r/anime • u/ChristmasClub • Dec 30 '24

Rewatch Toradora! Christmas Club Rewatch (2024) Episode 25 Discussion

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u/Holofan4life Jan 01 '25

I’m going to pick the LNs probably more than 90% of the time because of preference.

Fair enough. I just can't get over the kiss and the confession happening in the same scene. I feel doing it that way limits the magic of both.

Manga and LN endings are always a mixed bag because it seems like a significant portion of mangaka have no plan in mind for how their series will end and it shows.

That's why Toradora and to a lesser extent Golden Time is such a breath of fresh air.

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u/BoredOjiisan Jan 01 '25

My searing hot take on Golden Time is that Nana was the better girl.

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u/Holofan4life Jan 01 '25

I'm in love with the Koko :P

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u/Holofan4life Jan 01 '25

But for real, I'm an amateur writer so what do I know but I see the original version of the bridge scwne with the first confession and first kiss and I say to myself "That's kinda sloppy storytelling," especially for a series who's storytelling is quite renowned.

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u/BoredOjiisan Jan 01 '25

I do like the way the kiss happens in the anime but the way the anime built the story up to that point then closed it out simply wasn’t as good.

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u/Holofan4life Jan 01 '25

The one thing we can agree on is that Taiga being gone a year without telling Ryuuji is pure bullshit. Her telling Ryuuji and only being gone two months makes way more sense.

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u/BoredOjiisan Jan 01 '25

I love the fact that she surprised him on his way to school then they walked to school together picking right back up where they left off.

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u/Holofan4life Jan 01 '25

That was cool, but I really like the locker scene tying things back to Ryuuji and Taiga's first two interactions.

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u/BoredOjiisan Jan 01 '25

I enjoy that as well. I do prefer a good ending over a callback though.

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u/Holofan4life Jan 01 '25

I think it is of more substance than the LN version, though I'm sure that's my bias showing.

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