When you knowexactly what is going to happen in a TV show/movie, but you get emotional about it anyways.
Person A: "I knew from the beginning that Taiga and Ryuuji get together at the end of 'Toradora', but I cried all the same."
Person B: "You just experienced the Toradora effect."
a saying by weebs to define things cute or kawaii
typically about a cute female person or character
a reference to the completely adorable show toradora
A Japanese light novel series by Yuyuko Takemiya, with illustrations by Yasu. The series includes ten novels released between March 10, 2006 and March 10, 2009, published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint.