Comments on: Light Novel Review: ToraDora Spin-off! The Cherry-colour Tornado of Happiness

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:11:00 +0000

Im really interested in the toradora series buti cant find the books anywhere do u know where i can find them? in real life or online?

By: Sfgs

Sfgs — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:40:52 +0000

Lots of thanks. Now I can’t really wait it (CCToH) to be translated in baka-tsuki.

By: Lupus

Lupus — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:39:22 +0000

FF: I like the Kitamura bits too. It’s great how effectively those short scenes gave Kitamura’s character so much more depth, and show how strong his feelings for Sumire is. My first reaction from reading these parts was “Aww… poor Taiga, she doesn’t have a chance” though

I don’t know how far or where the anime will go to be honest. It seems it’ll be a full 24-26 episodes season (8 DVDs are slated for release), and the first three episodes really leaves me unsure of what the anime writers want to cover.

By: FF

FF — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:20:19 +0000

Great post, and I agree with almost all of it. The only thing I want to add is that while the (blinding) romance between and Kouta and Sakura was a strong part of the book, my favourite portions of writing to do with the Kitamura-Sumire dynamic, especially in the third part of the book during and after the pool scene. There was a lot of powerful writing and emotional characterisations there, and even though I’ve been partially spoiled for book 6 I’m still eagerly waiting to read through it so I can see how events fold out myself.

I wouldn’t be so quick with bets that this won’t be animated either Seeing that Zero no Tsukaima got a lot of seasons, Toradora may eventually chew through so much story that they’re use part of all of the spin-off segments for material.

By: Brin

Brin — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:42:49 +0000

@Tiberias, well and anyone else who’s interested: Yup that there is. Check out baka-tsuki site. Lol well it seems lupus and me posted nearly at the same time so nvm.

By: Lupus

Lupus — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:42:39 +0000

Will: Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment

Tiberia: unfortunately, I haven’t seen any English translation of this book. Baka-Tsuki (google it) has a running project on translating the series, but their list doesn’t even include this spin-off.

FlareKnight: I’m glad it went well for him too. In the scene when he finally gets together with Sakura, I felt really happy for him, but at the same time really jealous. That lucky bastard!

By: FlareKnight

FlareKnight — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:44:05 +0000

Sounds like a pretty nice read. Did read that bit regarding Kouta’s quest to meet Taiga. Glad to hear things go well for him in this story.

By: Tiberias

Tiberias — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:29:02 +0000

Because you’re posting this in English, does that mean there is a translation somewhere? The last I heard from /a/, only a little bit of the Toradora books had been fantranslated. I’d love to read these if I could, because I adore Taiga.
In response to your ep 3 post, I found Minori to be very annoying as well.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:05:08 +0000

Thank you for the Toradora post.

I found it an enjoyable read, and refreshing because I never get to see light novel reviews (cant read Japanese =) ). So thanks and hopefully you find time to do more (expecially Tora dora ones!!!)).