Unlock Now Fruits Basket, Vol. 1 Engineered By Natsuki Takaya Released Through Publication
LOVE this series, It's really cute! This was one of the first manga series I've read, I own a few of them, As always, I won't add all of the books to my self, Way too many. I started reading manga a couple of years back and this series was on my radar since then, I decided to pick this up on a whim, on a slow day, when I couldnt decide what to read.
On the same day, I picked upbooks from different genres to figure out the kind of book I was craving.
I didnt even know I was even in the mood for a manga, but it was perfect!
The start was a bit weird.
It didnt exactly match the blurb and I was pretty confused by it, Im glad I continued reading though, This book was so cute! The plot seemed intriguing when I first read the blurb, The main character, Tohru, is an orphan studying in high school, One day, on her way to school, she meets Shigure Sohma and becomes friendly with him, She also meets his cousins, Yuki and Kyo Sohma and they eventually become friends too, She also moves into their home after a while, When she finds out the Sohma family secret, she assures them and promises to never speak about it to anyone.
The artwork was adorable and the introduction of the main characters and their big secret was done very well.
The read was fastpaced and I couldnt even put it down, I read the entire volume in one sitting, The character development was also very good, The introductory scenes of the main characters and their progression through the volume was quite interesting, I did not expect this to happen in a cutesy Shoujo manga, I couldnt pick a favorite character in this volume, I liked them all equally,
I couldnt wait to get into the next volume so I picked it up and finished it too.
Haha! Gosh, Im loving these books so much! for Volumeonly:
I feel like this was a pretty solid introduction to the series.
I liked how they incorporated the Chinese zodiac into the story as well as the curse, I will say the plot does seem a bit like a mess right now but I also feel like that tends to happen with the first volume of a manga.
Its the setup and where we meet a few of the characters to get the story rolling, Tohru is the typical girl who is very kind and honestly a little too positive, Its kind of interesting how naive she is considering all of her life experiences up until this point, But I also find it interesting how she still manages to have a positive attitude despite everything thrown her way.
Kyo and Yuki also are interesting and obvious polar opposites, While their little feud is kinda silly I feel like that will probably be explored more later, Shigure was introduced as well, Hes a pervert which creeps me out, I kinda hate how manga and anime portray perverts and even pedophiles as a funny, quirky character, Moving on. Kagura was introduced as well, Shes over the top and definitely a little overbearing, Overall, its not bad for an introduction to a manga! Definitely gonna read more of this series, A family with an ancient curse, . .
And the girl who will change their lives forever, . .
Tohru Honda was an orphan with no place to go until the mysterious Sohma family offered her a place to call home.
Now her ordinary high school life is turned upside down as she's introduced to the Sohma's world of magical curses and family secrets.
ALRIGHT! I am redoing this review!
I wrote a review for this long, long ago, but I really want to redo it, mostly because.
I'm trying to read the whole series again,
It's just that I watched the whole series of the ANIME, and
They don't show all of the characters,
. Anime is WAY WAY SHORTER than the manga,
. I just WANT TO KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT!
I forgot most of the story, . . I only know up to the point where the anime stopped, but I just want to know MORE, Besides, the first time reading the whole series, I didn't exactly understand most of it, but I REALLY WANT TO.
So here is my mission, To spend this summer rereading all of Fruits Basket! Mwah ha ha!
Besides, once school starts again, I won't be able to finish all of it!
Alright, so Fruits Basket is a very famous shoujo manga that is known by many manga fanatics/crazies ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
It seems girly at first, There are lots of boys in this story, the story revolves around a girl, and when the girl hugs one of the boys, they turn into a super cute animal.
THAT IS SUPPOSEDLY CUTE,
HOWEVER, . . there is more meaning behind it,
Let's just explain volume one,
TOHRU is a very adorable, likable creature who I FIND very huggable, She's sweet. COMPLETELY SELFLESS, always worrying about other people rather than herself, do you find many girls like that in the world
Her mom died in an accident, Her dad already died. She wants to move into a tent so that she wouldn't have to burden anyone, and she can still smile and be happy and thankful for all kinds of things.
And the rest of the characters are sitting by either calling her a fool or being amazed at how she can be SO STRONG and happy, even when she's gone through so many horrible things.
Okay.
So pretend you were holding some super delicious ice cream, SUPER SUPER SUPER DELICIOUS ICE CREAM, It just looks so, so, so delicious, IMAGINE.
It has the right amount of sprinkles, Some chocolate syrup unless you're allergic to chocolate syrup! Then it's, I dunno. Cherries. Or fruit. Or nuts. Anything SUPER DELICIOUS TO YOU,
And you're just about to take a bite of that ice cream and then
SPLAT,
It falls on the floor,
And you're standing there, . . and you're probably thinking
WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHH!!!
You probably start attacking people,
Or screaming until your guts burn out,
But Tohru can just look at the ice cream and go, "Ahhhh! I'm such a klutz, why did I do that"
Then a second later, she'll shrug her shoulders and say, "Oh well.
It's my own fault I dropped that ice cream, Well, I don't have any more money to spend on ice cream, I hope someone doesn't slip on my spilt ice cream, . "
She's just strong and selfless, and people can learn something from this girl, even though she doens't seem like much.
I remember long ago, I used to have the tiniest crush on Yuki, I had a bigger crush on Kyou, but, . . anyway.
I loved the story about how Tohru got herself lost, and a boy saw her and led her back home.
That part got cut out of the anime for some reason, but I liked that story,
THE MAIN POINT IS: This story just teaches lots of emotional lessons, Even in the first volume, you learn a thing or two,
Most of my friends are guys and they don't really like Fruits Basket because they assume it's a girly girly manga, but it makes me want to slap a hand across their faces because THEY CAN LEARN A THING OR TWO FROM THIS BOOK!!!
It touches your soul, okay
Put your hand on your heart and close your eyes, okay Feel that
Now open your eyes and read through Vol.
and then put your hand back on your heart and close your eyes again,
Feel that now
That's Fruits Basket, TOUCHING YOUR HEART.
AUGUST, My old review, . . that only took likeseconds to write because I was super lazy back then,
I've read the entire series of Fruits Basket from Volumeto Volume, so I'll review the series in Volume Onejust in case any of you are curious about what Fruits Basket is like.
Fruits Basket is ranked as one of my favorite shoujo mangas that I've ever read! It's amazingly amazing!
The story begins with a young, high school girl named Tohru Honda who lives in a tent in the woods because of the passing of her mother and her grandfather's house renovation.
She is discovered by one of her classmates, Yuki Sohma, The Sohmas that live in the house not too far away from Tohru's tent invite Tohru to stay in their household.
Though while living in their household, Tohru learns about the Sohma family's biggest secret:members of the Sohma family are possessed
by the animals of the Zodiac.
It's an adorable manga that teaches very important life lessons, I'm very addicted to this mangaso if you're in search for a story with a well built theme and a kind of story that leaves you pondering even after you close the book, I recommend Fruits Basket.
for the entire series
This is the first manga series I ever read, I spotted the first book randomly in a small bookshop on Balboa Island, a charming little place that I can never get enough of.
Something about the book drew me to it, but I can't exactly say what, Looking at the book description now, you probably think it's a little ridiculous, What When they're hugged by the opposite gender they turn into ANIMALS
I know, I know, But believe me when I tell you this entire series yes, I now own allof them is amazing, It's mysterious and dark at one point, and crazy funny at others, It's heartfelt and thoughtprovoking. It makes you feel all range of emotions, more emotions than there are characters in other words, a lot, Even now I still find myself going to my bookcase and pulling one of them from the shelves, flipping through it because I want to relive the moments I wish had never ended.
It may seem silly to you, It may seem like there are way too many books in the series for you to ever finish it, It may seem like you wouldn't ever understand the backwards to forwards way of reading manga books, But just trust me when I say it's worth it, I have fallen in love with these books, I have come to know the characters as my friends, and I will always and forever be a Fruits Basket Fan.
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