#sohma hajime

[ofoceansandtombsanew]

As Fruba fan, are you team Yuki/Kakeru or Yuki/Machi? Why?

I'm a multishipper at heart so I never feel the need to choose uwu (multishippers, we stay winning). But to be honest, Kakeru and Yuki's relationship feels more brotherly to me. Sorry YuKakeYu shippers, I personally don't see it but I can see why y'all do. Considering the canonical bi/pan characters we have like Ayame and Hatsuharu, I don't find it out of the realm of possibility to see Yuki as pan or demi (which I personally do).

Bro connects with who he connects with, gender and sexual orientation have little to do with it.

But if we're talking about who I ship Yuki with above all else? There is a character I firmly believe Yuki would have ended up romantically with if things in the story were different and Kakeru and Machi don't come close at all to being that other person.

It's Kyo.

I am deadass serious when I say it is Kyo.

This is not some toxic yaoi shipping bullshit, I have evidence to back up my claims!

No one will ever be able to convince me that Yuki's first crush wasn't Kyo. Yuki was literally smitten with Kyo and his hair upon their first meeting, the pink on his cheeks wasn't just coming from the snow. This is a hill I will 100% die on. It was Kyo but then Kyo's hostility and the complications with Akito and the entire zodiac curse got in the way of that.

Hell, I don't even really have to imagine what that relationship would have likely been like either because by extension of Hajime and Mutsuki, we get to see that.

Their sons who are literally so close that it is a joke-that-isn't-really-a-joke at the family functions that if they're even left alone together for one second, they'll start hanging all over one another. Their sons who, narratively, are supposed to represent what their fathers' relationship could have been if there had been no curse or any other sort of negative influence tainting it.

And with the very clear romantic overtones of Hajime and Mutsuki's relationship, I think it is subsequently clear where Yuki and Kyo's relationship would have headed if that night they met as kids went differently. Or had someone decided to intervene and get the two of them on more amicable terms as children.

Hajime and Mutsuki have adored each other since they were children, spent most of their time together which they continue doing in the present and they balance each other out by supplementing for each other what the other lacks. And, of course, their chemistry is extremely good.

Whatever happened in the past, we're just us, but… maybe it's really special for our dads to see you and me standing side by side like this. ー Mutsuki, Yuki's son to Hajime

(Like, they literally spend Valentine's Day together when they could easily just spend that day apart. I know they live together but they don't need to be that damn close to partake in the romance holiday goodies.)

And to me, Kyo and Yuki have some great chemistry not only when they're arguing with one another (which I say it's great chemistry because of the envy they feel towards one another, how they only see what is good in the other rather than the flaws. Ex, Yuki's great at everything in Kyo's mind while Yuki desires Kyo's ability to easily connect with people despite his social awkwardness) but during the moments they aren't at each other's throats as well.

Admittedly it could just be my multishipper goggles, but there are 2 main character relationships/dynamics in Fruits Basket where I think 'if you didn't end up with A, you definitely would have ended up with B'. One is more subtle, the other is extremely obvious (I just think some people will be mad at me if I say it lmao, y'all can boo me all you want though I'm right!!!!).

YuKyo is one of those ships for me and it's the more subtle of the two.

Like it is there but it doesn't become obvious until you get to Furuba Another and get introduced to their sons. So I really don't think it is much of a stretch to say that had things been different, we would have seen Kyo and Yuki have an entirely different relationship.

"Adoration turned into envy"??? Yuki, my lad, you couldn't be more obvious that your crush on Kyo became something bitter.

Yuki wanted Kyo to like him, a fact he admits to Kakeru when we dive more into his past. There's a part of him that still wants Kyo to like him and have some sort of positive relationship with each other. And by the end of the main series, there's peace with one another. An acceptance that their relationship may never get to the 'what it could have been' but they have each other's back regardless.

Which I think is lovely. So even with my love of the canon ships we got, YuKyo is one of my favorite Fruits Basket ships that live rent-free in my head.

[the-mother-of-lions]

do i like this character or are they just voiced by nakamura yuuichi?

(both. it's both)

[lilyginnyblackv2]

OMG! The text message isn't from Hajime - it's from AKITO!

There is an image of the text message Tohru gets (and the family gathers around to read). I always just assumed it was from Hajime because, well, Tohru's his mom. Though, I have occasionally thought that it was from Mutsuki, since we see him with his phone out recording and taking photos of Shiki making the cookies, etc. But then I really thought about the image that we are shown above the message. This image:

It's from the food that Akito and Shigure are shown eating and sharing together:

Here's the full image of Akito and Shigure:

So, in conclusion, the text message is from Akito! I can't believe it took me that long to figure that out, lmao! But, also, that means that Tohru's whole family, Kyo included, are gathered around to read a message from Akito about something happening in Shiki's life and her life in general.

Like, how beautiful is that!? I love how, in the end, Akito ends up becoming closest with the "outsiders" of the Sohma family (and the Zodiac Cult). It's a gorgeous way to show the evolution of Tohru and Akito as foils to each other and just the parallel of how things are at the start of Fruits Basket vs how they are here at the end of Fruits Basket Another - all that growth - so precious! <3

[evermined]

I think pinkie is Kyo and Tohru's daughter. The girl in the little picture has the same hair as her and looks to be in a school uniform (so it's not Tohru). Do you know what this means? It means I can still be delusional and think Hajime and Mutsuki are in love. There's a God after all.

[friedwizardwhispers]

Sometimes I just think about Takaya telling us right when the finale of fruits basket was airing that the Kyoru child we see at the end was the second brother and therefore we don't know if Hajime is even married right after writing the valentine day extra which had Hajime and Mutsuki eating chocolate together.

But it could mean nothing.

[raamitsu]

Japanese voice actor for Suo Hayato is also the man who voiced Izana Kurokawa and their characters wear a pair of dangling earrings with short, undercut hair! Oh what a small world 🥰 The VA also voiced Mahito in JJK and Yuki Sohma in Fruits Basket.

Then, we have Haruka Sakura, the main character, who is voiced by the same man who voiced Megumi Fushiguro and Kyo Sohma. Next, we have Hajime Umemiya, who is voiced by Gojo Satoru and Shigure Sohma’s VA. Three of them are making another reunion after Fruits Basket and Jujutsu Kaisen 🤣

I’m sure they have reunited multiple times but again- seeing them in the same series is just funny.

[hijinks-n-lowjinks]

i am a liar

[loovergurl]

LOOK AT THEMMMMMM ‼️‼️‼️ THIS IS THE SHIT N NOW YHEY HAVE KIDSSSSSS 😢😢😢

[eurydicees]

look in the mirror, you look more like me than i do (fruits basket genfic, 10807 words)

If it were really up to Kyo alone, the Curse would stay hidden away in memory, far from where his children can touch it. But then Yuki tells Mutsuki everything, and Kyo is forced to think a little harder about whether or not he wants to tell Hajime about his past. (Just Kyo and Tohru and Hajime and a secret that doesn't rest easy. And love, too, above all else.)

sure, people have already written about kyo telling hajime about the curse, but i haven't. so obviously that had to change. notably, i have not read the sequel so please take everything about hajime with a grain of salt. and yes this is going to be part of a series of fruits basket fics. don't worry about it. i'm clearly going through stuff.

[cinderella-ish]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Fruits Basket - Takaya Natsuki (Manga), Fruits Basket (Anime 2019), Fruits Basket Another Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Honda Tohru/Sohma Kyou, Sohma Momiji/Original Male Character(s), Sohma Hajime/Sohma Mutsuki Characters: Sohma Hajime, Sohma Kyou, Honda Tohru, Sohma Momiji, Sohma Mutsuki, Sohma Yuki, Original Male Character(s), Sohma Hatsuharu Additional Tags: Manga: Fruits Basket Another, First Crush, Nostalgia, Family Fluff, Parenthood, Growing Up, Light Pining, Beach Holidays, Summer Vacation, Light Angst Series: Part 23 of lovers alone wear sunlight Summary:

At their annual family beach trip, Hajime wrestles with some big feelings.

[mrsmarymorstan]

"Takaya has never made anyone actually gay! Stop trying to force it!"

EXCUSE ME ARE MY GRANDCHILDREN A JOKE TO YOU?!

[d-parke]

I made two different versions of this but I can’t get over the similar face expressions! 🥰

[lilyginnyblackv2]

This bit from Fruits Basket Another still gets me. Hajime's text to his parents: "Shiki made V-Day cookies for the girl he likes." We get two canon couples eating V-Day cookies together (Akigure and Shiki x Sawa), then Hajime and Mutsuki eating their V-Day sweets together too. They're gay. It's canon. IDC.

How I wish we could get this pairing 100% confirmed canon though. Like, this scene practically sealed the deal for me, but it's still always nice when it's like 100% cemented into the canon and reading of the characters, ya know.

[evermined]

Hajime and Mutsuki manga coloring redo after a year

[friedwizardwhispers]

Kyo's (and Tohru's) greatest fear, that will continue to haunt him through his oldest son: