I’m starting to remember just why this show is so painful and so amazing. The end of this episode was pretty much emblematic of what the fundamental story of Toradora! is: this is a show about young [...]
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I’m starting to remember just why this show is so painful and so amazing. The end of this episode was pretty much emblematic of what the fundamental story of Toradora! is: this is a show about young [...]
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When I blogged Toradora 16, I managed to ignore what was presumably the main part. Here’s how Calamitous Intent reports the impression: I can’t believe it, I actually had to pause the episode, run out of the room, and get tissues. The only other anime that actually got me to do this was Air, and [...]
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The one and only voice acting astronaut is assigned to fly on STS-131, tentatively scheduled for February 2010. This is an old news, NASA announced the assignments back in November, but I wasn’t following closely enough. In fact, I have wrote her off already. Tangentially, Sumire’s career plan seems way off to me. Naoko went to [...]
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とらドラ���Episode 16 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Taiga is making her threats of what she'll do if she's elected president of the student council when Yuusaku arrives. Other of their classmates play-act on how bad life will be under Taiga rule when Yuri-sensei arrives. Privately, Taiga and Ryuuji explain to her that this is part of their plan to convince Yuusaku to go ahead and run for student council
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Wow what an episode! Ryuji and Taiga continue their plan to get Taiga elected as class president, in order to get Kitamura to realize his discision is wrong and should be the next president. The first casualty is Kitamura, apparently his dad let him have it. Punched him! It is revealed to Ryuji that Kitamura [...]
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By the end of episode fifteen, Kitamura's severe case of feeling sorry for himself had reached new heights, forcing Taiga to take desperate measures in her own inimitable style - Who else could run a campaign to become student council president on a platform of beating seven shades of Hell out of everybody? Of course, the whole point of said campaign is to force Kitamura to re-enter the
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Lovelorn Kitamura makes a comeback as the Student council President, I liked the conclusion well enough. Kitamura puts on a complicated facade when he returns to school to run for presidency. Eventually, he does not hand in the presidential candidate form, was he merely tired of acting as a delinquent, touched by Taiga’s efforts or just [...]
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Epic catfight between Kanou-sempai and Taiga, ’nuff said. … okay maybe not just enough. I admit, this is one of the best Toradora! episode yet….. eh, I have a feeling I’ve already said this back a while ago? Well, anyways, you get the idea. Toradora is really awesome. I’m actually glad to see Kanou-senpai getting [...]
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Nice speech, but what are you going to do about the economy!? Summary: In an attempt to change Yusaku’s actions, Taiga threatens to become the next student council president. This horrifies much of the student body throughout the following days, as Ryuji, others in Taiga’s class, and even Yuri support her act. Despite all of this, [...]
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