The whole twist and turns of branched out from the simple incident of mistakenly putting the love confession letter of the lead female Taiga to the wrong bag, that by fate the owner happens to be Takasu, the closest friend of Kitamura -the object of Taiga’s affection. And for Taiga to avoid the complicacies of exposing her secret love to Kitamura, she invaded the quiet private life of Takasu and threatened him not to reveal her secret. The story became interesting when Taiga happens to discover Takasu’s hidden desire for her best friend Minori. The story of their deep-incomparable friendship, began when the two agree to help each other win the hearts of the one they love, Kitamura’s heart for Taiga, and Minori’s for Takasu, that at the end making them realize that they won, more than what they originally aimed for, -each other.
The characters in the story are the type whom most of us can truly identify with, though there are exaggerations injected to the personalities of the main cast that is really a common characteristic of Japanese made animations.
The CAST
Ryugi Takasu, is a tough-mean-looking young man, often mistaken as a bully, though in reality he is a soft, timid, family centered guy, who claims sewing, dishwashing, house cleaning and cooking as his hobbies. He lives with his Mom, who happens to still be very young, working in a night club who is still passionately in love with Takasu’s Dad who just disappeared and left the two alone.
Taiga Aisaka, is sweet-looking petite girl, that is really violent, dominating, and so out-spoken that most of the time she’s insensitive to the feelings the other people around her. Despite the high spirit she fronts to the whole school, she is a very lonely girl, who lives alone in a fancy apartment comparable to a doll house with no other to depend with except her self because she was abandoned by her own father.
Minori Kushieda, Takasu’s love interest, who also happens to be Taiga’s best friend, is a funny, witty, idealistic, happy go lucky girl, who is very hard working and sports minded being the Capt.. Of their school’s baseball team.. A good friend that is proven as the story goes on.
Kitamura Yusaku, the boy-next door type of guy who happens to be loved by almost everyone in school, being a top caliber baseball varsity, a student council officer, and one of the smartest pupil in class. He already confessed his feelings to Taiga at the very beginning however he was rejected by Taiga that happens to realized that she also feels the same, but it was too late for them to start their romance the second time around.
Kawashima Ami, the gorgeous, model student who happens to be the anti-hero in the story but turned out to be the one who happens to understand everything that is happening around her.
Loving somebody, goes beyond the aspect of wanting to be with the one you truly desire and collect millions of happy memories with him/her. With Loving comes learning to accept all the other circumstances that comes along with it such as loving selflessly and learning the art of letting go and be genuinely happy with it. Toradora, is the perfect example of all kinds of love, all of us would feel. Our love for our family, for our friends or for that special someone, narrated the way the watchers would enjoy while learning the morale of the story. =)
Toradora, is a must see, worth your precious time.