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Wow, I loved the episode, it was a good as I expected. The way Ryuuji generally looks and smiles is better than the manga, where he looks nothing more than if he has black under his eyes and doesn't give any impression in terms of appearance that he looks dangerous or is a "deliquent".

Originally Posted by JediNight

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Ryuji doesn't have enough inner monologue explaining his thoughts, and they greatly downplay the pathetic condition Taiga is in to start the series. She's hiding in the corner originally of the classroom (still can see her back sticking out) and loses her balance and falls out of her hiding spot. Then when fighting over the bag she suddenly lets go because she almost faints. When attacking him in his sleep she actually does pass out and thats why he makes her food. He also throws a box of tissue which rebounds off her head when she has the runny nose which was pretty funny too. And the anime has him already awake and making breakfast, when originally she wakes him up by calling him at 5am shouting when she only left at 4am.

The inner monologue for Ryuuji was pretty good(like, as someone said, Kyon-like, in a way) and made more of a difference that I would have imagined in comparison to the manga. I thought Yasuko's actions in the beginning were cuter in the anime(yet somehow reminds me of Lina Inverse >.>), they made Taiga have more cute moments and Ryuuji doesn't seem as flustered(as of yet) by her actions, so it's been a good adaptation so far.

Now just gotta hope Index comes out ok too.