I’ve been watching Toradora! for the past few weeks, with great surprise that I actually like it. I didn’t expect as much going in, but the show’s quickly grown on me.

The show’s about a group of high school kids and their touching, yet lighthearted daily drama. The front runner is a girl named Taiga Aisaka; a girl who, despite her unripened stature, is a complete firecracker. There are love triangles, devious schemes, and the usual wacky hijinks.

There’s one thing that’s missing from this show: Stupid moé lolicon bullshit. This may be the reason why I’ve come to enjoy it so much. By not giving in to the ridiculous epidemic of gratuitous fan service, the show has to rely on its substance to stay afloat. The humor is genuinely funny and it does evoke the nostalgia of when I was a teenager; a time when the world was still filled with discovery and aside from petty melodrama, I didn’t have any real problems to stress over. Ah, good times…

The best way I could describe Toradora! is that this is the type of cartoon that I would look forward to watching in the afternoon after just getting home from school (or work). It’s that refreshing first breath of escapism after I walk through my front door, now sheltered from the grueling world outside.

The opening theme song is pretty catchy, too.

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