Toradora! (the title is excited) is the
story of two high school students, Taiga Aisaka and Ryuuji Takasu,
who encounter each other and learn that they each have an unrequited
(for the time being at least) crush: Taiga on Ryuuji’s best friend
Yuusaky Kitamura and Ryuuji on Taiga’s best friend Minori (“Minorin”)
Kushieda. The two agree to attempt to play mutual matchmaker, but
end up getting closer with and falling for each other in the process.
That really doesn’t sound like it would
fill 25 episodes, does it? Mercifully, though, the slow-burn romance
actually manages to work, and stay engaging for the show’s run. How
does Toradora! do it?
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