Finally, KyoAni answered our prayers and gave us a nice little Kyou episode. Although I wished they’d make it longer, like a movie or something instead of just a short 23 minute episode. Even so, despite being a full episode, it wasn’t really as touching as the Tomoyo episode. It was missing some kind of magic. Even so, I’m still happy to be able to see Kyou one more time.

To be honest, this is the first time I’ve seen Kyou look so miserable. I really wonder why people always go melancholy when they’re in an unrequited love situation. It’s really interesting that Kyou changed so much from just being in love.

I mean look at her. This really isn’t like her to get all sulky over something that’s (sorta) none of her business. I really wonder what she’s trying to achieve by walking outside in a sweater in an unkept manner. Despite being a pretty girl, the animators actually managed to make her look like a mess. Though, come to think of it, I kinda like her when she’s a mess. GAH WHAT AM I THINKING?!

Figma reaction to Kyou and Tomoya:

Yeah I know. I WTF’ed too. That was way too quick, but it did make an awesome basis for a rumour and Kyou doing insane and irrational things.

We love your laugh Kyou, but you’re not hiding anything.

Her sadness seemed to be increasing exponentially this episode.

I’m sad….

Hug me.

I get the feeling that Ryou has bigger breasts than Kyou.

I love the guess who scene. It really brought out the emotions they were going thru.

For some reason, a girl cutting her long hair is a very very big deal. No, I’m serious.

“No way you steal my boyfriend.”

“You’re too late. If you really loved him you wouldn’t be running away”

She’s like a mix of Ryou dere and Kyou dere.

Doesn’t Kyou under a shadow remind you of someone?

Someone who was in the hospital for quite a long time?

Confirmed. Kyou’s breasts are nowhere as big as Ryous.

Short haired Kyou ftw.

Kyaaa Tomoya is so lucky. I want to have many lives too, and in each life have a Kyou, a Ryou a Nagisa, a Tomoyo and a Kotomi.

I wonder why is it that its always girls who fall into love triangles over boys in anime. Perhaps something that doesn’t happen as often in real life is much more entertaining? Or maybe its just because girls are cuter that way?

One of the great things I love about Minamike is that Kana is completely oblivious to the situation she’s in. But I guess that even in real life it would be really hard to be aware of anyone chasing someone who’s chasing you if they don’t say a thing. Both Fujioka and Riko have one thing in common, they are too shy to spit it out.

The humour really comes when someone actually tries to interfere with this. It doesn’t do much to develop any relationships, but it makes the process all the more entertaining.

It does seem like developing a good image of Fujioka is very very hard.

Its even harder when even girls seem to dote on Kana.

She’s just like the classic sad girl who doesn’t seem to get any of the boys she likes.

But even being oblivious and already unknowingly doing cruel things to her friends, she still finds the energy to play her own pranks that she actually knows.

Of course, Karma is always the great judge, jury and executioner.

Also, when Riko goes into denial, she would start fantasizing about things that she wishes could happen. I wonder what would happen if that girl was Kana and Riko walked into the room at the time. I imagine there would be some serious drama in here.

But after all is said and done, everyone are still friends in the end, and that’s the most important thing.

When I first started watching Toradora I thought all it was was just another moe flick like Hayate no Gotoku with no real story or another novel adaptation that was just made to sell merchandise licenses with like Zero no Tsukaima or a failure of an anime with a rushed ending like Shana (and ZnT). Contrary to my expectations, it turned out to be really good. And its not just good because it exceeded my very low expectations for it, but it was good because it actually impressed me more than CLANNAD, which was made by the gods at KyoAni itself. It turns out even commoners can shine.

Remember when I said Minorin was my favorite girl in the series? Well, that’s no longer the case. I see too much of myself inside her. She’s dishonest, untrue to herself, and always hiding her true feeling from everyone. Keeping it inside seems good, but maybe its because she feels that the people around her just aren’t close enough to her for her to tell her feelings to… at least, until she got into a fight with Ami.

That said, its probably better this way, since she’s finally found a friend who she can show her tears to. BUT. Having said that, I still hate her. I hate her for all the nonsense she spews out even in an emotional scene, and how everything she does always looks like some sort of fakage. She would probably earn bombs from being on a Chinese TV advertising show.

Now this picture was probably drawn by one of the better artists. It’s a good picture. Want to know why I think its a good picture? Most people cannot reproduce the expression of a person when trying to block their nose. The way her eyes narrow and her mouth displays an expression that radiates discomfort, really shows this artist knows his stuff. JC Staff’s been producing so much anime lately its hard to see how some of their artists cannot become geniuses.

Taiga on the other hand, is cuter than ever before. Like, I think she spent all her brand new status points from levelling up on just the cuteness attribute maybe its got something to do with a certain sidequest called “get boyfriend”? One would think that someone like her would naturally exhibit extreme cuteness and loveability, but it was the sheer lack of it in the beginning of this anime that probably made us all crave it even more. After all, that is the basis of the Tsundere Attraction.

All of a sudden Ryuuji and Taiga have so much in common it seems like they were destined to be together. Well, that’s the funny thing about these shows. Its that because there’s a script and storyboard, there’s a destiny for all the characters.

And Taiga and Ryuuji really go together really well. Better than what you’d expect when you saw her kicking and poking him around in the beginning of the show.

This would probably be one of the more memorable Toradora shows because practically all the scenes in it have a not-violent Taiga, and a very cute and very melancholic girl. After watching this, and finding that I’m enjoying watching them being troubled and finding life difficult, I am now officially convinced that misery sells.

Look at her, her large eyes and small stature, and the fact that she’s already pretty grown up just makes me wonder… Why do I find small girls so nice? Is my obsession over Taiga in this episode an indication of the existence of my inner pedophile? I really hope not…

Okay, so what I really wanted to say is, Taiga is actually a crossbreed of Shana and Nogizaka Haruka. But I’m sure she’d push me off a 100 storey building if she ever heard that come out of my mouth.

GERONIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

One of the things I was asking myself after watching Toradora is: Why is baka-chi giving me the impression of a dog now? I mean, Toradora SOS aside, why… do I think she really looks like a cute puppy wondering if its master will ever speak to it again? Why is Ami making me think of dogs?! I know she’s got the puppy face in this picture, but… don’t you find it unnatural to look at a girl and think about dogs?

Man, you only get these sorts of scenes in anime.

So now that Ryuuji has decided to make Taiga his wife, and Taiga seems to be very eager to comply, but very embarrassed about it, I wonder if now we’ll get a nice wedding with a bride with a face red as a tomato. That would really be awesome. Though its great to see Taiga gradually shedding her tsun and insecure side, it would still be nice to see a bit of it again. Maybe after they are married?

… is what I can so hear Haruta saying now. I mean he doesn’t say it but I can hear the voice so loud its deafening. This is precisely the thing I love about Toradora. It really explains the world around, that even if you aren’t getting anywhere, the rest of the world is. Onee-chan ja nai yo. GAARUFURIENDO!

This is the kind of response 4chan would give to a troll post like Haruta’s “look I’m dumb and stupid, but I’m hooked up. How many of you anons has a GAARUFURIENDO?”

On another note, twintailed Taiga (IS FUKKEN WIN) reminded me of someone from To Aru Anime That I Watched Not Long Ago. Did I mention that she was FULL OF WIN? There’s something about twintails that makes them so attractive and so arousing. I just can’t put my finger on it.

I must also commend the director for such a good show of force in giving us the drama that we need. Minorin’s Usotsuki face will live through the centuries. Lookie Ryuuji your GAARUFURIENDO target is staring in your face calling you a liar. We need some KNIVES in this show.

Also, we need a bit more Higurashi-style Taiga.

…and Kawashima Shion.