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.
Toradora! (Season 1)
Tiger and Dragon (Episode 1) 6.7
Writer: Mari Okada
Air date: 2008-10-02
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Taiga and Ryuji (Episode 2) 7.6
Writer: Mari Okada
Air date: 2008-10-09
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Your Song (Episode 3) 7.3
Writer: Mari Okada
Air date: 2008-10-16
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
That Look You Had (Episode 4) 7.4
Writer: Mari Okada
Air date: 2008-10-23
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Taiga has a photo album full of blurry pictures of Kitamura. Ryūji offers to snap some pictures of him instead.
Kawashima Ami (Episode 5) 7.8
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
Air date: 2008-10-30
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
True Self (Episode 6) 7.8
Writer: Mari Okada
Air date: 2008-11-06
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Followed by a stalker, Ami hides out with Taiga and decides that she must discard her fake personality from now on.
Pool's Open (Episode 7) 7.6
Writer: Junko Okazaki
Air date: 2008-11-13
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: When the school's pool opens for the summer, the gang shops for new swimsuits, and Ryūji helps Taiga with an embarrassing problem.
Who Is This For? (Episode 8) 7.6
Writer: Mari Okada
Air date: 2008-11-20
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Ryūji tries to help Taiga win a swimming race against Ami, but when Ryūji nearly drowns, the truth about Taiga's feelings comes out.
When You Go To The Sea (Episode 9) 7.9
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
Air date: 2008-11-27
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Fireworks (Episode 10) 7.9
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
Air date: 2008-12-04
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Ohashi High School Culture Festival 1 (Episode 11) 7.7
Writer: Masahiro Yokotani
Air date: 2008-12-11
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: As preparations get under way for the school's cultural festival, Ryūji urges Taiga to consider reconciling with her estranged father.
Ohashi High School Culture Festival 2 (Episode 12) 7.6
Writer: Mari Okada
Air date: 2008-12-18
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Taiga's reconciliation with her father divides her friends, but she ends up disappointed when her father doesn't attend her school play.
Ohashi High School Culture Festival 3 (Episode 13) 7.9
Writer: Mari Okada
Air date: 2008-12-25
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Taiga wins a beauty contest despite a crushing disappointment about her father; a race is held to determine who will dance with Taiga.
Palm-top Tiger of Happiness (Episode 14) 7.6
Writer: Mari Okada
Air date: 2009-01-08
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: A rumor starts that touching Taiga leads to good luck; Yūsaku gets some interesting news from the student council president.
Distant Star (Episode 15) 7.7
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
Air date: 2009-01-15
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
One Step Forward (Episode 16) 7.8
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
Air date: 2009-01-22
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Mercury is Retrograde at Christmas (Episode 17) 7.4
Writer: Masahiro Yokotani
Air date: 2009-01-29
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: With Christmas approaching, the student council plans a party while Taiga decides to curry favor with Santa by playing Cupid for Ryūji and Minori.
Underneath the Fir Tree (Episode 18) 7.6
Writer: Masahiro Yokotani
Air date: 2009-02-05
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: The entire class pitches in to assemble an artificial Christmas tree with a glass star, but a stray fly ball destroys the decorations.
Christmas Eve Party (Episode 19) 7.9
Writer: Masahiro Yokotani
Air date: 2009-02-12
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: The love triangle of Ryūji, Minori and Taiga reaches a crisis point when true feelings are realized during the school's Christmas Eve party.
Stay Like This Forever (Episode 20) 7.8
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
Air date: 2009-02-19
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Can't Help Myself (Episode 21) 7.4
Writer: Masahiro Yokotani
Air date: 2009-02-26
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: During the ski trip, Ryūji confesses his feelings for Minori, but not to her. When Taiga disappears, everyone frantically searches for her.
When You're Around (Episode 22) 7.9
Writer: Mari Okada
Air date: 2009-03-05
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Knowing that Taiga believes she was rescued by Yūsaku during the ski trip, Ryūji asks Yūsaku to pretend that she's correct.
Path to Take (Episode 23) 7.8
Writer: Mari Okada
Air date: 2009-03-12
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Confession (Episode 24) 7.3
Writer: Mari Okada
Air date: 2009-03-19
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: 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.
Toradora! (Episode 25) 7.6
Writer: Mari Okada
Air date: 2009-03-26
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: When Yasuko reconciles with her parents, the truth about Ryūji's father is revealed, inspiring him to have a traditional wedding with Taiga.
