From what I can see, Ryuuji’s guilt trip was because he realized that Taiga, despite her initial aversion, started spending time with her father just to appease Ryuuji. He hadn’t stopped to think that maybe Taiga’s father hate was because she had been burned before, and he was so blissfully entrapped in his “Taiga is with her father, now all’s right in her world” mentality that he didn’t see how her father was just trying to buy her love back, and that Taiga was merely going through the motions, again, just to feed Ryuuji’s misplaced bliss.

Also, I approve of lesbian Minorin, and I agree that well-made cheese tastes great.

And crap, no Toradora next week ;(

Too bad we lost parts of the monologues at the end of vol 5, one of the rare times we get any insight into what Taiga is thinking. Just after the race,

“I’ll be fine,” she repeated over and over again, with just a hint of pride.
“You don’t need to worry about me so much. Didn’t you see? I was able to stand up by myself. So…I can live on, even alone.”

And then a second part just after she accepts Kitamura’s invitation to dance.

“Even alone, I will be fine.
But even so, you called out to me, and reached out for me. I’m truly, truly grateful to you.”
These secret words from her heart were not shown to Kitamura or anyone else. Taiga merely started to dance round and round, her dress swaying gracefully.

Never underestimate the emotional depths of Taiga, or any of the characters in this series.