Toradora! Ep. 11 - Printable Version +- Element Zero Studio Forums (https://www.elementzerostudio.com/discuss) +-- Forum: Community (https://www.elementzerostudio.com/discuss/forum-5.html) +--- Forum: Anime and Manga (https://www.elementzerostudio.com/discuss/forum-8.html) +--- Thread: Toradora! Ep. 11 (/thread-116.html) |
Toradora! Ep. 11 - SimsHsia - Sat Dec 13 2008 Episode 11: Oobashi High School Festival - First Part
Recap from last time: Taiga and Ryuuji attempt to scare Minorin, plan back fires on them when Minorin and Yuusaku are scaring Taiga and Ryuuji. Summer vacation is over once they return home. Key plot points:
Episode thoughts: Yeah, this is a three part story arc centered around the culture fest extravaganza that normally would have gone over a few days has been truncated to just one day. The student body president, Sumire, wants this to be the most exciting culture festival event the school has ever seen, since it is her last year. OK, enough with the semi-background summary for this episode, on to the actual thoughts. OK, so I was right on more screen time with some of the side characters, prominently Haruta. Their homeroom teacher, Yurichan-sensei, on the other hand, is one sad, depressing character. First, she's in her mid-30's, single, and is quite jealous of a 17 year old's carefree can-do-anything life. I pity her, even in the next episode preview she sounds desperate to get married instead of getting birthday presents. Taiga has been stubborn for pretty much the whole episode up until the last minute or so where it was a touching moment; father and daughter hugging in reunion. Her sudden change of heart/attitude at the end was very unexpected. Turns out that Taiga was the one who abandoned her family, not the story she tells Ryuuji about how her father kicked her out of the house. Interesting turn of events, now there's remains a few questions: the whereabouts of Taiga's mother. Did she separate? Pass away? What will the housing situation be for Taiga now? Will she move away or stay put in her apartment? These questions will linger until answered. In regards to the "most exciting" culture festival the school will ever see, I agree. If it has the rivalry with the likes of Taiga and Ami, there's certainly going to be some cataclysmic disaster bound to happen. Oh, yes, Sumire, you'll get excitement for your last festival. No doubt about that! By the way, I have suspicions that Yurichan-sensei put in that vote for the professional wrestling show. Minorin, for some reason, has an explosive nose bleed when proposing the class have a haunted house event. She must really love everything about horror, and for some reason, it reminds me of a scene in Kannagi with Takako-senpai and her explosive nose bleed for a different reason. Right, part two of three coming up for the Oobashi High School Festival story arc. Nothing much is revealed about what happens in the next episode except, well, Yurichan-sensei eating alone and reminiscing on her life it seems. Well, we're in for a possible eye-opener as there are hardly any hints about what happens next week. |