r/FruitsBasket

First Watch

I'm on season 2 of Fruits Basket rn, it's definitely a step up from season 1 it was kind of a Hard watch. Loving Yuki and Kyo's growth this season Akito is getting more screen time, and they are opening more on Tohru's difficulties too.

Did not like Uo and her crush's (forgot his name the rooster soma) first meet other than that going strong

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u/brozaifa — 17 hours ago
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Fruits Basket Alignment Chart (OC)

  1. Lawful good: Tohru. I can't think of a character more committed to goodness than Tohru Honda. She will empathize with anyone, even Akito. She compulsively helps people and doesn't know how to stop. She also really wants to follow the rules and do what she has promised her mom she'd do.
  2. Neutral good: Yuki & Kyo. I put them both in this category because I think both characters are driven to do the right thing, even if its against the rules. I think these guys are more similar than they realize, which is why they can't stand each other.
  3. Chaotic good: Hatsuharu. The ox spent this entire story caring about other people. All his actions are motivated by helping people, or asking how they're doing. He doesn't mind breaking the rules to do the right thing (like breaking into Shigure's house to tuck in Rin). He also has Dark Haru which pushes him over the edge into chaotic.
  4. Lawful Neutral: Hatori. In his position, Hatori could have pushed for a lot more change in the family, but he never did. He was content doing his job, helping out a little in the margins as he maintained the status-quo.
  5. True Neutral: Ritsu. This particular slot could have gone a lot of directions including Rin or Kureno. I chose Ritsu because I felt they were the truest "neutral" on the course of events. Not especially lawful or neutral, and not especially good or evil. Too busy trying to figure out his own life to do anything else.
  6. Chaotic Neutral: Ayame. Aya is in his own world making maid outfits and trolling his little brother. He is basically bystander when it comes to the main story, and he;s just doing his own thing.
  7. Lawful Evil: The Head Maid. The Sohma family maid is extremely committed to maintaining the laws and rules of the zodiac family traditions, and she doesn't mind ruining peoples lives to make that a reality.
  8. Neutral Evil: Shigure. I almost put him in True Neutral, but his constant manipulation of others inspired me to move him to Neutral Evil. Shigure only cares about himself and uses other people like chess pieces to advance his own plans all while pretending to be a silly little guy... truly an icon.
  9. Chaotic Evil: Akito. The spoiled god of the zodiac only thinks of herself. One moment she may be crying on the shoulder of Kureno, the next she might be literally stabbing him in the back. Pure selfishness and chaos. Her meager efforts to maintain the rules of the banquet were strictly because she wanted to feel special.
u/Good_Slapper — 23 hours ago

Fruits basket merch

I am from India and I have been looking for fruits basket plushes specifically. I talked to some shops I know and in general there's not much of fruits basket merch in market. Does anyone know where can I get plushes from.

I am looking for tohru and Kyo ones. Please suggest me websites, instagram shops from where i can buy. (I don't have debit card to buy from eBay ) Just any shops you all know where I can buy using phonepay. Thank you ! (Not just plush , any other merch also works)

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u/Mother-Bathroom2383 — 2 days ago
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Kyo did not need to rock this shirt so hard

Kyo Sohma the man that you are. The character growth. The complete unawareness of how hot he is. I’m dead! I’m weak! I love an anime guy who is a dramatic shouty drama queen but an absolute sweetheart just under the surface! ❤️

Source: Tumblr

u/WinSecret4357 — 4 days ago

Does anybody else get chills when seeing this?

At the end of Episode Six of Season Three “I was so foolish”

Chills. Every time

u/Friendly_Science7026 — 4 days ago

I will go silent for a while so I can work on this: What would you guys want me to work on?

A. A Fruits Basket VN/Branching Path

Or

B. A Fruits Basket remake anime (with my own add on’s)

I will edit this with the answer when I feel like it. I know I posted something similar but nobody replied

EDIT: I WILL BE WORKING ON THE REMAKE AND WILL DO BIWEEKLY UPDATES

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u/Friendly_Science7026 — 4 days ago

I met Cynthia Cranz the voice of Mitsuru

As the title says at one of my local anime conventions, which is called Another Anime Convention 2026. Cynthia Cranz was one of the guests and so I decided since she is the voice of Mitsuru.

So I got her to sign my Fruits Basket Complete Anime: Natsuki Takaya Illustrations artbook.

u/Ilovehiphopallday566 — 5 days ago

i can’t accept shigure evil aura

the first season feels like such a scam of displaying shigure as such a likeable and relatable character. from the way he took tohru and the two two in and from his friendship with mayu, ayame and hatori. i love his character so much but i can no long excuse his evil and cunningness. i’m at season 2 , ep 15 and jr getting worse and worse. i don’t even want to know his relationship to akito and want he wants to do to tohru and the two boys. it acc makes me sick bc i love him so much.

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u/misschoo88 — 5 days ago

Watching as a Parent at 43

I just watched Fruits Basket & Prelude at 43 for the 1st time. I'm a mom w/ severe chronic illnesses to a little boy w/ rare brain malformations. This story I think hit in a different way because of being a mom & older (being a teen when it was originally written,) looking back on life & hard lessons I've had to learn. I've dealt w/ many similar tragic situations, even lived as an American in Taiwan due to dad's work when I was 16-17 where I ended up dating a much older French chef.

This series touched me on so many levels, bringing up memories both painful & happy, & made me think deeply about the future. I ache so deeply from the unfairness & frailty of life, of when it will shatter & if I'll be ready. Fruits Basket made me especially ponder motherhood & being a good parent while you yourself are suffering.

I was curious if any other parents or older viewers have watched this & if that made the story hit differently for them. What about people dealing with illness or have kids with disabilities?

I loved this show & cried so hard at many moments! I'm so happy I gave it a chance!

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u/ArtfulAlexis — 6 days ago

Just finished fruits basket and holy peak i wasn't expecting it to be so beautifully well written

Ima give it a 10/10 absolute Cinema

u/Aggravating-Dance537 — 9 days ago

Why don’t we see much of Mayuko and Hatori’s relationship?

I remember seeing the backstory with Kana, him going to the bookstore for the book, going back leading to her crying on the bridge, her mentioning that she wants to go to the beach for summer vacation and he says he doesn’t know what he wants to do, then then having lunch and her saying that she is like a pancake and he says that she is a tall pancake.

I forget if more of it is in the manga but if not I wish we saw more of them just hanging out and talking and a possible confirmation >!that they became a couple instead of light implication!<.

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u/Friendly_Science7026 — 6 days ago

OG Series Items on eBay

(Repost because I forgot a flair 😅) Hi all! Mods, if this kind of post isn’t allowed, I’m so sorry and I’ll take it down! But I recently found all of my Fruits Basket stuff from childhood and I thought I’d put it up on eBay. I’d much rather it go to fans over random resellers, so I thought I’d post here to let you know in case some of you are looking for certain things. I have a Tohru plush, two Yuki plushes, a wall scroll, a journal, and the cat fan book, all pictured. I’m nostalgia_kt on eBay. I can also dm you a link. Thanks for reading and happy collecting :)

EDIT/UPDATE: the cat fan book, the plush Bijou, and the plush Hamtaro have sold! Everything else is still available!

u/BadParkJob — 8 days ago

I know this might sound weird but. I think Kagura and Ren are similar in some ways

I know it sounds strange but hear me out.

Kagura said that she loves Kyo because she felt guilty for Kyo, she started developing genuine feelings for him, and I believe she might have pitied him at one point.

Ren loved Akira but I believe that she did it so there would be a descendent for the Sohma family to be the next family head, but as time went on she started developing genuine feelings for him, and by the time Akito was born she wanted Akira all to herself, so when he died it broke something in her.

Yes, Ren is evil while Kagura isn’t, but they have very similar moments.

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u/Friendly_Science7026 — 7 days ago

(Fan Art) Tohru Honda as a Cat (+ Kitty Kyoru)

These are some fanarts I've done within the last few months or so on my interpretation of what Tohru would be like as a cat! I love seeing fanarts of Tohru as a kitty and I know its what she'd want!

I posted these a few days ago on my Tumblr for International Cat Day where I give a pretty in-depth explanation for why I made Tohru a Norwegian Forest cat breed if you guys want to read all that HERE

And of course I needed to draw Cat Kyo with Cat Tohru! They are soulmates and a packaged deal after all! I like the idea of Tohru being a gentle giant of a cat while Kyo is the smaller, grumpier, yet fiercely protective tomcat. I think that's such an adorable dynamic, don't you?

The real life picture of the cat is supposed to show the cat breed I tried to base my Cat Tohru's breed on, which is a Norwegian Forest "Fairy" cat, for anyone wondering.

Would you guys like me to post more art on here for Fruits Basket? I do have a Tumblr where I post all my art too. I primarily post Inuyasha related stuff, but I have wanted to get back into posting for Fruits Basket and other series' and books I love. My Tumblr name is @creative-hanyou-girl, if anyone is wondering.

u/No-Decision-4650 — 10 days ago

Kyo backstory

I'm rewatching fruits basket an I'm in the final season around the time Kyo remembers tohrus moms death. Am I the only one who thinks that the story didn't need for Kyo to have witnessed her death an feely guilty about it? I just think it adds more unnecessary pain an sorrow. Did the manga handle it differently then the anime ?

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u/Illustrious-Frame140 — 9 days ago