This show is about Ryuji and Taiga, two
high school students that have matured quite a bit since the last
time as they started off as a bunch of punks. Taiga is still trying
to help Ryuji get together with Minori (a girl that Ryuji has a crush
on). Compared to the first volume these episodes are a lot more
lively and energetic making it the show feel less slow. Background
characters you would of saw in the previous volume are more talkative
making them more purposeful to the show and gives it a little extra
meat for good measure. The main characters are still very likeable
and relate-able but I still don't like that fucking bird Inko-chan as
he comes off as more annoying than it is comic relief making me want
to strangle the hell out of it.
I felt a bit ripped off with the ending
as they were building it up by placing a succulent banquet that looks
absolutely beautiful but out comes the waiter who wants to perform a
party trick by pulling the tablecloth right under us and ultimately
failing and the banquet is now all ruined. I was hoping the special
OVA would patch things up but nope what we get is an episode about
Ryuji trying to make the perfect lunch. The OVA wasn't bad but it
was very weak compared to the main series so watch it if you want but
you won't get much out of it.
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| women are scary. |
Animation isn't half bad but some of
the mouth movements can be a bit awkward to watch as it feels like
that I'm looking at inflatable people (something like blow-up dolls
for all the perverts out there). Artwork on the other hand is very
beautiful looking and I do quite like how the characters have more
than one look, like how the women naturally switch between clothes,
hairstyles and makeup like they would in real life. Cause we know a
lot of anime out there have characters that look like they don't
change unless they are forced to (like a hobo). Much like the volume
before this I still find the music very irritating to listen to with
it's auto-tuned pop-rock that makes this industry lazy and stale.
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| Target: Minori. Mission: Tap that. |
The special features section has four
bonus episodes titled “SOS Hurray for Gourmands”which takes the
main characters into ultra cute super deformed territory. These
episodes revolve around the gang sitting in school wondering about
what certain food taste like then going to the local restaurant
called “Johnny's” to eat those foods in comedic fashion while
dropping random pieces of useless trivia. The episodes are only five
minutes long and while they were pretty funny the gags do feel
repetitive but never dull or boring minus the segments with Inko-chan
(the pet budgie) which just feels like wasted space (to be fair I did
found one of these segments to be funny). Another bonus is a very
nice box to store the DVDs in sorta like what you would of seen in
the mid-00s complete with empty spot to put the first volume in (you
can read the review of the first volume in Mondo Cool Monthly #7).
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| Guy with glasses: Did you complete that mission Ryuji? Ryuji: Buy the DVD to find out. |
Even though I did have some complaints
about this volume I still found it to be a quite decent show. Minus
the ending (and the other complaints like Inko-chan) I highly
recommend giving this a watch as it was very charming and it will
also drag you in emotionally like a riptide. It gets a yes from me
for sure.
Title: Toradora! Part 2 + OVA
Animation Studio: J.C. Staff
Genre: Animation/Anime, Comedy, Slice
of Life
Running Time: 338 Minutes
Distributor: Hanabee
Rating: M15+ (Coarse language)
Price: $59.99
Recommended: Yes
Here's a bonus video showing off what
the box set looks like:
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