I thought Toradora made a pleasant change in its image this week. The OP and ED gave me a different impression of Toradora altogehter. Everything from the opening sequence to the presentation of the episode(christmas) fitted really well with Minori’s depression and the various romance of characters. Taiga shifts towards a peace policy with everyone in [...]
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The key to understanding this episode is through its title. At first it may initially seem nonsensical, but Mercury retrograding is very relevant, especially in astrology. It is true that astrology is not a science; however, it is also true that astrology was utilized for thousands of years to explain human behavior and natural occurrences. [...]
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Finally got a new OP/ED. Both sound pretty good, especially Hocchan’s OP. It fits the new tone of the show, sounding serious yet upbeat enough to not be gloomy. Interestingly it shows a lot of shots of how the guys and girls of Toradora are doing, such as Kitamura’s Student Council. Minorin jumping off the [...]
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Toradora has a new OP song, called silky heart. It is sung by Yui Horie, the same singer who did the first Toradora ED, Vanilla Salt.From now on I'll be posting the download links in the "Anime Music Downloads" of my forums here. So please register here to download the Toradora OP2 Single.Tracklist:1. silky heart2. Love Countdown3. Hoshizora to Pajama4. silky heart (off vocal ver.)5. Love Countdown (off vocal ver.)6. Hoshizora to Pajama (off vocal ver.)6/10 Silky heart is a fun and upbeat song, though not as good as Vanilla Salt in my opinion. The chorus is still pretty catchy and the beats very poppy, but it does sound very cheesy, which is not necessarily a bad thing, mind you...Watch the OP here:<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1ZPWzp2vMiU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1ZPWzp2vMiU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>Watch the full PV here:<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/woDQLtlBeQs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/woDQLtlBeQs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>
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OP: “silky heart” by Yui Horie - Is it silly to have high expectations for a lovcom OP? The animation is pretty good, and the single itself isn’t terrible, but I can only imagine that this could have been done a lot better after seeing the previous OP. Still, upon a second watch, I do [...]
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I had no idea for a post, so here you have: my favourite pictures from Toradora. Source: CrunchyRoll groups, Gelbooru etc.
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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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Almost entirely out of character, this is Aisaka how we’ll probably never see her dressing in the actual show. It’s as if Haruhi invaded Toradora and made Aisaka cosplay as herself.
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とらドラ���Episode 15 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Yuusaku is clearly depressed in class before school starts, even failing at his role of class president to get the students to rise, bow to the teacher, and be seated. Yuri-sensei is a little troubled with how Yuusaku is acting and more so when after she mentions him becoming student council president (as the only candidate), he storms out of the class
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とらドラ���Episode 14 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Ryuuji and Taiga come to school to find a couple thanking Taiga for what she's done. Taiga has no clue what this is about and is not happy when she has to dodge two male classmates who try to touch her. It seems that the entire school wants to touch Taiga because everyone whom Taiga touched (in whatever fashion) during the wrestling event has had good
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とらドラ���Episode 13 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Ami is helping apply makeup to Taiga before the Miss Ohashi contest while Ryuuji finishes work on Taiga's dress, the work of which amazes the other girls in the class. Taiga is checking her cell phone but denies she's looking for messages from her father, stating that he's probably working late. Ami says that the lines for Taiga should be changed, but
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A Little Intro So! Toradora… This entry may seem a little odd, since if you check back on the archives, you’ll find that nowhere is there any mention, hint, or sign of a Toradora episode review two through fourteen. (Though I believe Tekky did a few short blurbs on it.) The reason is simple: I joined the [...]
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Now this is exactly what I was talking about </sarcasm> I’ve probably lost all but a smidgen (smidgen) respect for Kitamura by this point. It’s interesting, at first he seems to be the charcter who’s the most collected and confident of all, yet during this episode he needed to get psychologically and physically shoved forward to [...]
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とらドラ���Episode 12 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Preparations for the cultural festival are well underway. Coming home one afternoon with Ryuuji, Taiga finds her father there early to take her to some random, fancy restaurant so that she doesn't have time to even change. Because Taiga's father has decided to see her performance, Taiga wants to play the hero for the specific performance that he comes
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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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とらドラ���Episode 11 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Returning to school, it is time to prepare for the school cultural festival, which Haruta is excited about and the student council plan to make a great one. During P.E., the boys watch the girls play basketball, which includes a customary fight between Ami and Taiga. Afterward in that locker room, Haruta is on the festival committee and states that
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I’m getting nearer and nearer to conclusively (and without hesitation) placing ToraDora as one of the best series of 2009. As much as I love rooting for Ami, episode 16 was a reminder that as a story and as a character study ToraDora is both moving and pathos-invoking. Many revelations abounded the episode, both implicit [...]
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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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