Toradora!
Palmtop Tiger. Delinquent Dragon.
TV-142008•23m•8.2/10
AnimationComedyDrama
Ratings
🎬TMDb
8.2/10(660)
Menacing in appearance but gentle at heart, second year high school student Ryuuji forms an unlikely friendship with classmate Taiga, a tiny girl with a sharp tongue and a tough attitude.
Production
J.C.STAFF
Language
JA
Status
Ended
First Aired
October 2, 2008
Last Aired
March 26, 2009
Networks
TV Tokyo, TV Osaka
Trailers & Videos
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Tiger and Dragon
Air date: 2008-10-02
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.
E2
Taiga and Ryuji
Air date: 2008-10-09
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.
E3
Your Song
Air date: 2008-10-16
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.
E4
That Look You Had
Air date: 2008-10-23
Taiga has a photo album full of blurry pictures of Kitamura. Ryūji offers to snap some pictures of him instead.
E5
Kawashima Ami
Air date: 2008-10-30
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.
E6
True Self
Air date: 2008-11-06
Followed by a stalker, Ami hides out with Taiga and decides that she must discard her fake personality from now on.
E7
Pool's Open
Air date: 2008-11-13
When the school's pool opens for the summer, the gang shops for new swimsuits, and Ryūji helps Taiga with an embarrassing problem.
E8
Who Is This For?
Air date: 2008-11-20
Ryūji tries to help Taiga win a swimming race against Ami, but when Ryūji nearly drowns, the truth about Taiga's feelings comes out.
E9
When You Go To The Sea
Air date: 2008-11-27
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.
E10
Fireworks
Air date: 2008-12-04
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.
E11
Ohashi High School Culture Festival 1
Air date: 2008-12-11
As preparations get under way for the school's cultural festival, Ryūji urges Taiga to consider reconciling with her estranged father.
E12
Ohashi High School Culture Festival 2
Air date: 2008-12-18
Taiga's reconciliation with her father divides her friends, but she ends up disappointed when her father doesn't attend her school play.
E13
Ohashi High School Culture Festival 3
Air date: 2008-12-25
Taiga wins a beauty contest despite a crushing disappointment about her father; a race is held to determine who will dance with Taiga.
E14
Palm-top Tiger of Happiness
Air date: 2009-01-08
A rumor starts that touching Taiga leads to good luck; Yūsaku gets some interesting news from the student council president.
E15
Distant Star
Air date: 2009-01-15
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.
E16
One Step Forward
Air date: 2009-01-22
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.
E17
Mercury is Retrograde at Christmas
Air date: 2009-01-29
With Christmas approaching, the student council plans a party while Taiga decides to curry favor with Santa by playing Cupid for Ryūji and Minori.
E18
Underneath the Fir Tree
Air date: 2009-02-05
The entire class pitches in to assemble an artificial Christmas tree with a glass star, but a stray fly ball destroys the decorations.
E19
Christmas Eve Party
Air date: 2009-02-12
The love triangle of Ryūji, Minori and Taiga reaches a crisis point when true feelings are realized during the school's Christmas Eve party.
E20
Stay Like This Forever
Air date: 2009-02-19
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.
E21
Can't Help Myself
Air date: 2009-02-26
During the ski trip, Ryūji confesses his feelings for Minori, but not to her. When Taiga disappears, everyone frantically searches for her.
E22
When You're Around
Air date: 2009-03-05
Knowing that Taiga believes she was rescued by Yūsaku during the ski trip, Ryūji asks Yūsaku to pretend that she's correct.
E23
Path to Take
Air date: 2009-03-12
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.
E24
Confession
Air date: 2009-03-19
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.
E25
Toradora!
Air date: 2009-03-26
When Yasuko reconciles with her parents, the truth about Ryūji's father is revealed, inspiring him to have a traditional wedding with Taiga.
Cast
Rie Kugimiya
Taiga Aisaka (voice)
Junji Majima
Ryuuji Takasu (voice)
Yui Horie
Minori Kushieda (voice)
Eri Kitamura
Ami Kawashima (voice)
Hirofumi Nojima
Yuusaku Kitamura (voice)
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