8.8/10 390 votes#1 - Christmas Eve Party
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/2009
The love triangle of Ryūji, Minori and Taiga reaches a crisis point when true feelings are realized during the school's Christmas Eve party.
Director: Kenichi Kasai
Writer: Masahiro Yokotani
8.8/10 367 votes#2 - Can't Help Myself
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/26/2009
During the ski trip, Ryūji confesses his feelings for Minori, but not to her. When Taiga disappears, everyone frantically searches for her.
Director: Sayo Aoi
Writer: Masahiro Yokotani
8.7/10 444 votes#3 - Toradora!
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/26/2009
When Yasuko reconciles with her parents, the truth about Ryūji's father is revealed, inspiring him to have a traditional wedding with Taiga.
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
Writer: Mari Okada
8.6/10 359 votes#4 - Confession
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/2009
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.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Mari Okada
8.5/10 322 votes#5 - One Step Forward
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/2009
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.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
8.5/10 316 votes#6 - Path to Take
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/12/2009
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.
Director: Youhei Suzuki
Writer: Mari Okada
8.2/10 311 votes#7 - Ohashi High School Culture Festival 3
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/2008
Taiga wins a beauty contest despite a crushing disappointment about her father; a race is held to determine who will dance with Taiga.
Director: Masahito Otani
Writer: Mari Okada
8.1/10 308 votes#8 - Who Is This For?
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2008
Ryūji tries to help Taiga win a swimming race against Ami, but when Ryūji nearly drowns, the truth about Taiga's feelings comes out.
Director: Tohru Ishida
Writer: Mari Okada, Junko Okazaki
8.1/10 280 votes#9 - When You're Around
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/5/2009
Knowing that Taiga believes she was rescued by Yūsaku during the ski trip, Ryūji asks Yūsaku to pretend that she's correct.
Director: Tohru Ishida
Writer: Mari Okada
8.0/10 305 votes#10 - True Self
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2008
Followed by a stalker, Ami hides out with Taiga and decides that she must discard her fake personality from now on.
Director: Shigeru Yamazaki
Writer: Mari Okada
8.0/10 299 votes#11 - When You Go To The Sea
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2008
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.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
7.9/10 305 votes#12 - Kawashima Ami
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2008
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.
Director: Katsuya Asano
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
7.9/10 297 votes#13 - Fireworks
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2008
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.
Director: Kenichi Kasai
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
7.8/10 347 votes#14 - Taiga and Ryuji
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2008
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.
Director: Kenichi Kasai
Writer: Mari Okada
7.8/10 283 votes#15 - Palm-top Tiger of Happiness
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/2009
A rumor starts that touching Taiga leads to good luck; Yūsaku gets some interesting news from the student council president.
Director: Toshiaki Miki
Writer: Mari Okada
7.8/10 283 votes#16 - Underneath the Fir Tree
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/2009
The entire class pitches in to assemble an artificial Christmas tree with a glass star, but a stray fly ball destroys the decorations.
Director: Daisuke Takashima
Writer: Masahiro Yokotani
7.8/10 274 votes#17 - Stay Like This Forever
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/2009
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.
Director: Noriaki Saito
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
7.7/10 302 votes#18 - That Look You Had
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2008
Taiga has a photo album full of blurry pictures of Kitamura. Ryūji offers to snap some pictures of him instead.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Mari Okada
7.7/10 295 votes#19 - Pool's Open
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2008
When the school's pool opens for the summer, the gang shops for new swimsuits, and Ryūji helps Taiga with an embarrassing problem.
Director: Sayo Aoi
Writer: Junko Okazaki
7.7/10 289 votes#20 - Ohashi High School Culture Festival 1
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2008
As preparations get under way for the school's cultural festival, Ryūji urges Taiga to consider reconciling with her estranged father.
Director: Toshikazu Hashimoto
Writer: Masahiro Yokotani
7.7/10 282 votes#21 - Ohashi High School Culture Festival 2
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2008
Taiga's reconciliation with her father divides her friends, but she ends up disappointed when her father doesn't attend her school play.
Director: Daisuke Takashima
Writer: Mari Okada
7.6/10 278 votes#22 - Distant Star
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/2009
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.
Director: Tohru Ishida
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
7.6/10 283 votes#23 - Mercury is Retrograde at Christmas
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/2009
With Christmas approaching, the student council plans a party while Taiga decides to curry favor with Santa by playing Cupid for Ryūji and Minori.
Director: Youhei Suzuki
Writer: Masahiro Yokotani
7.4/10 314 votes#24 - Your Song
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2008
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.
Director: Eiichi Kuboyama
Writer: Mari Okada
7.3/10 396 votes#25 - Tiger and Dragon
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2008
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.
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
Writer: Mari Okada
The Best Episodes of Toradora!
Every episode of Toradora! ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Toradora!!
Ryūji Takasu is a gentle high school student with a love for housework; but in contrast to his kind nature, he has an intimidating face that often gets him labeled as a delinquent. On the other hand is Taiga Aisaka, a small, doll-like student who is anything but a cute and fragile girl. Equipped with a wooden katana and feisty personality, Taiga is known throughout the school as the "Palmtop Tiger." One day, an embarrassing mistake causes the two students to cross paths. Ryūji discovers that Taiga actually has a sweet side: she has a crush on the popular vice president, Yūsaku Kitamura, who happens to be his best friend. But things only get crazier when Ryūji reveals that he has a crush on Minori Kushieda—Taiga's best friend! Toradora! is a romantic comedy that follows this odd duo as they embark on a quest to help each other with their respective crushes, forming an unlikely alliance in the process.
Genres:AnimationComedyDrama
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Toradora!" is "Christmas Eve Party", rated 8.8/10 from 390 user votes. It was directed by Kenichi Kasai and written by Masahiro Yokotani. "Christmas Eve Party" aired on 2/12/2009 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Can't Help Myself".