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View Poll Results: Toradora! - Episode 25 (END) Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 263 | 62.17% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 68 | 16.08% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 37 | 8.75% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 23 | 5.44% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 12 | 2.84% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 3 | 0.71% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 1 | 0.24% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 1 | 0.24% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 1 | 0.24% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 14 | 3.31% | |
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2009-03-28, 08:22 | Link #421 |
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She wasn't rich at the time they were there, she was still a runaway at the time, even if in the back of her mind she might've been thinking about going back home at this point. It doesn't matter either way but I don't think we're supposed to believe that scene lead to sex, but that's just me.
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2009-03-28, 08:24 | Link #422 |
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We have XXI century. Sex doesn't equal pregnancy anymore.
Whether they ended with some serious kissing or was there something more later doesn't matter. The point is, if they wanted to, they could. No problem either way. |
2009-03-28, 12:47 | Link #425 | |
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We know at this point Taiga how handles things, and when she gets embarrased that's just how she reacts. You can't hold fault to the show for having it stay true to her character. Besides which, the kissing scene earlier in this episode was so amazing that they could have ended the series with monkey's throwing shit at each other and I wouldn't have given a damn.
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2009-03-28, 12:51 | Link #426 |
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and u have to include the lyrics of the openings and endings
I don't know which opening it was, but there was one opening where one line called "I know I'm clumsy when it comes to love" while Taiga was screened So she wouldn't hug him, because she's clumsy when it comes to love hahaha xD one more fact why not :P Last edited by Sephiroth_760; 2009-03-28 at 13:38. |
2009-03-28, 16:26 | Link #429 | |
Baka Inu~
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2009-03-28, 17:15 | Link #431 | |
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2009-03-28, 17:49 | Link #432 | |
Baka Inu~
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I just feel like ending it without another word spoken (almost) means that she has not grown up and the time spent away felt meaningless. Acting flustered and defensive isn't a good way to counteract to everything. |
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2009-03-28, 18:11 | Link #433 | |
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Thank god Toradora gave me a very satisfying end.
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2009-03-28, 18:16 | Link #434 |
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Taiga's mild little embarrassed head bump at the end was clearly intended to show that "yes Taiga has matured/changed" but "yes, there's still the comedic Taiga" in her personality. Its a more complex characterization than a simple linear fantasy tsun->dere.
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2009-03-28, 18:28 | Link #435 | |
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Think of it this way. -Taiga tells Ryuuji through a text message. "You never told me you loved me. Stupid." -She leaves -Fast-Forward to Graduation of 3rd Year -Taiga takes the time to come back to the school and sneak into the classroom where they had their first confrontation. -Ryuuji catches a glimpse of Taiga from the ground and dashes to the classroom where she is. -Taiga then takes the time to put herself into locker where Ryuuji found her, from their first confrotation. -Ryuuji, having not seeing her in a year, confesses his love. I mean, through all of that build up and positioning, is it right for Taiga to say; "Why would you say something embarrassing like that? You should of waited for a better mood or something." |
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2009-03-28, 18:58 | Link #436 |
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My take is "no, its not right... but then we already know Taiga is a bit of an idiot herself". There's nothing wrong with wishing the two had done something more poetic, but somehow it seemed to fit better into the "complicated characters" these are ... both of them will think of the "right way" they should have executed their reunion 10 minutes later but then it will be too late --- just how things really go
These characters are all still pretty dysfunctional though they've solved some problems and bonded as classmates and friends. It'll be interesting to read volume 10 in detail and see how the author herself sorted all this out.
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2009-03-28, 19:02 | Link #437 |
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And my take:
She wasn't really angry, just joking around when she gave that text message but it surprised Ryuuji when he thought about it and made an impression on him.I liked that too, that he's thoughtful enough to remember something so minor after such a long period of time. |
2009-03-28, 19:42 | Link #439 | |
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You can dislike it all you want, but again, there is no real fault to be had. Realistically speaking, Toradora never had an actual honest to god confession scene in it between these two, and that includes the 'I love you' at the end of the show, but then that's what makes Toradora stand out and hold up well on its own two feet. It's like getting mad at a show like Full Metal Panic (The Second Raid specifically) for not having Sosuke and Chidori embrace each other on a beach adorned by the setting sun with the waves lightly splashing their feet or some other Shoprite romantic novel standard crap. If you really want to nitpick, look at the situation from the OTHER SIDE of the coin. Taiga and Ryuji realize they love one another, spend a small amount of time with each other (a few days was it?), and then Taiga up and leaves him to sort out her own shit. She doesn't tell him about it beforehand, she just expects him to tolerate it. So the newly christened love of your life left you without feeling the need to tell you what she was doing before she did it. That's fine. Knowing Ryuji, he probably would have told her to stick with him and his mother to be part of his family. The thing here is that the two women who have pining for him before Taiga really figured anything out are now with him on a daily basis. REALISTICALLY SPEAKING I think either of them would have, hell, SHOULD have pursued matters in that time period, but then this is anime and not reality so that's how it is. So yeah, she head butted the guy. Big deal.
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2009-03-28, 20:01 | Link #440 | |
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I'm happy all the feelings were in place by the end, and we were given an informal look at their future. |
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