Saturday, March 21, 2009

Tiger and Dragon (Tora Dora): The Novel


Takasu Ryuuji begins his second year of high school trying to look his best. However, there is one thing that torments him: despite his gentle personality, he has inherited his gangster father's intimidating eyes, which often leads to misunderstandings by his classmates. But all that is about to change, on the first day of the new school term he accidentally bumps into the most dangerous being in school - Aisaka Taiga, also known as the Palmtop Tiger. Despite her diminutive appearance, Taiga has a very negative attitude and has left a "bloody trail" wherever she goes, hence her nickname.

After his unfortunate encounter with Taiga, Ryuuji does his best to avoid her. Yet by chance he discovers that Taiga has a crush on his best friend Kitamura Yuusaku, while Taiga finds out about his crush on her best friend Kushieda Minori. And so Taiga decides to let Ryuuji help her hook up with Kitamura as her "personal servant", and in return, Taiga will help Ryuuji get closer to Minori.

Due to Ryuuji's obsession with cleanliness and the close proximity of Taiga's apartment block, besides sleeping, Taiga ends up spending most of her time at Ryuuji's place. Over time, Ryuuji witnesses a side of Taiga that people normally don't see, and their relationship becomes so close that rumours begin to spread about whether they are going out as a couple.

Thus begins the clash between the Tiger and the Dragon - Toradora!

This is the first time I've attempted to be on the editing team of a novel, but the Baka-Tsuki team have, according to me, done a spankin' job translating and editing (I contributed a bit too ;-) ). Available below for download are the pdf versions of the translation work that has been done uptil now by Baka-Tsuki. The English Adaptation is written by Caster13 who used the Baka-Tsuki script to adapt it into contemporary fluent English with appropriate English context (I did a comparison word by word and it's just slightly different; not noticable unless indepth analysis is done). You can read Caster13's adaptation online at Livejournal The Literary Works of Caster or download it below. All the following releases are published under the TLG Translation Common Agreement v.0.4.1.

A manga based on this novel, drawn by Zekkyou, has also been released.... You can download the "Tora Dora!" manga HERE.

Note: All the following novels are in ENGLISH.

Download Links:

Original Translations (English):

Volumes:


More yet to be released....

Chapters:

Volume 05:

Volume 08:

Volume 09:

Volume 10:
  • Tora Dora Volume 10 - Chapter 01.pdf -> Not yet translated
  • Tora Dora Volume 10 - Chapter 02.pdf -> Not yet translated
  • Tora Dora Volume 10 - Chapter 03.pdf -> Not yet translated
  • Tora Dora Volume 10 - Chapter 04.pdf -> Not yet translated
  • Tora Dora Volume 10 - Chapter 05.pdf -> Not yet translated

English Adaptation:

Tora Dora Volume 01 - Chapter 01 (English Adaptation).pdf
Tora Dora Volume 01 - Chapter 02 (English Adaptation).pdf
Tora Dora Volume 01 - Chapter 03 (English Adaptation).pdf
Tora Dora Volume 01 - Chapter 04 (English Adaptation).pdf
Tora Dora Volume 01 - Chapter 05 (English Adaptation).pdf
Tora Dora Volume 01 - Chapter 06 (English Adaptation).pdf


More yet to be translated......
Keep an eye on this post for new updates...... ^_^
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