Clannad
Anime Like Toradora
Clannad is one of the more popular romantic anime out there, and for good reason, as the show is quite moving and emotional. Just like Toradora the main focus is on the fascinating relationship between its main characters, but there’s also an interesting supporting cast as well. The anime follows Tomoya Okazaki, a high school delinquent with a complex past and alcoholic father. One day a chance encounter introduces him to Nagisa Furukawa, a girl repeating her senior year because of an illness.
Clannad’s two protagonists couldn’t be more different, but as the show goes on they both begin to rub off on each other. Outside of the romance and drama, the show seriously tackles themes like the value of having a family and the difficulty of growing up. Clannad actually started as a romance visual novel, but the anime adaption helped take the story and characters to new heights.
