So I finally watched Fruits Basket last year and immediately decided “okay this is my new comfort anime” and watched it two more times… then promptly forgot about it because I was busy hyperfixating on Outlast
But Anyway I would die for Tohru (and so would all the Somas it would seem)
underrated moment of today’s episode for me was tohru openly talking about herself. like that little bit to kyo where she’s like “you know, i’m easygoing but i’m actually pretty stubborn when i want to be” something about that just. tohru so rarely talks like that to anyone and it’s so nice watching her relax and be confident with kyo.
also if I was Tohru when Kyo talks about moving away and he tells her that she doesn’t have to go with him, I would’ve been like “excuse me mister, but I did not just bust my ass trying to break an ancient family curse only for you to leave me behind.”
My top two fav couple ever, Tohru & Kyo getting all the hugs omg so much time to make up for (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀) Please accept this offering I have humbly made for you ✨ Also more Kyo smiling pls. So sorry there’s been a surplus of fanart lately! Just when I watch a lot of things it makes me want to draw a lot of things I cannot believe this story is almost wrapped up, as someone who has never read the manga (crazily??) it’s been AMAAAZING seeing the Fruits Basket remake!! I watched the original anime back in the day, and it was nice, but this remake just is top notch storytelling and character development. Everything is perfect!! I’ve cried so much lol
Thank you, Fruits Basket, for your beautiful story!!! It’s been such a pleasure seeing the remake done just as Takaya Sensei wanted it done. And I cried so so much, which I hardly ever do! I drew Kyoru’s wedding day for zoom & enhance reasons because that framed photo omggg My two favorite people ever Perfect traditional Japanese wedding ahh, you just know everyone was there!! Can we get the reception party scene pls pls Ayame most certainly went all out on Tohru’s wedding gown ✨✨✨ I’ll never forget how happy this story makes me!
“Look. I know you’re trying not to make this a big deal, and like hell I’m gonna inhibit your newfound taste for adventure, but this doesn’t seem like that. I mean, let’s be real, your sense of adventure usually ends up with something blowing up in the microwave or like, going to the convenience store drunk at three a.m. You know? Just… I dunno. All I know is that this isn’t normal, and you’re actually kind of starting to freak me out.”
Yuki shifted his toe into the gravel. He chewed the inside of his lip, trying to suppress the thing collapsing behind his sternum at his horrible honesty.
“So can you just do me a solid and stay with them for the night? Like, I get it, it’s awkward or whatever, it’s not really your ‘thing’ to drop by like that. But I’d rather you be awkward and with people we know than fucked up and alone for the next few hours.”
“I’m not fucked up,” Yuki mumbled.
“Yun,” Kakeru said, and the edge in the way he said it made an anxious chill shoot down Yuki’s arms. “C’mon.”
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Yuki ends up at the ocean. He ends up at Kyo and Tohru’s house. He doesn’t know why; none of this was exactly planned.
when i say “kakeru and tohru bisexual on bisexual violence” what i mean is they see each other at gay brunch & they’re both wearing ancient avril lavigne tshirts. they acknowledge this, consider that they could actually have a conversation, and proceed to sit at opposite ends of the table.
you have these two catching each others eye from twenty feet away, promptly eying each others shirts, kakeru thinking “ah shit cmon” and tohru thinking “well okay i guess :)” while out loud they’re both like “soooo…. avril huh” “mhm! yep, avril” followed by a thirty second silence before they turn around and do not speak to each other for the remainder of the gay brunch
it’s these shirts btw no they did not get them from the actual tours because they were some variation of a) a child b) poor c) not allowed to have fun d) did not know about avril lavigne until he was allowed to have a personality at the tender age of 14 jesus christ kakeru. tohru reps under my skin and kakeru reps best damn thing. this is the grungiest thing tohru owns she feels extremely cool wearing it (and she’s correct)
My precious girl, Tohru I finally watched the 2019 ver. of Fruits Basket. I LOVED it!! I knew it was going to follow the manga more but it was so beautiful to see it all come together. I’m looking forward to season 2!
just to clarify momiji has a crush on tohru ? but he won’t make a move cause he knows that she likes kyo and it’s kinda mutual between them and he still feels his love for her is selfish right ?
Her father’s color was white, he was very pure. Her mother’s was red. Pink is the perfect color for her.
Fruits Basket is one of my favorite manga series. I highly recommend people check it out, but if you do, definitely check out the MANGA rather then the anime. The anime kinda removes the most important aspects of the two central characters, Tohru and Akito. And one of those aspects is how similar both characters are in the manga. Both have the same fears, the same losses, the same “color”. It’s why they both ultimately drive the plot, by breaking or creating pieces of the puzzle. It’s a rather unique series, that really explores the human heart, and keeps defying shojo tropes (this series said “screw the love triangle” so beautifully).
I definitely also recommend the author’s other series : Hoshi wa Utau and Liselotte to Majo no Mori. However, be warned, Hoshi wa Utau is about surviving suicide and family abuse, so trigger warning on that. But, it explores it really well, if it’s a theme you’d like to see explored with a gentle and honest narrative.
I’ve thought a lot about the series finale of Fruits Basket and what this series has meant to me for the past 16 years. But this show has a new meaning for me now. One that’s so much more personal.
When I first started watching anime seriously, I was in middle school (6th or 7th grade) I was an outcast. Severely introverted and shy, lowest of low self esteem, the pathetic list can go on. Anime was my biggest source of comfort growing up. It would give me fantasies about finding friendships, love, and growing into my own and finding a place where I belong. These 20-40 minute episodes would give me the greatest happiness, and every Saturday evening was dominated by binging Tonami and Adult Swim. Fruits Basket was my introduction to shoujo/romance, and I quickly learned it was my favorite genre. I watched the 2001 version on DVD, and completely fell in love. When I found out that it barely scratched the surface on that the series truly is and that there was a whole manga with the COMPLETE story I didn’t hesitate to read it all and become obsessed! Fruits Basket was where all of my fantasies in life grew even more. Then years later, they announced a reboot that would air in 2019! When I say I was freaked I was FREAKED. Finally the show I grew to love was going to be redone, and redone RIGHT! I’ve watched this new series for the past two years and it did not disappoint.
However, I have a new reason as to why this show is so important to me. My mother, who I loved more than anything and anyone in this whole world passed unexpectedly in January of this year (similar to Tohru and Kyoko) and my whole world just shut down. It’s like I couldn’t breathe anymore. I became this zombie like creature that just couldn’t live anymore, or lost the will to live. It’s to this day my worst nightmare. But then suddenly, a show that I loved so much became my biggest source of comfort. I was grieving with Tohru before I knew it, and started to learn how to move past this life I knew all this time, and welcomed my new one without my mother. But similar to Tohru as well, I developed beautiful and close friendships over the years that became my new family when I lost my mom. I got married in May recently to the man I know I’ll be with for the rest of my days. I still have so many moments where the pain of losing my mom is unbearable. But Fruits Basket has shown me, especially this year alone, that you can fight and move past the greatest tragedies and still have a life worth living. So for that, thank you Fruits Basket. Thank you for saving my life all of these years, and continuing to do so even now. I will never forget you❤️
I am just…. so excited for the Fruits Basket reboot….. when I was a kid the manga was so deep and emotional and dark to me, but the anime adaptation was all-around pretty light and goofy. I always wanted an adaptation that was more like how I perceived the manga, and my fingers are crossed for this one
Okay so im disappointed about the fact that I haven’t drawn #kyoru and im a huge #fruitsbasket fan smh here’s #kyoand#tohru when they found out they gunna become parents
