I will start by saying that I liked Toradora more than I thought I will. I'm a person that enjoys romance combined with teenage drama so that might say a lot.
Toradora is a show I've watched because word of mouth and I needed to watch something with a special someone after Your name and Violet Evergarden and this seemed not as serious but a great light show. And I'm glad I was wrong. There weren't many life world threatening events but when you are a teenager everything seems that way.
With a cast that looks quite normal at first, you start to learn more about them as the show goes on. Taiga and Ryuuji, our two main characters are accompanied by some great ones that play in the bigger picture. Ami, Kitamura and Minori play big roles in the development of the our main two love birds.
The story baseline is quite simple but that dosen't mean it's not engaging, sometimes it gets a little boring, but mostly I was always looking for what it will happen next. It starts simple, gets complicated along the way but not cluttered and ends as simple as it started. The ending I can say was perfectly done for me, but I can see other people wanting maybe a different one and that threw them of. Like our great teacher Yuri says, you can't have everything in life.
The show is well animated, with some great action at some points, the fights were surprisingly well done for this kind of show, and packed a punch. The character design was "cutsy" and they were different enough so you could see the difference between them in personality.
Music worked in the favor of the story and key events and made the moments sadder, more intense or more romantic. The openings were cool, I prefer more the second one, Silky Love, but I acknowledge that the first one, Pre-Parade is probably more recognizable and better made.
I can't say everything was exceptional about the show, but now that I start to think about I can't find something I disliked much about it also. There were some moments that I feel were stale story wise and the action seemed like it will not pick up it's pace.
Now for my conclusion: Toradora is a good show, exceptional one at it, and I couldn't find nothing to make me not recommend it to some other people even if the aren't into the Romance/Coming of age genre. I recommend to watch it with all my heart <3.
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