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animegenork · 3 years

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Fruits Basket Final Season, Episode 1

Sounds of intense sobbing and blubbering and also wheezing.

Okay. I’m okay. I’m FiNe.

BUT CAN I TAKE A MOMENT TO SCREAM ABOUT THE OPENING ANIMATION AND HOW IT MADE ME WANT TO CRY AND ALSO THE ENDING ANIMATION AND HOW IT MADE ME WANT TO CRY TOO BECAUSE THAT WAS NATSUKI TAKAYA’S ART I’D KNOW IT ANYWHERE AHHHHHHHHH

Okay okay, so we leave off where the second season did, with Tohru finding out that Akito is a girl. Kureno clarifies his explanation as to why he can’t see Uotani, saying he has another girl whose side he must stay by. He also explains that Akito was raised as a man (I don’t remember the story, but there was something like this in one of my classes last year) by decree of his mother, Ren, an honestly terrifying woman who Akito hints at being too flirty with the zodiac men. (IS RITSU OKAY THAT’S ALL I WANNA KNOW.)

Then we get a bit of backstory on some Sohma philosophies. Akito is very attached to the “bonds” between her and the zodiac members, as they are her only reference to love. Ren says that the bonds are unnatural, and they do not constitute real love in the slightest. Kureno agrees with Ren, and it seems that the guilt from THAT is what keeps him with Akito. It’s all very twisted.

We see Akito attack her mother (ngl that was a badass scene and I am still in shock), making the point that she’s never known another type of love. Parental love was a sham when it came from Ren, so the bonds are all she has. Honestly, it’s something to be pitied. Ren says that the love between her and Akira (yes, Akito’s father) was real, and if Akito kills her, at least she can be with him again. There is a flashback to Akira telling Akito she was born to be loved, which, considering how Akito is now, probably warped her as much as Ren’s bad parenting.

Sohma parents that aren’t Hiro’s really need to work out their shit.

There is another flashback to back when Akito was first conceived. The Mabudachi Trio (Hatori, Shigure, and Ayame) plus Kureno had the same dream and cried before running to Ren and lowkey being a little weird and touching her stomach. Basically, the zodiac spirits kicked in and automatically attached them all to Akito already, which is all fine and dandy, except it trapped them. And Kureno knows this. And he apologizes that all this mountain of complication is keeping him from Uotani.

But Tohru can’t even move.

Hanajima comes to her rescue and takes her back to her house. They sit down, and without explaining it in its entirety, Tohru explains what precisely she was shocked about.

To put it in non-Takaya terms, Tohru really wanted to get Kureno to see Uotani again. Even with his roundabout explanation, Tohru learned the precise reasons why he can’t see her. She says that Kureno is a caring man who puts others’ feelings before his own, and in the face of that depth of selflessness, she was speechless. She couldn’t comprehend sacrificing so much of yourself just to keep one person happy (even if she does it in her own way every day).

Now, I’d like to think another part of Tohru’s conflict here is that she can’t imagine giving up so much of herself to help Kyo and make him happy. That might be because she doesn’t know how, due to her non-zodiac nature, or because she’s never had to. What she selflessly does for people every day is on a smaller scale than what Kureno is doing. But it’s a little more effective and long-lasting, as we can see from the flaws in Akito’s relationship with the former Rooster and her general temperament.

In any case, Tohru continues to explain that Momiji and others have helped her track down Kureno time and time again to convince him. But when it came her turn to directly tell him to see Uo, she couldn’t do anything. And that kills her.

Hanajima calmly tells her that, of course, Tohru is much the same way as Kureno. (I love their juxtaposition, too, especially how Uo describes him as being very much like Tohru in his airheadedness.) She says that she’s afraid that someday, the weight of trying to help others with crush Tohru, and she won’t ever smile again. I think that’s something a lot of the zodiac fears as well.

That’s when Uo pops in and says that would be the end of the world.

Uo and Tohru have a nice little moment together, which in a way, finally resolves Uo’s arc of moodiness and despair. Hana’s brother, Megumi, gives us a little hope that maybe someday things will work out.

The episode cuts then to Rin, who has snuck onto the Sohma estate, possibly to confront Kureno, as it seems that she overheard a lot of his conversation with Tohru. She’s stopped by Ren, who asks if she wants her help. If you haven’t noticed already, their hairstyles are eerily similar (which, thanks to a lovely commenter on a previous analysis post, explains why Akito has always hated Rin so much).

Back at Shigure’s house, Kyo has found Tohru’s scarf, and those two are just too cute again. Yuki sees Tohru smiling and seems relieved, and Shigure jokes that Yuki is hopeless in the kitchen. (We still love him.)

So for the most part, Tohru feels better, and life can go on. But she’ll still be puzzling things out on her own, because that’s the way she is.

Alright, it’s now time to obsess over these new songs and try not to break into random sobbing fits. See you all next week hopefully!

#fruits basket #furuba #fruits basket final season #it's tohru kyo and yuki loving hours over here #and everyday

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tardytothepardy · 3 years

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Fruits Basket - Vol 21

"What do you have there?"

"A knife!"

"NO-"

That's probably all I can say about this one lmao

Kyo's still thinking back to when he met Kyoko, and how he felt about her as a kid. It was strange to him, in a way, but very welcoming, because unlike the majority of people around him, she treated him like a spunky kiddo(that's what she called him because he never told her his name) who seemed to have a hard life, but still seemed nice. In other words, Kyoko treated him kindly, something that Kyo had only experienced with Kazuma, which is extremely heartbreaking, oh my god.

But that only made what happened later hurt that much more, when she died. He heard her say that she won't forgive him, and those words have stuck with him to this day. After Kyoko's death, Kazuma took Kyo to the mountains, "to train". There wasn't much training, honestly, because Kyo was thrown into the depths of just,, self-hatred, mourning, regret, all of it. The only way he could get out of it was to place blame elsewhere, and that elsewhere was Yuki. It was easy, to be expected, almost encouraged in a way. It's not even that Yuki did anything in particular (I doubt they were even around each other enough for Yuki to actually do anything to Kyo), it's just that it was easier. And that helped Kyo enough that Kazuma let him return back home, which is around the time that Tohru showed up at Shigure's house, and the start of the series. When Kyo first saw Tohru, he couldn't believe it. He just wasn't allowed to forget what had happened, was he? It was interesting, in a way, to finally meet the girl that Kyoko was always talking about, to finally hear her voice rather than a picture, anecdotes, and a lonesome dinner. But it also hurt. In the end, he says he won't forgive himself, and he doesn't expect Tohru to forgive him either, for holding all of this back.

Tohru doesn't like that though, only having those two options: to forgive or not. It's really not that simple. She doubts that her mom meant that, "I won't forgive you", because she wasn't that kind of person, and even if she did mean it, Tohru's going against it, because her love for Kyo overpowers her love for her mom. She screams at him that she loves him, regardless of all of that. It doesn't matter dude! He can't believe it though, and he runs off, with Yuki, who overheard a portion of all of this, chasing after Kyo, with the spirit of "jfc you fucking moron get back here".

Oh remember Akito? And how she was thinking about Tohru? And how she has a knife? Well, she just entered the chat. 🔪🔪

She enters the chat by vaguely saying that the curse is breaking, to Tohru, who at the moment is partially occupied with thinking how fucking miserable Kyo looked before he ran off, but now Akito's here. (That sounds bad, like a "now Tohru has to deal with Akito 🙄" thing, that's not really what I mean. Tohru's just going through a few things at the moment) She asks Tohru if she's happy now, now that Akito has became the outsider, the loner, the bad guy, after waltzing into her life (and the lives of the Sohmas) and completely disrupting it, without a speck of dirt on her hands. Tohru's putting two and two together and steps toward Akito, asking if she was there the whole time (at this point Tohru did not know Akito had a knife), and oh jeez Akito just slashed at Tohru. Despite Akito yelling at Tohru to stay back, Tohru starts thinking of things through Akito's lens, how this whole time, Akito must have been so lonely. She was marveled for being God, but because of that (and her lashing out but hush), no one ever wanted to be around her. She was told that she was above everyone else, and she treated them as such, and they did the same back to her.

Tohru mentioned how Akito always spoke of permanence, because it was the only thing that Akito ever had to hold onto. Akito lashes out at that (i don't think she cut Tohru, but Tohru does end up having two cuts, so i think this was the second, both times they were just on her arms), saying that Tohru doesn't know what she's talking about, she won't fall for Tohru's crap! She can't be won over by nice little words like everyone else (are you sure about that dude). Tohru doesn't really deny it, she agrees that she is dirty, and bad. She wished for her own permanence, to forever be with her mom, but that didn't and couldn't happen. She says that realizing this is very lonely, realizing that you can't make anything stay, you can't grab onto it with all your might and beg for it to stay, it will move on in its own time. This ends up further upsetting Akito, thinking back to Akira and what he said to her as a child. She screams that she doesn't want to be left behind, alone in this huge world of strangers who don't know or care about about, or need her. She's terrified, and she says there's no saying that someone could ever love her, she'll be all alone when the curse breaks. Tohru then offers to be her friend. (Honestly this scene is kinda heartbreaking for me, seeing Tohru all scuffed up with tears in her eyes, offering to be Akito's friend. This girl does so fucking much all the time, regardless of the fact that she just heard that the boy she loves was involved in some way to her mother's death, her personal crisis of Kyo becoming more important to her than Kyoko, and now she's cut up and bloody, probably soaked through by the rain, trying to console a thoroughly upset Akito, like,, jfc Tohru)

Akito smacks Tohru's outstretched hand, saying she's mocking her, that when Akito starts to get upset, she'll get irritated, when Akito complains, she'll get mad, she'll hate Akito, she'll abandon her, but Tohru just puts out a hand, offering to be Akito's friend regardless. And once Akito realizes that Tohru would totally be there for her if she needed Tohru, Tohru literally falls off a cliff. Kinda. Do you remember back in the beginning of the series when Shigure mentioned that the ground is kinda unstable, and that's why there was a landslide? This is the same kind of thing, the ground crumbled underneath Tohru, and she fell. The first time I read that scene, I wasn't entirely sure if it was a metaphorical thing or not. It was not.

After Tohru fell, Akito just started screaming (fair enough, honestly), screaming for someone to come help, anyone! Shigure and Yuki come (and off in the undisclosed distance, Kyo also hears the cries), and Shigure actually asks Akito if she pushed Tohru off. Akito manages to explain what happens, and Yuki calls an ambulance. Shigure takes Akito back to the house, and a little bit later Kyo comes back to the house, and overhears Shigure explaining things to Hatori over the phone, and fuckin bolts over to where Tohru is. She's unconscious, scuffed, with cuts and blood on her, and holy shit, remember that one dream Kyo had a while back? Yeah, well, this looks wayyy too close for comfort to that dream, and Kyo's pretty freaked out. Distantly, Tohru can hear him crying, and she's just like, "Don't cry, it'll be okay, there's no reason to cry." She thought about how she worried that her love for Kyo ended up hurting him, and she was sorry for that, but she couldn't help it. It's revealed that Tohru fell in love with Kyo around the time of the Dark Form/True Form thing was going down, I think when Kazuma first showed up. She wishes for Kyo to be able to live a full life, even if it's hard, even if they aren't together. (Very emotional stuff, really.)

The next day, Yuki sees Tohru's grandfather at the hospital (who is visiting Tohru as well), and he asks about "that orange-headed boy", and Yuki says he was just an idiot that has bad timing, and he made Tohru cry. He can make her happy better than anyone, and he did that. He stopped himself short, but Tohru's grandfather was like, "About that," and presumably told Yuki to fucking brawl with Kyo, because that's exactly what he did after hearing from Haru that Kyo didn't try to see to Tohru. Before the fists went flying, Yuki asked Kyo about it, and Kyo said it was for the better, that all he'd do was hurt Tohru further. He couldn't protect Tohru when she needed it, he didn't want to do further harm.

Now the scene has shifted to the hospital, with two people being stuck in bed: Tohru and Kureno. Kyo tries to see Tohru, to apologize, to talk, something, but Hanajima and Uotani are not having it. Hanajima points out that apologizing wouldn't even mean anything, because Tohru doesn't blame Kyo for anything that happened. Hanajima says that there's other things that Kyo needs to do before he can see Tohru. Certain Things, and honestly I'm not sure if she was just bullshitting and using her ominousness to her advantage or if she actually knew something, but Kyo agreed (internally, anyway): there was something he had to do before seeing Tohru again.

Yuki might as well have said that was complete and utter bullshit, who does Kyo fuckin think he is? A goddamn superhero, able to fly in the second Tohru's in trouble? Doesn't he see the way Tohru acts around him? The way she smiles whenever he's near? Kyo's shocked by that, but he doesn't like the way Yuki said it, so he asked why couldn't Yuki do it (this is actually out of order but shh), he's already so perfect and shit. Basically, he's finally saying that he has always envied Yuki, because it just seemed like he got everything that Kyo wanted, especially when they were kids. Through the flying kicks and punches, Yuki says the same thing, but in the end, he can only be himself, same thing for Kyo. Neither of them (or anyone else) can be anything other than themselves, and sometimes there are things that only one person can do. In this case, only Kyo can kinda,, make her happy, I guess. I think that was the implication, which is nice. Kyo then goes off to see Tohru at the hospital, but the visiting hours are over, but y'know it's the thought that counts, right?

(Meanwhile) (btw how many times do these kinda things wreck Shigure's house like can they not take these things outside or something)

On the part of Uotani and Hanajima (and really everyone else who is visiting Tohru at this time), there's another level to keeping Kyo out: it's that everyone kinda knows that Tohru might be a little messed up if she did see Kyo again so soon after that whole shpeal that happened before Akito showed up. Tohru had a bomb dropped on her, and then she helped Akito calm down, and then she fell off a cliff; she didn't have any time to process the things that Kyo told her, especially that last line of his, the whole, "I'm disillusioned" thing, which all the significance that I personally can find within it is that he said that he wouldn't be disillusioned when Tohru was telling him about her father, but there really seems to be a bigger thing here that I'm not getting, idk. Anyway, there's that whole mess as well. Besides from that, there also seems to be this idea, I guess, that once Tohru is around Kyo again, they won't really be apart, so this is kinda like the last few moments with just Tohru? Or something? Hanajima and Uotani were talking about how Kyo's gonna "steal Tohru away", and seeing as Tohru is their close friend, I suppose it makes sense, from a selfish perspective (but not in a bad way), that they would want to "have" Tohru as long as they could.

Meanwhile (y'know that 60s Batman scene transition thing? That's always what I imagine when I write that, with the music included. Imagine how annoying it'd be if I put in a gif of it every time), Akito is having a Struggle Moment. She's at the hospital, and holy fuck is she guilty about stabbing Kureno, which is nice she totally should be it'd be really concerning if she wasn't, and Momiji pops up and asks if Akito came to see Kureno or Tohru (oof that guilt it's now been doubled), and Akito bursts out with confusion: why doesn't Kureno blame her?! He could've (should've-- wait what) blamed her, gotten angry, something?? Momiji says that it's because Kureno and Tohru (because Akito also visits Tohru) are that kind of stupid: they just don't blame people for things, they're always allowing for forgiveness. So why question it, why not just accept that Kureno isn't angry at her, isn't blaming her, just accept the kindness.

Akito thinks back on when she visited Kureno, and he asked her if she was okay. She thinks that if she had said she wasn't, that Kureno would have gone back to her side, and stayed with her, despite what she had done to him. He would stay with her until she no longer needed him, because he just has that kind of unselfish kindness. This kindness, in retrospect, doesn't make Akito feel much better though, as she thinks (realizes?) that she's basically been killing him, this whole time (before the stabbing, of course). No apology could fix this, no matter what Kureno would say, Akito wouldn't ever stop feeling bad for what she had said and done, not to him but to the other Juunishi as well (I suppose the Sohma family as a whole, honestly). Momiji just says that Akito has to take care of Kureno from now on, and to make sure that she doesn't do something like this again. Then he tells Akito a story (i don't get to hear it and that makes me quite sad ngl) and later Akito visits Tohru. But that'll be talked about later. Now we're talking about

(60s Batman transition sound) Yuki! And the other people in the student council. Kakeru mentions how the school is abuzz with what happened to Tohru, and how rumor has it that Kyo's the one who got her in the hospital. (Yuki doesn't really deny that, btw) Unsurprisingly, it's not really something that he has talked about, seeing as it's not very casual conversation, and it is a bit of a downer, but he realizes that he's not too upset by it. (By that I mean the overall recent series of events, not solely Tohru's accident) I guess violence is the answer, sometimes.

Kimi then asks what Yuki's relationship with Tohru even is, and Kakeru, unfiltered as usual, just drops, "She's like his mom, in his mind" as if that wasn't something that Yuki was struggling with for a long time??? Whatever dude, but one day Yuki'll probably have his revenge. At any rate, there were a lot of shots to Machi doing her thing, so if it wasn't already clear from the story so far, Yuki likes Machi. If you hadn't picked that up, it's a whole thing.

Anyway, later on Yuki and Kakeru are looking for get-well gifts for Tohru, and Kakeru just straight up says, "If I don't know what to give to someone, I'll just choose something I like, so that if they don't like it, I can take it, and I'll like it," which, as it turns out, Machi does the same thing. (That comes later but it's the not most important thing so shh) After getting a gift, Kakeru says that he's going to visit Tohru, but he insists on doing it alone, and so Yuki wanders off, walking down the street (he's makin his way downtown, walkin fast, faces pass), and he thinks about how, when he was in big crowds, he used to wonder, if he disappeared, would anyone really notice? Now though, that's not really a worry. He knows that there is at least one person who would notice, who would be worried if he disappeared. And holy shmow, he just found the perfect gift for her! He calls up Machi, and they meet up at a train station, I think, I'm pretty sure it's a train station idk I've never been in one, and it turns out that she got a gift for him as well. (It's fertilizer, remember back to that scene, with the,, yeah. Ok.)

The gift is a big Mogeta doll (probably like a stuffed animal), like the one that Ayame had in his shop, except he had the gall to write on it? Machi said that it was a limited exclusive item, but Yuki managed to find it (for a fair price too, apparently), and she really likes it. She says she'd like to thank Tohru for what she's done to help Yuki become who he is presently, that she's really glad that she was able to meet Yuki, because without him, she definitely wouldn't be the person she is today. It was some super soft stuff, there were plenty of "aw"s when I read that whole interaction. They're so fucking cute, it's great.

Anyway, other than Kakeru asking Hatori what he ate to look that handsome (which is something I still can't get over), there wasn't much else to the book, so I'll finally end this (I took several days in between writing this it's inexcusable). Yay ✨✨

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medea10 · 5 years

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Fruits Basket 2019 - THE DUB!!!

Sorry for the delay. I wanted to wait for one more cast announcement before I did this post.

With the news of Fruits Basket starting over with crisp new animation and a brand-new cast in the Japanese version, many of us in the west are thinking that maybe FUNimation will change the entire dub cast as well.

Throughout the past two weeks, FUNimation has announced the cast list to the new Fruits Basket and it’s a mixture of old and new.

First the old, Tohru Honda, Kyo Sohma, Yuki Sohma, Shigure Sohma, Hatsuharu Sohma, Hatori Sohma, and Ayame Sohma WILL ALL BE VOICED BY THEIR ORIGINAL VOICE ACTORS!

That’s right! Laura Bailey, Jerry Jewell, Eric Vale, John Burgmeier, Justin Cook, Kent Williams, and Chris (manliest voice alive voicing a feminine bisexual snake) Sabat are back.

To which Medea gives this a big ol’ FUCK YEAH!

Now the new! Uo, Hana, and Momiji Sohma’s voices were going to be replaced whether you liked it or not. Their voice actors haven’t been heard from in forever. Meredith McCoy will not be voicing Kagura Sohma. This was rather odd to me since she has been back doing Android 18′s voice for Dragon Ball Super. But from what I’ve heard she’s been busy with other commitments (including being out of the country). In which case, I wish her the best. And as for Akito...

...yeah insert gender spoiler story from manga here.

HERE’S THE NEW DUB CAST ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FRUITS BASKET 2019!

Kagura Sohma will now be voiced by Tia Ballard (known for Happy on Fairy Tail)

Other roles from her include: Rinko Yamada on My Love Story, 002 on Darling in the FranXX, Megumi on Shiki, Komari on Little Busters, Beast on Black Butler: Book of Circus, Hibana on Deadman Wonderland, Mari on Prison School, and Porche on One Piece

Momiji Sohma will now be voiced by Mikaela Krantz (known for Kero on Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card)

Other roles from her include: Tooru Mutsuki on Tokyo Ghoul :re, Young Hiro on Darling in the FranXX, Doll on Black Butler: Book of Circus, and Maya Sakashiro on Keijo!!!!!!!!

Arisa “Uo” Uotani will now be voiced by Elizabeth Maxwell (known for Ymir on Attack on Titan)

Other roles from her include: Caulifla on Dragon Ball Super, Nemuri on My Hero Academia, Jenny Realight on Fairy Tail, and Winter on RWBY

Saki “Hana” Hanajima will now be voiced by Jad Saxton (known for Koneko Toujou on High School DxD)

Other roles from her include: Kanna on Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, Charle on Fairy Tail, Megumi Tadokoro on Food Wars, Hana (Hatchin) on Michiko + Hatchin, Chika Takami on Love Live Sunshine, Faris on Steins;Gate, Komoe on A Certain Magical Index, and Ruruka on Danganronpa 3

Akito Sohma will now be voiced by Colleen Clinkenbeard (known for Yuuko on xxxHOLiC/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)

Other roles from her include: Riza Hawkeye & Rose on Full Metal Alchemist, Erza on Fairy Tail, Monkey D. Luffy on One Piece, Ritsuko Akagi on Evangelion 1.11, Scanty on Panty & Stocking, Young Gohan on DBZ Kai, Nice on Baccano, Charlotte on Black Clover, and Minako on Yuri on Ice

Pre-show thoughts: I’m excited for all of them and am very optimistic about a lot of these choices (especially Uo and Hana). Krantz as Momiji caught me by surprise since for years I’ve always thought that if Fruits Basket ever returned, I wouldn’t have minded if he was voiced by Luci Christian. Can’t wait to see this!

#Fruits Basket #momiji sohma #akito sohma #kagura sohma #saki hanajima #arisa uotani

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rins-rambles · 5 years

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So in honor of the Fruits Basket reboot who would you say are your fave Furuba characters and ships (canon) and why? Least fave Furuba characters and canon ships and why?

Hey anon, thanks for this question, and sorry for the long response, Fruits Basket was an important series for me growing up, so I can’t not shut up about it. I have so many faves, it’ll be too long to list, so I ended up just bunching a few together in my top five list

Characters:

1) Tohru Honda

She’s literally who I kind of looked up to during my elementary and middle school years, so much so that she’s probably the reason why I treat many people with the kindness and warmth that she does (as well as picking up her habits of politeness, and unfortunately her habit of believing I’d be a burden to the people around me). I admire how much weight she tries to carry on herself, and I really wished for her to let her friends and family help her in their own ways, even if she believed she could do it on her own. Most of her actions are done with good intentions, even though we learn that some of it is out of selfishness, and there are times she comes off as too ditzy, but I always believe we could use more people like Tohru in this world who would accept people not out of an obligation, but because she wants to help.

2) Yuki Sohma, Kyo Sohma

These two are literally side-by-side even in the end, that I feel that them being tied as my faves is perfect. They both grow in their own way, and learn more about themselves usually through the kindness that Tohru gave to them, and I feel like they matured fantastically throughout the series. While I enjoyed their childish squabbling at the beginning, it was heartbreaking and wonderful to see their inner demons come to surface, but then they learn to conquer it with a wider network of people there to help them. Kyo becomes less of a hothead and a person who learns to accept that his past cannot tie him down, while Yuki learns the same lesson, but instead learns to be more open to those he would have otherwise pushed away. Kyo and Yuki are two sides of the same coin like their cat and mouse pairing, and they both changed for the better towards the end of the series.

3) Uotani Arisa, Hanajima Saki

Friendship goals, that’s usually what I summarize these two as. They both have had their inner demons haunt them, but have been able to grow past that and come into themselves because of Tohru’s understanding and kindness. Uo-chan first used Tohru as a way to get closer to her idol Kyoko, but instead she found someplace and someone she could truly call a home. Hana-chan struggled with being normal, and realizing how horrible her past actions were to the point that it influences her wardrobe and style, but because Tohru accepted her for who she knew she was, she found a pure love and a true friend. I always admire these three because they all genuinely and whole-heartedly love one another, and are always there to support the other through think and thin. There’s nothing they wouldn’t do for the other, and even to this day, I love the way their relationship was written.

4) Momiji Sohma

I feel that at the end, Momiji’s story was still a tragic one, but he found a way to persevere and look for the positive aspects in his life that would normally bring other people down. He understands why certain things happened, and that he can’t change it, but at the very least, he can still try to live his life to the fullest in whatever way he can. He’s very sweet, even when he starts to adopt a more cold and cynical attitude towards others, and I admire his strength to keep positive even when things don’t go his way. I love how protective he is of his family and friends, and will do whatever he can to make sure they’d be happy.

5) Hatsuharu Sohma

Since I’m in the year of the Ox, of course I’m biased, but I still love this guy a lot. His sense of humor is probably why I still like him to this day, and I find a lot of my current personality and traits reflecting the kind of person Haru was. he’s kind of aloof and a bit of an airhead, but he’s got some good advice for his loved ones, and is usually there to help them when they get stuck somewhere in their lives. His black side can sometimes be a bit too overwhelming when he doesn’t know how to clearly process his emotions, but overall, he’s a good anchor for other characters like Yuki, and provides a good perspective on how others have changed.

(THERE WILL BE SPOILERS SO AVOID THIS SECTION IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE WHOLE MANGA PLEASE)

Ships:

A lot of these couples I believe helped each other grow in some way

1) Kyo and Tohru

While I initially wasn’t too fond of this ship at the beginning (I thought Tohru and Yuki would be EG), I did end up liking their dynamic and was rooting for them in the end. They both bring out the best in each other and always had incredibly soft moments together.

2) Yuki Machi

Same reason as Yuki and Tohru, I feel like they brought out the best in each other, with Yuki not having to be the “prince” when around Machi, and Machi allowing someone to love her imperfections. They also had a lot of good comedy together and they were super cute even before they were officially a couple.

3) Kyoko and Katsuya

Later in life, I’m a bit iffy on their age gap, especially since Kyoko was in middle school when they got together, but they had a lot of good moments together, and Katsuya helped Kyoko find her purpose in life. They were a really loving couple, and Tohru is like a literal personification of that love.

4) Hatori and Mayuko

I felt for Mayuko because of what happened to Kana, and while she wanted to move on, she does open up to a more stable Hatori, and they end up getting along well. I wish there were more chapters dedicated to Hatori and her together and how at ease he’d be around her, the chapters we did have were hilarious and sweet.

5) Ayame and Mine

If there was a couple literally made for one another in this series besides the main couples, it would definitely be these two. Even before they were official, I knew they’d be together, and they have such a sweet dynamic, you can tell how much they like being in each other’s company (even though a lot of the other characters can find it too overwhelming).

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