“Palmtop Tiger. Delinquent Dragon.”
Menacing in appearance but gentle at heart, second year high school student Ryuuji forms an unlikely friendship with classmate Taiga, a tiny girl with a sharp tongue and a tough attitude.
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Episodes
1. Tiger and Dragon
On the first day of school, Ryūji discovers that he and Taiga, the meanest girl in class, share a secret: each loves the other's best friend.
2. Taiga and Ryuji
Taiga's efforts to get closer to Yūsaku fail: A scheme in basketball ends with Taiga knocked out, and she drops a plate of cookies out a window.
3. Your Song
Ryūji and Taiga spend a day helping Minori at one of her many part-time jobs, and Ryūji gets to know her better when they're locked in a storehouse.
4. That Look You Had
Taiga has a photo album full of blurry pictures of Kitamura. Ryūji offers to snap some pictures of him instead.
5. Kawashima Ami
Yūsaku's childhood friend Ami, a model, transfers to the school and immediately becomes popular with everyone but Taiga, who sees the truth about her.
6. True Self
Followed by a stalker, Ami hides out with Taiga and decides that she must discard her fake personality from now on.
7. Pool's Open
When the school's pool opens for the summer, the gang shops for new swimsuits, and Ryūji helps Taiga with an embarrassing problem.
8. Who Is This For?
Ryūji tries to help Taiga win a swimming race against Ami, but when Ryūji nearly drowns, the truth about Taiga's feelings comes out.
9. When You Go To The Sea
During a trip to Ami's beach villa, Taiga has a nightmare about being married to Ryūji and schemes to bring him and Minori together.
10. Fireworks
The gang plots an elaborate stunt to scare Minori with a trip to a nearby cave where Yūsaku has planted scary traps, but Yūsaku and Minori disappear.
11. Ohashi High School Culture Festival 1
As preparations get under way for the school's cultural festival, Ryūji urges Taiga to consider reconciling with her estranged father.
12. Ohashi High School Culture Festival 2
Taiga's reconciliation with her father divides her friends, but she ends up disappointed when her father doesn't attend her school play.
13. Ohashi High School Culture Festival 3
Taiga wins a beauty contest despite a crushing disappointment about her father; a race is held to determine who will dance with Taiga.
14. Palm-top Tiger of Happiness
A rumor starts that touching Taiga leads to good luck; Yūsaku gets some interesting news from the student council president.
15. Distant Star
Yūsaku has a meltdown in class, dyes his hair blond and refuses to run for student council, causing everyone to wonder what's wrong with him.
16. One Step Forward
Yūsaku reveals his love for Sumire, a student council president who is leaving to study abroad, so his friends urge him to run for her council seat.
17. Mercury is Retrograde at Christmas
With Christmas approaching, the student council plans a party while Taiga decides to curry favor with Santa by playing Cupid for Ryūji and Minori.
18. Underneath the Fir Tree
The entire class pitches in to assemble an artificial Christmas tree with a glass star, but a stray fly ball destroys the decorations.
19. Christmas Eve Party
The love triangle of Ryūji, Minori and Taiga reaches a crisis point when true feelings are realized during the school's Christmas Eve party.
20. Stay Like This Forever
The class trip to Okinawa is canceled, leading to a last-minute change of plans to a ski trip, where Ryūji resolves to tell Minori how he feels.
21. Can't Help Myself
During the ski trip, Ryūji confesses his feelings for Minori, but not to her. When Taiga disappears, everyone frantically searches for her.
22. When You're Around
Knowing that Taiga believes she was rescued by Yūsaku during the ski trip, Ryūji asks Yūsaku to pretend that she's correct.
23. Path to Take
When Yasuko collapses from anemia due to overwork, Ryūji and Taiga take over her job of selling chocolate and use Ami's celebrity to improve sales.
24. Confession
The truth about Taiga and Ryūji's feelings for each other finally comes out, and they make a plan to run off together and get married.
25. Toradora!
When Yasuko reconciles with her parents, the truth about Ryūji's father is revealed, inspiring him to have a traditional wedding with Taiga.
Cast & Crew
Rie Kugimiya
Taiga Aisaka (voice)
Junji Majima
Ryuuji Takasu (voice)
Yui Horie
Minori Kushieda (voice)
Eri Kitamura
Ami Kawashima (voice)
Hirofumi Nojima
Yuusaku Kitamura (voice)
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Reviews & Thoughts
This is the best thing ever actually
