Taiga Aisaka (Toradora!)

Taiga Aisaka is the main female protagonist of the Toradora! series. Due to her often snapping at others in brutal ways and her short stature, she is given the nickname "Palmtop Tiger". Essentially, Taiga is meant to be a deconstruction of the tsundere, showing rapid mood swings, being emotionally unstable, and making poor decisions based solely on emotions. Her steady progress into becoming sweet and kind defies the "bipolar" stereotype of most tsundere characters, who often switch from moods and show no true character development.

She is voiced the the famous Rie Kagamiya.

Why She Rocks

 * 1) Taiga is one of the most well written tsunderes in anime media.
 * 2) *Along with Asuka Langley Soryu, and Chitoge Kirisaki, she is one of the most popular tsunderes in anime.
 * 3) Her design is very adorable as a cub.
 * 4) She is sometimes called the palmtop tiger, meaning she is almost as small as a child, yet she is very fierce.
 * 5) Taiga is also brutally honest, typically when she is lashing out at someone. She is clumsy and tries to hide that too; it seems that only Ryuuji has observed it.
 * 6) Despite her tendency to be aggressive, she is actually a kind person, especially to people she trusts, like Minori. She is extremely loyal, too, as she is willing to fight tooth and nail to protect her loved ones.
 * 7) * Even on that moment she donated children at the orphanage toys for Christmas.
 * 8) Her friendly rivalry with Ami Kawashima, and her chemistry with Minori Kusieda.
 * 9) While both Taiga and Ryuuji have their own differences, her feelings and relationship to Ryuuji begin to change as she spends more time with him throughout the series. Eventually, he and Taiga become a couple and they got married (which now makes her Taiga Takasu) so in that way they can both be adults.
 * 10) Her kiss with Ryuuji became the best scene in the show, if not, the best kisses in anime.

Trivia

 * Taiga's name is the Japanese pronunciation of the English word tiger, the kanji in her given name means "large river" which is ironic given to her short structure.