Toradora!: Season 1
2008 · 25 episodes · ★ 7.6
What Season 1 of Toradora!
Season 1 of Toradora! It has 25 episodes and aired October 2, 2008. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 Tiger and Dragon
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.
Directing: Tatsuyuki Nagai · Writing: Mari Okada · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu
1x02 Taiga and Ryuji
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.
Directed by Kenichi Kasai · Written by Mari Okada · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Ai Nonaka
1x03 Your Song
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.
Directed by Eiichi Kuboyama · Written by Mari Okada · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Ai Nonaka, Momoko Ishikawa, Saori Goto
1x04 That Look You Had
Taiga has a photo album full of blurry pictures of Kitamura. Ryūji offers to snap some pictures of him instead.
Directed by Katsushi Sakurabi · Written by Mari Okada · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Ai Nonaka
1x05 Kawashima Ami
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.
Directing: Katsuya Asano · Writing: Tatsuto Higuchi · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu
1x06 True Self
Followed by a stalker, Ami hides out with Taiga and decides that she must discard her fake personality from now on.
Directing: Shigeru Yamazaki · Writing: Mari Okada · Starring: Ai Nonaka, Momoko Ishikawa, Saori Goto, Yuhko Kaida
1x07 Pool's Open
When the school's pool opens for the summer, the gang shops for new swimsuits, and Ryūji helps Taiga with an embarrassing problem.
Directed by Sayo Aoi · Written by Junko Okazaki · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu
1x08 Who Is This For?
Ryūji tries to help Taiga win a swimming race against Ami, but when Ryūji nearly drowns, the truth about Taiga's feelings comes out.
Directed by Tohru Ishida · Written by Mari Okada, Junko Okazaki · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Ai Nonaka
1x09 When You Go To The Sea
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.
Directed by Katsushi Sakurabi · Written by Tatsuto Higuchi · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Momoko Ishikawa, Kazuyuki Okitsu
1x10 Fireworks
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.
Directing: Kenichi Kasai · Writing: Tatsuto Higuchi
1x11 Ohashi High School Culture Festival 1
As preparations get under way for the school's cultural festival, Ryūji urges Taiga to consider reconciling with her estranged father.
Directed by Toshikazu Hashimoto · Written by Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu
1x12 Ohashi High School Culture Festival 2
Taiga's reconciliation with her father divides her friends, but she ends up disappointed when her father doesn't attend her school play.
Directing: Daisuke Takashima · Writing: Mari Okada · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu
1x13 Ohashi High School Culture Festival 3
Taiga wins a beauty contest despite a crushing disappointment about her father; a race is held to determine who will dance with Taiga.
Directing: Masahito Otani · Writing: Mari Okada · Starring: Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Ai Nonaka, Momoko Ishikawa
1x14 Palm-top Tiger of Happiness
A rumor starts that touching Taiga leads to good luck; Yūsaku gets some interesting news from the student council president.
Directing: Toshiaki Miki · Writing: Mari Okada · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu
1x15 Distant Star
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.
Directing: Tohru Ishida · Writing: Tatsuto Higuchi · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu
1x16 One Step Forward
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.
Directing: Katsushi Sakurabi · Writing: Tatsuto Higuchi · Starring: Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Ai Nonaka, Momoko Ishikawa
1x17 Mercury is Retrograde at Christmas
With Christmas approaching, the student council plans a party while Taiga decides to curry favor with Santa by playing Cupid for Ryūji and Minori.
Directing: Youhei Suzuki · Writing: Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu
1x18 Underneath the Fir Tree
The entire class pitches in to assemble an artificial Christmas tree with a glass star, but a stray fly ball destroys the decorations.
Directed by Daisuke Takashima · Written by Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Ai Nonaka
1x19 Christmas Eve Party
The love triangle of Ryūji, Minori and Taiga reaches a crisis point when true feelings are realized during the school's Christmas Eve party.
Directed by Kenichi Kasai · Written by Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu
1x20 Stay Like This Forever
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.
Directing: Noriaki Saito · Writing: Tatsuto Higuchi · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu
1x21 Can't Help Myself
During the ski trip, Ryūji confesses his feelings for Minori, but not to her. When Taiga disappears, everyone frantically searches for her.
Directed by Sayo Aoi · Written by Masahiro Yokotani · Starring: Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Ai Nonaka
1x22 When You're Around
Knowing that Taiga believes she was rescued by Yūsaku during the ski trip, Ryūji asks Yūsaku to pretend that she's correct.
Directed by Tohru Ishida · Written by Mari Okada · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu
1x23 Path to Take
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.
Directed by Youhei Suzuki · Written by Mari Okada · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu
1x24 Confession
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.
Directing: Katsushi Sakurabi · Writing: Mari Okada · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Ai Nonaka
1x25 Toradora! Season Finale
When Yasuko reconciles with her parents, the truth about Ryūji's father is revealed, inspiring him to have a traditional wedding with Taiga.
Directing: Tatsuyuki Nagai · Writing: Mari Okada · Starring: Sayaka Ohara, Rie Tanaka, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kazuyuki Okitsu
Season 1 Cast
Rie KugimiyaTaiga Aisaka (voice)25 episodes
Momoko IshikawaPedestrian A (voice)23 episodes
Kazuyuki OkitsuHisamitsu Noto (voice)21 episodes
Saori GotoSoftball Club Member (voice)21 episodes
Rie TanakaYuri Koigakubo (voice)16 episodes
Jun MirunoFemale Student (voice)12 episodes
Tsuyoshi AokiRyuuji's Grandfather (voice)8 episodes
Hideki NakanishiMale Student B (voice)6 episodes
Takashi OoharaMurase (voice)6 episodes
Nobuaki KanemitsuHead Teacher (voice)6 episodes
Takuya SatoMale Student B (voice)3 episodes
Toru FurusawaRikurou Aisaka (voice)3 episodes
Daisuke MatsubaraStudent A (voice)3 episodes
Chikara OusakaTrack and Field Member B (voice)3 episodes
Atsushi AbeMale Student C (voice)3 episodesWhere to Watch Season 1 of Toradora!
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does season 1 of Toradora! have?
Season 1 of Toradora! has 25 episodes.
When Did Season 1 of Toradora! Premiere?
Aired October 2, 2008.
Where to Watch Toradora! Season 1?
In Spain, on Animebox Channel and Amazon Channel.
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to the audience score on TMDB, episode 1x10, «Fireworks», with a 7.9.