[HitoriTomoyo]

The association between this and Toradora! is made purely because Kugimiya is basically doing the same thing she did in Toradora!, only with less verbal insults and a lot less verbal capabilities as a whole.

I'm seeing more similarities between Rose and Shana rather than Rose and Taiga, however. Mostly the whole "associated-with-fire" aspects besides the constant "-uuji" screams.

Also somewhat hoping that there won't be too much emphasis on any potential romance settings, as that would kind of make the series more mundane.