Ami Kawashima

Ami Kawashima is the last main character to debut in Toradora!. She joins Class 2-C at Ohashi High School, a month into the school year. Ami's appearance befits that of her modelling career - tall in height, with straight waist-length blue hair that has bangs split on both sides. Her bust is more developed than other characters of her age in the series. She has violet eyes. In the original novels, her eyes are described as deep, hazel brown. She is usually seen wearing the normal Ohashi High School uniform. Otherwise, she wears costumes, which corresponds to her maintaining her model image. Sometimes she is seen wearing less revealing clothing and sunglasses, to try and hide her identity from strangers and avoid attracting attention. Ami initially appears sweet, kind and generous towards people she meets, while sometimes appearing clumsy. In reality, her clumsiness is just a ploy to manipulate others by masking her own arrogance and self-centeredness. Her childhood friend, Yusaku Kitamura, knows about this and trains Ryuuji Takasu to see through Ami's deception during his first encounter with her. Through her encounters with Taiga Aisaka, Ami eventually gains the courage to confront her stalker, which she was running away from when she transferred into Ohashi High School. After this, she decides to continue studying at Ohashi High School, and begins to genuinely care for Ryuuji, Taiga and the rest of Class 2-C, while also shedding her "kawaiiko" image for good by the end of the series. Although she readily makes friends while at school, especially with Nanako Kashii and Maya Kihara, Ami sometimes hides between two vending machines inside the school corridor by herself. This becomes a recurring setting for important conversations between the main characters.