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Toradora!

★ 7.9 24K votes 2008–2009 1 season · 25 episodes Ended TV Tokyo
Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 9/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 8/10SentimentalOpenly emotional storytelling that reaches straight for the heartstrings.This show: 7/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 7/10School & campusSchools and universities as the primary world.This show: 7/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Rie KugimiyaJunji MajimaYui HorieHirofumi NojimaJohnny Yong BoschChristine Marie Cabanos
Starring
Rie KugimiyaJunji MajimaYui HorieHirofumi NojimaJohnny Yong BoschChristine Marie Cabanos
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A comedy that sneaks up and breaks your heart"

Two high schoolers with terrifying reputations, gentle-faced Ryuji and pint-sized firecracker Taiga, form an unlikely alliance to help each other win over their real crushes. What starts as broad slapstick comedy about mismatched roommates-in-crime slowly reveals itself as something warmer and more aching, as feelings shift in directions neither expected. The pacing is patient, letting jokes and quiet character beats build real intimacy before the emotional gut-punches land in the back half. It's funny, occasionally silly, and unexpectedly moving by the end.

Watch it for

the slow-burn chemistry between two leads who start as reluctant allies and become something more.

Maybe skip if

you find early slapstick and misunderstanding-based comedy grating before the emotional payoff arrives.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12008
8.012K2512h 18m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Tora to Ryû7.2
58925 min
▶2Ryûji to Taiga7.7
52523 min
▶3Kimi no uta7.3
48430 min
▶4Anotoki no kao7.6
46830 min
▶5Kawashima Ami7.8
46630 min
▶6Honto no jibun8.0
47130 min
▶7Pûru biraki7.6
45430 min
▶8Dare no tame8.1
47930 min
▶9Umi ni ikô to kimi wa8.1
45930 min
▶10Hanabi8.0
46430 min
▶11Ôhashi kôkô bunkasai Zenpen7.7
43830 min
▶12Ôhashi kôkô bunkasai Chûhen7.7
42930 min
▶13Ôhashi kôkô bunkasai Kô'hen8.3
47830 min
▶14Shiawase no tenori taigâ7.8
43130 min
▶15Hoshi wa tôku7.5
42630 min
▶16Fumi dasu ippo8.6
50330 min
▶17Kurisumasu ni suisei wa gyakkô suru7.5
42830 min
▶18Momi no ki no shita de7.8
43230 min
▶19Seiyasai8.9
64630 min
▶20Zutto, konomama7.8
42130 min
▶21Dôshitatte8.8
58130 min
▶22Kimi no iru keshiki8.0
43830 min
▶23Susumubeki michi8.6
50730 min
▶24Kokuhaku8.8
57130 min
▶25Toradora!8.7
65930 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Rie Kugimiya Taiga Aisaka
Junji Majima Ryûji Takasu
Yui Horie Minori Kushieda
Hirofumi Nojima Yûsaku Kitamura
Johnny Yong Bosch Yusaku Kitamura
Christine Marie Cabanos Minori Kushieda
Janice Kawaye Additional Voices
Erik Scott Kimerer Ryuji Takasu
Cassandra Lee Morris Aisaka Taiga (2008)
Alan Lee Additional Voices

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