History Fridge / Toradora

* Here's a series whose main premise is the main characters releasing their love for their crushes has been shifted to love of each other. But it's all right there in the very beginning: the event that sets the action in motion is Taiga accidentally placing a love letter for Kitamura in Ryuuji's bag--literally redirecting her affections for Kitamura to Ryuuji, first without realizing, and then in spite of her resistance. Even more brilliant, the envelope for Kitamura is empty, much like her feelings for him are hollow: it's the reality of her life with Ryuuji that over time gives them substance.
* The pink paper sticked on Ryuuji's house paper door shown later in the show is Taiga's love letter to Kitamura. She gave that to Ryuuji trying to help fixing Ryuji's door.
* Why did Ryuuji keep so quiet after [[spoiler: hearing Taiga's confession in episode 21]]? At the end of episode 4, when Ryuuji was reflecting on [[spoiler: Taiga shooting down Kitamura's confession, Ryuuji opines that since Taiga wasn't sure of her feelings for Kitamura initially, she "should've held off on giving him an answer"]]. Ryuuji was practicing what he preached.

* Ami has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]] and Minorin has [[AnimeHair red hair]] but everybody freaks out when Yusaku dyes his hair blond, and then they try to forcibly dye it black again. (Although, Blond dye is considered a [[DelinquentHair hallmark of being a delinquent]] in Japanese culture, so there is at least some reasoning behind it.)

* In the spinoff ''Toradora SOS'', in [[FourIsDeath episode 4]], it's implied in the last part that [[spoiler: Taiga eats Inko-chan!]].

* Here's a series whose main premise is the main characters releasing their love for their crushes has been shifted to love of each other. But it's all right there in the very beginning: the event that sets the action in motion is Taiga accidentally placing a love letter for Kitamura in Ryuuji's bag--literally redirecting her affections for Kitamura to Ryuuji, without even realizing. Even more brilliant, the envelope for Kitamura is empty, much like her feelings for him are hollow: it's the reality of her life with Ryuuji that over time gives them substance.

* Although the audience doesn't find out Taiga [[spoiler:has to transfer schools]] until episode 24/Book 10, she found out about it when she visited her mother after the ski trip. Episodes 22-23/Book 9 show her [[spoiler:acting based on that knowledge]]. Her refusal to complete the career assessment? [[spoiler:It won't matter because she'll be off to another school next year, anyways]]. Her conviction that Ryuuji can still get Minori? [[spoiler:Once Taiga moves, there'll be no reason for Minori not to go out with him.]] The chocolates she gives everyone? [[spoiler:They were meant as farewell presents. Had Minori not interrupted, Taiga probably would've told everyone what was going on.]]

** Minori can be jsut like Ami, a lighter coloured brown that's been stylised much like blue. Blue is a shade of black, Red is a shade of brown.

* The only thing written on Taiga's letter-of-apology to Sumire was "{{Baka}}". Considering that [[spoiler:she called her and her friends idiots, but later indirectly confessed of her affections to Yuusaku by lamenting that she also wants but cannot allow herself to become "an idiot who only knows how to dash forward" like them (as she knew Yuusaku would do anything to follow her all the way to America had he known)]], ''it was the highest compliment Taiga could give her''.

** Minori can be jsut like Ami, a lighter coloured brown that's been stylised much like blue. Blue is a shade of black, Red is a shade of brown.