Toradora!

- Season 1

(2008)

On Ryuji's first day of school he crosses paths with Taiga, who puts a love letter (meant for his friend) in his bag by mistake. Each of them are in love with each other's friend, so they make a deal to help each other out.

As Ryuji spends more time with Taiga, he finds both kindness and weakness in her. He promises to be the dragon to help the tiger capture the heart of her love.

Ryūji and Taiga are helping Minoru out at one of her many part-time jobs. When Ryuji and Minori get locked inside the warehouse, Ryuji finally gets his chance to learn more about Minori...

Toradora! tells the tale of Ryuji (dragon) and Taiga (tiger) helping each other confess to their crushes. From the classroom, to the pool, to a summer vacation house and even the school's culture festival... will Ryuji and Taiga be able to help one another conquer their emotions, or will a new bond be formed in the chaotic war of love?

The final main character, Ami Kawashima, appears. Ryuji was caught off-guard by her true nature. She acts like an innocent angel, but she is, in fact, a selfish little demon. She could be a new source of problems as she doesn't get along with Taiga at all.

Ami has a stalker! When Taiga volunteers herself, Ami, Minori and Ryuji to take part in the student council's monthly neighborhood cleaning rally and the stalker shows up, Taiga takes matters into her own hands, inspiring Ami in the process.

The school pool is being re-opened and Taiga is worried that people will laugh at her flat chest. Ryuji comes up with a solution to help boost her confidence.

The winner of a swim race gets Takasu during summer vacation.

Taiga dreams up a plan to prevent her nightmare about Ryuji from coming true by holding a badminton contest. But after Ryuji wins, Taiga agrees to help him get him closer to Minori ... by scaring the daylights out of her!

The vacation has scares all around.

The school's cultural festival is coming, and there will be prizes for the class with the best play performance, but the prizes seem aimed mostly at the girls. Meanwhile, Taiga is dealing with family issues and she's not happy about it.

It's the first day of the Cultural Festival, and Taiga's father has still not shown up. Is he going to be a total no show?!! Adding to the tension is the brooding silence between Ryuji and Minori.

The Cultural Festival is coming to a sad and bittersweet end, and Ryuji takes it upon himself to stand by Taiga while she comes to grips with her loneliness and disappointment.

There's a new rumor going around school that anyone who touches Taiga will gain instant happiness, which generates a whole lot of confusion ... and not just for her.

The high school romantic comedy continues as Ryuji and Taiga slowly begin to understand their feelings not just towards their crushes, but what they mean to one another. After the Culture Festival comes to a close, Kitamura begins to display a rebellious attitude for some reason. To bring him around, Ryuji tells Taiga to run for Student Council President. Christmas pageants, complete with a beautiful song, come and go. During a school trip to a ski resort, Ryuji will learn the truth about Taiga's heart. What will he do with this knowledge? The tiger and dragon stand ...

Taiga has the support of both her class and their teacher after announcing her plans to be student council president. But Yusaku soon shows up to put an end to Taiga's campaign ... and confess his feelings to Sumire in front of everyone!

With Christmas coming up, Taiga decides to play Cupid for Ryuji. Later, when Yusaku announces that the student council is planning a Christmas Eve party to boost romantic feelings among students, this could be the perfect chance for Taiga to enact her plan.

Everyone is helping out with the Christmas party, even putting up a Christmas tree topped with a glass star that Taiga brought. But when a stray softball accidentally smashes the star, Minori takes it very, very personally.

Ryūji and Taiga attend the party dressed in formal attire. After Yūsaku gets the party started, Taiga and Ami perform a duet on stage. Ami later informs Ryūji that Taiga left to visit Minori in order to convince her to come to the party.

The high school romantic comedy continues as Ryuji and Taiga slowly begin to understand their feelings not just towards their crushes, but what they mean to one another. After the Culture Festival comes to a close, Kitamura begins to display a rebellious attitude for some reason. To bring him around, Ryuji tells Taiga to run for Student Council President. Christmas pageants, complete with a beautiful song, come and go. During a school trip to a ski resort, Ryuji will learn the truth about Taiga's heart. What will he do with this knowledge? The tiger and dragon stand ...

During the ski trip, a simple hairpin becomes the focal point of a mega drama between Minori, Ryuji, Taiga, Hisamatsu and Haruta. Everyone has an opinion, but who's in the right?

The high school romantic comedy continues as Ryuji and Taiga slowly begin to understand their feelings not just towards their crushes, but what they mean to one another. After the Culture Festival comes to a close, Kitamura begins to display a rebellious attitude for some reason. To bring him around, Ryuji tells Taiga to run for Student Council President. Christmas pageants, complete with a beautiful song, come and go. During a school trip to a ski resort, Ryuji will learn the truth about Taiga's heart. What will he do with this knowledge? The tiger and dragon stand ...

With Valentine's Day creeping closer, love (and confusion) is in the air. Later, after Ryuji gets a call from Taiga saying Yasuko has collapsed, they both decide to fill in for him selling chocolate-using Ami's celebrity status to boost their sales.

Now that Ryuji is committed to helping Minori go after Taiga, everything is getting more and more complicated. Ryuji's mother has run away, Taiga wants to be a three-person family with Yasuko, and Ryuji introduces Taiga to his grandfather ... as his bride.

The final episode where every character's story comes to an end. Ryuji and Taiga get together, and afterward, Taiga takes a different path. There are also scenes of heart-warming friendship between the classmates.