Yuyuko Takemiya: 14 books

As part of Taiga's Ms Festival pageant routine, her deadbeat dad was supposed to stand up and be introduced to the audience. But as the fateful moment approaches, Taiga realizes her mistake in trusting the man, as her father proves to be a no-show. Taiga is crestfallen! To rectify the problem, Ryuuji...

The gang is back in school and it's nearly time for the Culture Festival. Ryuuji and Taiga and the rest of Class 2-C can't figure out what to do for the event, until a random lottery pick tasks them with presenting... a pro-wrestling performance?! Over on the home front, Taiga's dad has decided to...

Ryuji Takasu thought that his ill-fated luck had turned around now that he was in Junior High and sitting next to the girl of his dreams, Minori Kushieda. Ryuji was wrong; for after he unwittingly crossed the most feared and fearsome girl in school, Taiga Aisaku, everything went off the deep end!...

Let the face-off begin! Popular teen model Kawashima Ami has just transferred into the same class as Ryuuji and Taiga, and things couldn't get off to worse start. Ryuuji and Taiga know Ami's secret-- that the angelic persona she presents to the world is a lie, and she's really a selfish, bossy brat....

After endless strife, Ryuuji and Taiga have finally found some common ground and can at least tolerate each other (sort of). Their relations may be on shaky ground, but it's their disdain for popular teen model and recent transfer student Kawashima Ami that unites them. The battle with Ami has moved...

Ryuji Takasu has learned the hard way that appearances can be deceiving. Despite his inwardly sweet personality, his unintentionally sharp gaze and aggressive features give him the air of a delinquent thug, putting his chances at making friends, let alone a girlfriend, next to zero. It's Ryuji's first...

Summer vacation is here, and the whole gang heads out to Ami's summer home for a beach vacation! Taiga and Ryuuji hatch a plan to scare Minori out of her wits so Ryuuji can swoop in and come to her rescue. However, when Kitamura overhears the cunning scheme, he demands to be let in on the action and...

It's swimming season! But Ryuuji's hopes of a relaxing dip are shattered when another spat between Taiga and Ami escalates into a challenge--a no-holds barred swimming contest! The prize? The winner gets to claim Ryuuji for the summer! Ryuuji's none too keen on being spirited away by Ami, but if he...

Takasu Ryuuji might look like a thug, but he’s actually a nice guy. Making friends when you’ve got an unintentionally scary face is toughand don’t even get him started on girlfriends. But with his secret crush in his class, the start of his second year of high school is off to a good start…until...

Ryuuji and Taiga survived the Cultural Festival, but they’re not out of the woods, yet, as Kitamura unexpectedly abandons the life of a straitlaced model student and careens into burnout mode. What made Kitamura go from dweeb to dropout? And can the Takasu household withstand the addition of a second freeloading teenager?

School elections are just around the corner! That should mean it's go time for Kitamura, but for some unknown reason, he's bleached his hair and is refusing to run for Student Council President. The drama sends Taiga into a flaming rage and it's not long until she is rampaging into classrooms and getting into fights. Just what is the Palmtop Tiger up to now?

As fall draws to a close, the looming Cultural Festival already has everyone descending into stress and squabbling when a new threat looms--a sudden appearance from Taiga’s father! Can Ryuuji help the volatile Palmtop Tiger deal with her deadbeat dad, or will this new tension split them even further apart? And what happens if reconciling Taiga with her dad means losing her as a neighbor?

The promised vacation is here: Ryuuji, Taiga, Kitamura, and Minori are going with Ami to her parents’ lavish beachside villa! Ryuuji and Taiga hatch a plan to help Ryuuji get closer to Minori--they’re going to scare the daylights out of her with a series of pranks, so Ryuuji can swoop in to save...

The new school year brings with it a new transfer student--Kawashima Ami, a breathtakingly gorgeous model who quickly has the whole class smitten. But Ami's delicate exterior hides a personality that isn't quite as innocent as she seems. When she unwittingly shows Aisaka Taiga her true colors, a bad...