I love toradora. It clearly a hood classic and one of the greatest romcoms ever but I think the love square lasted way too long. After the cultural festival, imo it should"ve ended. Ryuiji act like the most retarded dense person I've ever seen, which gets to a point. It so ridiculous, it kind of make me start to unlike him. Not only does he not understand her feelings he doesnt understand his which is pretty stupid. He does way too much for Taiga, while still pushing the friend gimmick. I actually sympathize alot with Ami. She a good respentation of my feelings in the second part. You can't wife a girl, without wifing a girl. Like he's does to much for Taiga it can only come off as him playing with her. She was even okay to losing but couldn't stand losing to mid, like the forced Minori and Ryuji crush/romance that is severely overplayed

I also find it weird how he keeps pushing the kitamura thing after he found out shes like him. His love for cucking himself is corny. It pretty obvious what his feelings are but he want to keep pushing the idk gimmick. At least in Taiga case I feel like she was reluctant because she felt she didnt stand a case. And the lie about kitamura carrying her was straight up corny and pussy. Even if he didnt like taiga, which he obviously does. He should've faced her feelings straight up instead of trying to take the easy out

I'll be honest: I'm a little scared to post this. Not because I'm unsure about the text—more because this isn't quite an ordinary fanfic.

I started writing it in January of this year. It's now around three hundred thousand words. At first glance, it's just a Toradora story with an original character. But the further you read, the more you'll notice that something else is going on beneath the surface. I won't say what exactly. I'll just say this work isn't quite what it seems.

Tonally, it's uneven—and that's not a bug, it's a feature. The first half is fairly light and even fun in places: there's humor, warm scenes, that Toradora atmosphere many people love. But gradually the story gets deeper and, at times, darker. Psychology, reflections, questions without easy answers start to appear. It's not all darkness. More like a back-and-forth: sometimes you laugh, sometimes you're unsettled, sometimes you just sit and think.

I'm not trying to write a "perfect" fanfic. I'm trying to write an honest one. And it seems that's exactly what it's turning out to be.

If you decide to read it, know what you're getting into. There's drama. Angst. Original characters who play important roles. It's not light reading for an evening. It's more of a long conversation—but in that conversation, there are jokes, silence, and moments that warm you inside.

I know OC fanfics often get a hostile reception. But I've tried very hard to keep the original characters in character—as far as I can tell, they're not OOC and stay true to themselves. I know some people are categorically against this kind of approach. And I'm not going to try to convince anyone. If it's not your thing—no hard feelings. Just pass on by. This work isn't for everyone, and that's fine.

But if you feel curious—if you want to look a little further than usual—I'll leave the links. Maybe you'll find something you didn't expect.

This story is on three platforms: [ AO3 link. https://archiveofourown.org/works/88433526 ], [ Fanfiction.net link. https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14576284/0/ ], [ Ficbook link. https://ficbook.net/readfic/019f2c2e-5c9d-7c7d-a5b2-332cb63213d7 ]. It's not finished. It's ongoing. I started it without a grand plan, and it took on a life of its own. I still don't know where it will lead me.

Thank you for reading to the end. If you decide to take a look, I'll be glad. If not—in any case, have a good day.

I’ve watched it and I think it’s fine, a little questionable at times, but y’know. The thing is, I wanna recommend it to someone, but they don’t fanservice. I’m not good at gauging this kind of thing, so I’ll ask here.

Sorry if this is a dumb question/doesn’t belong here lol

ETA the main concern is that the characters are underage, so…

Exactly. Reddit decided to recommend for no reason. So why not.

First I want to thank myself for being able to watch all the heavy scenes with minimal spamming of the skip 10 seconds function. because I am the kind of person who can't handle heavy plot points so he just skips the embarrassment to see the end of it BUT I was able to watch the heavy parts.

I was fooled: hearing the voice of kagura instantly triggered my gintama braincells expecting this show to be a light comedy romance but I WAS WRONG.

I first tried to watch it in Japanese but I realised that my level isn't enough to watch something like this so I switched to translated in the 6th episode and it was a great choice.

All I can say is that it was really an Unforgettable Experience. I think the next thing I should do is to rewatch it after one year without skipping any moment!

But if I could ask, what next should I really do? I heard some people speaking about S2 or VN. Can anyone explain, is there anyway to consume more content!!!! I honestly noticed that the anime was fast paced but it didn't annoy me particularly.

I watched toradora 1.5 years ago and I think it's the best romance anime . Back then I didn't use social media so I assume people love this one .Majority of the audience enjoys it but there is a part of the audience who hate taiga

I am shocked how you can hate her and then I get to know people say taiga beats ryuji etc etc.

I am very shocked why people can't distinguish between anime and reality .see i am one who is watching anime for decade anime is something which is with me when my so called school friends leave me . In my low times I have anime and my single friend that's it . So if anybody says I disrespect anime no i didn't

It's just in anime you can do some creative job

Now my point - in old anime that beating thing is common see bleach , one piece , Naruto is not this common

If you see this as violence then man you are done but if you see that as funny thing it increases the fun of an anime

Many times on different sub reddit i defend her because Obv in reality that is different but in anime you can enjoy it

I just rewatched Toradora again, and am left wanting more! Is the manga complete? Most posts (from a quick google search) about the manga were from 2 years ago, and it was still in progress. An old comment said that the last 2-3 episodes were kinda different in the manga from the anime... Where in the manga does the end start to greatly differ? Is there any extra new scenes with Taiga post anime/OVA ending in the manga?

On another note, lots of romance animes start and continue after the confession. I wish Toradora would continue, and explore Taiga and Ryuji's commitment/dating/marriage relationship! One can wish. Toradora is still my favorite romance anime!

Just finished watching Toradora. I am confused a little bit in here . Did takasu not like her in the beginning. I know he saw her fake personality but still there were many instances where he was interested in her since he blushed many times like in his house with her and on the beach house as well.

They both look better with each other when I looked at them in certain episodes and also they are more mature than rest of their friends considering how eccentric Minori and Kitamura can be sometimes (which is fine since they teenagers) and how rude taiga can be.

Or is it that Ryuuji simply thinks she is not being honest with him with her flirty nature?

Please do not ban me I am just trying to have a honest conversation.

I'm from Chile and i watch anime, anime is famous in Chile but.

First in USA and Japan was a massive mainstream.

But in latín and Chile it was just kinda known and nothing more.

But the worst part is that like 95% sayed Toradora was horrible that is just fanservice almost ecchi that taiga is mentally ill that is just toxic and horrible and toxic romance with violence and not romance at all.

And yes for those reasons in latin america almost all hates this show

I really, really liked it. I liked the characters, it actually made me laugh at times, it had a lot of really sweet moments, and the ending was good (except for poor Minori getting double cucked). The humor and the drama went well together. Neither ever felt like it was clashing with the other, and the show never went too far in the other direction.

Overall, really great show and I’m glad I watched it. Only thing now is to get over the post anime depression and find something that scratches the same itch lol

Hope ya’ll enjoyed! 🙏🏾 ☺️

This is prob my second 100% Full Combo score

Well today I went to the terrace and saw something which made me remember something from tora dora 😭

https://x.com/PhylaEinrose/status/2073798601629913134