2009-03-26, 13:02 | Link #102 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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About Taiga being part-Caucasian, her mother looked distinctly non-Japanese in episode 24. Her father's apperance also seems to fit that of the stereotypical western businessman in anime. Otherwise, there are no references in the anime to Taiga's "foreignness", but the novel seems to be more suggestive of that? I don't think going to a Catholic school carries any connotations of "foreignness". Buddhist, Taoist and atheist parents in Hong Kong send their children to Catholic schools simply because many of them are good schools. I went to one too and mouthed "Thank you for our daily bread, thank you for the fish we eat, blah blah blah, Amen..." whilst thinking "all of this is a load of b**crap". Besides, a lot of the Japanese exchange students at my university come from Catholic schools (and attend Sophia/Jouchi University back at home), but the way they look, act, eat and think is 100% Japanese. Last edited by Yukinokesshou; 2009-03-26 at 14:30. |
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2009-03-30, 14:52 | Link #104 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
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Compressing 10 volumes into twenty-five 25-minute anime episodes required massive slicing and deletion of hundreds of story points. Given that, it is quite remarkable that the anime hangs together as well as it does - and some of the credit has to go to the strength of the underlying storyline. The spin-off novel is more of a side-story: "stuff that goes on offscreen from the main novel" focusing on two characters barely noticed in the main series One of them is Sumire's younger sister Sakura. Main characters do make cameo appearances or are referred to. Here's a synopsis and review (many spoilers, eh?): http://that.animeblogger.net/2008/10...-of-happiness/ Many other questions can be answered by consulting the Wiki on Toradora!
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2009-06-03, 16:54 | Link #110 |
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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I've only read the first few chapters of the light novel and I noticed she didn't actually punch him when he bumps into her. It was her sheer presence that knocked him off his feet. I was wondering if she's really not as physically violent, because when I scanned various chapters I saw her being more verbally nasty than physical.
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2009-06-03, 17:41 | Link #111 | |
Homo Ludens
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Canada
Age: 34
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She still tries to kill him with the wooden katana though. |
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2009-06-04, 14:46 | Link #114 | |
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What did she do in that? Oh and also, Minori seems awfully attached to Taiga in the anime..is she just as attached or even moreso attached to her in the novels? Last edited by Taiga Aisaka; 2009-06-05 at 18:57. |
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2009-07-02, 05:35 | Link #115 |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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a couple questions..
is there going to be a season 2? did kawashimi also like/love ryujii because he recognized her as a kid, instead of an adult? it would've been fun to see the teacher finally get a guy, haha..or to see a solution to haruto's sidekick and the girl he liked/fought with. was ryujiis dad dead, or did he just run away? |
2009-07-02, 12:42 | Link #116 | |
赤い狐
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Colorful Colorado
Age: 46
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* Ami loved all her friends in her own way, I'm sure, and she definitely had some feelings for Ryuuji from the various hints. She definitely is very lonely at various points in the series, because people never get to see her real self, although Ryuuji saw through her from the beginning, as he said at the end. So, yes, I'm sure that meant a lot to her, to actually have someone who genuinely liked her real self. * Is there a single female anime teacher anywhere that actually has a stable relationship? Azumanga, Toradora, K-On, Lucky Star, ... all the female teachers that get real roles are in "Christmas Cake" territory and realize it. * Noto and Kihara are shown pretty much getting together after their big fight. Or at least heading in that general direction. * I think they implied (in the anime at least) that he just ditched them and returned to his life of a yakuza, although he could very well have died already, considering the relative "safety" of such a profession. |
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2009-07-04, 11:22 | Link #118 |
New Macross soon
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Macross 30 Emigration Fleet
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In the anime, at the beginning Yasuko has been telling Ryuuji that his dad is dead, but at the end she admits to him that his dad actually just ditched them. I think in the light novel, the dad has been dead all throughout.
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2009-07-13, 02:21 | Link #120 | |
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
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These are the Japanese releses of course, if you mean where can you find Toradora with English subs or dubs then you can't, it hasn't yet been licensed. |
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