#Fruits Basket Manga

[lionsoap]

remember when fruits basket was like kindness isn’t a weakness it’s a strength and there’s nothing wrong with vulnerability and love

[owarinaki]

Kyo & Tohru & Yuki- Fruits Basket Manga Illustration arts part II

Part 1 // Part2 // Part3

Anime S1 // S2 // S3 Final

[landofanimes]

Fruits Basket

[angstintensifer]

More fruits basket tweets

[thedauntlessduck]

Get To Know Me: 25 Anime/Anime Characters

Honda Tohru - Fruits Basket (1/25) "The warmth in our hearts is proof that there is light. It's so small that it seems like even a tiny wind might blow it out...but the light is definitely there."

[shoujo-magical-girl-library]

Manga series featured in Tokyopop during the early 2000s (taken from the old website through the Wayback Machine)

[w4rcr1me5]

There are so many queer coded characters in Fruits Basket that I’m convinced Natsuki Takaya wanted it to be a gay manga but got too scared

[matt0044]

You think Tohru had a mythic status among the Sohma family estate beyond the Zodiac?

Like stories of the inner family leading more fulfilling lives thanks to this Honda outsider, one who even Akito was touched by. Like they tell a troubled family member that it "looks like you need to meet Honda" or "Her smile can heal even the most wounded of souls" or "She choose the Cat above all other out of love."

All the while, Tohru is tripping over her own feet and spilling mop bucket water at work to her dismay.

[riceballmari]

wtf chapter 125 is so good?? we not only get those yuki and kakeru panels, cute yuchi fertilizer and mogeta scene, but also kakeru with the mabudachi trio! definitely my favorite chapter so far in this volume.

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 1 Poll III

Tohru's surname, Honda, means "original rice paddy" (as in paddy fields)

(Carrots and rice paddy)

[novelist-becca]

Thinking about how Kyo checking if Tohru is sick (both in the manga and anime) most likely stems from the time Tohru collapsed in the street from a fever, and he just wants to make sure it doesn’t happen again…

[lionsoap]

i don’t talk about this aspect of the series much but the portrayal of tohru’s grieving process is so poignant and heartbreaking. like i think it’s one of the things fruits basket did best.

i think that in grief it’s not that they died, because it’s hard to even comprehend that, it’s that they’re gone. Like something was once there and now it’s not. tohru keeps her mom with her at all times, with the picture, the lessons she’s been taught, the anecdotes.

i also think how she interacts with people regarding it is very accurate, she gets insecure in season 2 over discussing her mom too much, because she’s afraid she’s making the zodiac feel bad and making it all about her. i think this resonates with those who have lost people and don’t know how to interact with others over it. she doesn’t want to take away attention from others, but she doesn’t want to never talk about her mother.

and finally, tohru’s need to help isn’t just inherent kindness (the series has said kindness is a choice), while she is kind, she cannot bear more loss. it also allows her to not look inward and think about what she wants for herself, which is why it took her so long to realize her feelings for kyo. one of the most important plot lines and conflicts of the series still stems from the very beginning, because that is how much grief can color your life.

her allowing herself to live for herself, is a form of healing from all she’s been through. and i think her mom would be proud :,)

[owarinaki]

Fruits Basket - Manga Illustration part I

Part 1 // Part2 // Part3

Anime S1 // S2 // S3 Final

[angstintensifer]

Hands up if you think Shigure is 1000% responsible for Akito finding out Haru & Rin dating secret

[eman-e11]

[adaptations-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?