Toradora! 4

For DBR.

1.

Box 1: It’s a simple plan.

Box 2: We’re playing basketball in gym class.

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Box 3: The court is divided up, and we each play separate games.

Box 4: Everyone does the warm-up and the practice together.

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Box 5: The gym teacher doesn’t mind who we choose as a partner. / Everyone just chooses whoever they like.

Teacher: Come here! // Roll call!

Ryuji: Be Kitamura’s partner. / That’s all.

2.

Taiga: Huh? // Be his partner? There aren’t any girls and guys doing that…

Ryuji: I wanna be Kushieda-san’s partner though…

Taiga: Anyway, I’m always with Minorin. / I’d rather die than say “Let’s be partners!” all of a sudden…

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Ryuji: That’s the thing. // We need to do a little work to make it look natural.

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Ryuji: First you and I are gonna be partners…

3.

Text: So, Kitamura would have been my partner, which means he’ll have to pair up with someone else.

Text: While playing, I’ll accidentally hit Kitamura’s partner.

Text: He probably won’t be hurt, but I’ll make a big deal of it and take him to the nurse’s room.

Ryuji: Then who’ll be left?

Taiga: Kitamura and me…

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Ryuji: Right? Then it’ll be like “We’re both without partners, so looks like we’ll have to pair up…”

Taiga: What’s with that acting? Are you making fun of me? // Anyway, is that going to work out?

Ryuji: Try your best!

Teacher: Okay, let’s start by warming up!

4.

Teacher: As usual, you’ll be in pairs.

Ryuji: Hey! Aisaka!

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Taiga: Yes, I’m here! // Takasu-kun, let’s be partners!

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Ryuji: Yes, let’s do that!

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Teacher: It looks like there are some enthusiastic students today…

5.

Student 1: Wow…Takasu’s brave…

Student 2: He’s tamed the Palmtop Tiger!

Student 3: But he’s the Takasu…

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Ryuji: Anyway, we’ve cleared the first step…

Taiga: Right…

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Boy 1: Ah… // Today’s that kind of day? I’ll pair up with a girl too…

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Girl 1: Then I’ll pair up with a boy too!

Girl 2: It makes a change.

Boy 2: That’s right.

Boy 3: It could be fun.

Maya: Maruo! // I mean…Kitamura! Let’s be partners!

6.

Yusaku: Hmm? // Sure, I don’t mind. Takasu’s ditched me anyway.

Maya: Yay!

Taiga: AHHH!

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Taiga: Hey! / What?! Kitamura’s with a strange girl!

In panel: Oww!

Ryuji: She’s not a strange girl, her name’s Kihara-san. At least remember the names of your classmates.

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Ryuji: But…it’s kinda different from what I planned…

Hisamitsu: Kushieda / Will you be my partner?

Minori: Hmm?

7.

Minori: Okay~ // Let’s go!

Ryuji: Huh?

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Ryuji: Eh…?! Kushieda-san…with that guy?!

Teacher: Everybody spread out! We’re going to do callisthenics!

Taiga: Umm…isn’t Noto-kun one of the few friends you have? // This means you didn’t plan that!

Ryuji: You weren’t against it either!

8.

Teacher: Spread out! We’re going to do radio callisthenics!

Ryuji: Ah! I’m sorry…it wasn’t on purpose!

In panel: Ahhh!

Taiga: Tch…

Ryuji: I’m really sorry! // Just because I brushed past her, she got angry. // Was it okay to let Kitamura see that just now?

In panel: Is she a delinquent or something?

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Text: It doesn’t matter who it is (unless it’s Minori), she’ll snap at anyone who annoys her. // That’s why, as a pun on her name, she’s called “Palmtop Tiger”.

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Box 1: Could it be, the girl I see in front of me…

Box 2: Her long eyelashes and wide eyes / The braids that reach down to her waist.

Box 3: Her slender arms and legs...

9.

Box 1: She’s like a doll. / She really doesn’t look like the kind of girl who’d have a fierce nickname like “Palmtop Tiger”.

Box 2: I can understand why she was voted the school’s most beautiful girl when she enrolled.

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Taiga: You idiot! // What are you spacing out for? You really are rotten, huh?

In panel: Get over here now.

Ryuji: I don’t have the right words to return your sudden insult.

Taiga: Hmph!

Box 3: That’s just how she looks though.

10.

Taiga: Jeez! / Why do I have to do the warm-up with you? / If you think about it, throwing the ball is the last thing we have to do. // I wanted Kitamura to say to me “Isn’t your skin soft…”

Ryuji: Uh… // I can… / see her bra strap! // I’m scared that it’ll snap!

11.

Ryuji: Ah! // Could it be that I’ve made the other guys really lucky… / Kushieda-san…

Taiga: Hey! / Ryuji…that hurts…

Text:
Kushieda-san too…?!
A girl’s tenderness and the outline of her underwear…
Damn it! Noto, you jerk!
My chest hurts!
It’s because of jealousy and this unpleasant feeling!

Taiga: Oww… // Uh… // Uh…

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Ryuji: Why are you complaining?

Taiga: You’ll… // understand soon enough. Let’s change places.

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In panel: Why’s she so far away?

Ryuji: Huh? / Stop!

Taiga: AHHHH!

12.

Ryuji: Damn…it still hurts…

Taiga: You’re not the only one… / It’s only fair…

Ryuji: Ah, it’s time to practice passing the ball…

Taiga: More importantly, hurry up and make things go according to plan.

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Box 1: Of course, the plan is to / hit Kitamura’s partner with the ball and wipe them out.

Box 2: That’s the problem.

Box 3: His partner is Maya Kihara, a 17 year old with an amazing body.

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Box 4: Other guys might, but for me…

Ryuji: hitting a girl…

In panel: She’s cute too

Ryuji: is impossible! // I’ll just pass the ball for the time being!

13.

Taiga: Why are you passing the ball normally?!

Ryuji: Uh… / There’s the timing… // to think about, right?

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In panel: Hmph!

Ryuji: Well, well… // Okay, one more! // It hurt! That pass hurt!

In panel: Kitamura!

Taiga: Ryuji, pass the ball… // Pass it to me…

14.

Maya: Ah~ Watch where you’re throwing the ball, Kitamura!

Yusaku: Sorry…

Maya: Ah! Taiga-san, get the ball…

15.

Maya: Sorry!

Ryuji: Something’s coming out of Aisaka!

In panel: Something dark…

Maya: Are you angry? I’m sorry!

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Ryuji: Hey…Aisaka, calm down, okay?

Maya: Throw it over here!

Ryuji: It’s either that girls feel at ease around each other, // she doesn’t understand the situation, or that’s how she normally acts…

In panel: Aisaka-san~ I’m coming over there!

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Maya: Ah. // My shoelace is undone.

Ryuji: Stop! // Aisaka!

Yusaku: Hey, Aisaka!

16.

Yusaku: Sorry, pass the ball to me!

In panel: T-shirt tucked into high waisted pants

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Ryuji: It happened by chance, but this is her opportunity! // She’s so clumsy!

In panel: Over here!

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In panel: Wow…

Ryuji: Hey, that was a terrible throw.

17.

Yusaku: Alright! // Thanks!

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Ryuji: Wow…

In panel: Goosebumps

Ryuji: Ah. // Aisaka…? // Ahhh!

18.

Taiga: Heh / Heh // Heh // Heh // Heh

Ryuji: Aisaka? What’s wrong with you?

Taiga: Hmm? Why don’t you be happy for me, like a dog should.

Ryuji: Be happy about what?

Taiga: What are you talking about? Never mind, let me tell you…

In panel: Take it slow…

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Taiga: I… / practiced passing with Kitamura-kun! // Hehehe!

Ryuji: You call that practice? // All you did was pass the ball once. / That’s not what you were aiming for, right?

19.

Ryuji: Anyway, it’s not like you talked. / You didn’t say a thing. // You were in a daze when you threw the ball to him and he said thanks. // That’s all that happened.

Taiga: I did that?!

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Taiga: Hmph!

Ryuji: Oww! What was that for?

Taiga: You’ve got a point. Hmm~ You say useful things once in a while. // Well, let’s continue with our strategy.

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Taiga: We’ll do things as planned. // Got it? // If you understand, then pass me the ball.

Ryuji: Uh…well… / The plan has gotten messed up…

Taiga: That’s enough! We’re going to run out of time!

20.

Box 1: According to the plan, I’ve got to hit this person.

In panel: Kitamura, here I go!

Ryuji: No, I can’t!

Text: Impossible.

In panel:
There you go!
Got it!

Ryuji: Hitting a girl with a ball is unthinkable!

Taiga: You idiot! // Uh… // Ah! // What are you doing standing around?! / My nose itches!

Ryuji: You were sneezing yesterday too. Have you caught a cold?

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Ryuji: Do you have a runny nose? Ah! Maybe you've got allergies…

In panel: You don't clean up, maybe you're allergic to house dust…

Taiga: Huh?! / Shut up! / Hurry up! My nose is… // Come on! Pass it to me!

21.

Box 1: That’s right, I’ll take my time,

Box 2: then practice will be over.

Box 3: Aisaka will probably be angry, but I’m gonna do that anyway.

Ryuji: Here you go!

Taiga: Ah...

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Taiga: Achoo!

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Ryuji: Achoo…?

22.

Ryuji: AHHHH!

23.

Ryuji: S-Sorry! Are you okay?

Teacher: Takasu, what is it? // Is someone hurt?

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Ryuji: Ah! / Kitamura! // That’s it! I’ll leave it to him!

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Ryuji: K-Kitamura! // Aisaka…

24.

Ryuji: Ahh! // I can’t let him see this!

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Student 1: This is bad! // The newcomer, Takasu brought down the Palmtop Tiger!

Student 2: Whoa!

Student 3: What is it?

Student 4: It looks like there’ll be trouble again…

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Ryuji: I’ve… / done something bad! // I’ll accept responsibility for it and take her to the nurse’s room!

25.

Ryuji: Ahhh! // Now I’ve done it…

Text:
The mission failed!
Taiga is sent to the nurse’s room…
What will happen to Ryuji tomorrow?

26.

Title: Takemiya Yuyuko Fanpage No.11

Pure Love Ambivalence

Comic by Yasu

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Souma: Hello, every-- // He--

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Souma: Maybe I've caught a cold?

Matsuzawa: It’s been getting colder recently.

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Souma: Now’s not the time to let a cold hold me back!

Text:
10th December 2007
Dengeki Bunko
Toradora! 6

26th January 2008
Dengeki Comics
Our Dear Tamura-kun 3

27th February 2008
Dengeki Comics
Toradora! 1

Souma: In the three months which mark the beginning and end of the year, Takemiya-sensei’s works will be released in succession!

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Matsuzawa: We only appear in January’s release though…

In panel: Everything else is Toradora…

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Souma: It’s okay! // Takemiya-sensei’s novel will be published in Dengeki Bunko’s new magazine, Dengeki Bunko Magazine (temporary name) for three consecutive issues.

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Matsuzawa: That’s a Toradora novel…

Souma: Uh…

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Text:
T-Then what?!
Are we going to disappear soon?
Will Toradora’s influence crush us?
Will Tamura’s love life remain a mystery?
Media Works…that can’t be!

In panel: Nooooo!

Text: This won’t be happening.

Woman: That’s right. Now that you understand, get off this page!