smile my little gremlin, smile!

 

 

While previous episode had some development of Taiga’s romantic interest, this episode shifts focus to Minorin.

 

It turns out she’s not just insanely (yes, insanely) energetic and cheerful, but she also completely fills her time with various activities and part time jobs. 

This of course foreshadows that something is wrong in her life.

But despite the plot focusing on that, it’s once again Taiga who steals the show.

 

Animators are drawing her more and more in a caricatured way…

 

And it works wonderfully. She’s like an ultra cute animal that you know will bite your finger off if you try to pat it’s head.

And it’s just so much fun to watch.

Really, really fun to watch A lot more than typical super deformed forms.

 

And is it me or did this shot of Taiga looked like something Todd McFarlane would draw?

 

Predictably Taiga’s abuse of Ryuuji has started for good However it’s not as annoying as in…say..Zero no Tsukaima. Taiga doesn’t have superhuman strength, so the only way she can damage the poor guy is by attacking his eyes And even that isn’t overdone, not to mention Ryuuji didn’t turn into punching bag and can still stand up to Taiga, so overall the abuse is funny, not annoyingly cliche.

 

You’re doing it wrong little Tiger!

When she did deliveries dragging the bike down the road (because she doesn’t posses this ancient skill of riding a bike)…that was not just hilarious to watch, but also showed how stubborn she is in a very effective and funny way.

Plus she does seem to slowly starting to get jealous of Ryuuji. And I have a feeling that as soon as it turns on for good the show will become truly epic

 

 

Now, the butt grabbing scene was just weird :]

 

Before I’m done:

 

Obligatory shots of hot mother and disturbing parrot

 

It was another solid episode for Toradora!. The show continues it’s slow development of characters wrapped up in a a very funny comedy package.

rating: 8.5/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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