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Toradora! : Season 1
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Air date: 02 Oct '08 - 25 episodesIt’s Ryuji’s first day as a junior in high school and it seems as if things are looking up. He gets to sit in between his only friend, Yusaku, and, more importantly, the girl he’s secretly crushing on, Minori Kushieda. But just when he thinks the stars are aligned in his favor, he unwittingly crosses the most feared girl in school, Taiga Aisaku, making her onto his arch enemy. To top it off, Taiga has moved in right next door to Ryuji and happens to be Minori’s best friend! Can this school year possibly get any worse?!
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List of Episodes (25)
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1. Tiger and Dragon
02 Oct '08Ryuji Takasu is discontent about how his eyes make him look like an intimidating delinquent. He wants to get closer to a girl he liked named Minori Kushieda, but he has not been able to tell her how he feels. On the first day of his second year of high school, he runs into a short girl named Taiga Aisaka who is known for snapping at others and her outward brutality. By coincidence, Taiga and Minori are in Ryuji's class this year. Taiga accidentally puts a love letter in Ryuji's bag, mistaking
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2. Ryuuji and Taiga
09 Oct '08Ryuji figures out that for Taiga to help him get closer to Minori, he has to first help her get closer to Yusaku. During school, Taiga makes some cookies and plans to give them to Yusaku, but she falls off the stairs, throwing them out the window, and Ryuji breaks her off. Since Ryuji and Taiga are together so often, a misunderstanding begins among their classmates, thinking that Ryuji and Taiga are going out together. Taiga sets the record straight the next day, and even confesses her love to
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3. Your Song
16 Oct '08After Ryujo's rice cooker breaks, Taiga takes him to a nearby family restaurant where, Ryuji's find out, Minori is working part-time. Minori tells Ryuji that she has several part-time jobs, but he later wonders if there is a special reason why Minori needs more money. The next day, Ryuji and Taiga by coincidence meet Minori at another of her part-time jobs, and the two help out for the day, despite Taiga wanting to back down from the start. Ryuji and Minori get locked inside the storehouse, and
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4. That Moment's Expression
23 Oct '08After viewing some blurred images Taiga took of Yusaku, Ryuji offers to take pictures of him for Taiga. During school, Taiga speaks out to the student council president, but is stopped by Yusaku which Taiga becomes both happy and depressed about. Ryuji manages to take several photos of Yūsaku, but he later finds out about them. Yusaku tells Ryuji that he confessed to Taiga a year ago that he liked her, but she quickly turned him down, only to end up liking him back. Taiga later recounts this to
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5. Kawashima Ami
30 Oct '08When at the restaurant where Minori works, Yūsaku arrives with the model Ami Kawashima who is also his childhood friend. When Yūsaku and Ryūji excuse themselves, Yūsaku shows Ryūji how Ami's true self is a conceited and manipulative person, very different from her being a self-proclaimed "air head". Taiga quickly comes to dislike Ami, and even slaps her in the restaurant. Ami tries to make Taiga think Yūsaku hates her now because of how she acted, but Ryūji assures her that is not the
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6. The Real Me
06 Nov '08After being chased by what can only be described as a psycho-fanboy, Kawashima takes refuge at Taiga's condo where she was subjected to hours of torture in the form of what Taiga describes as "Rapid-Fire Impressions". Soon Yusaku, upon learning what happened in Taiga's condo, asks Taiga and Ryuji to befriend Kawashima due to the fact that they know her true self. However, before any progress could take place, Ryuji, Taiga, Minori, and Kawashima takes part in a clean-up event. However, due to
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7. Pool Opening
13 Nov '08The school's pool has finally opened for the summer season, and Minori, Ami, and Taiga go buy swimsuits with Ryūgi. Ami and Minori easily pick out swimsuits while Taiga has trouble due to her small chest size. Later, Ryūji realizes Taiga's problem and decides to create padding to make her breasts look bigger and fill out her swimsuit. At the pool, people are going around throwing others into the pool, and Ami throws Taiga into the pool. It turns out Taiga cannot swim, and when Ryūji goes to
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8. For Whose Sake?
20 Nov '08The sports contest between Taiga and Ami is decided, and if Ami wins, Ryūji will come over to her villa over summer break, leaving Taiga alone. When the class passes around a paper, taking bets on who will win Ryūji in the end, Ryūji places his bet on Taiga and helps her practice. However, after Ryūji insists that she wants to win for Kitamura and says that he would go to Ami's villa alone if she wanted, Taiga is furious and refuses to compete. As the competition begins, Taiga is nowhere to
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9. You Shall Go to the Sea
27 Nov '08After a horrible dream that Ryūji and Taiga both share, Taiga decides to create a plan to avoid the reality of being married to a begging Ryūji (as that was the dream they shared), hold a badminton contest against Ryūji to see who will "support the other side." Ryūji wins and Taiga agrees to help him with a plan to get Minori closer to Ryūji by scaring her. The two arrive at the train station to meet Minori and Yūsaku attracting a lot of attention, doing exercises. The two convince Ryūji
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10. Hanabi
04 Dec '08Ryuji and Taiga stay up all night, still unsure on what had occurred last night and how to scare Minori. Yusaku overhears them and wants to help, believing that Minori loves being terrified, and enlists Ami in helping too. They decide to pull a massive scare by taking a walk through a hidden cave that Ami knows of, filled with traps designed to scare Minori. However, Ami backs out after Ryuji refuses to tell her why he wants to do this. However, she eventually decides to help out and leads the
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11. Oohashi High School Cultural Festival - Part I
11 Dec '08Preparations have begun for the school's cultural festival, with the student body president and her brother in charge. The council helps make decisions, yet the students also formulate plans in order to help themselves with their love lives. Suggested ideas are a maid café and a cosplay café among others, but the draw results in a professional wrestling skit. Throughout the day, Taiga receives continuous phone calls from her father, and Taiga sends Ryuji to talk to him. Taiga's father
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12. Oohashi High School Cultural Festival - Part II
18 Dec '08Taiga and her dad start to reconnect and Taiga wants to switch parts with Ami so that her father can see her good side. When Ryuji tells Minori of them reconciling, Minori is upset and argues with Ryuji because she thinks Taiga should not have anything to do with her dad, but Ryuji thinks she should. Taiga tries to calm things down by making the two of them shake hands, but Ryuji walks away angrily. During the festival, Taiga's dad does not show up, and Ryuji still has not apologized to Minori.
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13. Oohashi High School Cultural Festival - Part III
25 Dec '08Just as Taiga makes a dramatic appearance in the beauty contest, Ryuji receives a text from her dad saying he would not be able to live with her. Taiga wins the beauty contest, despite the sadness that her father did not show up. A race is held where the winner earns a dance with Taiga, and Ryuji, finally realizing what Minori warned him about, is determined to win it. Almost at the end of the race, Minori throws herself towards the last four participants and provides an opportunity for Ryuji to
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14. The Palmtop Tiger of Happiness
08 Jan '09A legend starts that anyone who touches Taiga will be granted happiness or one wish. A boy named Tomiya keeps trying to touch her so that he can get closer to the girl he likes, much to Taiga's aggravation. The cultural festival pictures are for sale and whilst Taiga buys the picture of her and Yusaku dancing, Minori notices Ryuji buying a picture of both of them running towards the finishing line and holding hands and buys it too. Ami is complimented as being mature all day, but after bumping
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15. The Stars are Far
15 Jan '09Yūsaku flips out in the middle of class, and shows up to school the next day with his hair dyed blonde, which gets him in trouble with the teacher. Whilst everyone tries to figure out what is wrong with him, Ryūji walks home with Minori. When he arrives home, he is surprised to find Yūsaku in his house with a reversed personality, much to Taiga's delight. He spends the day with him full of excitement, but runs off when Ryūji's mother offers to dye his hair back to normal.
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16. One Step Forward
22 Jan '09Taiga and Ryūji try to get Yūsaku to become the next student council president by telling students how she will ruin everyone's high school life. Ryūji discovers that Yūsaku has feelings for Sumire, the student council president, and that she is going to be studying abroad in America soon, thus explaining his recent odd behavior. After some encouragement from Sumire, Yūsaku becomes a candidate, but Taiga drops out, leaving Yūsaku to become the student council president. He confesses his
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17. Mercury Retrogrades at Christmas
29 Jan '09Minori spaces out during a baseball game due to what Ami had said, and makes a mistake causing her team to lose the game. Christmas is coming up, much to the joy of Taiga, whose suspension from school has just lifted. After Ryūji tells her that his relationship with Minori has not progressed, Taiga declares the need to play the role of Cupid for him, since she wants to be good for Santa. At school the next morning, students who became fans of Taiga's after her fight with Sumire surround Taiga
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18. Under the Fir Tree
05 Feb '09Everyone is helping out with the Christmas party. While Ryūji's friends keep giving Yūsaku and Taiga some alone time, Ami compares Ryūji's relationship with Taiga as akin to a father/daughter relationship, and tells him he should stop it soon. After the final exam, Ryūji helps Taiga send out some presents to her parents and some lonely children, and Taiga recalls when she got to meet Santa, which despite possibly being a dream, gives her hope that someone is always watching over her.
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19. Holy Night Party
12 Feb '09On the night of the party, Taiga brings over a suit for Ryūji to wear while he still attempts to convince Minori to come. The party begins with a special Christmas song performed by Taiga and Ami. Following the song, Ami informs Ryūji that Taiga has left the party. Taiga decides to go home in order to wait for Santa Claus, only stopping by Minori's house on the way to convince her to go to the party. Ryūji, figuring she would be alone, goes to Taiga's apartment dressed up as a 'Bear Santa
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20. Always, Like This
19 Feb '09Following Ryūji's rejection by Minori, Taiga visits a shrine while he has the flu and runs into Yūsaku. Taiga decides not to come over to Ryūji's house anymore and tells him not to give up on her. The teacher informs her students that the field trip to Okinawa is now going to be a ski trip due to their previously booked hotel burning down. Taiga points out to Ryūji that this would be his last chance to confirm Minori's feelings before classes are rearranged. Ryūji catches up with Minori,
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21. What's Up?
26 Feb '09During the ski trip, Ryūji wonders why Taiga had not told him about meeting Yūsaku on New Year's, and Hisamitsu gets into a fight with Maya concerning her attempts to be around Yūsaku. Ryūji has a brief talk with Minori about how to deal with it, and puts on the hairpin Ryūji got for her, saying Taiga gave it to her. When confronted by Yūsaku, Hisamitsu, and Haruta, Ryūji reveals he has a crush on Minori. Later, they investigate the girl's room in order to find out the true reason behind
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22. The Scene With You
05 Mar '09Following the incident at the ski trip, Taiga is staying with her mother, and has not come back to school yet. Ryūji asks Yūsaku to pretend he was the one who saved Taiga in order to make her story true. Later, Hisamitsu and Haruta take Ryūji to a ramen shop where Minori has started another part time job. At home, Ryūji bemoans the fact he would not be able to afford further education, but Yasuko tells him he should aim to be the best. The next day, Minori catches up to Ami and tells her
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23. The Road That We Must Advance On
12 Mar '09As Valentine's Day approaches, Ryūji and Taiga get called in concerning their future ambitions form, though Taiga seems uninterested. Ryūji encounters Ami refusing to model the school uniform and talks with her, who tells him she originally planned to stay at school short term, but stayed to help Taiga. Ryūji gets a call from Taiga saying Yasuko had collapsed due to anemia from being overworked. Ryūji blames himself, but the both of them decide to fill in for Yasuko's part-time job selling
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24. Confession
19 Mar '09Ryūji decides to help Minori go after Taiga. While running to catch up, Minori shouts out that she has always liked Ryūji but held back because of her friendship with Taiga, but says that Taiga has to obtain her own happiness as well. Despite hearing Minori's voice, Taiga walks away before Ryūji and Minori could reach her. Afterwards, in the infirmary, Minori tells Ryūji about her dreams and confirms that Ryūji does like Taiga. Later, at work, Taiga finds Ryūji waiting for her and agrees
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25. Toradora!
26 Mar '09After hearing a fake voicemail message by Taiga, Yasuko arrives at Ryūji's grandparents house, where Ryūji awaits. Yasuko makes up with her parents, and tells Ryūji that his father ran off while she was still pregnant, and gave birth to him despite protest. Ryūji decides that he and Taiga should not run away, and instead get married with everyone's approval. They have a rehearsal wedding where they share their first kisses. They all go home, but Taiga, after listening to her mother’s
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