If she had immediately reacted to the mention of Ryūji she definitely confirms what everyone is already thinking. Ryūji too feels fairly certain that he’s just caught in the middle of a grudge match and yet, at some level I think Taiga is claiming Ryūji. Only Ami knows, at this point anyway, that Ryūji is just a pawn and that it was the mention of Kitamura that got Taiga’s goat. As per usual, everyone looks at this and thinks that Taiga is claiming Ryūji and that the fight is over him. When Taiga turned back to confront Ami, she pulled Ryūji out of the way to get in Ami’s face (p. I suppose it wouldn’t be of any consolation to Taiga but, of all the people who could have done that to her, there’s probably no one other than Ryūji who could have done it without any ulterior motives or impure thoughts (p. Taiga is humiliated, not because she was tossed into the pool so easily by Ami, or that one of her breast pads fell out, but because someone, a dog no less, saw her chest, had his hand inside her swimsuit, and had brushed up against her breast. There is no doubt that they make a good team. It’s almost a throw away line on page 118 but they look each other and exchange fist pumps without anyone noticing. I don’t think Taiga was thinking about a wedding with Ryūji but I can’t help but think that maybe, somewhere in the back of her mind, that thought was starting to blossom and that this is a bit of foreshadowing.Įqually as important to Taiga as her body image was the fact that THEY (Ryūji and Taiga) had fooled Ami. She swore she would absolutely take it with her to her wedding.” It’s yet another way that Takemiya-san makes it so abundantly clear how meaningful Ryūji’s act of kindness is to Taiga. “When Taiga tried it on that morning in the early dawn, she had been so deeply moved by the inhuman craftsmanship that she blushed. Fear not, it is recorded here on page 118 as a reflection by Ryūji on his work into the wee small hours of the morning. When I read the end of chapter 2, I was very disappointed that it did not end with Taiga’s comment to Ryūji that she would take the faux breast pads to her wedding. Still, she’s overjoyed that he told her she was good looking and that she was cute like a mouse, or was it that her hair was good looking like mouse ears? (p. Once again, Taiga is incapable of even the simplest of interactions with Kitamura and instead instinctively tells him to go away. She even goes so far as to tell her that her attitude might slide as a student but it will be unacceptable as an adult (p. Minori is genuinely interested in trying to keep the peace in class and make Ami feel welcome, but most of all she’s trying to teach Taiga a valuable lesson about not immediately popping of and/or resorting to violence every time something or someone annoys her.
See, we have something in common, we both make awesome water guns with our hands." Yeah, she was 'coming to Taiga’s rescue' But, it’s almost like she’s saying, "Stop messing around with Taiga and look at me. This is almost the same as Ryūji’s claim on page 113. She interrupts Ryūji's water battle with Taiga by shaping her fingers into a powerful water gun that rivals if not bests Ryūji's and which she claims has been perfected over many years (p. Once again, she gains an opportunity to flirt with Ryūji and possibly demonstrate to him their compatibility. Ryūji noticed how little fat she has, particularly in a swimsuit and all she can think about is staying in the water so no one will notice her stomach (p.
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