Ryuji and Taiga both have a horrific dream wherein they are married with um, puppy kids. Taiga then loses a wager with Ryuji and takes the support role to help Ryuji hook up with Minori on the summer trip. Well aware that Minori doesn’t like scary things, Taiga devises a plan to scare her and have Ryuji come to her rescue.

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Following up from the previous episode, Minori chooses a swimming competition between Taiga and Ami and the two rivals place their wagers. If Taiga wins she will share her incriminating video of Ami with everyone in the class. If Ami wins then she gets to take Ryuji to her summer villa.

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Shocked and surprised to see Ryuji and Ami together, Taiga tries to dismiss the matter but it still seems to weigh on her mind through the evening. Though she seems to realize that Ryuji is not at fault, he is still at the receiving end of her scathing, tsuntsun attitude.

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Ami has integrated herself into the classroom but continues to put on her fake personality around everyone, even in the face of some bizarre harassment courtesy of Minori and Taiga. Ami later asks to stay at Ryuji’s house to hide from a stalker but ends up staying with Taiga for the night instead.

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Ryuji and Taiga dine at the family restaurant and unexpectedly introduced to the famous model, Ami Kawashima, by their common friend Yusaku. Ami puts on the pretense of being a nice girl while voraciously flirting with Ryuji in an attempt to make Taiga jealous.

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During the daily routine of going to Taiga’s apartment for the morning chores, Ryuji notices a peculiar box sticking out of the closet. He inspects it and finds an album full of poorly shot photos of Yusaku. Realizing that Taiga wants some photos of Yusaku, Ryuji volunteers to take some candid pictures for her.

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Ryuji and Taiga go eat dinner at a family restaurant, and to Ryuji’s surprise they are waited on by Minori, who is more than willing to reveal that she works several other part time jobs as well. Ryuji later asks Taiga why Minori needs so much extra money, but Taiga tells him there’s no particular reason.

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Ryuji and Taiga enact their plan to get Taiga and Yusaku closer and make it easier for her to confess to him, with the hope that Taiga will later help Ryuji get closer to Minori. After many setbacks during the day, Ryuji comforts Taiga and tells her to not get discouraged.

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Another season, another light novel gets adapted into an anime. This time around, school love comedy Toradora gets the anime treatment. Though I don’t sound too enthusiastic, the first episode of Toradora was pretty enjoyable if somewhat formulaic, as is the standard for this kind of show.

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