Crouching TIGER, Hidden DRAGON...

If you like romantic comedy anime series TORADORA! is definitely the one! This series is hilarious yet it will make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. It highlights the concept of friendship at a very interesting angle. I was instantaneously hooked ever since episode 1 - and still going. This series is absolutely a must-watch material.

Before I begin any further, let me explain a bit on the title of this anime series. TORA is actually tiger in Japanese and hence the first name of the female protagonist of this series Taiga. DORA is actually a shortened form of an English word dragon (doragon) and also the first name of the male protagonist Ryuuji (which means dragon). So, this series basically revolves around the lives of two protagonists: Takasu Ryuuji and Aisaka Taiga.

Introducing the Tiger!

Aisaka Taiga the best example of a tsundere character in an anime series. She is portrayed as a socially awkward, cantankerous, violent yet clumsy 17-year-old girl. Because of that predicaments, at the beginning of this series, she chooses to be a loner and she detaches herself from her friends at school. Furthermore, she is known as a Palmtop Tiger because of her violent temperament despite her diminutive size and her under-developed condition (if you get my drift).

Other than that, she is dubbed as the school's most dangerous animal of the highest risk level. However, strange enough, whenever she is alone with Ryuuji, everything bad about her tones down and she is relaxed and comfortable with her surrounding. It seems that Ryuuji has the soothing power to assuage her violent temperament. In this series she has a crush on Kitamura Yuusaku.


Enters the Dragon!


Takasu Ryuuji is portrayed as a gentle and a dependable 17-year-old student who loves to cook and skilled at needlework (he is so skilled he even helps to make Taiga's breasts pad!) Another quirk that he has is, he is obsessed with cleanliness and freaks out if he sees mold and mildew around his bathroom. However all that are ignored by his schoolmates because of his cold eyes and murderous expression. According to his mother, this trait is inherited from his supposed 'deceased' father. He is the best example of an old saying 'don't judge a book by it's cover'. Apparently, he has a secret crush on his own classmate Kushieda Minori.

So, apparently because of these crushes, these two have become fast friends and they are learning from each other. Because of this, they manage to be normal and mingle around with everybody in school. Furthermore, mismatched partner in crime promise to help each other in pursuing their objects of affection. Will they succeed? Well... I really don't have the answer for that as I haven't finished the series yet.

So far, I have watched up to episode 12 and I really enjoy the development of the plot. I would love to recommend the anime series. Especially those who enjoy romantic-comedy anime. Try this LINK and happy downloading!

The casts of Toradora!