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MBTI type the Fruits Basket characters please? :3

Anon…thank you for asking me my favorite type of question… I am sorry for the late response… But here you go~

Some of these I’m less certain of than others, but I love doing MBTI chart (hi, INFJ here). I can get deep into why I chose these for each one – I’m not out here to do some arbitrary typing. You came to the right place. But let me do it under read more because I don’t want to be that bitch. Also because my analysis will involve spoilers.

Tohru is 100% ENFJ - I will accept no criticism on this decision. She gets her energy from being around others, she sees the big picture in everyone she meets - looking at what they could be rather than the specific things they’ve done, I shouldn’t have to explain how feeling she is, and she’s very plan-oriented. She may “go with the flow,” but it’s never without structure.

Yuki is very ISTJ. His happy place is a garden. Just because he wants to be social doesn’t mean he can’t do it as an introvert. He sees things as they are. He acts based on what he thinks is the logical thing to do, even if the logical sometimes involves what will feel best in the end. He also never goes with the flow lmao. Except with Machi but we will get there.

Kyo is very ESFP. He’s always sought social interaction. He views things very as-is. He is very feeling and very sensitive. His decisions to listen to people only comes when it’s based on feeling. He went off into the mountains for months to hide from his pained emotions and escape himself due to the guilt. The boy couldn’t make a decision based on logical thoughts over feelings to save his life, @ me. Also going into the mountains to hide from yourself is both an example of how he’s P not J - and also a mood.

Shigure is ESTP and this is one of the ones people might fight me on but come at me. I don’t need to explain what an extrovert the man is. The S/N is one that could be debated, but I feel he’s always focused on the specific details that will lead him to achieve his goal. He only sees one big picture, and that’s his plan to make Akito his. Everything else is a stepping stone, viewed as is. The T/F also follows that logic. His one drive for feeling is Akito. But he falls distinctly into T because of that. He’s far, far less considerate of everyone else’s feelings, only concerned about how to get Akito. He’ll step over anyone to do that. It’s all calculated. The P should be obvious, the man is an irregular mess.

After getting the main 4 out of the way I’ll try to condense these next ones into just explaining the interesting/less obvious decisions. Sorry I’m long winded.

Uo was hard to decide with T/F because of her choices with Kureno but I ultimately went with T because of her childhood actions. She could kill her feeling to survive. The rest is more obvious.

Hana I don’t think I have to explain at all, really. Except you may have written her as thinking because of how stoic she seems. As if her choices we see don’t all revolve around Tohru smh.

When I realized Haru was an INFJ I felt so happy because we’re so underrepresented. He’s an odd INFJ though - especially because of Black Haru, but he’s just a fucked up abused INFJ.

FINALLY THE INTJs HAVE SOMEONE REPRESENTING THEM THAT ISN’T EVIL I’M HAPPY FOR Y’ALL. I shouldn’t have to explain though.

Akito is a fucking mess of a P. Who also can’t see the big picture to save her life - the damn S she is. T/F is very much where I was at odds with myself here. Some of these characters are so fucked up they just don’t fit the norm for any of the typings and Akito is one of those.

Ritsu is kinda obvious too. A literal, introverted, emotional, all over the place mess.

Kisa is kinda hard to place definitively she needs to grow into herself again.

Machi is INTP and like, the I is obvious. The T is clear to me because of how she was able to try and become “perfect” to abide by her mother’s will. She tried to follow logic presented by parent. Her ability to see why that would be the logical thing is why she’s an N. Also her seeing her hated concept of “perfection” in everything is a very big-picture, not literal kind of thinking. The P is kinda for similar reasons to above. Anyways I love Machi and anyone who disses her can catch these fucking fists.

Momiji being an ENFP is very, very obvious to me. Side note: Ayame is also an ENFP.

Y’all may really disagree with me putting Kyoko as a T. So lemme take a sec and explain this one. The E and N should be obvious. An extroverted, not seeing the individual things right in front of her kind of person. Not seeing what’s right in front of her should be really fucking obvious if you know what happened post her husband’s death. The P should be the most obvious decision - she’s all over the place so much of the time. Her decisions are so at-will. Now lemme. Explain. The T. My dad is a pastor and he identifies as a T that uses the logical thinking to help people. His logic may deal with feelings, but it is logic based. Spare her moments of insanity, I feel like Kyoko is the same way. She did what she needed to in order to survive. She does what she needs to to keep Tohru alive. She gives Tohru so much logical advice related to feelings. To not judge people, to see things a certain way, to be sure to finish high school. She is always thinking of the way to achieve the best life for herself and her daughter. This is all why I put her in T. She’s very middle ground though, between the two. I just think she’s like my dad, and uses her logic for feelings. Not feelings for logic.

Kagura is ESFJ but J is the only iffy letter there. I just don’t see her as go with the flow, she has a plan and her plans revolve around Kyo. That’s why she’s F though.

Hiro’s only not obvious letter is N instead of S, but I chose N because of the scene where he tells Akito about his feelings for Kisa. He wasn’t thinking about the in the moment. He was thinking about big picture. That’s why.

And that, anon, is probably more than you even wanted. I’m sorry the INFJ in me just popped out and I wanted to psychoanalyze everyone. Lort I need to finish rereading so I can respond to other anon’s LOADED question in my inbox about Shigure. It’s so loaded I can’t answer without rereading. I’m so glad to be a voice in this fandom though thank you guys for liking my thoughts afjlwajfa