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Summary: Tohru is a sweetie, here and in the anime
Review: I have to admit that I got into Fruits Basket through the anime. I bought it from overseas before it was licensed here and suffered through the poor subtitling to enjoy the story. Then I bought the DVD's as they were released through Funimation and enjoyed them even more with a better translation and getting a chance to hear their fantastic dubbing job. Now, I get to enjoy the manga too.
The story, for anyone who hasn't seen any of the anime, is very sweet, funny and serious too. It concerns Tohru Honda, a girl recently orphaned when her mom dies in a car accident, who is living in a tent at the start of the manga. The reason for this is that she has been staying with her grandfather but there are renovations being done on the house and instead of imposing on one of her friends and staying with them until the repairs are done, she instead decides to live in a tent on her own so she won't be a bother to anyone. She is discovered living there, as her tent is on the property of the Sohma family, one of whom is a schoolmate of hers. As neither Yuki or Shigure Sohma can cook well or take care of the housekeeping, they offer Tohru a place to stay in exchange for her taking care of the house.
This might not seem like much of a story until you take into account something that Tohru comes to find out. Whenever certain memebers of the Sohma family are hugged by a member of the opposite sex, they transform into animals from the Chinese Zodiac. This may sound bizarre but if you take it in stride and read the manga solely for the stories that are told, you can get beyond this and see the magic that really takes place. Which, namely, is that love can heal almost anything. It is Tohru's love and kindness that really propel the stories and help people to see that they can live with the things that they can not change. Read the manga and get the anime, even if you only rent it, it's certainly worth it. I just wish they could get the manga out faster, I need more.
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Summary: Fruits Basket is the best anime I've ever watch I Love it!!!
Review: I Love fruits basket so much that I want it to last forever I have a crush on YUKI he's so perfect. I envy Tohru Honda she got everything she needed. I rate Fruits basket 5 stars perfect. Im a big big fan of fruits basket!!! I will love fruits basket forever. I sometimes draw them. I thank the creators who made it thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
soooooooo much that i will never forget it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: I'm so into it!
Review: I love fruits basket! I have been an anime and manga otaku for 2 years, and i have never encountered such a kawaii shojo! You will love every single character!(Which is rare for me for there is one character in a manga that i hate with a passion!)Anyway to the story....
Young Tohru Honda just lost her mom and is living in a tent in the woods. Turns out, her tent is pitched on Sohma property. When she is invited to stay in the sohma house..... She learns when they are hugged by the other gender.......*poof* they turn into animals. It may sound stupid, but trust me, it is really woth reading.
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Summary: Great!!!!!!
Review: I love this manga!!!!
Clean and sweet, without being sappy, Fruits Basket is a really cute story about a sixteen year old orphan named Honda Tohru. One day when walking through the woods, she discovers a strange house. Under further investigation, she finds that the house happens to be the home of none other than the prince of her school, Sohma Yuki. When Yuki and his cousin Shigure find out that Tohru had been living in a tent, they immediately take her in. However, Tohru soon discovers their family secret. The Sohmas are the bearers of the "juunishi" (zodiac) curse. When their bodies grow weak, or when they are embraced by a member of the opposite sex, they transform into their designated animal of the Chinese zodiac, or in Kyo's case the outcast aka the cat.I have only read two volumes of the manga, but I own all four anime dvds and love them. It starts out sweet and gentle, but the end, of the anime at least, is dark, depressing and to use a word I hate a real "tear-jerker." I cried. A lot. Even so, it was wonderful. Don't not buy it now because you think it to be dark and full of pain and misery. It's not. Every {good} story needs some dark pasts, mental scars, and evils. Otherwise, how did the villian become a villian, why is the good guy good? There would be no motivation. GO buy the manga. NOW.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: I love this series. It's full of comedy and romance and even several hints of action (which I love). I am NOT a fan of romance/chick-flick/love story kind of thing, but I LOVE this series. Natsuki Takaya did an awesome job.
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Summary: Just thought I'd mention this
Review: I was depressed for several days, then I went to Border's and bought some manga, one of them Fruits Basket #3. I swear, I felt so... happy afterwards! I'm serious, every time I read Fruits Basket, it just puts me in such a good mood... it's full of hope and compassion without seeming forced or sappy. Natsuki Takaya really has a talent for this! In this volume, after Momiji was talking about "The Most Foolish Traveler in the World" story in the "funny" stories book, and how he related it to Tohru, I actually cried, and I rarely cry over manga! XD Most of my favorite mangas are the more serious or sinister kind for older audiences, such as Confidential Confessions, Petshop of Horrors, Uzumaki, etc. and I'd never thought I'd enjoy a series like this. But I love it and it's one of my favorites... even though it sounds a little rediculous in its description (turning into animals when hugging the opposite sex ^^;) when you actually read it, it's really enjoyable, touching, and funny, and the characters all have deep personalities. I highly reccommend Fruits Basket!!
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Summary: my favorite manga
Review: i was looking for some new manga, so i decided to just look at this one to see what it was about. now i have become addicted to the furuba manga and anime. it is so cute and you will absolutely fall in love with the characters. probably one of the best mangas out there in my opinion.
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Summary: MaGnA Lover!!!
Review: If you are a girl and you are looking for a good comic kinda book to read this is your chance!! this story about an orapah teenage who meet three guys with a deep dark family seacert!! this book has a bit of romanice, a pinch of drama, a spoon of fantsy, and lot of funny parts!! don't past your chance up. i GARENTEE you will like this book!!
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Summary: Love it, love it!
Review: Living in Montreal, I bought the first volume of this series in French, about a month ago. I was feeling very depressed, and thought I'd cheer myself up with a new manga. I came upon the Fruits Basket series, which was already up to volume 7 here. The cover looked cute and the summary was intriguing: a girl living with a family of boys who turn into animals of the Zodiac in "particular circumstances"... I'm normally not a big fan of shojo (girl manga/anime), but I figured I could use some fuzziness. After reading the first volume, I found myself completely infatuated with Fruits Basket. It's absolutely adorable, but not in an excessive way. The basic story has been summarized by other reviewers, but here it is again: Yuki Sohma lives with his elder cousin, Shigure, on the outskirts of town. Yuki is one of those people everyone is drawn to: he is intelligent and extremely good-looking, and even has his own fan-club at his highschool (although he doesn't exactly endorse it). Despite everything he's got going for himself, Yuki remains a distant, mysterious person, with apparently no true friends and he never dates anyone. On the other hand, you have Tohru Honda, a classmate of Yuki's, who recently lost her mother. To make a long story short, no one in her family could take her in, and she didn't want to impose on her friends, so she decided to live in a tent in the woods, until things got better. Tohru is so naieve a lot of readers consider her to be a bit of an idiot, but she's actually a very pure-hearted, caring person, with a lot of courage and an eternally positive attitude. The emplacement she chose to set up camp happens to be close to Shigure's home, so it's only a matter of time before she stumbles onto the house and meets its two inhabitants. The two boys eventually find out she lives in a tent (Shigure's initial reaction is to laugh hysterically). They decide to let her stay with them, in exchange for her doing their housework: indeed, despite how gifted the Sohma cousins are, they are useless when it comes to cleaning and cooking. Enter Kyo, another member of the very large Sohma family, who appears out of nowhere and whose goal in life is apparently to beat Yuki (whom he despises) in a martial arts' battle. During the battle, Tohru accidentally trips and falls against all three of the boys, and they all turn into animals. Thus Tohru discovers the Sohma family's secret: thirteen of its members are cursed and transform into an animal of the Zodiac (plus the cat - embodied by Kyo - who was, according to the legend, left out of the Zodiac because the mouse - embodied by Yuki - tricked him) when pressed against a member of theopposite sex. Despite finding out the secret, Tohru is allowed to remain with the Sohmas, although there is always an ominous chance that the head of the family, Akito (the mysterious, rarely-seen "bad guy" whose presence looms over all the characters) might change his mind and have her memory erased. The story develops from there on, with new characters showing up every now and then and deeper relationships forming between Tohru and the Sohmas. The plot seems loosely-woven, but in fact the elements are very gradually added on to the story, allowing the reader to learn more about the world of Fruits Basket at a leisurely, enjoyable pace. This is a story you bask in and soak up. The key aspect of this manga, however, is character development. All the characters are lovable in their own way. I've already mentionned Tohru's admirable character; this girl would make anyone feel positive, and she has an emotional healing power on nearly all who surround her. Yuki may seem like a walking paradox, being so popular and yet so antisocial, but it's what makes him intriguing, and there are times you will actually feel compassion for this golden boy. Kyo is a volcano permanently on the verge of eruption: his frustration at being ostracized from the family because he is cursed by the spirit of the cat puts him on the defensive at all times and he is quick to lose his temper. However, it is obvious he can be gentle and kind, he just needs the right person to help him (did anyone say Tohru?). And then there's Shigure (the dog)... Not the most important character, but my personal favourite. Perpetually laid-back, with a Lolita-complex he barely tries to hide, he takes any chance he gets at teasing his peers, which makes him the main comic relief. However, despite his outgoing personality, he remains shrouded in mystery: his relationship with the "evil" Akito is unclear, as are his motives for letting Tohru stay with them. I don't think he's an evil man, but he's definetely up to something, this is hinted right from the beginning. Whether he's working for the right or the wrong cause will be made clear eventually, I hope. (Really, really hope he turns out to be a good person) Having read 8 volumes so far, but not wanting to spoil your fun, I'll just tell you that you're in for a treat, the other characters are all just as engaging. The main focus will remain on the Yuki-Tohru-Kyo triangle, but the stories of the other characters are by no means superficially developped. Let me just specify that this isn't a romance story as such, it's more about the different kinds of love that exist in the world (although romance will probably be more present as the story comes to a close).
Fruits Basket is sweet, it's funny and touching at the same time and has characters that you will truly be glad to have met. Buy this manga!
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Summary: disappointed
Review: no offense to the fans of Fruit Basket, but i personally think the story line of this manga is kind of boring compare to yu watase's. And the art, i don't even look at the art more than......three times maybe.... or else i wouldn't read it at all, base on that you could imagine how the art would look like.....this is my least favorite. i know i didn't tell much about the story, or not at all, but i just want to show my opinion...
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