Toradora! (Light Novel) Vol. 1 by Yuyuko Takemiya

She is coincidentally living in an apartment next to Ryūji's. Taiga comes from a rich family, but she has moved out to live on her own due to family issues. After meeting Ryūji, she takes an instant dislike to him. Taiga has a negative attitude towards others and will not hesitate to snap at people. However, it is then that he unexpectedly knocks into 'the school's most dangerous animal of the highest risk level'-Taiga Aisaka-who just happens to also be in his class, and is a good friend of Minori. After being greeted by his hungover mother in the morning, Ryūji goes to school and is happy to find that he gets to be in the same class with his best friend Yūsaku Kitamura and a girl he has a crush on, Minori Kushieda. Despite his gentle personality, his eyes make him look like an intimidating delinquent, so he is utterly hopeless about his chances of getting a girlfriend anytime soon, and does not have many close friends either. Toradora!'s story begins with the male protagonist Ryūji Takasu who is frustrated at trying to look his best as he enters his second year of high school. 'Ryūji' literally means 'son of dragon' in Japanese, and a transcription of dragon into Japanese is doragon ( ドラゴン ?). 'Taiga' sounds like ' tiger' in English, and tiger in Japanese is tora ( とら ?). The title Toradora! is derived from the names of the two main characters Taiga Aisaka and Ryūji Takasu. A visual novel based on the series was produced by Namco Bandai Games playable on the PlayStation Portable and was released in April 2009. NIS America licensed the anime and will be releasing it in North America in two half-season DVD collections in July and August 2010.

A 25-episode anime adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between October 2008 and March 2009. Īn Internet radio show was broadcast between September 2008 and May 2009 hosted by Animate TV.

The manga ended serialization in Dengeki Comic Gao! on January 27, 2008, but continued serialization in ASCII Media Works' manga magazine Dengeki Daioh on March 21, 2008. A manga adaptation by Zekkyō started serialization in the shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao! on July 27, 2007, formally published by MediaWorks. Three volumes of a spin-off light novel series was also created, aptly titled Toradora Spin-off!. The series includes ten novels released between Maand March 10, 2009, published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. Toradora! ( とらドラ! ?) is a Japanese light novel series by Yuyuko Takemiya, with illustrations by Yasu.

Toradora! (Light Novel) Vol. 1 by Yuyuko Takemiya