Before starting off with this review, I would highly recommend this anime to all of those who had enjoyed animes like: Clannad, Angel Beats ect. or just any high school setting/romance/comedy/slice of life anime in general.
I stumbled upon this anime out of pure randomness and immediately I was intrigue by its characters and story. It tells the story of a nice guy name Ryuji, who is mistaken for a delinquent by everyone due to his fierce-looking eyes and how he meet a loli/tsundere girl name Taiga and develop a romantic relationship with her. Although, they started out liking the other person's friend, it is no surprise that they will end up liking each other instead the person of their crush. Even the name of the anime foreshadows that conclusion.
However, even though knowing in advance what is going to happen, it is the journey of how do they get there is what really draws you in. It started out with lots gags and jokes and not that much characters development in the first half but as soon as you hit the beginning of the second half, that is when things started to become more dramatic and we get to see more characters development.
For me, I started out not knowing what to expect but I set a really high expectation and I was right for doing so because it totally nailed it. Every single one of those " here is the part where you should cry" moments are incredibly well done.
I loved how it builds up a lot of emotions and then just exploded at the right moment, especially the Christmas Eve festival episode. It was one of the series biggest highlights and probably one of the best attempt at a dramatic moment that I have ever seen. That episode contain my favorite moment (an incredible transitional moment) in the entire anime as I was very moved by that particular moment when that "certain someone" had a love epiphany.
And another great moment was the ending. At first, I felt that I was cheated( I literally screamed when this happened) but later the anime redeem itself at the very last moment which was a welcoming surprise.
As silly as it may sounds, Toradora change my view of love and relationships and made me realize the beauty and the power of true love. I was left truly speechless after watching Toradora. So bottom line, if you the have time then you shouldn't miss out on this anime.
Undoutably one of my favorite anime of all time!
Before starting off with this review, I would highly recommend this anime to all of those who had enjoyed animes like: Clannad, Angel Beats ect. or just any high school setting/romance/comedy/slice of life anime in general.
I stumbled upon this anime out of pure randomness and immediately I was intrigue by its characters and story. It tells the story of a nice guy name Ryuji, who is mistaken for a delinquent by everyone due to his fierce-looking eyes and how he meet a loli/tsundere girl name Taiga and develop a romantic relationship with her. Although, they started out liking the other person's friend, it is no surprise that they will end up liking each other instead the person of their crush. Even the name of the anime foreshadows that conclusion.
However, even though knowing in advance what is going to happen, it is the journey of how do they get there is what really draws you in. It started out with lots gags and jokes and not that much characters development in the first half but as soon as you hit the beginning of the second half, that is when things started to become more dramatic and we get to see more characters development.
For me, I started out not knowing what to expect but I set a really high expectation and I was right for doing so because it totally nailed it. Every single one of those " here is the part where you should cry" moments are incredibly well done.
I loved how it builds up a lot of emotions and then just exploded at the right moment, especially the Christmas Eve festival episode. It was one of the series biggest highlights and probably one of the best attempt at a dramatic moment that I have ever seen. That episode contain my favorite moment (an incredible transitional moment) in the entire anime as I was very moved by that particular moment when that "certain someone" had a love epiphany.
And another great moment was the ending. At first, I felt that I was cheated( I literally screamed when this happened) but later the anime redeem itself at the very last moment which was a welcoming surprise.
As silly as it may sounds, Toradora change my view of love and relationships and made me realize the beauty and the power of true love. I was left truly speechless after watching Toradora. So bottom line, if you the have time then you shouldn't miss out on this anime.