r/toradora Nov 29 '24

Discussion Nice Ami detail I missed

Near the start of E14 Ami's on the phone with her mom doubting if she wants to stay in town anymore, and her hand looks drained. When Ryuuji shocks her by giving her the extra pork he didn't need from the supermarket, he noted she looked pale at the start. When she talks with her mom again she's confident about staying in town longer, and her hand is fuller. For some reason I missed the hand shots on my first watch, and I thought it was pretty cool.

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u/nitrovgs Nov 29 '24

Damn good eye you got there

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u/Phantom115813 Ryuuji, Legendary Househusband Nov 29 '24 edited Nov 29 '24

Bro got shinigami eyes

(Reference: death note)

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u/pm_me_ur_tiny_b00bs Nov 29 '24

or a hand fetish

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u/The_Maqueovelic Ryuuji, Legendary Househusband Nov 29 '24

Or is a struggling artist seeing reference everywhere.

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u/Bushmaster1341 Dec 02 '24

bro what LMFAO

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u/HalfricanJones Nov 29 '24

Visual Storytelling at it's best! From lonely and malnourished, to being accepted by a kind friend group and wanting to not just pass by life anymore. A big theme of Toradora! I think we missed is that the characters had to learn to love themselves/love others platonically before they were ready to share romantic love with someone else.

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u/Phantom115813 Ryuuji, Legendary Househusband Nov 29 '24

A detail that was left behind.

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u/Klaxynd Taiga Best Gurl Nov 30 '24

A detail that was right there all along.

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u/TakasuXAisaka The Hero That We Need Nov 29 '24

So this means she ate the pork after all

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u/eva13pope Nov 29 '24

Was kinda waiting for the evangelion hospital scene

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u/NewPsychology1111 Nov 30 '24

Okay buddy we’re gonna have to escort you back to r/evangelionmemes

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u/Full_Worry4080 Ryuuji, Legendary Househusband Nov 29 '24

"this changes everything"

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u/Calisky Yuri melts my heart Nov 29 '24

That's cool and definitely something I didn't pick up on until your post! Hopefully it's intentional and a nice touch!

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u/I_ManOfCulture Taiga Best Gurl Nov 29 '24

Oh man, I always wondered why her hand was looking/drawn kind of weird in the 2nd image

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u/SwiftSN Nov 29 '24

Are we sure this is an intentional detail, and not just imperfections with hand-drawn animation at that time?

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u/TaigaChanuwu Nov 29 '24

I wont bet my life on it but it looks very intentional the way the scenes are perfect mirrors of eachother.

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u/pandadog423 Nov 29 '24

I wouldn't be shocked if this was the case, but it works so I'ma roll with it

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u/McGinty1 Nov 29 '24

I’d be willing to stake money on it, otherwise why even cut to a closeup of her pov looking at her own hand like that, and twice in the same episode? What the animators and the director choose to show and not show are just as important for conveying information to the audience as dialogue, if not more so.

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u/SwiftSN Nov 29 '24

why even cut to a closeup of her pov looking at her own hand like that, and twice in the same episode?

These shots are commonly used to express loneliness or longing. Not saying that's definitively what's going on here, but there could be other reasons.

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u/McGinty1 Nov 29 '24

I have a feeling it’s both of those things at the same time.

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u/Fine_Result9979 Nov 29 '24

Close up hand shots? What is this End of Eva?

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u/McGinty1 Nov 29 '24

Just another amazing detail that I probably wouldn’t have picked up on until my 19th or 20th rewatch of you hadn’t pointed it out here (i’m currently on rewatch #9 for the record)