For me, yes, you're the only one who thinks Toradora is overrated.
Toradora is one of the extremely rare few romance stories that does not rely on stupid ecchi, thousand "we had a fight we love each other again oh we're broke up again" and what not bullshit.
Toradora has taste, they ACTUALY behave like a bunch of highschoolers and not genious masterminds (meaning they do stupid things and awkward things just like any other teen). Most importantly, it follows up on that relationship, it doesn't stay a "ah well, lets leave it at a love triangle so everyone is happy". No, Toradora make Taiga and Ryuuji into an official couple, no intrusions, no "but I love her as well", no bullshit.
Toradora is tasteful, down the earth, fun and entertaining romance anime/LN, and in my opinion one of the best because it does so many things right.
Character development, character development... do you really always want characters to completely change, to always get completely fleshed out.
These characters already have their personalities and quirks and preferences, there's no need for major character development. Something new learned here and there, but Toradora isn't character development, it's a story about the characters who already developed. Nothing much with them needs to be developed, they work wonderful as they are.
Edited by Will of NGE, 10 June 2014 - 07:48 PM.