… which goes on to illustrate my point about how they can forget about the source work in favor of pandering to a certain audience. J.C. Staff’s becoming infamous for this, and they’ve done more chopping in Ep 2. Here’s hoping they don’t screw up Kawashima’s intro and Vol 3’s events… but this original filler, or possibly original filler, suggests that we’re on the road to ZnT Redux.

I’m often guilty of comparison too. There are adaptations that I initially hated after having read some of the source (ef ~a tale of memories~, for instance. The writers moved at breakneck speeds, cutting out tons of character charm by compressing lengthy scenes into short half-minute exchanges. The adaptation was a bit of a mess, and they tried compensating with visual and theatrical style), only to end up enjoying them once the material was new to me. There are also times that I’ve stopped reading a manga just to avoid wrecking the rest of the anime experience.

As for Toradora, many manga readers are definitely disappointed. However, some new viewers seem to have enjoyed Episode 2’s pacing better than the first (which was honestly too slow for my liking), so I guess it’s good fun if you’re unaware of what you’re missing.

I´m actually happy that they rushed the chapters, it leaves them with room to work with on original material, i just hate it when the anime adaption is just another frame by frame animated version of the manga. Now its all up to if they can make it good or if they will fail miserably.

Heres hoping.

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And that, will be the moment I will be waiting for. But from the preview screencaps I don’t think I’ll see that coming for episode 3… yet.

Hint: People who watch the OP sequence should already notice what I mean with Ami Kawashima. XD

Basically, gut it, take out anything good and original, and add in 200% more Kugimiya Rie.

Warning! Warning! JC STAFF CHOP CHOP INCOMING!