Comments on: The Toradora Split

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Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:30:41 +0000

[...] WAKU WAKU feeling. It’ll take a bit of time before a series totally sinks in to you and reach Nostalgia Level. I, for one, have not yet immersed myself so much into the Darker than Black world. Writing blog [...]

By: Ryan A

Ryan A — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:08:33 +0000

@Michael, true, TD has a more serious tone, but it’s 17 episodes haven’t had a high level of pain and suffering, really. I don’t think it’s entirely about the fun though. Aria, or other various SoL series don’t peak on the fun, but still can manage this sort of sentiment.

I may eventually find this with Toradora, who knows.

School Rumble was extremely fun though.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:28:49 +0000

Because Toradora isn’t amusement park entertainment. It’s a serious reflection on high school life and the beauty of friendship. It’s very memorable, but it isn’t merely fun and laughs; I guess this may be the reason why it hasn’t been as nostalgic: we often shield out pain and suffering in our pleasant memories.

By: Ryan A

Ryan A — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:39:04 +0000

O.o auu~ sorry for the delayed responses.

@usagijen
I see, duration as in length of the series vs amount of time spent in it. It’s interesting though that something like Umisho, which I only watched once, has a good nostalgic feel when glancing back on the experience. I hope I find something in Toradora in which I can remminisce about in the future.

Aw, re-immersion.

@foomafoo
Yea, they shouldn’t be compared on various levels because they have quite different tones, topics, objectives, etc. Glad to agree that they are both great in their own ways, but also interesting that you’ve pointed out specific episodes which generate nostalgia… I’ll have to check those out again.

The thing about Sukuran was that I’ve never rewatched it (I don’t rewatch much), it was a moderately paced experience (as opposed to marathoning), but I did get the rehash from manga to anime. There was just something about the depicted atmosphere/setting that really gave me good vibe memories; good times.

Thanks for commenting.

@Caitlin
Eye-to-eye! I feel what you mention expresses the way I develop this sentiment as well (where/how I was taking in the experience)…. could that be some sort of associated fondness? (Conditioning)

Perhaps we develop a “safety” series, which always will put us in a better mood due to associated memories or high relatability[, also how drawn into the setup we may be].

Personally, relating to the characters is so-so on my end. Though I find myself feeling sympathy often, natural identification seldom happens. Simply, I can’t picture myself in the shoes of many of the male characters I see, or at least in these specific media.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:01:14 +0000

I’m not as far as you in ToraDora but I think the effect of this is helping to renew my interest in anime. As for sentiment, I don’t know, but I do know that I will want to rent/buy this in the future. The sentiment is hard to describe because when I think about anime series (or TV series, for that matter), the sentiment is more tied up in what was going on in my life, who I watched it with, or how much I could relate to the show. I can’t really relate to ToraDora (except in the height).

By: foomafoo

foomafoo — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:54:13 +0000

This was my first impression about Toradora, that its school atmosphere is somehow similar to School Rumble. Now that Toradora has been a great show as well, I’m ashamed that I’ve compared the two of them since the idea they are trying to invoke is relatively different. Although, their greatness as both series is comparable.

I think that the “nostalgic” part of me in Toradora’s part would be…rewatching almost 3 times episodes 9,13 and 16… For me, the 3 episodes where the epic XD. Pretty much the same as how I see the early episodes of School Rumble prior to Harima’s journey to the sea~.(1st sem)

By: usagijen

usagijen — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:54:22 +0000

Hm, probably not to be attributed to duration per se, but factors like “amount of time/emotions/effort invested into the show” (rewatching short series would most likely create a similar ‘nostalgia’ effect in the long run), or in terms of environment, how well you can relate with the characters, whether it hits close to home or what. Or, how engaging the series and its characters turned out in the end.

But yeah, somewhere down the road we’ll find out how much impact ToraDora had in our lives… sometimes it’ll just strike out of the blue, the nostalgia. Like how I feel about Boys be at the moment, and now I’m stuck with this ‘lingering desire’ to rewatch the series and re-immerse myself into it.