Is there some source as to what Taiga did during the skipped year in the last episode of Toradora?


Taiga goes elsewhere for more than a whole year, entirely skipped in the anime
narrative. What the hell was she doing, achieved or solved?

As a clue, the ep. 25 aftercredits preview has her in the voiceover saying she
will now Show Ryuji _her_ way of doing things.

Probably it is too pathetic to assume that her way is just running away for
300+ days just to blow steam.

Anywhere to shed light on the matter?




I found a perfect answer to this question on
[Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/2ctgvy/spoilers_can_someone_explain_to_me_the_ending_of/)
(edited to make it a bit more presentable):

> It's for two reasons I know of:
>
>   * **It completes her character arc. The entire reason she was such a mess
> at the beginning of the show and the whole reason she needed to learn
> through Ryuuji how to have basic interactions with other people without
> being a rude, condescending, violent bitch is because of her wrecked home
> life and broken upbringing.** By the end of the show, she's matured a lot.
> When Ryuuji inadvertently damages his own home life in the last 2 episodes,
> Taiga watches him get up and fix it in a matter of days. **It only makes
> sense for Taiga to decide at this point that she has to come full circle:
> She has to go face the issues that started all of her problems now that
> she's mature enough to do so. She has to go home and mend her relationship
> with her mother and step-siblings, and she does.**
>   * **Two, because it symbolizes equality in her relationship with Ryuuji.
> Throughout the show, their relationship is actually rather unhealthy, as Ami
> points out a number of times in the later episodes. Ryuuji is doting on
> Taiga and doing a lot of things for her that she should be doing for
> herself**. Their relationship is more of a father/daughter relationship than
> one of equals (Ami also says this directly once). This is unhealthy for
> Ryuuji, too, as it feeds into his "I have to take care of everything and
> everyone" mindset, one he got from his own home life. **Taiga leaves to fix
> her own shit, demonstrating her independence from Ryuuji as a capable person
> of her own, and Ryuuji accepts and respects her decision despite it hurting
> him, demonstrating that he acknowledges Taiga is an equal to him and not
> someone he needs to do everything for.** The scene after the end credits,
> which you've hopefully watched by now, is almost between two new people.
> It's one of mature, equal people who truly understand each other.
>

* * *

It is never explicitly mentioned in the Light Novel or the anime as to what
exactly she did during this time period. However, her note to Ryuuji:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hi9Kl.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hi9Kl.png)

As translated in [this answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/15440/18431)
reads:

> Ryuuji, I... always thought that there was no way anybody would ever love
> me. But maybe I was just running away [from my problems?]. I blamed my lack
> of confidence on my parents... on my situation. But even so, you loved me
> the way I was. I'll be proud of myself...
>
> Because I want to love you, Ryuuji.
>
> Aisaka Taiga"

Which does imply that she went to spend time with her family to change herself
and become a self-dependent person as stated on Reddit.

