{"id":595,"date":"2021-06-04T20:49:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T20:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pywackettproductions.com\/blog\/?p=595"},"modified":"2021-06-28T21:49:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T21:49:21","slug":"toradora-%e3%81%a8%e3%82%89%e3%83%89%e3%83%a9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pywackettproductions.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/toradora-%e3%81%a8%e3%82%89%e3%83%89%e3%83%a9\/","title":{"rendered":"Toradora! (\u3068\u3089\u30c9\u30e9!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Toradora! - Opening 1 | PURE PARE-DO\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CzOEMJSQRZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Click to play OP<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toradora!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Toradora! on wikipedia<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/tora-dora.fandom.com\/wiki\/Toradora!_Wiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Toradora! on fandom<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Anime(2008-2009) Series 25 Episodes, 24 minutes each<\/p>\n\n<p>\nD: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tatsuyuki_Nagai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tatsuyuki Nagai<\/a><br>\nW: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mari_Okada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mari Okada<\/a> from source by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yuyuko_Takemiya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yuyuko Takemiya<\/a><br>\nM: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yukari_Hashimoto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yukari Hashimoto<\/a><br>\nStudio: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J.C.Staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.C.Staff<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=10050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ANN 8.365 <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myanimelist.net\/anime\/4224\/Toradora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAL 8.19  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1279024\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMDB  8.0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Characters:<\/p>\n\n<p>MC<\/p>\n\n<p>\nRyuji Takasu (\u9ad8\u9808 \u7adc\u5150, <em>Takasu Ry\u016b<\/em>)<br>\nTaiga Aisaka (\u9022\u5742 \u5927\u6cb3, <em>Aisaka Taiga<\/em>)<br>\nMinori Kushieda (\u6adb\u679d \u5b9f\u4e43\u68a8, <em>Kushieda Minori<\/em>)<br>\nYusaku Kitamura (\u5317\u6751 \u7950\u4f5c, <em>Kitamura Y\u016bsaku<\/em>)<br>\nAmi Kawashima (\u5ddd\u5d8b \u4e9c\u7f8e, <em>Kawashima Ami<\/em>)\n<\/p>\n\n<p>SC<\/p>\n<p>There are many support roles in Toradora! But most of what happens in this story takes place within the MC group itself<\/p>\n\n\n<p>ANTAGONISTS<\/p>\n<p>None<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TORADORA<em><strong>  Toradora! <\/strong>(<strong>\u3068\u3089\u30c9\u30e9<\/strong>!) <\/em>begins with a linguistic trick concerning how the name Toradora is derived. Toradora has no specific meaning in the Japanese.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>Ryuji Takasu (\u9ad8\u9808 \u7adc\u5150, Takasu Ry\u016bji)<\/em>  <\/p>\n\n<p><em>Ry\u016bji( \u7adc\u5150) <\/em>literally means \u201cyoung dragon\u201d. When the English word \u201cdragon\u201d is transliterated into\nJapanese, it becomes <em>doragon<\/em> (\u30c9\u30e9\u30b4\u30f3). Contracting this to its first sound gives dora(\u30c9\u30e9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taiga Aisaka (\u9022\u5742 \u5927\u6cb3, <em>Aisaka Taiga<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n<p>Taiga(\u5927\u6cb3) literally means big river. When the English word \u201ctiger\u201d is transliterated into Japanese,\nit becomes <em>taig\u0101<\/em> (\u30bf\u30a4\u30ac\u30fc) which is about the same sound as Taiga(\u5927\u6cb3). The Japanese word for tiger is <em>tora<\/em> (\u3068\u3089).<\/p>\n\n<p>Putting <em>tora<\/em> (\u3068\u3089) together with dora(\u30c9\u30e9) gives the title of the story, <em><strong>Toradora! <\/strong>(<strong>\u3068\u3089\u30c9\u30e9<\/strong>!)<\/em> which\nthen becomes the actual central pairing of ( <em>Ry\u016bji <\/em>X <em>Taiga ). <\/em>There is nothing subtle about this,\nbecause the title says it all, and is it\u2019s own spoiler. <\/p>\n\n<p>Yes, our main characters are the central love interest of Toradora! And it is clear from the very\nbeginning, that these two are made for each other, but neither of them are aware that they are supposed to be together. <em>Ry\u016bji<\/em> and <em>Taiga <\/em>live next to each other in separate buildings, and in fact their\nbedrooms are directly opposite to the other.<\/p>\n\n<p>Ryuji lives with his mother and takes care of her, his Yakuza father having left them.\nTaiga lives alone and has basically been abandoned by her mother and father, although the father does\nsupport her financially. Taiga is very much alone. <\/p>\n\n<p>As a result, Taiga has substantial anger issues. She is called, \u201cThe Palmtop Tiger\u201d and most of her\nschoolmates fear her. She introduces herself to Ryuji by attacking him with a wooden sword, and this\nbegins a bumpy relationship to say the least. Ryuji is a very responsible and caring person. While Ryuji has a crush on Minori, he cares for Taiga as a little sister, and he the big brother, but Taiga treats\nRyuji as her dog, to serve her on command because she is crushing on Yusaku. So the pair settles down to a long term hostile codependent relationship attempting to help each other\u2019s Romantic interests. One can see clearly where this is going a mile from the starting line, but it\u2019s the journey that makes\n\u201cToradora!\u201d interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>At one point, Taiga actually attacks <em>Sumire Kano (\u72e9\u91ce \u3059\u307f\u308c, Kan\u014d Sumire), <\/em>the student council\npresident because of her treatment of Yusaku, and this percipitates one heck of a girl fight. We are not\ntalking about scratching and pulling hair. We are talking weapons and fists to the face. Both girls inflict some serious damage on the other.\nRyuji eventually comes into the classroom and pulls Taiga off of Sumire. But the end result of this fight is that Sumire admits that she does love Yusaku, only she is leaving to prevent Yusaku from becoming\nan idiot about her (but he does anyway!).<\/p>\n\n<p>There is a lot of idiocy to go around, with most of the characters in this story, acting in peculiar ways!\nIn fact, most of what does happen in Toradora, is almost random. If you think the story is going in one direction, suddenly it will take off and go in the exact opposite direction. So in that sense, the story\noften feels very life-like, but sometimes the feeling is that the author is reaching for this rather than the event being organic to the characters and the story.<\/p>\n\n<p>But all in all, an enjoyable anime and story. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>RECOMMENDED<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u00a9 2021 Folwine P. Pywackett        (mox012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anime(2008-2009) Series 25 Episodes, 24 minutes each D: Tatsuyuki Nagai W: Mari Okada from source by Yuyuko Takemiya M: Yukari Hashimoto Studio: J.C.Staff ANN 8.365 MAL 8.19 IMDB 8.0 Characters: MC Ryuji Takasu (\u9ad8\u9808 \u7adc\u5150, Takasu Ry\u016b) Taiga Aisaka (\u9022\u5742 \u5927\u6cb3, Aisaka Taiga) Minori Kushieda (\u6adb\u679d \u5b9f\u4e43\u68a8, Kushieda Minori) Yusaku Kitamura (\u5317\u6751 \u7950\u4f5c, Kitamura Y\u016bsaku) &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pywackettproductions.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/toradora-%e3%81%a8%e3%82%89%e3%83%89%e3%83%a9\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Toradora! 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