Fruits Basket

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Fruits Basket (Furuba)
フルーツバスケット (Furūtsu Basuketto)
Genre	Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Manga
Written by	Natsuki Takaya
Publisher	Hakusensha Penerbit PT Elex Media Komputindo Manga Media
Original run	January 1999 – November 2006
Volumes	23
Anime : Pocket Monsters
Directed by	Akitaro Daichi
Animation by	-
Music by	-
Script by	-
Studio	Studio Deen
Network	TV Tokyo
Original run	July 5, 2001 – December 27, 2001
No. of episodes	26

**PLOT****(^-^*)/ｺﾝﾁｬ! When a high school student Tohru Honda's mother died in a car accident (sadly), Tohru begins living in a tent (outside the sohmas' residents) and supporting herself. That is, until she finds a home in the least likely of places, inhabited by her classmate Yuki Sohma one of the most popular and cutest boys in her school and his cousins Shigure and Kyo. The Sohmas however, live with a very unfortunate curse. the Thirteen members of the family are possessed by spirits of the Chinese zodiac( find out who's who down below in characters) and turn into their zodiac animal when hugged by the opposite gender or when under stress . When Tohru discovers the Sohmas' secret, she promises not to tell and is allowed to keep living with them. The Sohma's curse, however, is deeper and darker than Tohru realized, but her presence soon becomes a large, positive influence on those possessed by the zodiac. She sets out to break the curse, and on the way, meets and discovers each of the Sohma's vengeful zodiac spirits. Each has a different personality, thats what gives them the likeliness of the animals in the Chinese Zodiac. Tohru's existence changes the Sohma family's lives forever like never before...

Extra Info

Fruits Basket has been made into an anime in Japan and America, with 26 episodes. It is also a manga in both countries, much longer and more detailed then the anime. The manga is complete at 23 books. There is also a fan book and a sticker book.

• • • RUMOR has it that a new Fruits Basket anime will be made that follows the books more exactly, and will be much longer. This has NOT been confirmed.***∑(O_O；)Shock！！

==Characters== Some of these characters have spoilers in them. A few of these characters are major spoilers it also shows what zodiac animal they are spoiler i know sorry.∑(O_O；)Shock！！ Tohru Honda- no curse

Yuki Sohma- rat

Kyo Sohma- cat ( not apart of the zodiac you will find out why in the book or anime)

Shigure Sohma- dog

Kagura Sohma- boar

Momiji Sohma- rabbit

Hatori Sohma- dragon

Hatsuharu Sohma- ox

Ayame Sohma- snake

Kisa Sohma- tiger

Hiro Sohma- ??? help ^_^

Ritsu Sohma- monkey

Kazuma Sohma- no curse

Akito Sohma- god

Isuzu Sohma- horse

Kureno Sohma- rooster

Ren Sohma- no curse

Akira Sohma- no curse

Momo Sohma- no curse

Arisa Uotani- no curse

Saki Hanajima- no curse

Megumi Hanajima- no curse

Kyoko Honda- no curse

Mine Kuramae- no curse

Mitsuru- no curse

Kakeru Manabe- no curse

Machi Kuragi- no curse

Kimi Toudou- no curse

==Episode List== 1.The Strangest Day

2.The Sohma Curse

3.All Shapes and Sizes

4.Here Comes Kagura!

5.A Rice Ball in a Fruits Basket

6.Invincible Friendship

7.A Plum on the Back

8.Don't Cry, For the Snow will Surely Melt

9.A Solitary New Year

10.Make It Clear If It's Black or White

11.Everybody Loves Chocolate

12.White Day

13.A New School Term Starts!

14.The Adult's Episode - Ayame's a Messed Up Snake!

15.There Are No Memories It's OK to Forget

16.If We've Three Then We Don't Need To Fear Jason

17.It's Because I've Been Loved That I've Become Stronger

18.The Strongest Tag - The Cursed Electric Wave Brother and Sister

19.The Source of Cheer Can Be Affected By Colds Too

20.Ayame's Secret Life

21.Sophist Boy Has Captured The Prince

22.Prince Yuki Fan Club

23.Is The Rumored Ri That Mother's Daughter?

24.The Curse of the Cat

25.True Form

26.Let's Go Home

*** Recommendations****Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ It's funny, generally free of stereotypes and even has a good plot. Highly recommended, though you can subtract one star (just one!) if you don't like stories that seem happy (go watch Evangelion, then). — Enoch Lau

i love this manga once i got started i couldn't stop - rinrin54 editor and writer of animepedia

Fruits Basket was a very entertaining and satisfying manga series to read (if not rather dense, in the sense that it typically took me a full hour to read one volume, which is unusually long for me). It is somewhat long at 23 volumes, but if you’re not intimidated by the length, and you aren’t put off by a shojo series, then I would definitely recommend giving Fruits Basket a try. -manga reveiw by Josh

==Links==

• Fruits Basket Image Gallery
• Fruits Basket Wallpaper Gallery
• Anime Lyrics dot Com - Fruits Basket Lyrics

(ヾ(´･ω･｀)いってらっちゃ--Rinrin54 21:32, 1 April 2011 (EDT)