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[MinikuiOnnanoko]

For those who don't know what is Fruits Basket, Fruits Basket follows the life of high school student Tohru Honda, recently orphaned when her mother is killed in a car crash. Tohru lives with her grandfather, but when his family moves in, and remodelling is performed on the house, Tohru resorts to living in a tent, unwilling to impose on her friends, and holds down a job to support herself. Despite suffering many hardships, Tohru remains her cheerful and optimistic self.

One day, Tohru comes upon a house in the woods which is the home of Shigure Sohma and Yuki Sohma (an admired and worshipped, yet aloof, boy from her school) from the Sohma family. When the Sohmas discover that Tohru is, in fact, living in a tent in the woods, they are quite suprised. The entire area is Sohma property, and Tohru pleads to stay, offering to pay a rental fee for living on their land. Feeling sorry for her, and desperate to end their take-out eating habits and filthy living conditions, the Sohmas offer her their spare room in exchange for cooking and housework. When her tent is buried that night in a landslide, she has no option but to accept.

Tohru soon discovers the Sohma family's secret, and the reason why Yuki is so private and taciturn; thirteen members of the family are possessed by the 12 animal spirits of the Chinese Zodiac ("Jyūnishi" in Japanese) and the spirit of the cat. They transform into animals when hugged by the opposite gender, or when they are under great amounts of stress. When she promises to keep their secret, the Sohmas allow Tohru to keep her memories rather than hypnotically erasing them, a fate that has previously befallen everyone who had found out.

The story follows the lives of Tohru and the Sohma family, as they deal with each other and a society where neither quite fits in, as well as the feared Akito Sohma, head of the Sohma family.

Has anyone seen this great Anime of read this wonderful Manga? If so, what do you think of it? I think it's awesome! I have 5 mangas and 3 DVDs. If you haven't seen/read it, you must! You're going to love it.


Fruits Basket's Official website




Cover of the Fruits Basket 1!!

[Ol' Dirty Pepto]

Shigure is pimp! He is a dog that loves high school girls

[(AZN)animedude]

no ur not the only one...i'm still here

meh but to be honest i'm not a huge fan of it considering...i haven't the time nor the space to watch it...but what i've seen was pretty nice IMO

[jangster]

I've seen the anime and it's definitely one of my favorites. What I really love about it is the characters. Their personalities are portrayed amazingly well. And even though the series might seem a bit episodic at some points, it's the character development that keeps the story going so strong. Not many animes can get so silly without getting distracted from the intelligent main themes, or make you cry in one scene and laugh in the very next one.

[MinikuiOnnanoko]

The thing I like in Furuba the most is the chatracters. :c16: They are so lovely and adorable.

[maikosaiko]

just swong by to say i'm also very touched by this 'girly' anime.
i've been skeptical about watching shojo manga, but chobits changed
it all, and i tried and watched fruits baket dvd. minoru honda is hot !!

[Sophie Rose]

After reading and watching the anime/manga, I would have to say I like the manga better. Well I was disappointed that they didn't introduce either Rin or Kureno in the anime. =/

There was more drama in the manga. Now if there was only a second season. XDD We get to see all the good stuff happening. >>;;

[Sho85]

For the manga (translated in english),you can download them at Stoptazmo.com. I think the story is nearly at the end already.

[toxic025]

After reading and watching the anime/manga, I would have to say I like the manga better. Well I was disappointed that they didn't introduce either Rin or Kureno in the anime. =/

There was more drama in the manga. Now if there was only a second season. XDD We get to see all the good stuff happening. >>;;

yea thats what most people say, the manga is way better the the anime

[katkat33]

wah, that was a detailed overview =P

yea i watched fruits basket a while ago.. i liked it sooo much i realli liked the OP theme song, and i memorised it and kept singing it at one point :: although i didn't understand half of what i was singing hehe ^^'

[kamegoo]

when you say fruits basket..i always think of kyo first..he always comes to my mind...

i wonder y...

maybe its because he is soo HOt.. :blush :c33: :c13:

and i love the way the story goes..i read and watch it..

[Jpopgoth]

I love fruits basket and my fav character is yuki and hatori there so calm.

[nic]

Watched the anime.

Favourite characters: Kyo the cat

[MaioAio]

I have the anime and mangas 1-14. It's nice, but it start to be so boring. I don't like it anymore, it's starting to be so serious after 10th volume...

[CowSuitGirl]

I agree with MaioAio.

[MaioAio]

How nice that someone thinks like me!

[Japtalian]

Fruits Basket was the first manga I ever read, and it is still be absolute favorite.

Has anyone seen this AMV? It's so sweet
The Day Kyoko Slipped Away

[Anna(dactyl)]

Furuba is one of the two manga I still read (the other being The Wallflower)
But, I think I'm one or two volumes behind, and this is in America, which I think is much farther behind.
My favorite characters actually aren't zodiac characters... Hana-chan, Uo-chan, and Kakeru, who I don't believe is in the anime. Can't get enough of those last two and their arrogantness. (is he in the anime? I wouldn't know, I don't watch it.)

Scratch that, I just looked him up on Wikipedia. He only appears in the manga. (coincedentally, the next one I need to read has him on the cover! whee! I guess you could say he's my absolute favorite.... so energetic and adorable and fake-innocent and all that jazz)

Though, if I had to pick a favorite Zodiac character, it would be Haru... don't ask me to explain, way too much going into that one.

Not to offend anyone, but I really dislike Tohru. I know she should be admirable, what with her caring about others more than herself, but there's something about her being too... girly? weak? I don't know.

Now that I'm done with that...

FURUBA~!

[Kurrupt]

i liked fruits basket

but i never have time/enough money to buy the rest of the manga :x

[matt9210]

Boys, can you tell me whether you like this manga?

Im a bit wary of getting shoujo in case its a bit TOO girly.