Analysis

Behind the typical love story that is Toradora , there is some society’s issues which are represented in this anime:

• The most important issue represented in Toradora is certainly the mistake people do toward the others because of their appearance.

 Indeed the main character Ryuuji is avoided by the others and they feared him because of his eyes which give him the appearance of a dangerous delinquent while, you learn to know him during the animes, he is nothing else than a nice guy.

• Another issue represented here is the problem between the parents and their children.

This problem is first represented when Ryuuji tells his mom he does not want to be the one she was not able to be: succeed where she has failed and continues his study.
It is a recurrent problem that parents hope their child succeeds where they have failed but sometimes they force their child to be a person he does not want to be; like a father who wants his son to be a sportsman or a mother who wants her daughter to be a model for example.


The second example of this issue shows in the story when we learn about Yasuko's past (Ryuuji's mother): she runs away from her parents because they wanted her to abort Ryuuji (Yasuko was very young when she had Ryuji she was 18 and Ryuji's father left her).
This misunderstanding between her parents and her feeling: wanting to keep her son, separates Yasuko and their parents until Ryuuji arrange a meeting between them to reconcile them.

• Third issue represented in the anime is the problem of blended family.

We see this problem with Taiga, her mother married again and have a child with her new husband, with this wedding Taiga feels she has no place in this new family anymore.
Nowadays there are many divorces and second marriage, and this feeling of insecurity that Taiga feels, is felt by many other children in the whole world.

• Finally the two main characters meet the same problems: they are both child neglected by their father.

The final issue is the problem of parents who left their families.

 Ryuuji's father was a delinquent, Yasuko and Ryuuji do not know where he is, that may be the reason why Ryuuji hates him, plus the fact that he has inherited the look of his father which scared the others.

Taïga knows her father but he does not really care about her, during the story he tries to return to her side and makes her believe that she will live with him but finally he leaves her at the worst moment.