ToraDora – Anime Review
Review: Takasu lives alone with his beautiful but undependable mother. His father who isn’t around was a weird bad-ass looking yakuza. It’s because of his genes that Takasu-kun always looks evil and is always feared and mistaken for a delinquent, when in reality he is a caring guy who has to take care of his household on his own. On his first day in a new class he bumps into Taiga, a very small but pretty easily aggravated girl, often called palmtop-tiger, and gets punched in the face. At least all the misunderstandings about his personality are cleared now very early. He later finds out she actually lives in a big apartment just beside his small house. He also finds out they both are in love with each other’s best friends, and so they agree to help each other, which turns out to be not as easy as they think.
Toradora is one of the more deep school comedy romances. The protagonists are interesting and there’s lots of character development while the comedy does not fall short in any way. It’s a story about how, unlike their outer appearances and first impressions, people can be beautiful once you get to know them better and spend time with them. A show not only about love and comedy, but also about prejudice, misunderstandings, false rumors, psychology and friendship. The animation quality is more than acceptable, and from what I’ve read in the manga, the story is really going somewhere. However, the anime rushed the happenings of the manga (which also rushed the story of the original series of novells already) at a few rather important scenes and failed to convey their meanings fittingly. But someone not familiar with the novell nor manga will maybe not notice anything about that.
Rating: 9/10
Friday, 18 February, 2011 at 19:31
BEST SHOW IN THE WORLD HANDS DOWN
Tuesday, 1 March, 2011 at 8:05
I want to watch it.
Friday, 11 March, 2011 at 3:58
I would not rate this anime based on the manga version but rather for some1 who is not familiar wif the story.
I have not read the manga and i think that its 100% interesting based on the story and pretty unique compared to other romance animes. I would give this anime 10/10 *thumbs up* 😉
Friday, 4 November, 2011 at 21:37
WELL WATCHED! this is the most coolest romance anime ive watched 🙂 but only 1 scene has a kissing scene and its taiga and ryuuji 🙂 but again! I love it ^^
Sunday, 17 February, 2013 at 6:16
dont spoil man
Friday, 18 November, 2011 at 21:52
Yeah, it’s the Best ANIME I’ve ever seen!! Hoping they will make some more episode for this anime.
Sunday, 15 January, 2012 at 13:47
this one is the standard for other anime like it
only one ive seen thats 10/10
Wednesday, 25 April, 2012 at 7:52
BEST ANIME ROMANTIC COMEDY EVER!!! when it ended i was actually sad cuz i couldnt get enough of it!! but at the same time its good that it ended cuz the ending was awesomely made.. i very much recommend this anime to who ever wanna watch a good show.. score should have been 10/10 instead of 9/10.. lol.. jst sayin \m/ ~__~ \m/
Wednesday, 13 June, 2012 at 3:30
9/10? this is the best romantic comedy anime ever. of course when you think too much you would say “they will be a couple in the end bla bla bla” but damn if you give it a try you will see how amazing and funny it is. the characters and the story are just too good!
11/10 the anime gets mature at some point and the decisions that they make its just too beautiful. you cant compare it to any other anime.
Wednesday, 27 June, 2012 at 6:14
i been a anime fan since 2008.. i’m watch over 200.. i think what makes a great anime that you can watch it over and over again.. ToraDora case i just watch it once.. 10/10 i don’t think so and for best romance ever.. nope.. it’s a few better and for comedy/romance.. it have a few better also..Ex… Lovely complex, full metal panice special A, Kaichou wa Maid-sama, clannad, but what got me mostly scratching my head i see a lot of people for get this romance anime hands down i think it’s best ever no doubt.. Bokura ga Ita… if you disagree ok but hands down best ever .. im a guy also it made me cry at the end..
Tuesday, 24 July, 2012 at 20:22
maybe you think that toradora is not as good because you can`t relate to the characters c: not everyone has a life like that or can say that they find someparts about this show to relate to what they have experienced, and if you are one of those who can somewhat relate to this anime, it gets a hole new experience watching it! and it makes you love it even more c:
Wednesday, 25 July, 2012 at 7:46
I agree with goldsb, but see the great potential in Toradora. I see the shortcomings in a poor adaption from a (probably)great novel. At some point many episodes at the second half even seemed rather trivial to me, and that may not happen with a good anime.
Bokura ga ita certainly was good for a shoujo/josei, yet sadly ended and never continued even though the manga went further.
My all-time-favourite for romance-drama will probably stay with Kimi ga nozomu eien. So sad and yet so mature and beautiful. And left plenty of room for in depth interpretations in the forums.
Friday, 25 January, 2013 at 16:26
agreein wif mephisto2k on this
Wednesday, 14 August, 2013 at 19:46
No. You saying that you’ve watch about more anime than us,that makes u like a veteran?
I’ve seen most common romance anime over and over again.Wanna give u an example?
KIMI NI TODOKE?
BOKURA GA ITA?
Anything else as same as the category above?
Come on.Common romance anime is like “a girl who is not popular or average in school always fall in love with a guys who is popular and well known is school.”
THIS IS SO BORRRING.Toradora should deserve a 10/10 because hell no you could find other example like this.I’m just saying based on everything.If you could give me something that is almost as similar as Toradora and why giving it a 9/10,i will have no more doubts based in YOUR REVIEW.
This post is quite old now,but you see…
This is only based on “YOUR PRESPECTIVE”.
You should also check out how many copies were sold for the anime you compare such as the both i mention above,and also check the rating in other site,and also how many like or views are there.I don’t think Toradora should be in what you scored.
That’s all.
Tuesday, 10 July, 2012 at 5:53
This anime is the best of the best anime love story i’ve watched ,TAIGA i’ll miss you and i will watch you all over again and again, why this kind of anime wont come up with second season. hope some people will give petition with the season 2. the last part of toradara was the very sweet part of it. i’ll miss this anime for a lot!
Tuesday, 24 July, 2012 at 20:17
This anime is going in by my rating OVER Bleach, Naruto and all of those animes. that is how much I love this anime because I can gladly say that I can relate to Ryuji and my girlfriend to Taiga cX
Tuesday, 7 August, 2012 at 19:02
there is a petition lately try on this site
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/toradora-season-2.html
sign in and please support..hehehe… i love this anime and im looking forward for the next season…. i can relate i to my self hahahaXD
Sunday, 9 September, 2012 at 22:58
The reviewer made a mistake. They said that the anime was based off the manga, which is based off of the LN, which isn’t true. The Manga, which isn’t finished yet, is more or less based off the anime.
In any case, yes, the story arcs are a bit rushed and condensed compared to the light novel. This is to be expected, and otherwise it’s a pretty faithful adaptation. Even when glossing over story arcs, the anime still gives those events a mention.
Other animes I’ve watched based off of an LN, have switched around story arcs, ommited some altogether, or replaced them with spiritually equivalent but ultimately different events. Also, arcs that are the same, usually have several details switched. (Im mostly thinking about Zero No Tsuikaima as I write this, another JC Staff work)
Toradora glossed over some things, and may have even changed a few unimportant details, but it’s a pretty faithful, but compressed adaptation.
Friday, 25 January, 2013 at 16:30
if the manga isn’t finished why base it off an unfinished manga, it’d make more sense to me to go ahead and finish the manga first it’s what i would do, so i completely agree wif u there
Thursday, 25 October, 2012 at 2:04
season2!! i want it xD
Sunday, 3 March, 2013 at 22:07
I can`t take this seriusly since Sword art online is nowhere to be found-.-
Monday, 22 July, 2013 at 15:16
I’ve watched over 200 anime series, mostly rom-coms and Toradora is still my fave hands down, even after rewatching it like 5 times. How the characters develop and change is amazing and i simply loved it!
mackan: SAO had so much potential but S2 blewwww it. (IMO)
Tuesday, 12 November, 2013 at 12:32
jajaja…..nice anime touch my feelings soo much