Review Toradora! in 2022 in fact, it seems useless, since we already have two other very old ones that have already gained their relevance, but as I did in the novel of Death, as someone native of Brazil, I feel obliged to come here to represent better in relation to the opinion of the people. Brazilians, who I'm sure also really like the work. My intention here is to make more people interested in the work, so everything here will be without spoilers, and I ask you to be patient, after all, it is very difficult not to do a big review since there are
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10 volumes of 350 pages. I know very few people will read this in its entirety, but I still do it, because if I can get at least one person to read the work and enjoy it, that's enough. Oh, and I'm not going to make any comparisons to the anime, as I've never seen it.
Generally speaking, Toradora! It's...very interesting, and I actually think it's worth your time as well as your money. Of course, from the beginning understand, the work is not amazing or the most interesting I've read so far. Since the work began its publication in 2006, it is in itself full of numerous boring clichés that we see so often repeated in current novels, such that, also, the work is gigantic, precisely because it is very convoluted and having entire volumes, let's say. ... do not serve in any way for the development of the novel, but that I will give more details later. Also, we see a clear “inspiration” here, perhaps too strong, in Lovely Complex, a very old manga that is considered one of the first of the shoujo romance, which this same genre also impacts a lot here. Being negative points in my opinion, while many scenes are built on a shonen pattern, with a whole question of ecchi scenes and female characters being sexualized, scenes that tend towards drama are always extremely melodic, where there is always a certain weight, and a wealth of unnecessary details on the part of the narrator.
To better explain the point said earlier, Toradora! is rolled up, perhaps even unnecessarily. I don't think this is exactly a negative point, but I think it's important to explain it anyway. The speed with which things develop is always slow, but it is not necessarily monotonous, of course. There are entire volumes here that don't delve into the characters' development at all, and that maybe, if they were skipped, it wouldn't be so impactful. In the entire work, everything develops through “events”, so to speak, where this, this and that generate coincidences and more coincidences that deepen the characters as much as the novel and their relationship. Volume 5 is entirely an example of what I'm saying. In it, none of these “important events” take place, giving space to an entire volume focused entirely on humor, to entertain the reader with jokes.
BUT, as already said, Toradora! It is indeed very good, so this work is formed not only from negative points.
To start with the praise, I would say that the main point here would be the number of characters so captivating. As much as, by the impression, it is easy to hate them for the fact that many of them present stereotypes of common characters, they are much more interesting and well developed than it seems. It's actually easy to like them, since many of them have a huge charisma, which also comes from the humor of the work, and it's even easier to empathize with them as they are developed, especially by Taiga, for example, which starts as a very annoying stereotype of a tsundere, and ends up making you inevitably like her throughout the development of the novel. The protagonist's sad situations, for example, always make you like him. After all, he has a difficult life for being poor, and all the time he is surrounded by difficult decisions, where he always makes mistakes, but he learns from it. And of course, no one doesn't like Ami Kawashima.
Another thing worth mentioning here is the narration. I mentioned it as a negative point up there, but it's not just about bad things that it's made up of here. In fact, I like the way things are narrated precisely because they are different. Here, it is not one of the characters who narrates, but rather a narrator with an external point of view, which attracts me. Even so, things end up being narrated more from the protagonist's point of view, since his thoughts are always the ones exposed here, but this narration is precisely interesting because of how much it adds to the humorous scenes, and about how interesting it is to see the characters. facts that actually occurred as a reader, as an outsider who observes how things happen from above, not as the character himself.
One more positive point is about the humour. Honestly, I'm pretty boring when it comes to comedy when it comes to manga, novels, and anime, where I hardly see the fun in Toradora! it was indeed different. Quoting from here, it seems strange to say that a lot of text can have some kind of fun, but yes, it does. The way things are said and the narrator's comments really win over, and even when the scenes fail to be funny, the relaxed atmosphere always attracts, and generates curiosity to see what's next. Which also opens up another point here.
Also part of the narration, Toradora! at no time was it monotonous for me, coming from dramatic scenes or those with relaxed parts, inevitably they always brought me a good mood, or curiosity for what's to come next, inevitably entertaining me regardless of when.
Art also needs no introduction. Not that I think Yasu is the illustration master, or anything like that. He is a good illustrator, as are others, but what I mean is how his art, with very characteristic traits for being... cute, is like the window of Toradora!. Watching the anime, reading the novel, watching Joshiraku, inevitably makes you remember him, for having such a unique and characteristic trait, I end up seeing his art as the main representation of the work, the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Toradora!.
I think that's it. In the end, yes, I highly recommend this novel. It has a lot of its negative points, and it's not necessarily the best thing I've ever read in my life, but I really like the work and I think it's worth the long time of those who were interested in the facts said in the review.
Thanks for reading to the end!
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