10 Best Anime Romances Of All Time
9. Ryuji And Taiga (Toradora)
As good as a well made romantic sub plot in a different genre of anime can be, nothing beats a really well done romance anime. If for no other reason than because, by its very nature, the romance takes center stage and has a lot more room to breathe. And one of the best romance anime in the past decade is Toradora.
It would be drastically underselling things to say that Ryuji and Taiga don't get off on the best foot. Ryuji is nice enough - if a bit neurotic - but inherited the resting face of a psychopath from his deadbeat a-hole father, so people tend to avoid him.
Meanwhile Taiga - the palm-top tiger as she's called - is a tough as nails tsundere prone to violent outbursts at the smallest inconvenience.
These two might have never even strung two words together to each other if they weren't the best friends of each other's respective crushes. Realising that they'd stumbled onto the perfect cheat sheet to get with the one they like most, they decide to work together.
No points for guessing who they actually end up with.
Snark aside, the two's romance is one of the best executed in anime history, thanks to the two leads having great chemistry and a very fun dynamic. It helps that their romance is a slow burn, as these two have a TON of personal issues to work through first. But through it all, Ryuji and Taiga come out all the stronger for it.