Here's my theory (Note: This is only for those who have complained that the cast acts "Out of Character"):
Toradora initially sets up the story as a standard romantic comedy and introduces a full-blown "Harem" by episode 5 with Ami. All of the characters are introduced and initially behave in ways you'd expect in this kind of show with all three girls developing feelings for the male lead yet him being oblivious to them.
From this point on however, things get messy because normally someone familiar with this genre (Or more accurately, what they thought the genre was) has certain expectations for where the story will go from here: All the girls are supposed to fight for the male lead's attention and all are supposed to confess their love. I saw a lot of this up until the end, people claiming the show was too predictable but once we got the half-way point most of the complaints changed to everyone acting "Out of character". The show gave plenty of justification for why Minori wouldn't want to confess to Ryuuji and it was always clear to me why Ami didn't either but yet there was always this very vocal group complaining about it. Maybe they're just shippers but just as likely they came into the show with the wrong mind-set.
This is why I feel Toradora is/was such an exceptional series, it challenged the audience in ways that I've never seen before in anime. It didn't always give the audience an easy answer for what was the right way to go and didn't compromise whatsoever for the fans who went into the show hoping for just a certain pairing. Did I like every choice made in the series? No, but I respected the writers (Both the original and the adaptation) for putting so much effort into justifying why it happened.
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