Ryuuji Takasu es, a excepción de su mirada malvada, un chico normal de segundo año de prepartoria. Su vida cambia por completo cuando conoce a Taiga Aisaka (el Tigre Miniatura), quien es temida por ser feroz a pesar de su pequeña estatura. Ryuuji comieza a ayudar a Taiga en el amor al descubrir su secreto accidentalmente. Después, la amiga de la infancia de Kitamura, Ami Kawashima se une a ellos; comenzando así una vida estudiantil y de vacaciones divertidas (sí, claro). Ella tiene problemas al relacionarse con Taiga, ya que no se llevan bien. Ahora que termina el verano, todos preparan una obra de teatro para el festival cultural.
Yuyuko Takemiya (竹宮 ゆゆこ Takemiya Yuyuko) is a Japanese writer of light novels. Takemiya debuted in September 2004 with her light novel series Watashitachi no Tamura-kun (Our Tamura-kun) which first appeared in the autumn 2004 issue of Dengeki hp Special, a special edition version of Dengeki hp. That same month, Takemiya worked on the scenario for the bishōjo game Noel by FlyingShine (also known for creating Cross Channel).
Following the completion of Watashitachi no Tamura-kun, Takemiya began her best-known series, Toradora!, which she declared to be complete in April 2010 after ten volumes and three spin-off books. The first book of her next series, Golden Time, was Dengeki Bunko's 2000th published light novel. Takemiya launched the manga series Evergreen with artist Akira Kasukabe on July 19, 2011 in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh Genesis quarterly magazine.