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Line 14: It's truly toradorable.<ref>We're sorry.</ref> The series has been released in North America by [[Nippon Ichi\|NIS America]], although the releases ~~are~~were initially sub-only to help lower their production costs. An English-dubbed version was eventually released in DVD and BD in July 2014. {{tropelist}} * [[Abridged Series]]: Now on [http://www.youtube.com/user/TaigaVision TaigaVision!] * [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]]: Altough this is played straight in the first episodes, her attacks are rather mild. Also, Taiga [[Character Development\|grows considerably]] later on, and stops immediately after the summer vacation arc, if not sooner.▼ [[Justified Trope]] when Taiga attacks {{spoiler\|her own father}}▼ * [[A-Cup Angst]]: Taiga suffers from this during the pool episode. Ryuuji responds by making her some cups to enhance her bust. Which then causes problems later at the pool. * [[Adult Child]]: Ryuuji's mother Yasuko refers to herself as "Yacchan", and makes childish requests like wanting her name written in ketchup on her omelettes. Line 52 ⟶ 49: ** Oddly enough, one scene of the anime contains a store named Kmart in the background. This was likely a failed attempt at being generic. * [[Book Ends]]: In the anime, Taiga and Ryuuji meet through a locker. Guess what happens right before they reunite. There are (at least) three more: The birds on the telephone wire, the twin contrails in the sky and - possibly [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|stretching it a bit]] - Taiga and Ryuuji's forced smiles. * [[Bottle Fairy]]: Yasuko. [[Justified Trope\|Justified]] by her job working at a hostess bar, which requires her to drink copious amounts.▼ * [[Briar Patching]]: {{spoiler\|Minori, of all people, pulls this off by pretending she is scared senseless by all things [[Horror]], when in fact she loves horror stories and intentionally invites others to try scaring her in this manner}}. * [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Minori. Her oddness certainly doesn't seem to stop her from being captain of the softball team and having a relatively normal school- and social life, with most characters seeming to take her slight eccentricity in good stride. Line 89 ⟶ 85: ** Taiga is such a klutz, she falls from a bike she's merely pushing around! * [[Don't Say Such Stupid Things]] -- After Ryuuji and Taiga run away from a heated argument with their mothers, Ryuuji [[It's a Wonderful Life\|leans over the railing of a bridge as snow starts to fall, and wonders if Yasuko would have had a better life had he not been born.]] Taiga immediately attacks him, infuriated he would think such a thing. [[The Klutz\|then she sends him over the railing into the river.]] * [[Doorstopper]] -- The book series runs to ten volumes. Even at 200 pages each, that's still a [[Romantic Comedy\|RomCom]] twice as long as ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. * [[Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male)]]: ▲ ~~Altough~~Although this is played straight in the first episodes, her attacks are rather mild. Also, Taiga [[Character Development\|grows considerably]] later on, and stops immediately after the summer vacation arc, if not sooner. ▲ [[Justified Trope]] when Taiga attacks {{spoiler\|her own father}}. * [[Drama Bomb]] -- Impacts around half-way through, around the same time the OP/ED change. * [[Dramatic Wind]] -- When Minori calls both Ryuuji and Taiga to have a talk about their relationship in episode 2. Line 113 ⟶ 112: ** Although this is the most obvious case, it should probably be noted that overall there's a lot more hints about {{spoiler\|their budding feelings for one another in both the original novel and the manga adaptation than in the anime, especially in the early part of the series.}} * [[Foregone Conclusion]]: An extension of the foreshadowing mentioned above. If after the second episode people don't realise that Ryuugi and Taiga are meant to get together, they lack genre savvy. If after the christmas arc they still don't realise, they should go stare into their fridge until their narrative brains start working again. * [[Gecko Ending]]: There was some commotion made about the cooperation between [[J.C.Staff]] and Takemiya to ensure an accurate adaptation of Volume 10, which came out near the end of the anime's run. However, there are some fairly large and important differences between versions that indicate that [[J.C.Staff]] had a rough outline at most to work with, most notably that {{spoiler\|in the novel Taiga never transfers, and reunites with Ryuuji and friends come third year, rather than on graduation day}}. There are some other differences with [[Filler]]/Anime original bits of the story that were different or absent in the original novel. For instance: Minori supported {{spoiler\|Taiga and Ryuuji running away more emphatically, although she didn't give them her life's savings in the novel}}. Line 122 ⟶ 121: ** This causes problems with Ami later on, as Minori tends to hide behind this trope anytime the subject of Ryuuji is brought up. * [[Groin Attack]] -- Taiga delivers this to her own father, who {{spoiler\|was actually a complete and utter bastard who deserved every bone in his body broken beyond repair for continuously playing with his daughter's feelings and breaking her heart.}} ▲* [[~~Bottle~~Hard-Drinking ~~Fairy~~Party Girl]]: Yasuko. [[Justified Trope\|Justified]] by her job working at a hostess bar, which requires her to drink copious amounts. * [[Honorifics]] ** Ryuuji uses the more intimate yobisute version of Taiga's name (using no honorific at all) at the end of the second episode, leaving her quite pleased. You know, after she beats him down again. Of course, she never once bothered to use an honorific for him. Line 156: * [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] -- Ami, after a bit of [[Character Development]]. Ryuuji is also one of these for the rest of the school once they learn that he's not as fearsome as he looks, although being the viewpoint character the viewers know this from the get-go. * [[Last Confession Wins]] -- Averted. {{spoiler\|Minori deliberately withholds her confession until after Taiga's.}} However, the corollary holds in that {{spoiler\|Ami's the first to express her feelings towards Ryuuji.}} * [[Love Confession]]: The whole story is built around characters trying to confess their love, but they're usually so tongue-tied that the other party doesn't realize what they're being told, or upon realizing it stop the other person from finishing. The more notable examples: Taiga to Kitamura, though she's so flustered that he thinks she's confessing to loving Ryuuji. Line 167: * [[Love Dodecahedron]] Ami likes Ryuuji, who is in love with Minori, who thinks that he likes Taiga (and likely has some feelings for Taiga herself), while Taiga ''really'' likes Yuusaku. It only gets worse as the series progresses. {{spoiler\|And later in the series, we find out that Yusaku once thought Taiga attractive, but now likes [[Student Council President\|Sumire Kanou]], who in turn apparently likes him back but can't because of high school graduation...}} {{spoiler\|Overturned again towards the end, when is revealed that Taiga has fallen in love with Ryuuji. And her love is fully reciprocated by Ryuuji. Thankfully, that puts an end to the mess.}} {{spoiler\|By the end of the series it's so all-pervasive that the revelation that ''Minori was in love with Ryuuji too'' had viewers wondering if her issues weren't something deeper than just ''another'' [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]. They weren't.}} *** {{spoiler\|Or were they? Minori isn't sure whether she lost Ryuuji to Taiga or [[Bi the Way\|Taiga to Ryuuji]].}} * [[Love Letter Lunacy]] -- Taiga attempts to give Yuusaku a love note, but ends up just giving Ryuuji an empty envelope instead, which kicks off the plot. * [[Lower Deck Episode]] -- The short story "The Palmtop Tiger of Happiness," included at the end of Book 3, is told from the perspective of a freshman who believes Ryuuji is a junior yakuza who's keeping Taiga as some kind of love slave. His attempts to rescue her backfire spectacularly. The anime adaptation abandons this almost entirely, reducing the freshman to a role no larger than Haruta and Noto. * [[Marshmallow Hell]] --: Ya-chan to Taiga, in a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming\|warm and fuzzy manner]]. * [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]] --: Ryuuji & Taiga * [[Matchmaker Crush]] --: Originally Ryuuji offered to help set up Taiga with Kitamura, with the understanding that later she would help set him up with Minori. {{spoiler\|Due to the amount of time they spend together however, it becomes pretty clear who they're going to really end up with.}} * [[Meaningful Name]] --: Ryuuji (Dragon) and Taiga (Tiger), explicitly called attention to in episode 2. * [[Metaphorgotten]] --: Ghosts and love, Minori even keeps using this code with Ami, who wasn't there when the discussion started. * [[Ms. Fanservice]] Ya-chan. Ami anyone? * [[~~What~~Mundane ~~Do You Mean It's Not~~Made Awesome?]] --: The Ramen shop worker from episode 22 is ~~WAY~~''way'' too into serving ramen.▼ * [[Nakama]] -- Yes, it's a [[Love Dodecahedron]], and yes, [[Dysfunction Junction\|they ''all'' have issues]], but the [[Five-Man Band]] really do care deeply about each other.▼ {{quote\|'''Eternal Circle of Transmigration!'''}}▼ * [[Name's the Same]] --: While they only share the same first name, Taiga lampshades that Ami "has the same name as one of the [[~~Bishoujo Senshi~~ Sailor Moon\|Sailor Senshi]]." * [[Nausea Fuel]]--: In-universe; Inko-chan is considered to be this by Taiga. * [[Neat Freak]] --: Ryuuji fits this trope to a T. If he sees anything unsanitary, dirty, or messed up clothing, he usually drops whatever he was doing in order to clean/fix it. Becomes a [[Running Gag]] later in the show, such as when they go to the girl's dorm during the ski trip, and the first thing he does is start sorting out socks strewn about the messy room. * [[New Transfer Student]] --: Ami. * [[Nice Guy]]: Ryuuji. According to Kihara, lots of people in the class think Ryuuji is one of these. Once they get used to his [[Face of a Thug\|evil looks]], that is. * [[Nosebleed]]: Minori gets one from trying to suggest that they do a haunted house for the school culture festival. Seems to happen a lot with Minori, though the above example is the only one caused by being [[Nightmare Fetishist\|turned on]]. "Nosebleeds are the tears of the heart!", indeed. {{spoiler\|And later played more seriously: "I did learn one thing today. When you trip in the hallway, you get a nosebleed. When you trip in life, [[Tear Jerker\|you cry.]]"}} * [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Ami. She puts on an innocent airhead persona, except to her true friends who knows how she's really like but accept her anyway. In the summer vacation episodes, Minori gives hints to the viewer - a secret smile here, a cryptic comment there - that she knows precisely what's being planned, as well as knowing how Ryuuji feels about her. Her [[Cloudcuckoolander\|uniqueness]] means she can dismiss whatever she says as either more inane babbling or refine it into an honest statement. Line 196 ⟶ 197: {{quote\|"In the cave, it was nothing but a string of failures. Didn't you think 'there’s no way that Kitamura could be this unreliable' or something?" "Ah, not really, I just thought, 'so this guy really is an idiot?'" }} * [[Odd Couple]] --: Friendly, [[Nice Guy\|nice]] [[Neat Freak]] with the [[Face of a Thug]] and [[The Napoleon\|short]], [[Hair-Trigger Temper\|angry]] [[Trash of the Titans\|completely messy]] ball of cute. * [[Official Couple]] --: Taiga x Ryuuji. For Pete's sake, it's one of the show's alternate titles. * [[Ominous Pipe Organ]] --: "What can you say about a person calling herself airheaded?" * [[Parental Abandonment]]: Taiga apparently lives separate from her parents, who bought her an apartment all for herself just to get her off their backs. Later on her father asks for her to come back and one actually sees [[Jerkass\|what kind of father figure he is]]. It quickly becomes apparent he is not much of a parent at all. A bit of that abandonment was provoked by Taiga herself. Her resentment and shyness made her reject others' love very easily... that is, until Ryuuji appeared. Turns out that {{spoiler\|Ryuuji's missing father isn't dead- he's just [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|a deadbeat]]. He didn't even stick around until Ryuuji was born.}} * [[Pettanko]] --: Taiga, who is so flat that even the smallest-sized swimsuit is loose on her chest. * [[Pet the Dog]] --: Ami gets a few, like bringing out [[Christmas Cake\|Yuri-sensei]] out of her depression. By the end of the series, it's become routine behavior for her. * [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor]] --: [[Rie Kugimiya]] as Taiga, a role some people might think was practically ''made'' for her. * [[Platonic Life Partners]] --: Ryuuji and Taiga pre-[[Relationship Upgrade]] * [[Playing Cyrano]] --: And as usual, it utterly fails. * [[Portmanteau Couple Name]] --: ''[[Invoked Trope\|Right there in the title]].'' To elaborate: "Taiga" is tiger, phonetically transcribed from English into Japanese, whereas Ryuuji is a name dealing with dragons (which would be ryu). These are flipped for the title, so we get "Tora" the actual word for tiger in Japanese, and "Dora" comes from "Doragon," which is the Japanese transcription of the English word dragon. * [[Pose of Supplication]]: Ryuuji and Yasuko do this to beg forgiveness from Inko-chan. Yuusaku takes this further than he has to in episode 17, when he {{spoiler\|thanks Taiga for her willingness to defend him from what she thought was Sumire's bullying}}. ** And Minori does it too at the beginning of the series, believing Ryûji and Taiga are an item and begging the former to bring hapiness to the latter. Done in a [[Shout-Out]] way to Hyûga's famous Pose of Supplication scene in ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20090125010218/http://www.onemanga.com/Tora_Dora/7/04/ right down] [https://web.archive.org/web/20090418011715/http://www.onemanga.com/Captain_Tsubasa/75/21-22/ to the pre-PoS] [[Badass]] stance. * [[Post-Victory ~~Dramatic Stress Disorder~~Collapse]]: {{spoiler\|Minori finally breaks down after Ryuuji, Taiga and Yuusaku leave Ami's house in the second-to-last episode.}} * [[Real Men Wear Pink]] --: Ryuuji looks scary, but he cooks, cleans, sews dresses (Taiga's outfit at the beauty contest), and makes breast pads for Taiga. ** Don't forget his pink boxers! * [[Red String of Fate]] --: Class 2-C's legendary secret treasure! * [[Refuge in Audacity]]: After {{spoiler\|his public confession to Sumire backfires ''epically'', Yuusaku}} starts cashing in on the reputation he gains from the event as 'the most pitiful guy in school' by running a relationship problems show on the school radio. And then, the outfit he wore to the Christmas party. By the ''gods.'' * [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: ** [[Rie Kugimiya\|Taiga]] and [[Yui Horie\|Minori]] are no longer "love rivals" in like [[~~Zero~~The noFamiliar ~~Tsukaima~~of Zero\|Louise and Siesta]]. And There's Hirofumi Nojima, [[Shakugan no Shana\|Ike's seiyu]]. * [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]: Minori and Taiga's relationship has some elements of this, especially from Minori's side. In episode 24, {{spoiler\|Minori confesses to Ami that she doesn't know whether she's sad because she's lost Ryuuji to Taiga or Taiga to Ryuuji. Ami later comments that Minori, [[Genki Girl]] that she is, broke down after being dumped by both Ryuuji ''and'' Taiga.}} ** As one can imagine, {{spoiler\|Minori and Ami start to develop this kind of relationship after said event.}} * [[Running Gag]]: Inko-chan. * [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] --: Kitamura does Gendou glasses when luring the others into scare "traps" he laid in a cave during a [[Beach Episode]], as well as several other times during the series. * [[School Festival]] --: Gets a whole novel/three episodes devoted to it. * [[Share the Male Pain]]: After Taiga's [[Groin Attack]] on her father, Ryuuji can be seen cringing and instinctively covering his own family jewels. * [[Ship Tease]]: So much that some fans want an "[[Clannad (visual novel)\|\|After Story]]" featuring either Ami or Minorin with Ryuuji. Although on another note, one wonders if many did forget that {{spoiler\|the series started from both Taiga's and Ryuuji's narrative - which implies that the other ships are ''already destroyed before they can be built...''}} {{spoiler\|Subverted, in the [[Visual Novel]] where you play as Ryuuji, thanks to the games multiple endings, you can either end the game with Taiga, Minorin or Ami, so there still hope for fans!}} ** Since Minori at one point states to have feelings for Taiga as well, even a Taiga x Minori route would be thinkable. * [[Shipper on Deck]] --: Everyone, to everyone, at one point or another. * [[Shoddy Knockoff Product]]: the coffee shop "Sudohbucks". (An in-universe example; the first time we see the place in the anime, Ryuuji wonders why it hasn't been sued yet.) * [[Shout-Out]]: Minorin makes a [[Yu-Gi-Oh!\|duel]] about looking at [[School Festival]] pictures. This is just the tip of the iceberg; Minorin is a veritable fount of bizarrely out of place refrences: "Sigh GET!" and a Yu-Gi-Oh version of her pudding bucket; "ORA ORA ORA" when choosing which pictures to buy; pretending she's Golgo13; [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei\|Nozumo Itoshiki]]'s lectures being the inspiration for her multiple jobs; she has a [[Twitter]] Whale [http://www.flickr.com/photos/navarr/3294826366/ cup], etc. Line 244 ⟶ 245: On a snowy night, leaning on a bridge's rail, Ryuuji wonders if Yasuko's life wouldn't have been better if he hadn't been born. Angel Taiga has clearly seen ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' and [[Dojikko\|overreacts a bit]]. The neighbour of the aforementioned Sudoh-bucks is [[Clannad (visual novel)\|\|Furukawa Bakery]]. * [[Shower of Awkward]] --: [[Subverted Trope\|Subverted]], as when Ryuuji walks in on Ami in the shower, she's actually fully dressed. But then played straight when Taiga walks in on her a few minutes later. * [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: Taiga is often a victim of physical comedy. In particular when Ryuuji hits Taiga in the head with a broom (accidentally). * [[Slasher Smile]]: Ryuuji does this whenever [[Neat Freak\|he's cleaning]]. Of course, for Ryuuji [[Face of a Thug\|any smile looks like a]] [[Slasher Smile]]... Line 254 ⟶ 255: Taiga also lacks nothing in this department, as episode 3 shows. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Vqdv58S9I I found you]". Even their teacher gets one when they choose wrestling as theme of the festival. Looks like Toradora is the non-action anime with the greatest number of slasher smiles. * [[Slow Clap]] --: During the School Festival, Ryuuji starts this up with Minori's help after {{spoiler\|Taiga's [[Jerkass]] father ditches her during the beauty pageant}}. Played realistically in that nobody joins in until they realize the it's that delinquent Ryuuji clapping, and he looks ready to kill someone, so better go along. * [[Spit Take]] --: ''Beautifully'' synchronized with Ryuuji and Taiga in the fifth anime episode: they both take sips of water to calm down after seeing Ami come into the restaurant, then spit it out together when Kitamura walks in and greets her. * [[Spoiler Opening]] --: Ami Kawashima appears in the opening from the first episode on, even though she doesn't first appear until the fifth episode. * [[Spring Cleaning Fever]] --: Ryuuji * [[Stepford Smiler]] -- : {{spoiler\|Minori is a Type A.}}{{context\|reason=That trope doesn't have lettered subtypes. Which type is this character?}} * [[Student Council President]] --: Sumire, who acts very close to a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] by bellowing out orders to the students with a megaphone. * [[Super-Deformed]] --: The second DVD was released with a short clip of the main characters as Chibi-fied versions of themselves, called ''Toradora SOS''. Cuteness ensues. * [[Super Drowning Skills]] --: Taiga has this, though she can kick really well. * [[Supporting Harem]] --: As it is [[Portmanteau Couple Name\|suggested by the title]], this is more of a romantic comedy with two extra girls than a [[Harem Anime]]. * [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] --: Ami and also Sumire. * [[Tempting Fate]] --: When Minori and Ryuji are in a dark storeroom, Minori comments that it'd be interesting if they were to suddenly get locked in there. Queue door being shut by the manager who thought she left the door unlocked. * [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] --: Ami gives a particularly harsh one to Minori during the ski trip. It seems to [[Berserk Button\|legitimately piss off]] Minori for the first time ever, and while it seems they let it slide, the next day Ami seems to keep getting hit by the sled ridden by Taiga and Minori. {{spoiler\|It's likely that this happened because Ami likes Ryuuji, but was told in an earlier episode by Taiga not to interfere with him while he tries to confess his love for Minori. But Minori continues to hide behind her [[Genki Girl]] facade, and act as if nothing happened. Considering all the mistakes and slip ups Minori was making in earlier episodes, Ami has reason to be angry, since she can't stand Minori not being true to her feelings, and at least giving Ryuuji a clear answer so in the event she rejects him, she could then legitimately move in on him.}} * [[Those Two Guys]] Noto and Haruta. Also Those Two Girls - Kihara and Kashii. * [[The Three Faces of Eve]] -: Think of the three female leads. Interestingly, also applies to the adult females: Yasuko has all the traits of being a "[[Adult Child\|child]]", [[Hot Mom\|mother, and seductress]], while Yuri-sensei has none of them.▼ * [[Through His Stomach\|Through Her Stomach]] --: Ryuuji's main method of [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|taming Taiga]] is feeding her. ▲* [[Three Faces of Eve]] - Think of the three female leads. Interestingly, also applies to the adult females: Yasuko has all the traits of being a "[[Adult Child\|child]]", [[Hot Mom\|mother, and seductress]], while Yuri-sensei has none of them. * [[Tiger Versus Dragon]]: Thrives off this. The title itself is a combination of Japanese for tiger (Tora) and the Japanese transliteration of the English word ''dragon'' (dora(-gon)). The main characters are even named Taiga (referenced in her nickname "Palmtop Tiger") and Ryuuji (dragon child/character). Ryuuji himself references the symbolism in an early episode. * [[Training Montage]] --: Ryuuji teaches Taiga how to swim. Comes complete with a ''Chariots of Fire'' [[The Jimmy Hart Version\|sound-alike]] and a balancing exercise on a pole against a sunset! * [[Trash of the Titans]] -: Taiga's apartment when Ryuuji visits her the first time. ▲* [[~~Nakama~~True Companions]] --: Yes, it's a [[Love Dodecahedron]], and yes, [[Dysfunction Junction\|they ''all'' have issues]], but the [[Five-Man Band]] really do care deeply about each other. * [[Two-Teacher School]] -: Yuri-sensei and the Phys Ed teacher "Muscle" Kuro. * [[Unrequited Love Switcheroo]] --: This series is rather fond of this trope. {{spoiler\|Taiga falls for Kitamura after rejecting his initial confession; too bad by this point he's moved on to pine after Sumire. Towards the end of the series, Minori finally admits that she returns Ryuuji's feelings for her - right after he's realized that he's moved on and is in love with Taiga instead.}} * [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] --: Ami and Taiga and {{spoiler\|Ami and Minori}} appear to have this kind of relationship by the end of the series, although the vitriol is more light and playful than it was in the former example. * [[Waif Fu]] --: Despite her frail, doll-like appearance, Taiga manages to put up quite a fight against strong adversaries. ▲* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] -- The Ramen shop worker from episode 22 is WAY too into serving ramen. * [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]] --: Minori. She practically rivals [[Cardcaptor Sakura\|Touya Kinomoto]] for all the part-time jobs she's taking. In a variation, she keeps all these jobs because of something she heard from one of [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei\|Nozomu Itoshiki]]'s lectures.▼ ▲{{quote\|'''Eternal Circle of Transmigration!'''}} * [[Will They or Won't They?]] --: Taiga and Ryuuji. Pretty firm on the 'They Will' side, though, given that the show's ''title'' means 'Tiger and Dragon' (Taiga x Ryuu, in other words).▼ ▲* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]] -- Minori. She practically rivals [[Cardcaptor Sakura\|Touya Kinomoto]] for all the part-time jobs she's taking. In a variation, she keeps all these jobs because of something she heard from one of [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei\|Nozomu Itoshiki]]'s lectures. * [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] --: Minori, although its hard to tell what genre she ''thinks'' she's in. Probably all of them.▼ ▲* [[Will They or Won't They?]] -- Taiga and Ryuuji. Pretty firm on the 'They Will' side, though, given that the show's ''title'' means 'Tiger and Dragon' (Taiga x Ryuu, in other words). * [[Yaoi Fangirl]] -: In the novels, when the boys propose a [[Cosplay Cafe]] for the [[School Festival]], several unnamed girls counter with a Yaoi Cafe:▼ ▲* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] -- Minori, although its hard to tell what genre she ''thinks'' she's in. Probably all of them. ▲* [[Yaoi Fangirl]] - In the novels, when the boys propose a [[Cosplay Cafe]] for the [[School Festival]], several unnamed girls counter with a Yaoi Cafe: {{quote\|"Instead of drag, how about we have a 'BL Cafe'? The butler will be seme, while the slightly haughty waiter will be uke. They’ll be affectionate and mean to their customers simultaneously… How's that? Kya! I've said it!"}} * [[You Are Not Alone]]: In episode 2 when {{spoiler\|~~when~~ Taiga throws a fit about how nobody understands her, Ryuuji joins in and kicks the light pole with her to show her that, yes, there was somebody willing to understand her.}} [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] ensues. In "The Palmtop Tiger of Happiness," episode, Ryuuji chides Ami for her diet, gives her an extra pork cutlet (since they come in a pack of four and he's only feeding three) and says she acts like a kid. This comes after a day in which Yuri and Minori have both praised her for her maturity and she's received a call from her agent begging her to return to modeling full time. The episode ends with Ami {{spoiler\|telling her mother she wants to remain in school.}} Towards the end of the series, she confesses to Ryuuji that {{spoiler\|she stayed because she'd finally found someone who understood her and liked her for who she really is, even if he doesn't love her.}} * [[Zettai Ryouiki]] --: Taiga, most obvious in the first opening. 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