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Ryūji Takasu is a gentle high school student with a love for housework; but in contrast to his kind nature, he has an intimidating face that often gets him labeled as a delinquent. On the other hand is Taiga Aisaka, a small, doll-like student who is anything but a cute and fragile girl. Equipped with a wooden katana and feisty personality, Taiga is known throughout the school as the "Palmtop Tiger." One day, an embarrassing mistake causes the two students to cross paths. Ryūji discovers that Taiga actually has a sweet side: she has a crush on the popular vice president, Yūsaku Kitamura, who happens to be his best friend. But things only get crazier when Ryūji reveals that he has a crush on Minori Kushieda—Taiga's best friend! Toradora! is a romantic comedy that follows this odd duo as they embark on a quest to help each other with their respective crushes, forming an unlikely alliance in the process.

1 Seasons
25 Episodes
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Animation Comedy Drama
Cast & Characters
episode image Christmas Eve Party
8.8/10 (413 votes)

#1 Christmas Eve Party

S1:E19

The love triangle of Ryūji, Minori and Taiga reaches a crisis point when true feelings are realized during the school's Christmas Eve party.

episode image Can't Help Myself
8.8/10 (386 votes)

#2 Can't Help Myself

S1:E21

During the ski trip, Ryūji confesses his feelings for Minori, but not to her. When Taiga disappears, everyone frantically searches for her.

episode image Confession
8.7/10 (380 votes)

#3 Confession

S1:E24

The truth about Taiga and Ryūji's feelings for each other finally comes out, and they make a plan to run off together and get married.

episode image Toradora!
8.7/10 (465 votes)

#4 Toradora!

S1:E25

When Yasuko reconciles with her parents, the truth about Ryūji's father is revealed, inspiring him to have a traditional wedding with Taiga.

episode image One Step Forward
8.5/10 (336 votes)

#5 One Step Forward

S1:E16

Yūsaku reveals his love for Sumire, a student council president who is leaving to study abroad, so his friends urge him to run for her council seat.

episode image Path to Take
8.5/10 (334 votes)

#6 Path to Take

S1:E23

When Yasuko collapses from anemia due to overwork, Ryūji and Taiga take over her job of selling chocolate and use Ami's celebrity to improve sales.

episode image Ohashi High School Culture Festival 3
8.2/10 (326 votes)

#7 Ohashi High School Culture Festival 3

S1:E13

Taiga wins a beauty contest despite a crushing disappointment about her father; a race is held to determine who will dance with Taiga.

episode image Who Is This For?
8.1/10 (320 votes)

#8 Who Is This For?

S1:E8

Ryūji tries to help Taiga win a swimming race against Ami, but when Ryūji nearly drowns, the truth about Taiga's feelings comes out.

episode image When You're Around
8.1/10 (293 votes)

#9 When You're Around

S1:E22

Knowing that Taiga believes she was rescued by Yūsaku during the ski trip, Ryūji asks Yūsaku to pretend that she's correct.

episode image True Self
8.0/10 (318 votes)

#10 True Self

S1:E6

Followed by a stalker, Ami hides out with Taiga and decides that she must discard her fake personality from now on.

episode image When You Go To The Sea
8.0/10 (311 votes)

#11 When You Go To The Sea

S1:E9

During a trip to Ami's beach villa, Taiga has a nightmare about being married to Ryūji and schemes to bring him and Minori together.

episode image Fireworks
7.9/10 (309 votes)

#12 Fireworks

S1:E10

The gang plots an elaborate stunt to scare Minori with a trip to a nearby cave where Yūsaku has planted scary traps, but Yūsaku and Minori disappear.

episode image Kawashima Ami
7.8/10 (317 votes)

#13 Kawashima Ami

S1:E5

Yūsaku's childhood friend Ami, a model, transfers to the school and immediately becomes popular with everyone but Taiga, who sees the truth about her.

episode image Palm-top Tiger of Happiness
7.8/10 (294 votes)

#14 Palm-top Tiger of Happiness

S1:E14

A rumor starts that touching Taiga leads to good luck; Yūsaku gets some interesting news from the student council president.

episode image Underneath the Fir Tree
7.8/10 (296 votes)

#15 Underneath the Fir Tree

S1:E18

The entire class pitches in to assemble an artificial Christmas tree with a glass star, but a stray fly ball destroys the decorations.

episode image Stay Like This Forever
7.8/10 (285 votes)

#16 Stay Like This Forever

S1:E20

The class trip to Okinawa is canceled, leading to a last-minute change of plans to a ski trip, where Ryūji resolves to tell Minori how he feels.

episode image Taiga and Ryuji
7.7/10 (360 votes)

#17 Taiga and Ryuji

S1:E2

Taiga's efforts to get closer to Yūsaku fail: A scheme in basketball ends with Taiga knocked out, and she drops a plate of cookies out a window.

episode image That Look You Had
7.7/10 (317 votes)

#18 That Look You Had

S1:E4

Taiga has a photo album full of blurry pictures of Kitamura. Ryūji offers to snap some pictures of him instead.

episode image Pool's Open
7.7/10 (307 votes)

#19 Pool's Open

S1:E7

When the school's pool opens for the summer, the gang shops for new swimsuits, and Ryūji helps Taiga with an embarrassing problem.

episode image Ohashi High School Culture Festival 1
7.7/10 (301 votes)

#20 Ohashi High School Culture Festival 1

S1:E11

As preparations get under way for the school's cultural festival, Ryūji urges Taiga to consider reconciling with her estranged father.

episode image Ohashi High School Culture Festival 2
7.7/10 (293 votes)

#21 Ohashi High School Culture Festival 2

S1:E12

Taiga's reconciliation with her father divides her friends, but she ends up disappointed when her father doesn't attend her school play.

episode image Distant Star
7.6/10 (290 votes)

#22 Distant Star

S1:E15

Yūsaku has a meltdown in class, dyes his hair blond and refuses to run for student council, causing everyone to wonder what's wrong with him.

episode image Mercury is Retrograde at Christmas
7.5/10 (295 votes)

#23 Mercury is Retrograde at Christmas

S1:E17

With Christmas approaching, the student council plans a party while Taiga decides to curry favor with Santa by playing Cupid for Ryūji and Minori.

episode image Your Song
7.4/10 (329 votes)

#24 Your Song

S1:E3

Ryūji and Taiga spend a day helping Minori at one of her many part-time jobs, and Ryūji gets to know her better when they're locked in a storehouse.

episode image Tiger and Dragon
7.2/10 (404 votes)

#25 Tiger and Dragon

S1:E1

On the first day of school, Ryūji discovers that he and Taiga, the meanest girl in class, share a secret: each loves the other's best friend.

Cast & Chracters

character image Taiga Aisaka (voice)

Taiga Aisaka (voice)

Actor: Rie Kugimiya
character image Ryuuji Takasu (voice)

Ryuuji Takasu (voice)

Actor: Junji Majima
character image Minori Kushieda (voice)

Minori Kushieda (voice)

Actor: Yui Horie
character image Ami Kawashima (voice)

Ami Kawashima (voice)

Actor: Eri Kitamura
character image Yuusaku Kitamura (voice)

Yuusaku Kitamura (voice)

Actor: Hirofumi Nojima

The highest rated episode of Toradora! is "Christmas Eve Party" (S1E19) with a rating of 8.80.

This episode received 413 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Tiger and Dragon" (S1E1) with a rating of 7.20.

This episode received 404 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Christmas Eve Party" (S1E19) with a rating of 8.80.

This episode received 413 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Tiger and Dragon" (S1E1) with a rating of 7.20.

This episode received 404 votes.

Name Department Job
Chikako Shibata Art Art Direction
Mayumi Okawa Art Background Designer
Shinya Yano Art Background Designer
Tomohiro Morishita Art Background Designer
Yukie Hiyamizu Art Prop Designer
Yutaka Kurosawa Camera Director of Photography
Tatsuyuki Nagai Directing Series Director
Hitomi Sudo Editing Assistant Editor
Shigeru Nishiyama Editing Editor
Muneyuki Kanbe Production Producer
Shin'ichi Ikeda Production Producer
Takaaki Yuasa Production Producer
Takahiro Yamanaka Production Producer
Yuji Matsukura Production Producer
Ayumu Anzai Sound Sound Mixer
Jin Aketagawa Sound Sound Director
Katsuhiro Nakano Sound Sound Effects
Yukari Hashimoto Sound Original Music Composer
Isamu Sato Visual Effects Compositing Artist
Kyo Ichikawa Visual Effects Compositing Artist
Masayoshi Tanaka Visual Effects Character Designer
Miyuki Ishida Visual Effects Color Designer
Sumi Okita Visual Effects Compositing Artist
Yosuke Matsuzawa Visual Effects Compositing Artist
Mari Okada Writing Series Composition
Yasu Writing Novel
Yuyuko Takemiya Writing Novel

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