naturally this causes the duo some inexplicable jealousy and longing, which will be fun to watch them figure out.

All in all, I can recommend it with the encouragement to at least read the first 10 chapters.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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