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The Best Episodes of Toradora! Season 1

Every episode of Toradora! Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Toradora! Season 1!

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Menacing in appearance but gentle at heart, second year high school student Ryuuji forms an unlikely friendship with classmate Taiga, a tiny girl with a sharp tongue and a tough attitude.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Toradora! Season 1 Episode 19 - Christmas Eve Party
    8.9/10(647 votes)

    S1:E19

    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

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  2. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 21 - Can't Help Myself
    8.8/10(584 votes)

    S1:E21

    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

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  3. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 24 - Confession
    8.8/10(574 votes)

    S1:E24

    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

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  4. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 25 - Toradora!
    8.7/10(660 votes)

    S1:E25

    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

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  5. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 16 - One Step Forward
    8.6/10(507 votes)

    S1:E16

    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

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  6. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 23 - Path to Take
    8.6/10(509 votes)

    S1:E23

    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

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  7. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 13 - Ohashi High School Culture Festival 3
    8.3/10(482 votes)

    S1:E13

    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

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  8. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 8 - Who Is This For?
    8.1/10(483 votes)

    S1:E8

    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
    Writers:Mari Okada, Junko Okazaki

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  9. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 9 - When You Go To The Sea
    8.1/10(462 votes)

    S1:E9

    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

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  10. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 6 - True Self
    8.0/10(474 votes)

    S1:E6

    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

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  11. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 22 - When You're Around
    8.0/10(442 votes)

    S1:E22

    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

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  12. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 10 - Fireworks
    7.9/10(469 votes)

    S1:E10

    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

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  13. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 5 - Kawashima Ami
    7.8/10(469 votes)

    S1:E5

    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

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  14. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 14 - Palm-top Tiger of Happiness
    7.8/10(435 votes)

    S1:E14

    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

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  15. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 18 - Underneath the Fir Tree
    7.8/10(436 votes)

    S1:E18

    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

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  16. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 20 - Stay Like This Forever
    7.8/10(425 votes)

    S1:E20

    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

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  17. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 2 - Taiga and Ryuji
    7.7/10(532 votes)

    S1:E2

    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

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  18. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 11 - Ohashi High School Culture Festival 1
    7.7/10(441 votes)

    S1:E11

    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

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  19. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 12 - Ohashi High School Culture Festival 2
    7.7/10(432 votes)

    S1:E12

    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

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  20. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 4 - That Look You Had
    7.6/10(471 votes)

    S1:E4

    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

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  21. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 7 - Pool's Open
    7.6/10(457 votes)

    S1:E7

    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

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  22. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 15 - Distant Star
    7.5/10(430 votes)

    S1:E15

    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

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  23. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 17 - Mercury is Retrograde at Christmas
    7.5/10(432 votes)

    S1:E17

    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

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  24. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 3 - Your Song
    7.3/10(488 votes)

    S1:E3

    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

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  25. Toradora! Season 1 Episode 1 - Tiger and Dragon
    7.2/10(601 votes)

    S1:E1

    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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Christmas Eve Party" is the best rated episode of "Toradora!" season 1. It scored 8.9/10 based on 647 votes. Directed by Kenichi Kasai and written by Masahiro Yokotani, it aired on 2/12/2009. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Can't Help Myself".