![]() ![]() One would be forgiven for assuming that a light novel like Toradora, overwritten prose and multimedia adaptations and all, is a spin-the-wheel collection of romantic cliches, but being glib sells Toradora particularly short. ![]() Even the story’s thematic spine - the artificial social selves that people construct to avoid vulnerability also limit human connection and love - is a mainstay of young adult fiction. ![]() ![]() Throw in some goodhearted friends and foils and you have the main cast. Anyone who’s been misunderstood for some physical coincidence like that - which is to say anyone at all - can relate to that. Taiga’s counterpart Ryuuji is perhaps less immediately identifiable as a trope, but he’s a soft neat-freak who’s thrown off his social axis by the beady eyes he got from his deadbeat yakuza father. In the anime, she’s even voiced by the “queen of tsundere” Rie Kugimiya. She beats people up with her wooden sword when crossed or made to feel vulnerable, hiding her bruised heart. Taiga, the “palm-top tiger,” falls squarely in the tsundere archetype. The light novel turned manga and anime is about a mismatched couple that falls in love after trying to set each other up with their best friends. The story more than makes up for it, if the art happens to bug you for some reason.The major pop culture anniversaries of 2022 10 new anime to watch out for this winter season The art style grows on you so don't be turned off at the start by it. It can be found almost anywhere, is completed and worth the read. I would recommend reading this if you got time. The title comes to play an important part that connects both mc's on a emotional level and it hits home when it should. For a support character so important to the story you would think they would show more than a few pages of story for her and less of her always raging at the male mc (or maybe this was her way of showing she cares.lol). One thing that bothers me is I feel like for the female mc's friend they could of did some more story with her. The characters both male and female mc show a lot growth up until it comes to an end. The manga has a good story though without spoilers anyone can tell where it is going after about 4 chapters give or take. I kinda struggled a bit to get past it but, when I finally decided to tackle it I was glad I did. The manga title is not really appealing on the surface and when taken at face value. ![]()
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