Reviews

Feb 15, 2011
All 10s. Biased reviewer?

I think not.

What I like about ToraDora is that it is character driven and that our beloved main characters actually have a goal... What's interesting is how they mature by trying to reach that goal. Ironically, they become mature enough to forget about that goal (in case you were wondering, that goal is RyujixMinorin and TaigaxKitamura). Or, not "forget" but they move on.

The two main characters are not the only ones developing. Minorin is a character driven by a motto: create happiness for yourself, and don't let anyone make your happiness for you. That gets you thinking, because if one would follow such a motto for the rest of their life, they would end up in loneliness because they wouldn't accept anyone's help.

Ryuji and Taiga's relationship is very much like partners in crime in the first part, but then they get to understand each other more. Ryuji turns out to be straightforward, but Taiga likes to go roundabout (e.g. instead of talking directly with her father she accepted her father's help, in short she was passive). There was this one scene where Taiga falcon-kicks a table that was right next to a pool. Consider Ryuji's stance in this situation: he is acting like Taiga's conscience "Why not? Why not? Why not?" he keeps on asking and then BAM! Taiga kicks the table, because Ryuji has reminded her of her insecurities. Ryuji thinks: why can't she just be straightforward?

Eventually, this relationship fosters an attachment which leads to RyujixTaiga. The characters like Kitamura are not explored well enough, but that's excusable because he is farther away from the core of the storyline, I mean we wouldn't want to also know the story of a random guy on the street just because we didn't get to explore his character very well, it's just not how the story goes.

The artwork is magnificent because of the attention to the background, wow. It gives the show a more realistic feel, which adds on to the deep psychologies of the characters.

I'm not going to dissect every character.

The music is great, especially at the instance where Taiga runs in the Christmas episode, wow. It's something you just have to feel, you know what I mean?

So far, ToraDora is uncontested as the show that deals with growing up (particularly during school years), and such complex character psychology. Wow. That's all I gotta say. Wow.

It's second view material, but it's not something like Inception.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
What did you think of this review?
Nice Nice0
Love it Love it0
Funny Funny0
Show all
It’s time to ditch the text file.
Keep track of your anime easily by creating your own list.
Sign Up Login