Very belated review, I’m sorry. The 7th episode of Toradora was an outstanding but good sequence. Pool adventures, huh. A pool day at school is stress for Taiga. She can’t swim, more than that, she’s quite flat by contrast with Ami. Ryuji finds a solution. He sews special paddings for Taiga. It works, until Taiga gets [...]
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One new Japanese word I learned was "Oppai". Oppai means boobs, I believe. Well, this whole episode was about Tiger's boobs. She has none and because of that she feels extremely ashamed. I don't blame her; normal people would feel a bit traumatized from past experiences of having some sort of "abnormality" in their body. It's just funny that she takes it VERY seriously. Remember kids, no oppai is no life >:D
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The tilt of the cap, the look in the eye, the set of the jaw and her hair blowing in the wind inside the classroom - fantastic. Minorin is fast starting to usurp the Favourite Toradora! Character position currently occupied by the amazingly cute Taiga - and that takes some doing. I never thought that I’d [...]
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(I wanted to comment here but you all know how アニ・ノート is.) Hey! I maybe brief but I’m not lazy! ���ダヽ(���`皿′���)��� Besides, the other two musketeers already provide a comprehensive joke coverage on the grope… spatula.. whatever. To be honest though… when Taiga got thrown in the water and her fake boobs came off, I was [...]
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Now that I’ve seen it, I looked through the usual episodic posts on 07 by the three BRW musketeers (Kuro, Aroduc, and Totali), and also Omni and oddly circumspect Hanners. It’s pretty much what you’d expect… Kuro is lazy and brief, Aroduc works hard on his grumpy jokes, etc. As for myself, I’m going to get [...]
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Shocked and surprised to see Ryuji and Ami together, Taiga tries to dismiss the matter but it still seems to weigh on her mind through the evening. Though she seems to realize that Ryuji is not at fault, he is still at the receiving end of her scathing, tsuntsun attitude. The next morning Taiga and Ami [...]
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I suppose I should have seen it coming, but Toradora! gets its inevitable pool episode - Besides which, what is it with anime shows I've been watching and obsessions with breast size this week? After she walked in on what appeared to be a 'close' moment between Ami and Ryuuji, Taiga's mood was never going to be at its best, but things only get worse when a day at the pool is announced at school.
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i·so·fla·vone (s-flvn) n. One of a family of phytoestrogens found chiefly in soybeans that is under investigation for its preventive health benefits as a nutritional supplement. The predictability of Taiga’s predicament and the little humor snippets that were sprinkled throughout the episode made it even more humorous than expected. Ryuuji hits Taiga with a broom, Ryuuji plays [...]
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The only thing smaller was for kids 12 and below. You know, this season has somehow finally made me like back Kugyuu tsunderes with Taiga crossing the threshold between “moe” and “annoying tsuntsun” in the episode fully. I just couldn’t resist how cute she was in this episode with all the worrying about her chest. Now [...]
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Can you say “Taiga’s deliciously flat chests are delicious!” before Shin can say “Mmmm”? I can. I’m part lolicon, remember? Are there people watching Toradora not because Taiga’s deliciously flat chests are delicious? I think NOT. For the comedy? For Evil-Eye’s neat-freakness? For Ami’s not-moeness? Perhaps. No!!! If you’re watching Toradora! then most probably you’re interested with Taiga’s [...]
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