Toradora! — Season 1
Palmtop Tiger. Delinquent Dragon.
About this season
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.
Episodes (25)
1. Tiger and Dragon
6.7Aired 2 October 2008 • 24 min
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.
2. Taiga and Ryuji
7.5Aired 9 October 2008 • 24 min
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.
3. Your Song
7.2Aired 16 October 2008 • 24 min
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.
4. That Look You Had
7.4Aired 23 October 2008 • 24 min
Taiga has a photo album full of blurry pictures of Kitamura. Ryūji offers to snap some pictures of him instead.
5. Kawashima Ami
7.8Aired 30 October 2008 • 24 min
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.
6. True Self
7.8Aired 6 November 2008 • 24 min
Followed by a stalker, Ami hides out with Taiga and decides that she must discard her fake personality from now on.
7. Pool's Open
7.5Aired 13 November 2008 • 24 min
When the school's pool opens for the summer, the gang shops for new swimsuits, and Ryūji helps Taiga with an embarrassing problem.
8. Who Is This For?
7.5Aired 20 November 2008 • 24 min
Ryūji tries to help Taiga win a swimming race against Ami, but when Ryūji nearly drowns, the truth about Taiga's feelings comes out.
9. When You Go To The Sea
7.8Aired 27 November 2008 • 24 min
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.
10. Fireworks
8.0Aired 4 December 2008 • 24 min
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.
11. Ohashi High School Culture Festival 1
7.5Aired 11 December 2008 • 24 min
As preparations get under way for the school's cultural festival, Ryūji urges Taiga to consider reconciling with her estranged father.
12. Ohashi High School Culture Festival 2
7.5Aired 18 December 2008 • 24 min
Taiga's reconciliation with her father divides her friends, but she ends up disappointed when her father doesn't attend her school play.
13. Ohashi High School Culture Festival 3
7.8Aired 25 December 2008 • 24 min
Taiga wins a beauty contest despite a crushing disappointment about her father; a race is held to determine who will dance with Taiga.
14. Palm-top Tiger of Happiness
7.5Aired 8 January 2009 • 24 min
A rumor starts that touching Taiga leads to good luck; Yūsaku gets some interesting news from the student council president.
15. Distant Star
7.6Aired 15 January 2009 • 24 min
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.
16. One Step Forward
7.6Aired 22 January 2009 • 24 min
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.
17. Mercury is Retrograde at Christmas
7.4Aired 29 January 2009 • 24 min
With Christmas approaching, the student council plans a party while Taiga decides to curry favor with Santa by playing Cupid for Ryūji and Minori.
18. Underneath the Fir Tree
7.5Aired 5 February 2009 • 24 min
The entire class pitches in to assemble an artificial Christmas tree with a glass star, but a stray fly ball destroys the decorations.
19. Christmas Eve Party
7.6Aired 12 February 2009 • 24 min
The love triangle of Ryūji, Minori and Taiga reaches a crisis point when true feelings are realized during the school's Christmas Eve party.
20. Stay Like This Forever
7.8Aired 19 February 2009 • 24 min
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.
21. Can't Help Myself
7.2Aired 26 February 2009 • 24 min
During the ski trip, Ryūji confesses his feelings for Minori, but not to her. When Taiga disappears, everyone frantically searches for her.
22. When You're Around
7.8Aired 5 March 2009 • 24 min
Knowing that Taiga believes she was rescued by Yūsaku during the ski trip, Ryūji asks Yūsaku to pretend that she's correct.
23. Path to Take
7.5Aired 12 March 2009 • 24 min
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.
24. Confession
7.0Aired 19 March 2009 • 24 min
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.
25. Toradora!
7.2Aired 26 March 2009 • 24 min
When Yasuko reconciles with her parents, the truth about Ryūji's father is revealed, inspiring him to have a traditional wedding with Taiga.