Toradora!

Type: Anime

Status: Complete (25 episodes)

Premise: Jyuji Takasu is a brilliant student who is into cleaning, cooking and his studies; unfortunately he has the eyes of a murderer and strikes fear into the hearts of all who look at him. Taiga Aisaka is a tinny little girl with the disposition of a wild animal, she flies into rages at the slightest provocation and packs one hell of a punch despite her small size; she has become infamous around the school and has received the nick name "The Palm Top Tiger". Ryuji likes Taiga's best friend Minori and Taiga likes Ryuji's friend Kitamura but both are hopeless when it comes to the opposite sex being unable to even speak to their crushes, so enlisting each others help they devise a devilish scheme...

Thoughts: I normally don't go for these types of anime, but I absolutely loved this one. It was great, I loved the characters and the entire plot rolled seamlessly from one arc to another without any kind of forced plot development. One of the most natural anime I have ever watched.

Prose: Characters, plot, interactions among each other and the comedy are all perfect with absolutely no bad moments. The entire anime slowly shifts into a more serious drama the longer you watch and never feels jarring.

Cons: The entire anime is character driven with allot of talking about each others feelings, so not everyone will enjoy this one.

-Notes: Subbed only. There is only one fight scene in the anime and it was amazing, not super powers just old fashioned schoolyard brawl.

8.5/10          (Just let the bird die already.)