Toradora Review

So it's actually been about 2 years since I have watched this anime so I don't remember it completely but I do know many of the major parts very well. I will try and make this a quick summary. This has been considered a great romance anime series by many and personally I thought it was good but not great. There were a few key points this anime could improve on which I will point out. I've become a fan of the tsundere theme of this anime with Taiga, our little tsundere character. Note the main thing I will be complaining about is the ending so:

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Summary

Ryuuji Takasu is a second-year high school student who everyone perceives as a delinquent due to his sanpaku eyes, despite his gentle personality. He is best friends with Yusaku Kitamura and has a crush on Minori Kushieda a pretty, cheerful airhead who's captain of the girls softball club. Minori is best friends with Taiga Aisaka who may look small, cute, angelic, and beautiful yet she has a fierce personality quick to snap at anyone. Hense her nickname Palm-Top Tiger and obviously she's the tsundere. However, Taiga lives next door to Ryuuji and has a crush on Yusaku. Ryuuji and Taiga decide to make arrangements to set one another up with their crush. However things change throughout the series and it's anyone's guess what happens.

If you do not want this to be spoiled don't read this other than that go ahead. The ending scene though was were it kind of turned me off. Ryuuji finds Taiga hiding in a locker in the classroom. He tells her he loves her and Taiga becomes flustered and headbutts Ryuuji because he said it so anticlimatically. Guess she still had some tsundere left in her then. Like really this is how you end an anime by having one lover headbutt the other?

How it Could be Better

Again because I'm gonna complain about the ending don't read this if you don't want this to be spoiled other than that go ahead. So the last scene you decide to have Taiga headbutt Ryuuji after such a good anime? I know maybe you tried to be funny or something but the ending isn't exactly the best time to be funny. The ending should be good not funny! If anything the ending should give viewers a warm and happy feeling about what they've just watched

My Conclusion

I would give this anime 4/5 stars or 8/10 it was good but could be better. Like every good show it has it's flaws. I'm still kind of fond of the tsundere theme to it and like the tsundere's in other anime as well. Yuyuko Takemiya who wrote the Manga for Toradora also wrote Golden Time, which was much better in my opinion. I think Golden Time ended much better and gave me great lasting feeling about the show overall and I will be reviewing it in the future. Now keep in mind, your opinions may differ from mine and that's absolutely fine.