Toradora!

[MFauli]

I have to say, at this point of the story i HOPE Ryu and Taiga end up together. I dont know...it´d just feel so stupid and boring if they got their "victims". Taiga only admires Kitamura while another boy is doing everything for her, and Ryuu seems to have no relationship to Kushieda at all. Sadly, Ami wont play a role, she´s definitely just there to make things more interesting for us watchers. THAT would be an unusual ending, if Ryu did end up with Ami, haha-

And now, talking about the initial potential of the series:
I actually thought the series would go along the lines of "boy who looks evil but is nice makes contact with girl who really is "evil", and by these circumstances is pushed near her, thus getting into interesting situations. That´s what i thought after the first episode, and i would have totally prefered it :-/
Also, in that one scene in episode...1 or 2...where Taiga kicked around all the stuff of a classroom at once, i thought the series would involve magic or some kind of martial arts (like Tenjou Tenge), haha.
Whatever, i´ll keep watching.

[Marik]

Toradora​_-​_07[h264][848x480][Aero].mkv - MegaUpload

[qq]​_Toradora​_-​_07​_[B109939A].mkv

[Death BOO Z]

again, not much of an episode...
basically forcing a situation just to get cheap laughs out of it, it's not like we haven't seen this type of thing in a million animes before (though, I guess female viewers can relate better to this).
Taiga's a bitch that doesn't know what she wants, Ami is a bitch, Ryuuji is a man-bitch, Kushieda and Kitamura can go to hell and became satan's bitches, for all I care.
their female teacher had some funny lines, though.

[Yukimura]

Anyone besides me checked out Paradym's releases? They were the first release I noticed for ep 7 so I watched theirs. It seemed to be on par with or maybe even better than AniYoshi who I've been archiving. The 1024x768 is probably upscaled or whatever but it still looks alright and it's the same file size as AniYoshi's smaller resolution releases. Aero seems pretty mid-tier to me and unless they're first or the only group doing something I haven't really been using them as a go to group.

Paradym Releases

[Marik]

[CoalGuys] Toradora - 08 [FEE6E015].​mkv

[MFauli]

I LOVED when Taiga actually admitted her love for Takasu...and HATED it when she later on shook it off as "im the master, he´s my dog" sigh

If they go on with Taiga going after Kitamura, thats just dumb now.

[KrayZ33]

Would you recommend the CoalGuys translation? never heard of them before.

Or should I just wait for "qq" to release it.

[Marik]

[Paradym]​_Toradora​_-​_08​_[1024x576​_h264][E0DA3356].mkv

[Paradym]​_Toradora​_-​_08​_[XviD][C4DCEEC2].avi

[Marik]

[CoalGuys] Toradora - 09 [304DFE72].mkv

[RyougaZell]

New group every episode? I'll wait for QQ

[KrayZ33]

what's their HP btw? they are 1 week late and I wonder why?

I like qq's releases so I don't want to pick up another group release if I don't really have to

[Marik]

The translator for qq went on a trip to a hotel and spa, that's why they are behind. Episode 8 should be released soon, according to him.

"Over a week late, no excuse to be tardy with the translation notes this time around. I’m back from my little trip, and getting this episode done as quickly as I could. At present writing time, the episode is in editing stages, but I figured I’d at least get the notes out beforehand. I’m not going to even consider apologizing for being late - what reason do I have to? For those still around waiting for our releases, congratulations on getting an episode that is not mis-translated, as this was the case for the other releases." - ilifin

I don't have a homepage for the group, just a link to the translator's blog.

the second eyelids

[MFauli]

CoalGuys-sub is just fine.

Average episode. Kitamura was a bit overdone, though.

[Marik]

[qq]​ Toradora​ -​ 08​ [DDE41726].mkv - Translation Notes

[Marik]

[CoalGuys] Toradora - 10 [CB441DA0].mkv

[Marik]

[qq]​ Toradora​ -​ 09​ [A79963C3].​mkv - Translation Notes

[Death BOO Z]

finished watching ep 09 (I hate switching groups in the middle, so I only watch qq).
a good episode, making Minorin not seem like such a dimwit (saying ryuugi is confusing a crush with true love), also, the part with the train station was great.

and it did seem like Taiga is admitting to herself about how she feels.

the show is back on the good track.

[RyougaZell]

I completely LOLed when Taiga was explaining what she saw when she entered the bathroom with Ami... priceless reactions.

Minorin looked more like a normal girl this episode (sans the trainstation)

And whats with Kitamura appearing naked in front of the girls. The reaction of the tree was priceless.

[David75]

I completely LOLed when Taiga was explaining what she saw when she entered the bathroom with Ami... priceless reactions.

Minorin looked more like a normal girl this episode (sans the trainstation)

And whats with Kitamura appearing naked in front of the girls. The reaction of the tree was priceless.

Kitamura is either Gay, or totally hormone brainwashed and controlled...
I also thought Minorin to be much better. She's just a girl living on acid all the time hehe.

Yup the boing boing explanation was totally priceless.

I also think Minorin is totally incompatible with Takasu. From the very beggining it appeared so at least. We never really got insight as to why he has feelings for her, the same for Taiga/Kitamura.
But we certainly do get more and more Takasu/Taiga where we understand that they are getting closer to each other out of compatibility and living together a lot.
She strikes him, walks on him, puts her feet on his head... and he doesn't complain that much. Lots of contacts, no complaining, clearly they are already physically compatible, the body language already works.

[animus]

Honestly don't know what to say about Kitamura's character. He's rather inconsistent. He's either really awkward and weird, or the most serious character.

Or maybe, that's how the character's archetype is.