Toradora! began as a series of light novels written by Yuyuko Takemiya and drawn by Yasu. Ten novels were published by ASCII Media Works under their "Dengeki Bunko" in-print between March 10, 2006 and March 10, 2009. There are four additional chapters not collected into volumes, three of which appeared in three separate light novel anthologies released by the MediaWorks in November 2006, March 2007, and November 2007; the last chapter entitled "Toradora!" came with a plush tiger stuffed animal and was first released in April 2007.