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Have you watched the Toradora OVA? It's called the meaning of bento. I'm not positive which point it was supposed to occur, but it was very cute, and very clear that Minori and Aki were teasing Taiga about making Ryuuji a bento. It's pretty cute.
I've decided to watch Toradora after seeing the thumbnail of this video... Binged everything in 3 days. But it took weeks to properly recover from the sadness. What a rollercoaster.
For me, it was the pool scene. Ryuji almost drowns, and when he's lying on the pool deck, Taiga screams at everyone to get away from him because he belongs to her. Taiga's terrified for Ryuji and she doesn't know how to express herself other than blind rage. That's a powerful scene.
I love that taiga went from not being able to confront her feelings in the classroom to realizing she still needs to grow before she can be someone that is able to be emotionally stable enough to be in a relationship
I think she needed to take the last chance with her new family so she could not regret it later, if she didnt at least try, then in the back of her head she would wonder if she could have had a more complete family, and not just depend on ryuji and his mother and her friends to fill the void.
That's something that is very difficult to do for so many people. Including myself. Between my previous relationship to what has happened a couple years later with another relationship and the events that for all I know has caused so much damage that I am unsure if I can ever heal from it. The last decade in a half were atrocious years of my life of learning and failing and attachments and relationships and actions and words that said or typed that cultivated including my prior years of family issues among other things has caused so much strife that just as I was before I am almost completely broken. Emotionless most of the time and unable to socially function at times, I rarely show anything and when I do its almost always anger which has done nothing to ever help me and only has caused more pain. I also struggle to let go of attachments as I probably believe that they're all I really have anymore outside of anime or my games and at the same time I fear relationships as well. I know I need to emotionally grow and heal before having a healthy relationship but I have so many fears and such a weak state of mind that I hide myself even at work and it has really shown in my workplace from when I started to now. While I am also doing school which hasn't probably helped or maybe it has or will. No one really knows who I am not even myself it seems. I have respect for those who face such hardships and are able to make something of them.
This is what made the ending great. People complained about how it ended, yet, they had not seen how important that one year they are apart. Taiga's one amazing anime character, albeit, that happened off cam.
@@neogamess The people who will complain the most about the ending are probably the people who read the light novels, since I personally will say the light novels ending is a lot more detailed and realistic. But to me personally the ending was good in both
side note, the connection of her rolling out of the locker the first day when they meet and him finding her hiding there in the end was one of my favorite details
I’m so mad that they are taking it off of Netflix. This is by far my favorite anime. The characters expressions, the love and just the overall message. It’s beautiful Yk?
@@PokeBlox21 Hey, I binged the entire series right before it was removed too! I'm glad I did too, because there's a lot of things in the anime that have taken on a new light now that I'm older!
at 8:31, I'm wondering "wtf am I crying during a review video??" then noticed that lost my pieces was playing as the soundtrack at the time. I've gone full pavlovian...
I think the saddest scene in the entire show was when Minori kisses her fist after putting it on Ryuuji's lips. It just shows that she still loves him but she has to let him go because she knows that someone else needed him more than her.
I absolutely agree on the Christmas scene. Kugimiya Rie's performance as Taiga was incredible, her screams of "Ryuujiiiii!" while crying in despair in the cold street were heart-wrenching
toradora is one of those animes that even when you watched it two years ago and forgot about it, when someone brings it up you just remember how it made you feel and smile at just how good it was
That is literally what happened to me LOL Toradora was the first anime that actually made me cry, and the second romance anime I've ever watched (the first being Chivalry of a Failed Knight, which is, coincidentally, the very first anime I've ever watched, at the tender age of 8). It definitely holds a special place in my heart, and I plan to rewatch it soon, just to remember the good times I had back in 2019. tl;dr: Toradora sure was a masterpiece.
I watched it as one of my first anime and forgot about it for years… I thought it was a pretty good show but nothing special. recently remembered it and binged the whole thing again and now it’s one of my favorites
I totally agree! It's been ten years since I finished the show, and watching this video essay brought all the emotions back. Great anime! One of the best!
It’s a complete masterpiece, and I would argue that the ending is not what we originally wanted but it’s actually the correct ending for character development.
them spending a year apart meant they learned how to love each other without depending on each other - before that time skip, taiga couldn't have survived without ryuji. she took a year to learn how to love herself, so that their love could then be 100% pure, not born out of necessity or need for something the other provided. that "pure love" is the "thing nobody's ever seen" they reference in the start and end of the show. love between two people who can exist separately, but choose to exist as one. the episode titles also mirror this line of thinking - ep 1 is Tiger and Dragon, because they first meet and their relationship isn't really personal yet. ep 2 is Taiga and Ryuji, which is basically the same title except more personal to the characters - because that's when they first start to fall in love. then the final ep is Toradora (meaning basically "Tiger-Dragon") and its description is literally "Two finally become one." tldr the ending was literally perfect and built upon the writing, symbolism, and imagery all the way from the start of the series.
A masterpiece? The anime is one of the worst ive watched. It was bad to the point it put me off anime for over a decade and romance shows probably for good. I'm honestly wondering how much people must hate romance if they consider this show not even good, but a ''masterpiece''
Binged all of Toradora in a day then spent the next one contemplating my existence. It took months from there for me to watch another anime. Easily a top 10 or maybe even top 5 anime for me. Also the writing and execution of your videos are so thoroughly thought out its honestly really impressive. I look forward to your future videos and seeing your channel blow up 🔥
I know right ? I have recently watched it and I am feeling so depressed because of the show. I actually was kind of able to overcome it by watching another one which I knew I would be able to overcome this depressed feeling. So here I am, not knowing what to do and waiting until something happens
I binged watched it completely in 5 hrs . because of the high praise in comments for this anime. Personally, I think it's good but not to the point that can have emotional breakdown. Storyline is linear with the characters placed conviniently around protagonists. Maybe other can relate cause of their own life experiences, maybe it's a cultural thing. I don't know. For me it's just a good anime nothing more nothing less.
I also love how when ryuji's mom reunites with her perents you can see how much of her life she dedicated to ryuji and how she tried to be strong for his sake when she breaks down in tears. Her acting like a kid with her parents made me realy happy because my mom was only recently reunited with my grendparents after years of avoiding them after a fight.
i was so sad about toradora that i literally refused to think about it for a year by mentally shouting until i stopped thinking about it. and then i rewatched it a year later and saw the end credits scene.
i was smart enough to see the after credits scene the first time, and even with that im still a bit disappointed, as very well described at 15:54 i genuinely can't imagine how awful of an ending it would have been without that scene.
One of the reasons Toradora is my favorite romcom is the fact that it actually feels like Taiga is a second main character. You dont get that very often with the lead assist.
@@partypoison8476 he/she probably means that in some romcoms the male mc gets something like 70% screen time while the various girls all share the remaining 30%. In toradora Taiga has a massive presence almost equal to that of ryuuji who is the male mc. The opening says it all, those 2 are clearly prominent in it.
@@partypoison8476 like the guy in the beginning of the video said a common trope of romantic slice of life animes is the mc's love intrest is more of an end goal rather than a character so they make the love interest a painfully shallow "kind pretty pure person" with barely anything interesting in their character which makes a lot of slice of life animes lacking in character development
"The greatest kiss in anime history" Preach it Brandon. Taiga's line, "If we kiss, it's probably going to hurt" just kicks me right in the feels and sums up the entire journey.
Recently rewatched it. There's so many moments that made me cry. Pool scene but also the scene where Taiga realizes she'll lose Ryuuji. The fact she realizes she's been crying knowing if Ryuuji and Minori end up together he wouldn't be able to be next to her and her screaming his name. But even moments like the kissing scene and the moment where Taiga leaves. I can't recover from it for a while but even after my second rewatch it still hits me. I'm an emotional mess.
It's been years and the memory of the pool scene, Christmas, or her jumping from the overpass can make me want to breakdown. This is my all time favorite series. You've done a beautiful job encapsulating what made Toradora so special.
@@xRecklessPR For me, the scene where Minori sees Tiga breaking down at Christmas has consistently hit me in a way rare few other stories have managed. Once again, a perfect series.
Honestly I ever since I’ve watched toradora, I’ve vowed to always watch it during Christmas time and now ever time I hear the soundtrack and ending songs it ALWAYS hits different 😭
Thats a good idea, i watched it twice already, its probably my favorite anime and the anime that got me into anime and specifically romcoms, i think my third watch will be around christmas this year, i think it fits well
Toradora is one of those shows that I never liked at first but started to love it as i watch through the episodes, the story has so many relatable moments and the characters are well written, the ending made me cry
I was extremely mad when I first finished this anime, then I stuck around till after the credits because the episode seemed oddly short. Finding her in a locker, just like in the very beginning, is poetic, and kind of hilarious. "I wanted to surprise you all... but I was too late"
I still remember how hard that "ran out and find Ryuuji" hit me and how I cried so bad in my online class. Glad I didn't have mic and camera turned on (the class wasn't really important don't worry about it lol)
When Minori catches Taiga crying after the Santa Bear visit, I not only felt the sudden emotional weight of what Taiga was dealing with but the conflict raging within Minori, pulling her in so many directions had to be unbearable. Giving up a love she wanted, feeling like she may be hurting her friend, wanting that friend to be happy... The character development was amazing. I was definitely sad when the show ended but it wouldn't have seemed right to continue any further.
I spent hours DAYS even trying to find something online to explain why I felt the way I did and only now have you allowed me to be free of my depression and continue remembering my favourite anime in happiness, like seriously I haven't stopped being sad about toradora for like 2 years so thank you!
I wish we got just like a little mini series or ova showing Taiga and Ryuji married, happy, and with kids. My life would be complete and my heart would be overflowing with happiness.
@@Alex-bw6yd bro this anime hit hard but nah no game no life hit harder than will smith I am telling you I have been waiting 8 years for another season I am still waiting//////I saw the movie if you haven’t seen I recommend you watch it
Ami is a god tier character. Also Ryuji's mom is also great. A prequel with her falling in love with Ryuji's father would be cooler imo than the a sequel with the middle age crisis teacher.
*Me:* Hoping that this video would give me a closure to my post toradora depression. *Brandon:* Gives my more post toradora depression. On a serious note though, I am so glad I found this anime. I don't think I am ever gonna find anything that comes close to breaking my heart like this one, and I absolutely love it for this.
"Kaguya-Sama love is war" is waay more comedic than toradora, but there are points where the story hits you in the feelings like a truck (like the fireworks festival) and you actually end up caring about the characters I'd reccomend it, it does come close to toradora (and I'm not one that watches a lot of anime)
@@bayarealuis5933 only if you rewrite the script. I like good stories told well, and Darling in the Franxx fails on both, especially on "told well". I had to bingewatch Noir (for the interrupt) and Evangelion (for the reset) to fix me afterwards.
I remember finishing toradora when I was young and immediately went to see the manga cause there was NO WAY IN HELL IT JUST ENDED LIKE THAT, only to be disappointed that the manga wasn't even finished yet 😭😭
@@jdluck3180 no, sadly almost anything that is a light novel with a manga adaptation the manga never finishes. I feel like manga adaptations are more of a promotion rather than anything else.
This show literally came out 14 years ago and nothing else since then has ever done something to me on an emotional scale quite like Toradora. This truly is humanities greatest anime. Also I've watched it 7 times
@@sxlz9041 stop saying wayyyy harder lmao, its your opinion and only for you its wayyyyy harder not a rude comment bruh idek how to make this sound kind pls send help
This show will always be in my heart. The plot is interesting, the characters are vibrant and diverse, the comedy is good(sometimes cringe but thats alright) and most of all, it was very emotional and it stayed in my head for WEEKS. Seriously the day I finished watching Toradora it gave me this unexplainable feeling of emptiness, and actually gave me motivation to take a shot on things I've always wanted to do. Watching this anime ACTUALLY gave me the motivation to do something on my life, and thats incredibly rare. It's been years since I've finished it and I still watch it from time to time, but it will never be the same as I first watched this anime. 10/10 and I hope more anime like these get released. I'm not so updated on the new animes since 2 years ago, but I hope I will one day stumble upon golden anime like these
I think a lot of it comes from the fact that all the caracters have flaws and those affect their lives in big ways, it makes them relatable, because most people are like that, even if they dont realise it. I also like that at the end only two caracters actualy get a sort of good ending, while everyone else ends at square 1 or even worse, but they accept it and move on, because they cant do anything about it exept be happy for their friends.
Idk bro. I never knew people were actually depressed after watching Toradora cuz it was idk🤔... Actually a realistic and good ending? ANGEL BEATS On the other hand Ffs for a few years after i watched it, everytime i Got reminded of this anime, depression and anxiety came with it and im not even joking. It was fucked up even with the post credits scene. When I think about it, steins gate and Angel Beats fucked me up emotionally so much that they affected how i lived my life and broke my real life reactions to the experiences that shouldve been more freeing so im actually jealous of u ppl being sad about an anime that actually has a good and realistic ending 😢 moral of the story is to NOT hide emotions and surely dont layer em over time, but actually Express them as soon as u can. Otherwise ur health and overall emotional being will be fucked up. Have a good day brothers and watch what u watch especially when ur still a Little shit. 💗
I am glad someone else agrees that the ending just didn’t really make sense. I get the family problems, but why the transfer of schools? Really left something to be desired within me. After Episode 24 was really good, was hoping the last episode would pick up on their story, at least they met up in the end. Great video.
@@AidenRund Its not like she came back to her older school she just came back to meet Riyuji. The scene is not so important but very satisfying that they met after all.
The ending does leave you with a bad feeling but it makes perfect sense. The entire show comes back several times to the point that you can't lie to yourself and run away from your feelings forever. Taiga making the decision that it's time to face her family head on, despite making both her and the viewer feel terrible that she left, is the proof of how much the characters in general progress through the show. It's a terrible ending at first sight, but it's beautiful in retrospect.
I have no idea why this popped up in my recommended since I haven't heard even watched Toradora, but the intro talking about post-anime depression is so relatable, I've felt it the most with assassination classroom, not only for the tragic finale, but also because I felt very emotionally attached to the characters and not seeing them again in new adventures feels very sad. even though I watched assasination classroom over 2 years ago, thinking about it still makes my heart sink for a while.
I always felt like it ended right where it needed to. It concluded the story between the two main characters and already showed the dedication they had to each other. If anything all I could want to make it that much better would be an OVA where they truly get married
I disagree. Taiga and Ryuuji’s story ended when it needed to, but Minori and Ami’s didn’t. They got shafted by the final arc of the show, it focused too much on the main couple than them and Yusaku, even though they were all important characters who deserved their own satisfying conclusions. On the rare chance that this series gets any kind of continuation, I would hope for it focus more on them and how they go about life without Ryuuji, because he seemed to be the only thing that mattered to both of them. Yusaku as well deserved a better ending, because he was so irrelevant from the final arc, he could’ve been written out entirely.
@@midnalazuli793 And what would their conclusion be? They get in relationships with some random dudes that we didn't see before? They were side characters and they were there for the development of the MCs. Not every side character needs closure.
Just finished it and my post anime depression brought me here. I’m so glad I chose to watch this after evangelion but seriously wow never did a show get me in my feelings like this one. Literally those last few episodes had me all over the place with emotions.
Toradora was one of the first animes that I watched that turned me into the filthy weeb that I am today. I had seen it pop up a few times on my Netflix and decided to finally watch it. Boy was I blown away. I was totally messed up for days after finishing it. I think Toradora is probably the anime that hit me the hardest after finishing it. I don't know how to describe it. It was so depressing, yet refreshing I guess you could say. Toradora was my #1 favorite anime from then on and I think it might still be up there. If it's not my #1 favorite anime, it's at least my #1 favorite romcom. I wish I could watch it for the first time again so I can feel what I did back then again...
I think this might be my favorite you've made. You've literally explained why I was hit so hard at the of Toradora, and most anime in general. You literally never miss, bro
For me I felt the devs simply trow away a entire new season in the 2 last eps! They could have easily done new plots passing trough the char's last year of high school instead of just rushing for the end! Give more time for Amy/Minori (Taiga was out), more supportive characters interactions, Ryu going after Taiga in her new school or fighting her family, etc... "We haven't had cash" is the only reason, other than that is " We're dumb"
@@jefersonmartins6471 there out of original sources, they can’t make a season 2, because Toradora! the light novel is over, anything new is not connected to the original work
I love the darker undertones of this show. One kid is a depressed over archiver, one is a child of a Yakuza, one is a neglected kid and one gets stalked. And all that mostly just in the background.
My favorite rom com anime i’ve rewatched it over ten times and cried once or twice every time while watching. Its a masterpiece in my eyes. When ryuji grabbed minori’s hand and orange started playing when they were searching for taiga i just bursted into tears and cried even more when i saw taiga on the ground.
AHHHH MINORIIIIIII YOU DESERVED BETTERRRRRR thank you for making this, I've been struggling immensely to voice my feelings after finishing the show. Good vid, you've earned a sub.
Literally just finished the show and am frantically watching videos on Toradora because I’m not ready to let it go yet. This happens with most slice of life anime lol. Don’t even get me started with how I felt after Erased.
Its been a few years since I first watched Toradora. I teared up just from this video. The moment where Taiga runs out crying Ryuji's name gets me everytime, especially with that music. Just goes to show what an amazing series this is, I honestly don't get emotional very often, but something about this show gets me every time, and I think you hit on a lot of the reasons why with this video, so thank you for that.
I AM SO HAPPY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FELT THIS WAY!! This anime put me in severe emptiness when I finished it... it is beautiful really. Toradora, you will always have a place in my heart. Thanks for being this great.
Holy shit I just finished it too! Thank you so much for putting it into words like that and also putting the same feelings I have about them taking a year from each other out into the world. Incredible video, can’t wait to see more from you.
after hearing several people i know say it was their favorite show, i started watching this show a week ago and finished it today. I had a real fun time watching it! I think my biggest praise for the show is how it treats characters that AREN'T the male and female lead. they all have an observable presence in the show. their actions today affect what happens tomorrow and even affect people around them. My biggest surprise was with Ryuji's friend Yusaku. episode one Ryuji walks with him to school and he introduces us to him with "this is my friend" and i'm thinking "oh cool, a male in a romance show that isn't the lead. can't wait to never see or hear from him ever again." but no, the dude sticks around and is an essential character! he's on the student council, but he's not super strait laced. he likes to have fun and goofs around, but never in a way that would cause anyone trouble. when he got rejected everyone felt for the guy and when he wouldn't run for president everyone got concerned. My favorite little character moment from him was after ryuji fell in the water, he brought ryuji a pair of his cloths to wear. He's an honest homie!
I also just think that Vanilla Salt is probably THE best Anime Credit song. Like the first time I heard it and read the lyrics, it gave me INSANE chills bc HOLY SHIT IT FITS SO GOOD
When I was 10 and first started watching Toradora, my head couldn't grasp the layered problems that were going on so I was still watching blindly without knowing what went on. But the show still hit me hard, still giving me the toradora depression. This goes to show that even without you thinking or not able to grasp the situation fully, the emotions and actions you do understand will still give you the full story just from a slightly different perspective, which makes the show truly remarkable.(Even this sentence couldn't fully convey what I mean) Which makes the saying, "Toradora walked so it can save its energy and run" just beautiful. You did great man, keep it up :)
I totally get what you mean! I think the fact that it was there, and the amount of emotion behind those scenes means that you probably still subconsciously understood it on some level, which goes to show how great this show is. It's beautiful 😄
I nearly cried from watching the Christmas arc on this video. It is able to hit so hard on the emotions that it pierces the point that most emotional things fail to.
FYI for anybody with post Toradora depression, there's a visual novel for the psp that extends the story. The true ending with Taiga is the best imo. Sure it was only released in Japan but emulators and English patches exist for a reason, it's the same length as the show so it's either going to finally give you closure or make it worse
Toradora was the first romance focused anime I watched. The whole thing was a ride of emotions I didn’t want to feel… but then when I finished it I wanted more
Same, I just finished it, I typically watch shonens like bleach or demon slayer, I watched this, and now I feel bad, like I’m lonely and this characters have something I wish so badly I could have but can’t right now, and I don’t know how to stop thinking about it.
This is one of those animes where you feel so changed after it ends(like a silent voice the movie). I remember finishing toradora for the first time maybe a year ago and I still look back on it fondly. Its really a good show and teaches so much about love and how obsessive relationships never really end well. Thx
Lost it at 5:30 💀😂 But for real though, this is an amazing video! I love the breakdown and explanation that really put me back in the feels. Thanks for the awesome work you do!
Toradora gave me post anime depression for about 2-5 months and honestly it was so beautiful in my opinion, cried so many tears and it made me also relate to the characters
@@Ray.mf_ If toradora already gave you a hard time good luck lol. Just a breeze compared to those and Your Lie In April. Re:life/Charlotte/Plastic memories are honorable mentions too.
I got like three shows that gave me this kind of depression (Toradora and Violet Evergarden, because I really like those two) and after reading and rewatching it Tokyo Ghoul s2 because the did the manga dirty, altough that doesn't even begin to describe my distaste about the way they handled this manga.....
I started watching Toradora a week ago and ended on Christmas Day. It truly is the best present for Christmas 😊. Words can’t explain how beautiful this anime is…
the first time i ever finished toradora, it made me change my whole view of how love works and how to deal with it. i have rewatched toradora so many times because it makes me happy to see a anime understand and explain the real way love works. i cry every time i watch toradora because of how much i relate to it. people show different emotions/actions when in love with someone, it can be hard for many people to show true emotion and instead show agression or trys too hard to get closer to that person.
It's not abusive it's people recognizeing their own failures and trying to fix them, and people putting up a facade to others to let them be happy but not themselves, it shows us a fairly healthy relationship.
That episode where all the facade falls and everyone, specially Ryuji, had to face Taiga's feelings head on, something he had consistently pushed others to do, is now at that moment where he himself has to face the music. That entire episode stuck to me for YEARS!!!! How long? Ever since the anime first aired! A time when RUclips videos were a maximum of 10 mins each. Back when Crunchyroll was still pirating anime and they aired uploaded fansubs of Toradora. That episode and the emotions it had, stuck to me, that I will never forget it. A lot of other scenes are as memorable as well... The pool scene, the fight with the previous student council, Taiga chasing after Ryuji, her confession... key moments I tell you... They stick with you the moment you focus on it. But that episode where the facade just falls, my god that was brilliant!
Just finished watching it yesterday and this video made me complete with the whole anime depression thing. ALSO even with scenes that don’t focus on taiga and ryujis relationship, the series still leaves an impact on you, for example the fight between the president and taiga, and even sometimes through simple words like when Ami said “it’s great to have someone who understands me, even if he dosent love me” -absolutely wrecked me the entire week
Amazing vid dude, didn't have anyone to talk to about this show and I just had to endure post anime depression alone for weeks. You described the show so well man. That's a Sub from me.
I'm so glad! For real, I had to go through the post anime depression experience too, and there barely seemed to be any Toradora videos that talked about it. So I decided to make it myself to help anyone else in the same situation 😅
My favorite thing about Toradora! is that you know exactly what is going to happen before you even finish the first episode. You know that Taiga and Riyuji are going to end up together in the end. But its the way that they get there that's so impactful. The first half of the show is typical rom-com shenanigans, but by the second half, you're in the full swing of the plot and all the emotions come down at once. I still often times go back to that 23rd episode just to watch and let all the nostalgia flood me, a year and a half later. This is a show that is beloved, but not talked about seriously nearly enough. I wasn't expecting Toradora! to be good. I left with a feeling of contentness afterwards.
Toradora was the first anime I legitimately binge watched and did nothing else over a weekend. I love the characters, the emotional rollercoaster, and the ambiguous ending actually fits it. There is not 'Happily ever after' just the best you can do with the person you love. Toradora is what I aspire to be, but can never achieve for myself.
@Big Bean If your Interested to watch something then I'll recommend something similar that's route Based called Amagi SS It has 2 seasons & you'll definitely be happy with the result the endings are more happy & more based long term & have different kind of endings I have 4 personal favorites & one personal favorite end of a girl that I disliked a bit which was the first route ultimately
It's funny how these romance anime still get me and always manage to find a spot somewhere in my schedule, at least once a year... because I'm a huge grimdark reader, and just dark fantasy in general, manga, books, whatever grimmy, nasty and dastardly story I stumble upon, I'm probably gonna check it out -- Some writers have no limits 😂
I watched this weekly when it first came out. I'm 30, 31 this year. This show STILL hits me everytime. It's too good. The characters portrayed feel real. Nothing felt forced like so many other romcoms do. It genuinely is a master piece.
When ToraDora released, my wife and I had already been married several years and watched it together. Unlike a lot of people, we found the ending very satisfying. Taiga and Ryuji had already proven their commitment to each other. Now they made the responsible decision to make their relationship into something they could openly and proudly share with their families. I didn’t think the ending short changed their romance. It was more of a grown up romance than a shallow teenage “confess-kiss-sex-the end” formula.
I watched this series as it aired back in 2008. I was in highschool then, and there was only one other person in school that I knew watched anime, so really, I had no one to talk to about this show. As the story progressed week after week I bottled up all my emotions then when the climax hit and the show ended, I imploded. What a magical time it was. This video perfectly encapsulated what I was feeling then. Thank you.
This is actually one of the first romance anime that I've watched back in 2019, and it's the first anime to really give me post anime depression, like I know it ended perfectly, but the moment that title shows up in the last episode, I end up craving for more
I feel the same, and it's the feeling that we are not getting anything else that kills us inside. I am trying to recover from this anime and I don't think I will be watching it ever again because this is the worst feeling I have felt so far and I don't want to feel it again when I am watching it
i remember how happy i was at the post credits scene, i replay it all the time for how beateful it is, this was one of my first anime and it still one of the best, thanks for this amazing video!
I first watched this show during a very emotionally dark point in my life. And it really helped pick me up. There are three scenes in this show that consistently make me cry. Chief among them being when she screams out Ryuji's name.
My favorite episode is still the last two episodes when the two decided to elope, only to find Ryuji's mom ran away. The point where Ryuji got to meet his grandparents and the moment when his grandparents tell his mom that she did a great job raising him. It was a very emotional moment where the grandparents were basically admitting they were wrong to the daughter they felt wasn't mature enough to raise a child. The anime Hanasaku Iroha felt similar, with a mom that was too afraid to return home to the family that still loved her.
God daum, i watched toradora 2 times and still listening to these moments made me cry again. Yeah, tora dora is great. Hard to believe it's almost 15 years old. Maaaan i'm old, now thats a total depression.
Damn, this was one of the first anime I watched back in high school. Even now, when you showed the Christmas scene, I almost started crying. I really loved this show.
@@BrandonRTalks yooo yes the confidence 👍 you deserve it and much more :) great vid, I’ve never seen toradora and this vid made me tear up, even tho I got spoiled, I’m still convinced to go watch it anyways :)
The first time I watched Toradora, it was shortly after the breakup with my first girlfriend who looked jsut like Taiga, and it really didn't help me. I was already depressed and it pushed me deeper, but while I ewas watching it, the feelings and warmth felt so good.. That was almost 10 years ago and I still could cry just from hearing the soundtrack.
Ridiculously good character development. Something we aren't getting in a lot of anime these days. When is the last time tall ever heard the fmc verbally and emotionally declare her feelings for the MC. I miss the chills I get during those scenes The pool scene in toradora and the arena scene in Failed knight hands down some of the best moments for goosebumps
the way he described the emotions in the really small moments in toradora, that i even forgot, was so good and it more-so explains why i sat on my couch crying for 30 minutes when i watched the ending. you deserve a sub
14:30 And now I'm crying again. Have a like and a sub you monster. I watched Toradora about seven years ago (Has it really been that long? my goodness) and I had managed to forget about this feeling until you brought it up again. Seriously, this is one of the only pieces of modern media that legitimately made me cry from how emotional it was (the other one was UP, if you've watched it you shouldn't need me to explain why. No, I have not watched Violet Evergarden yet, I really need to do that). I remember the feeling of post Toradora depression so, so well. The entire relationship between Taiga and Ryuji is just written so well and those final few episodes especially. The specific scene that made me burst into tears the most was when Ryuji met his grandparents for the first time and introduced Taiga as his wife, it was so emotionally charged from so many different angles I was probably bawling for a good half hour. I need to go back and watch Toradora again, I want cry some more.
i started watching this anime three days after my ex dumped me on my birthday, i was so freaking devastated i went on like an emotional breakdown that cost me my hand for some time, the impotence the pain was all dulled when i hit a wall and some rebar pierced the top of my hand damaging a knuckle, i watched all episodes from 1 to eleven in a sitting while recovering but i couldnt bring myself to watch the last episode... i just couldnt lose anything else in that moment. i cried, laughed and felt to many things with this characters, i was not ready to let go so i put off from watching the ending of it. i lasted one year like that, then my dog died and to feel happy and whole again i saw photos and videos of him, besides one of his photos was a screencap of this anime so i remembered i never finished it, when i started it again i started to notice more things and as if it was magic the last episode hit my head like a truck flooding my brain with memories of my ex, my dog, and my experience with the anime that left me ugly crying for at least 3 hours, but after that almost all my emotional baggage was gone but a piece that has never closed and hast stayed open for the las 4 years is that i never got the chance to tell her i loved her one last time.
I stumbled upon Toradora when it was airing back in 2008. It stuck a cord with my highschool self back then. And 15 years years later it’s still my favorite anime of all time! It’s frankly a masterpiece! I’ve rewatched the series over 20 times, and it continues to hit me in my feels every time!
And yes, I know there's an after-credits scene lol. I literally show a part of it in the video 15:12 🤣
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Uh. I think you've fallen down to the flanderized version of tsundere. Taiga's pretty much the classic one.
Lol talk about nge level Depression
Have you watched the Toradora OVA? It's called the meaning of bento. I'm not positive which point it was supposed to occur, but it was very cute, and very clear that Minori and Aki were teasing Taiga about making Ryuuji a bento. It's pretty cute.
I've decided to watch Toradora after seeing the thumbnail of this video...
Binged everything in 3 days. But it took weeks to properly recover from the sadness. What a rollercoaster.
You know, in my opinion, Taiga is one of the most down-to-earth tsunderes out there. She is like how old school Tsunderes used to be.
For me, it was the pool scene. Ryuji almost drowns, and when he's lying on the pool deck, Taiga screams at everyone to get away from him because he belongs to her. Taiga's terrified for Ryuji and she doesn't know how to express herself other than blind rage. That's a powerful scene.
Stop, I don't want to get another mental breakdown, I'm wanting to watch it again
She then explained to kawashima that ryuji was her dog so she had to save him
@@Clovamp 🌚
A dog....
yep, and lost my pieces is playing there, too.
I love that taiga went from not being able to confront her feelings in the classroom to realizing she still needs to grow before she can be someone that is able to be emotionally stable enough to be in a relationship
I think she needed to take the last chance with her new family so she could not regret it later, if she didnt at least try, then in the back of her head she would wonder if she could have had a more complete family, and not just depend on ryuji and his mother and her friends to fill the void.
That's something that is very difficult to do for so many people. Including myself. Between my previous relationship to what has happened a couple years later with another relationship and the events that for all I know has caused so much damage that I am unsure if I can ever heal from it. The last decade in a half were atrocious years of my life of learning and failing and attachments and relationships and actions and words that said or typed that cultivated including my prior years of family issues among other things has caused so much strife that just as I was before I am almost completely broken. Emotionless most of the time and unable to socially function at times, I rarely show anything and when I do its almost always anger which has done nothing to ever help me and only has caused more pain. I also struggle to let go of attachments as I probably believe that they're all I really have anymore outside of anime or my games and at the same time I fear relationships as well.
I know I need to emotionally grow and heal before having a healthy relationship but I have so many fears and such a weak state of mind that I hide myself even at work and it has really shown in my workplace from when I started to now. While I am also doing school which hasn't probably helped or maybe it has or will. No one really knows who I am not even myself it seems. I have respect for those who face such hardships and are able to make something of them.
The only thing that didn't grow is her height
This is what made the ending great. People complained about how it ended, yet, they had not seen how important that one year they are apart. Taiga's one amazing anime character, albeit, that happened off cam.
@@neogamess The people who will complain the most about the ending are probably the people who read the light novels, since I personally will say the light novels ending is a lot more detailed and realistic. But to me personally the ending was good in both
side note, the connection of her rolling out of the locker the first day when they meet and him finding her hiding there in the end was one of my favorite details
He probably looked in the locker because of the day they met and he knew she could fit in there
Also the opening scene is two birds on a wire and the end scene is the same
FRRRRR
Yessss I love full circle moments like that
FRRRRR!!!!!👹👹👹
I’m so mad that they are taking it off of Netflix. This is by far my favorite anime. The characters expressions, the love and just the overall message. It’s beautiful Yk?
fr. Thankfully I finished it yesterday, which was the last day it was on Netflix. I'm so glad I experienced this show.
@@PokeBlox21 good!
@@PokeBlox21 Hey, I binged the entire series right before it was removed too! I'm glad I did too, because there's a lot of things in the anime that have taken on a new light now that I'm older!
they took it offffff :(((((((
@foxgangs2ndchannel14 I knowww I'm so pissed bro
everyone gangster till toradora ost- lost my pieces starts playing
🤣
i acctually cried at that part, a bit, but man, the nostalgia of Toradora
THATS RIGHTTTT I WAS LIKE "NOOOO NOT THIS SOUNDRACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
at 8:31, I'm wondering "wtf am I crying during a review video??" then noticed that lost my pieces was playing as the soundtrack at the time. I've gone full pavlovian...
for real 🤣🤣
You know a series really affected you when you can't even get through a breakdown analysis without chest pains 😭
I feel that.
I cried when it ended😭😭😭
Thank goodness I’m not the only one I’ve been having chest pains throughout the video lmao
I watched this yeeaars ago to the point that I forget almost everything about it, and I still got those pains... damn its a strong show
havent even watched it and i feel smth.
I think the saddest scene in the entire show was when Minori kisses her fist after putting it on Ryuuji's lips. It just shows that she still loves him but she has to let him go because she knows that someone else needed him more than her.
had to rewatch that like 5 times cuz i actually wanted her to win 😭
in what episode happens??? I need to see it, I don't remember that
@@mals_24 episode 24 03:55 watched the show 5 times and never noticed it. 😅
@@Schmiddsche omg this was my first time watching it and also never noticed. The scene is truly sad poor Minori
the correct answer was polyamory. :D
I absolutely agree on the Christmas scene. Kugimiya Rie's performance as Taiga was incredible, her screams of "Ryuujiiiii!" while crying in despair in the cold street were heart-wrenching
toradora is one of those animes that even when you watched it two years ago and forgot about it, when someone brings it up you just remember how it made you feel and smile at just how good it was
That is literally what happened to me LOL
Toradora was the first anime that actually made me cry, and the second romance anime I've ever watched (the first being Chivalry of a Failed Knight, which is, coincidentally, the very first anime I've ever watched, at the tender age of 8). It definitely holds a special place in my heart, and I plan to rewatch it soon, just to remember the good times I had back in 2019. tl;dr: Toradora sure was a masterpiece.
This makes me want to rewatch it. I only remember that Taiga was quite fierce and her home was a mess (???).
Finally I have found my people
I watched it as one of my first anime and forgot about it for years… I thought it was a pretty good show but nothing special. recently remembered it and binged the whole thing again and now it’s one of my favorites
I totally agree! It's been ten years since I finished the show, and watching this video essay brought all the emotions back. Great anime! One of the best!
It’s a complete masterpiece, and I would argue that the ending is not what we originally wanted but it’s actually the correct ending for character development.
its not what we wanted but what we needed.
them spending a year apart meant they learned how to love each other without depending on each other - before that time skip, taiga couldn't have survived without ryuji. she took a year to learn how to love herself, so that their love could then be 100% pure, not born out of necessity or need for something the other provided.
that "pure love" is the "thing nobody's ever seen" they reference in the start and end of the show. love between two people who can exist separately, but choose to exist as one.
the episode titles also mirror this line of thinking - ep 1 is Tiger and Dragon, because they first meet and their relationship isn't really personal yet. ep 2 is Taiga and Ryuji, which is basically the same title except more personal to the characters - because that's when they first start to fall in love. then the final ep is Toradora (meaning basically "Tiger-Dragon") and its description is literally "Two finally become one."
tldr the ending was literally perfect and built upon the writing, symbolism, and imagery all the way from the start of the series.
Agreed
A masterpiece? The anime is one of the worst ive watched. It was bad to the point it put me off anime for over a decade and romance shows probably for good.
I'm honestly wondering how much people must hate romance if they consider this show not even good, but a ''masterpiece''
@@Tiasung embarrassing shit taste
Binged all of Toradora in a day then spent the next one contemplating my existence. It took months from there for me to watch another anime. Easily a top 10 or maybe even top 5 anime for me. Also the writing and execution of your videos are so thoroughly thought out its honestly really impressive. I look forward to your future videos and seeing your channel blow up 🔥
I know right ? I have recently watched it and I am feeling so depressed because of the show. I actually was kind of able to overcome it by watching another one which I knew I would be able to overcome this depressed feeling. So here I am, not knowing what to do and waiting until something happens
@@gabrielcunha3836 the choice is to wait or keep watching 🤣
@@Animeologists I'm 6 episodes in and I can't stand the characters....does it get better?
@@garrettlauderbaugh312 depends on why you can't stand the characters
I binged watched it completely in 5 hrs . because of the high praise in comments for this anime.
Personally, I think it's good but not to the point that can have emotional breakdown. Storyline is linear with the characters placed conviniently around protagonists.
Maybe other can relate cause of their own life experiences, maybe it's a cultural thing. I don't know.
For me it's just a good anime nothing more nothing less.
I also love how when ryuji's mom reunites with her perents you can see how much of her life she dedicated to ryuji and how she tried to be strong for his sake when she breaks down in tears.
Her acting like a kid with her parents made me realy happy because my mom was only recently reunited with my grendparents after years of avoiding them after a fight.
i was so sad about toradora that i literally refused to think about it for a year by mentally shouting until i stopped thinking about it. and then i rewatched it a year later and saw the end credits scene.
SAME i watched it now and i felt so relieved and stupid
I can't imagine the pain you went through after not seeing the end credits.
i was smart enough to see the after credits scene the first time, and even with that im still a bit disappointed, as very well described at 15:54 i genuinely can't imagine how awful of an ending it would have been without that scene.
Wait.... THERE WAS AN END CREDITS SCENE??
@@mairouzz4712 lol that sucks
One of the reasons Toradora is my favorite romcom is the fact that it actually feels like Taiga is a second main character. You dont get that very often with the lead assist.
I dont watch romcom/slice of life anime often, so I am kinda confused with how the genre doesn't second main characters often. Care to elaborate?
@@partypoison8476 he/she probably means that in some romcoms the male mc gets something like 70% screen time while the various girls all share the remaining 30%.
In toradora Taiga has a massive presence almost equal to that of ryuuji who is the male mc.
The opening says it all, those 2 are clearly prominent in it.
Oooh i gotcha
@@partypoison8476 like the guy in the beginning of the video said a common trope of romantic slice of life animes is the mc's love intrest is more of an end goal rather than a character so they make the love interest a painfully shallow "kind pretty pure person" with barely anything interesting in their character which makes a lot of slice of life animes lacking in character development
"The greatest kiss in anime history" Preach it Brandon. Taiga's line, "If we kiss, it's probably going to hurt" just kicks me right in the feels and sums up the entire journey.
i honestly never understood why she said that. im probably just an idiot for not getting it 😅
@@PurpleMoon799 Because his lips were chapped
@@egoaltar5999 OH haha i assumed she meant like emotionally? i don't know why maybe the way she says it 😭
@@PurpleMoon799 It goes both ways. That's why I think it's so great
REAL
Recently rewatched it. There's so many moments that made me cry. Pool scene but also the scene where Taiga realizes she'll lose Ryuuji. The fact she realizes she's been crying knowing if Ryuuji and Minori end up together he wouldn't be able to be next to her and her screaming his name. But even moments like the kissing scene and the moment where Taiga leaves. I can't recover from it for a while but even after my second rewatch it still hits me. I'm an emotional mess.
if only there was another season 🫠
I think it doesn't need another season. Maybe a movie, but if it will be a whole 25 or even 12 episode season it will just get boring.
@@buliyonchik love the idea of a movie! Sucks it won't happen
@@buliyonchik personally, I'd love a movie just to finalize the remainder of her route from the visual novel
Real
It's been years and the memory of the pool scene, Christmas, or her jumping from the overpass can make me want to breakdown. This is my all time favorite series. You've done a beautiful job encapsulating what made Toradora so special.
damn bruh whyd you make me remember this
That pool scene is top tier, it give me chills everything
@@xRecklessPR For me, the scene where Minori sees Tiga breaking down at Christmas has consistently hit me in a way rare few other stories have managed. Once again, a perfect series.
"Toradora gave me depression
And I liked it." Dude just killed me right after I opened the video
Honestly I ever since I’ve watched toradora, I’ve vowed to always watch it during Christmas time and now ever time I hear the soundtrack and ending songs it ALWAYS hits different 😭
Thats a good idea, i watched it twice already, its probably my favorite anime and the anime that got me into anime and specifically romcoms, i think my third watch will be around christmas this year, i think it fits well
I was watching it with someone I will always love. We haven't finished it. Though I have seen it a few times before we started dating.
That is the way to do it
@@Xx0ME0xX i watch atleast once a year this is my 5th time watching it
Toradora is one of those shows that I never liked at first but started to love it as i watch through the episodes, the story has so many relatable moments and the characters are well written, the ending made me cry
me too man
that is how i was with minore bc i thought she was just stupid and happy but she grew on me so mutch
I watched Toradora all in one night and the amount of times I cried is unholy
There’s a end credits for the last episode and it shows Taiga came back
same. i just binge watched it overnight few hours ago.
now i have post anime depression AND sleep depravation.... it was worth it.
@@matiassandoval3411 i have never felt more jealous, lonely and sad in my entire life
Don't watch the Rascal Does Not Dream series then
@@matiassandoval3411Same😢
I was extremely mad when I first finished this anime, then I stuck around till after the credits because the episode seemed oddly short. Finding her in a locker, just like in the very beginning, is poetic, and kind of hilarious. "I wanted to surprise you all... but I was too late"
I feel so bad for the people who didn't stick around for the end credits.
I still remember how hard that "ran out and find Ryuuji" hit me and how I cried so bad in my online class. Glad I didn't have mic and camera turned on (the class wasn't really important don't worry about it lol)
Honestly one of the best scenes in the entire show. I was just left speechless after it
I started crying too and also saying LESS GOOO but I got hyperchills
Watch Golden Times it's by the same author and is pretty good in my opinion
"The class wasn't really important." = 90% of what's covered on the exam.
@@midnightshadow1491 gen Z at it's finest.
When Minori catches Taiga crying after the Santa Bear visit, I not only felt the sudden emotional weight of what Taiga was dealing with but the conflict raging within Minori, pulling her in so many directions had to be unbearable. Giving up a love she wanted, feeling like she may be hurting her friend, wanting that friend to be happy...
The character development was amazing. I was definitely sad when the show ended but it wouldn't have seemed right to continue any further.
13:15 this part with Ryuji dressed up in a bear costume it was so SO WHOLESOME. I was like omggg. It made my heart melt
and right after that i felt like shit bc of Taiga :(
That has Squidward dressing up as Santa for Spongebob vibes
@@justasentientmclarenp1879 oh yeah
I spent hours DAYS even trying to find something online to explain why I felt the way I did and only now have you allowed me to be free of my depression and continue remembering my favourite anime in happiness, like seriously I haven't stopped being sad about toradora for like 2 years so thank you!
I'm glad I could help! 😄
I wish we got just like a little mini series or ova showing Taiga and Ryuji married, happy, and with kids. My life would be complete and my heart would be overflowing with happiness.
@@Alex-bw6yd Me too 😭
@@Alex-bw6yd bro this anime hit hard but nah no game no life hit harder than will smith I am telling you I have been waiting 8 years for another season I am still waiting//////I saw the movie if you haven’t seen I recommend you watch it
@@Alex-bw6yd There is a psp game
Ami is a god tier character. Also Ryuji's mom is also great. A prequel with her falling in love with Ryuji's father would be cooler imo than the a sequel with the middle age crisis teacher.
Ami was my fav character
Alternative sequel series idea: Ryuji's mom and the teacher hook up 👀
Toradora: tales of a Christmas cake.
@@imnotherenow200 that would be a great one for HH
@@imnotherenow200 what the fuk dude?!
I literally broke down sobbing at the end of the show. Never before have I gotten this emotional over a show.
Same. And I loved every minute of it.
this show is my life, my soyl
*Me:* Hoping that this video would give me a closure to my post toradora depression.
*Brandon:* Gives my more post toradora depression.
On a serious note though, I am so glad I found this anime. I don't think I am ever gonna find anything that comes close to breaking my heart like this one, and I absolutely love it for this.
Darling in a franxx?
"Kaguya-Sama love is war" is waay more comedic than toradora, but there are points where the story hits you in the feelings like a truck (like the fireworks festival) and you actually end up caring about the characters
I'd reccomend it, it does come close to toradora (and I'm not one that watches a lot of anime)
Your lie in April
Try Pet girl of Sakurasou they have similar tone
@@bayarealuis5933 only if you rewrite the script. I like good stories told well, and Darling in the Franxx fails on both, especially on "told well". I had to bingewatch Noir (for the interrupt) and Evangelion (for the reset) to fix me afterwards.
Literally just finished this show for the first time. Post anime depression is what brought me here :')
you will watch it again i promise you lol
bruh finished it yesterday already want to watch it again
I remember finishing toradora when I was young and immediately went to see the manga cause there was NO WAY IN HELL IT JUST ENDED LIKE THAT, only to be disappointed that the manga wasn't even finished yet 😭😭
Is the manga finished now?
@@jdluck3180 no, sadly almost anything that is a light novel with a manga adaptation the manga never finishes. I feel like manga adaptations are more of a promotion rather than anything else.
@@f0rtuna-xy true
Did you not know about the end credits of the last episode, it shows Taiga came back and Ryuuji tells her he loves her
@@jdluck3180 no. But AFAIK it's still going at a snail's pace. (Also the manga is an adaption of the LN not the anime.)
I just finished toradora and i can proudly say this is the best romance anime EVER, but i can’t stop crying when thinking about it.
This show literally came out 14 years ago and nothing else since then has ever done something to me on an emotional scale quite like Toradora. This truly is humanities greatest anime.
Also I've watched it 7 times
angel beats?
@@yuriikrasylovych3939 yea that one was absolutely great too although for me Toradora hits so deep that I can't compare it to others
Clannad??
plastic memories hits wayyyyy harder. golden time is another good one
@@sxlz9041 stop saying wayyyy harder lmao, its your opinion and only for you its wayyyyy harder
not a rude comment bruh idek how to make this sound kind pls send help
This show will always be in my heart. The plot is interesting, the characters are vibrant and diverse, the comedy is good(sometimes cringe but thats alright) and most of all, it was very emotional and it stayed in my head for WEEKS. Seriously the day I finished watching Toradora it gave me this unexplainable feeling of emptiness, and actually gave me motivation to take a shot on things I've always wanted to do. Watching this anime ACTUALLY gave me the motivation to do something on my life, and thats incredibly rare. It's been years since I've finished it and I still watch it from time to time, but it will never be the same as I first watched this anime. 10/10 and I hope more anime like these get released. I'm not so updated on the new animes since 2 years ago, but I hope I will one day stumble upon golden anime like these
you want more animes to break your heart like this
Watch Golden Time
I think a lot of it comes from the fact that all the caracters have flaws and those affect their lives in big ways, it makes them relatable, because most people are like that, even if they dont realise it. I also like that at the end only two caracters actualy get a sort of good ending, while everyone else ends at square 1 or even worse, but they accept it and move on, because they cant do anything about it exept be happy for their friends.
Man, I thought I was alone but glad I found this comment section with many people who share my views and experience ❣️❣️💯😭😭
Idk bro. I never knew people were actually depressed after watching Toradora cuz it was idk🤔... Actually a realistic and good ending?
ANGEL BEATS On the other hand
Ffs for a few years after i watched it, everytime i Got reminded of this anime, depression and anxiety came with it and im not even joking. It was fucked up even with the post credits scene.
When I think about it, steins gate and Angel Beats fucked me up emotionally so much that they affected how i lived my life and broke my real life reactions to the experiences that shouldve been more freeing so im actually jealous of u ppl being sad about an anime that actually has a good and realistic ending 😢 moral of the story is to NOT hide emotions and surely dont layer em over time, but actually Express them as soon as u can. Otherwise ur health and overall emotional being will be fucked up.
Have a good day brothers and watch what u watch especially when ur still a Little shit. 💗
I am glad someone else agrees that the ending just didn’t really make sense. I get the family problems, but why the transfer of schools? Really left something to be desired within me. After Episode 24 was really good, was hoping the last episode would pick up on their story, at least they met up in the end. Great video.
You watched until after the credits on the last episode right?!?!?!?! If not GO DO IT NOW.
@@AidenRund Its not like she came back to her older school she just came back to meet Riyuji. The scene is not so important but very satisfying that they met after all.
@@txan9700 I just like to think it has the same ending as the visual novel where she gets kicked out of her family and comes back lol
The ending does leave you with a bad feeling but it makes perfect sense. The entire show comes back several times to the point that you can't lie to yourself and run away from your feelings forever. Taiga making the decision that it's time to face her family head on, despite making both her and the viewer feel terrible that she left, is the proof of how much the characters in general progress through the show. It's a terrible ending at first sight, but it's beautiful in retrospect.
@@bloxxerhunt1566 on god
I have no idea why this popped up in my recommended since I haven't heard even watched Toradora, but the intro talking about post-anime depression is so relatable, I've felt it the most with assassination classroom, not only for the tragic finale, but also because I felt very emotionally attached to the characters and not seeing them again in new adventures feels very sad. even though I watched assasination classroom over 2 years ago, thinking about it still makes my heart sink for a while.
Toradora is on the same scale as assassination classroom. Give it a try if you ever feel like it
One piece and toradora for me
I always felt like it ended right where it needed to. It concluded the story between the two main characters and already showed the dedication they had to each other. If anything all I could want to make it that much better would be an OVA where they truly get married
We'd only ever need that kind of OVA because then it gives FULL closure on the MC's.
There’s a end credits in the last episode where taiga came back
@@delaunwillis4107 WE NEED MORE
I disagree. Taiga and Ryuuji’s story ended when it needed to, but Minori and Ami’s didn’t. They got shafted by the final arc of the show, it focused too much on the main couple than them and Yusaku, even though they were all important characters who deserved their own satisfying conclusions. On the rare chance that this series gets any kind of continuation, I would hope for it focus more on them and how they go about life without Ryuuji, because he seemed to be the only thing that mattered to both of them. Yusaku as well deserved a better ending, because he was so irrelevant from the final arc, he could’ve been written out entirely.
@@midnalazuli793 And what would their conclusion be? They get in relationships with some random dudes that we didn't see before? They were side characters and they were there for the development of the MCs. Not every side character needs closure.
Just finished it and my post anime depression brought me here. I’m so glad I chose to watch this after evangelion but seriously wow never did a show get me in my feelings like this one. Literally those last few episodes had me all over the place with emotions.
Wtf I just finished watching evangelion and toradora right after either other too lmao
Damn i just finished watching eva like 2 days ago, should i watch this anime?
@@jonathansuparta3857 yes
Watch plastic memories, gl
same lmao
@@biggiecheese2544
Toradora was one of the first animes that I watched that turned me into the filthy weeb that I am today. I had seen it pop up a few times on my Netflix and decided to finally watch it. Boy was I blown away. I was totally messed up for days after finishing it. I think Toradora is probably the anime that hit me the hardest after finishing it. I don't know how to describe it. It was so depressing, yet refreshing I guess you could say. Toradora was my #1 favorite anime from then on and I think it might still be up there. If it's not my #1 favorite anime, it's at least my #1 favorite romcom. I wish I could watch it for the first time again so I can feel what I did back then again...
dude watch a silent voice best anime movie in my opinion
@@luciddreamss9 Already done. I have impeccable taste if I do say so myself uwu
The scene when the mom goes to the grandparents house broke me
I think this might be my favorite you've made. You've literally explained why I was hit so hard at the of Toradora, and most anime in general. You literally never miss, bro
Thank you so much! 😆
The ending wasn’t a disappointment to me. It’s just means there’s a possibility that it can come back one day!
Now that's a positive thinking.
Honestly I hope it doesn't. It's all wrapped up nicely and has a satisfying conclusion. So a continuation really isn't needed in this case.
I’m actually fine with the ending, but what is not fine to me, is the lack of popularity for fanfictions
For me I felt the devs simply trow away a entire new season in the 2 last eps! They could have easily done new plots passing trough the char's last year of high school instead of just rushing for the end! Give more time for Amy/Minori (Taiga was out), more supportive characters interactions, Ryu going after Taiga in her new school or fighting her family, etc... "We haven't had cash" is the only reason, other than that is " We're dumb"
@@jefersonmartins6471 there out of original sources, they can’t make a season 2, because Toradora! the light novel is over, anything new is not connected to the original work
I love the darker undertones of this show. One kid is a depressed over archiver, one is a child of a Yakuza, one is a neglected kid and one gets stalked. And all that mostly just in the background.
My favorite rom com anime i’ve rewatched it over ten times and cried once or twice every time while watching. Its a masterpiece in my eyes. When ryuji grabbed minori’s hand and orange started playing when they were searching for taiga i just bursted into tears and cried even more when i saw taiga on the ground.
AHHHH MINORIIIIIII YOU DESERVED BETTERRRRRR
thank you for making this, I've been struggling immensely to voice my feelings after finishing the show. Good vid, you've earned a sub.
Literally just finished the show and am frantically watching videos on Toradora because I’m not ready to let it go yet. This happens with most slice of life anime lol. Don’t even get me started with how I felt after Erased.
Dude you and me both. Hell I had to go and read the manga for Erased the minute I finished the anime because I needed more content lmao
This is how I felt after watching the flower we saw that day as well as erased.
brother if you havent go watch love chunibyo and other delusions really good
I absolutely loved Erased, but IMO, it still doesnt hold a candle to Toradora
eraser is a good show if youre a pedophile. i stopped watching that shit halfway through.
Its been a few years since I first watched Toradora. I teared up just from this video. The moment where Taiga runs out crying Ryuji's name gets me everytime, especially with that music. Just goes to show what an amazing series this is, I honestly don't get emotional very often, but something about this show gets me every time, and I think you hit on a lot of the reasons why with this video, so thank you for that.
You're welcome! 😆 For real, that is honestly one of my favourite scenes ever.
I AM SO HAPPY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FELT THIS WAY!!
This anime put me in severe emptiness when I finished it... it is beautiful really.
Toradora, you will always have a place in my heart. Thanks for being this great.
Holy shit I just finished it too! Thank you so much for putting it into words like that and also putting the same feelings I have about them taking a year from each other out into the world. Incredible video, can’t wait to see more from you.
Thank you!
I’ve rewatched this so many times over the years and yet I am still crying in a parking lot from reliving the story through this video
after hearing several people i know say it was their favorite show, i started watching this show a week ago and finished it today. I had a real fun time watching it!
I think my biggest praise for the show is how it treats characters that AREN'T the male and female lead. they all have an observable presence in the show. their actions today affect what happens tomorrow and even affect people around them. My biggest surprise was with Ryuji's friend Yusaku. episode one Ryuji walks with him to school and he introduces us to him with "this is my friend" and i'm thinking "oh cool, a male in a romance show that isn't the lead. can't wait to never see or hear from him ever again." but no, the dude sticks around and is an essential character! he's on the student council, but he's not super strait laced. he likes to have fun and goofs around, but never in a way that would cause anyone trouble. when he got rejected everyone felt for the guy and when he wouldn't run for president everyone got concerned. My favorite little character moment from him was after ryuji fell in the water, he brought ryuji a pair of his cloths to wear. He's an honest homie!
I also just think that Vanilla Salt is probably THE best Anime Credit song. Like the first time I heard it and read the lyrics, it gave me INSANE chills bc HOLY SHIT IT FITS SO GOOD
When I was 10 and first started watching Toradora, my head couldn't grasp the layered problems that were going on so I was still watching blindly without knowing what went on. But the show still hit me hard, still giving me the toradora depression. This goes to show that even without you thinking or not able to grasp the situation fully, the emotions and actions you do understand will still give you the full story just from a slightly different perspective, which makes the show truly remarkable.(Even this sentence couldn't fully convey what I mean) Which makes the saying, "Toradora walked so it can save its energy and run" just beautiful. You did great man, keep it up :)
I totally get what you mean! I think the fact that it was there, and the amount of emotion behind those scenes means that you probably still subconsciously understood it on some level, which goes to show how great this show is. It's beautiful 😄
this comment is literally just me watching Toradora for the first time
DUDE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡
I watched this when I was 10 too! And I remember crying a lot back then, too 😢
I nearly cried from watching the Christmas arc on this video. It is able to hit so hard on the emotions that it pierces the point that most emotional things fail to.
FYI for anybody with post Toradora depression, there's a visual novel for the psp that extends the story. The true ending with Taiga is the best imo.
Sure it was only released in Japan but emulators and English patches exist for a reason, it's the same length as the show so it's either going to finally give you closure or make it worse
Now I'm trying to find a rom, an emulator and an english patch without seeing any spoilers. That's the equivalent on treading a minefield.
@@RaffoPhantom I have it if you'd like
@@007Tembu if u can share it much appreciation
@@kronorave4444 discord?
@@007Tembu can i also get one? I still haven't played that game before would really love to get a copy.
Toradora was the first romance focused anime I watched. The whole thing was a ride of emotions I didn’t want to feel… but then when I finished it I wanted more
Twas my first romanca anime aswel and ever since i watched it i became addictes to the genre
Same, I just finished it, I typically watch shonens like bleach or demon slayer, I watched this, and now I feel bad, like I’m lonely and this characters have something I wish so badly I could have but can’t right now, and I don’t know how to stop thinking about it.
@@theconstantwatcher4008 same
This is one of those animes where you feel so changed after it ends(like a silent voice the movie). I remember finishing toradora for the first time maybe a year ago and I still look back on it fondly. Its really a good show and teaches so much about love and how obsessive relationships never really end well. Thx
@Taelin Cusic right all the characters were so realistic and layered and interesting. I’m gushing lol
@Taelin Cusic good to see someone with good taste
Lost it at 5:30 💀😂
But for real though, this is an amazing video! I love the breakdown and explanation that really put me back in the feels. Thanks for the awesome work you do!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it 😄
Toradora gave me post anime depression for about 2-5 months and honestly it was so beautiful in my opinion, cried so many tears and it made me also relate to the characters
I assume u havent seen many drama anime if toradora tore you up that much. Try angel beats or anohana
@@beerbuntenbach6201 OMG WHEN I TELL U I JUST STARTED THOSE ANIME’S
@@Ray.mf_ If toradora already gave you a hard time good luck lol. Just a breeze compared to those and Your Lie In April.
Re:life/Charlotte/Plastic memories are honorable mentions too.
@@beerbuntenbach6201 your lie in April broke me completely -_+
I got like three shows that gave me this kind of depression (Toradora and Violet Evergarden, because I really like those two) and after reading and rewatching it Tokyo Ghoul s2 because the did the manga dirty, altough that doesn't even begin to describe my distaste about the way they handled this manga.....
I started watching Toradora a week ago and ended on Christmas Day. It truly is the best present for Christmas 😊. Words can’t explain how beautiful this anime is…
the first time i ever finished toradora, it made me change my whole view of how love works and how to deal with it. i have rewatched toradora so many times because it makes me happy to see a anime understand and explain the real way love works. i cry every time i watch toradora because of how much i relate to it. people show different emotions/actions when in love with someone, it can be hard for many people to show true emotion and instead show agression or trys too hard to get closer to that person.
So you think abusive relationships are healthy and physical abuse is love.. nice.
Are you dumb@@jebes909090
are you dumb...@@jebes909090
It's not abusive it's people recognizeing their own failures and trying to fix them, and people putting up a facade to others to let them be happy but not themselves, it shows us a fairly healthy relationship.
That episode where all the facade falls and everyone, specially Ryuji, had to face Taiga's feelings head on, something he had consistently pushed others to do, is now at that moment where he himself has to face the music. That entire episode stuck to me for YEARS!!!! How long? Ever since the anime first aired! A time when RUclips videos were a maximum of 10 mins each. Back when Crunchyroll was still pirating anime and they aired uploaded fansubs of Toradora. That episode and the emotions it had, stuck to me, that I will never forget it.
A lot of other scenes are as memorable as well... The pool scene, the fight with the previous student council, Taiga chasing after Ryuji, her confession... key moments I tell you... They stick with you the moment you focus on it. But that episode where the facade just falls, my god that was brilliant!
It's the only anime that lived rent free in my head for months. I love it so much that I watch it annually.
Just finished watching it yesterday and this video made me complete with the whole anime depression thing.
ALSO even with scenes that don’t focus on taiga and ryujis relationship, the series still leaves an impact on you, for example the fight between the president and taiga, and even sometimes through simple words like when Ami said “it’s great to have someone who understands me, even if he dosent love me” -absolutely wrecked me the entire week
THIS WAS MY FIRST ANIME AND I WAS LIKE IN 4TH GRADE WHEN I WATCHED IT
I LEARNED THE HEARTBREAK OF “No second season “ really fast
Amazing vid dude, didn't have anyone to talk to about this show and I just had to endure post anime depression alone for weeks. You described the show so well man. That's a Sub from me.
I'm so glad! For real, I had to go through the post anime depression experience too, and there barely seemed to be any Toradora videos that talked about it. So I decided to make it myself to help anyone else in the same situation 😅
My favorite thing about Toradora! is that you know exactly what is going to happen before you even finish the first episode. You know that Taiga and Riyuji are going to end up together in the end. But its the way that they get there that's so impactful. The first half of the show is typical rom-com shenanigans, but by the second half, you're in the full swing of the plot and all the emotions come down at once. I still often times go back to that 23rd episode just to watch and let all the nostalgia flood me, a year and a half later. This is a show that is beloved, but not talked about seriously nearly enough. I wasn't expecting Toradora! to be good. I left with a feeling of contentness afterwards.
Makes me happy to see someone show such love to a show I thought people had forgotten about. Thanks dude,
Toradora was the first anime I legitimately binge watched and did nothing else over a weekend.
I love the characters, the emotional rollercoaster, and the ambiguous ending actually fits it. There is not 'Happily ever after' just the best you can do with the person you love.
Toradora is what I aspire to be, but can never achieve for myself.
Just finished it in an afternoon
@Big Bean If your Interested to watch something then I'll recommend something similar that's route Based called Amagi SS It has 2 seasons & you'll definitely be happy with the result the endings are more happy & more based long term & have different kind of endings I have 4 personal favorites & one personal favorite end of a girl that I disliked a bit which was the first route ultimately
It's funny how these romance anime still get me and always manage to find a spot somewhere in my schedule, at least once a year... because I'm a huge grimdark reader, and just dark fantasy in general, manga, books, whatever grimmy, nasty and dastardly story I stumble upon, I'm probably gonna check it out -- Some writers have no limits 😂
I watched this weekly when it first came out. I'm 30, 31 this year. This show STILL hits me everytime. It's too good. The characters portrayed feel real. Nothing felt forced like so many other romcoms do.
It genuinely is a master piece.
When ToraDora released, my wife and I had already been married several years and watched it together.
Unlike a lot of people, we found the ending very satisfying. Taiga and Ryuji had already proven their commitment to each other. Now they made the responsible decision to make their relationship into something they could openly and proudly share with their families.
I didn’t think the ending short changed their romance. It was more of a grown up romance than a shallow teenage “confess-kiss-sex-the end” formula.
I watched this series as it aired back in 2008. I was in highschool then, and there was only one other person in school that I knew watched anime, so really, I had no one to talk to about this show. As the story progressed week after week I bottled up all my emotions then when the climax hit and the show ended, I imploded. What a magical time it was. This video perfectly encapsulated what I was feeling then. Thank you.
This is actually one of the first romance anime that I've watched back in 2019, and it's the first anime to really give me post anime depression, like I know it ended perfectly, but the moment that title shows up in the last episode, I end up craving for more
I feel the same, and it's the feeling that we are not getting anything else that kills us inside. I am trying to recover from this anime and I don't think I will be watching it ever again because this is the worst feeling I have felt so far and I don't want to feel it again when I am watching it
i remember how happy i was at the post credits scene, i replay it all the time for how beateful it is, this was one of my first anime and it still one of the best, thanks for this amazing video!
It’s my comfort anime, thanks for doing it some justice. Very well articulated video 💙
13:54 right here I remembered this entire scene, and started to cry for the entirety of lost my pieces playing
I first watched this show during a very emotionally dark point in my life. And it really helped pick me up. There are three scenes in this show that consistently make me cry. Chief among them being when she screams out Ryuji's name.
YES! The "pool arc" was it for me aswell.
My favorite episode is still the last two episodes when the two decided to elope, only to find Ryuji's mom ran away. The point where Ryuji got to meet his grandparents and the moment when his grandparents tell his mom that she did a great job raising him. It was a very emotional moment where the grandparents were basically admitting they were wrong to the daughter they felt wasn't mature enough to raise a child.
The anime Hanasaku Iroha felt similar, with a mom that was too afraid to return home to the family that still loved her.
15:36 my guy's voice broke, real G's understand the emotional rollercoaster we went through with this show...
God daum, i watched toradora 2 times and still listening to these moments made me cry again. Yeah, tora dora is great. Hard to believe it's almost 15 years old. Maaaan i'm old, now thats a total depression.
I literally saw this anime this year for the first time and I fell in love with it, I agree 80% with everything you said
Thanks! 😅
80%?
Damn, this was one of the first anime I watched back in high school. Even now, when you showed the Christmas scene, I almost started crying. I really loved this show.
Fantastic video on one of the best (and one of my favourite) anime EVER ! Thank you 🥹
Yes! You've nailed it my friend, this series is magical. It'll have you buying the manga, and light novels because you just can't get enough.
I am really surprised you haven't even reached 1k subs. This is def the kind of top-tier production that I would expect on a verified channel.
Thanks! Although I'm willing to bet I'll hit 1k subs very soon 😉
@@BrandonRTalks yooo yes the confidence 👍 you deserve it and much more :) great vid, I’ve never seen toradora and this vid made me tear up, even tho I got spoiled, I’m still convinced to go watch it anyways :)
This is one very well done video on Toradora. One of the best analysis of an anime
The first time I watched Toradora, it was shortly after the breakup with my first girlfriend who looked jsut like Taiga, and it really didn't help me. I was already depressed and it pushed me deeper, but while I ewas watching it, the feelings and warmth felt so good.. That was almost 10 years ago and I still could cry just from hearing the soundtrack.
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This video has literally just helped me to soothe the grief from the finale.
Bruh... thanks, deadass
Ridiculously good character development.
Something we aren't getting in a lot of anime these days.
When is the last time tall ever heard the fmc verbally and emotionally declare her feelings for the MC.
I miss the chills I get during those scenes
The pool scene in toradora and the arena scene in Failed knight hands down some of the best moments for goosebumps
I already love Toradora, but this video just made me love it even more.
the way he described the emotions in the really small moments in toradora, that i even forgot, was so good and it more-so explains why i sat on my couch crying for 30 minutes when i watched the ending. you deserve a sub
Love the video. It brought back my post anime depression and now I’m sad in a beautiful way
This is the greatest anime “recap” video I’ve ever seen. Great job man 😯 I got sad and ready eyed (literally) from watching the RUclips video 😅
14:30 And now I'm crying again. Have a like and a sub you monster.
I watched Toradora about seven years ago (Has it really been that long? my goodness) and I had managed to forget about this feeling until you brought it up again. Seriously, this is one of the only pieces of modern media that legitimately made me cry from how emotional it was (the other one was UP, if you've watched it you shouldn't need me to explain why. No, I have not watched Violet Evergarden yet, I really need to do that). I remember the feeling of post Toradora depression so, so well. The entire relationship between Taiga and Ryuji is just written so well and those final few episodes especially. The specific scene that made me burst into tears the most was when Ryuji met his grandparents for the first time and introduced Taiga as his wife, it was so emotionally charged from so many different angles I was probably bawling for a good half hour.
I need to go back and watch Toradora again, I want cry some more.
i started watching this anime three days after my ex dumped me on my birthday, i was so freaking devastated i went on like an emotional breakdown that cost me my hand for some time, the impotence the pain was all dulled when i hit a wall and some rebar pierced the top of my hand damaging a knuckle, i watched all episodes from 1 to eleven in a sitting while recovering but i couldnt bring myself to watch the last episode... i just couldnt lose anything else in that moment. i cried, laughed and felt to many things with this characters, i was not ready to let go so i put off from watching the ending of it. i lasted one year like that, then my dog died and to feel happy and whole again i saw photos and videos of him, besides one of his photos was a screencap of this anime so i remembered i never finished it, when i started it again i started to notice more things and as if it was magic the last episode hit my head like a truck flooding my brain with memories of my ex, my dog, and my experience with the anime that left me ugly crying for at least 3 hours, but after that almost all my emotional baggage was gone but a piece that has never closed and hast stayed open for the las 4 years is that i never got the chance to tell her i loved her one last time.
I stumbled upon Toradora when it was airing back in 2008. It stuck a cord with my highschool self back then. And 15 years years later it’s still my favorite anime of all time! It’s frankly a masterpiece! I’ve rewatched the series over 20 times, and it continues to hit me in my feels every time!
Good job bringing my depression back... Now I'm back searching if a second season would ever magically pop up
It is just a masterpiece. Finally finished it today. Just a 10/10.
You perfecetly discribes something, that normaly you couldnt put in words. Loved it, every second of it.