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Isuzu loves snooping through Shigure's life. But when Tohru finds a passed-out Isuzu in the house, she tries to drag Isuzu to the hospital. Meanwhile, Yuki goes to the ASB council room only to find it trashed again! But as the secrets of who vandalized the room come out of the closet, Yuki accidentally gets locked in one.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 13 reviews)

The Lonely and the Beautiful

This is hands down, one of my favorite books in the furuba series. In the first half, we find out more about the stunningly beautiful Rin Sohma, the horse of the zodiac. Rin's story are in many ways similar to many of the other zodiac members' life stories. One word- Tragedy.
Rin's childhood was glazed by veneer of joy and love, until one simple question shattered the happy homelife she knew. I don't want to give much away, but after that, her parents couldn't "love" her anymore, and she moved in with Kagura. Trapped and suffocated by the true happiness and love inside a home that wasn't broken beyond repair like Rin's, she soon begins to form a bond with Haru- the friend who was always there to help her escape her new reality. Before the series began, she and Haru fell in love and began an intense relationship. However, Akito finds out, severely injures Rin (who takes the blame to protect Haru, and voices the one thing Rin fears most- her uncomparable love for Haru might suffocate him and sever their relationship, leaving it forever beyond repair. This fear comes from the way her family broke apart during her childhood.
Rin has come out of the hospital with one and only one goal. To free her love of the curse. And for him to find happiness in a bigger world. One of the early chapters ends with her tearfully saying to the Haru inside her head- "I'm happy. But that's enough for me. Now it's your turn. I want to release you. Haru, your true happiness...I'll look for it. I'll find it. Because it's okay for it to end with nothing left in my hands."
After we find out her story, Rin stumbles upon Shigure's house and faints. She forms a bond with Tohru.
Rin is a very perceptive person, and from outside looking in, Rin tells us that Tohru is a lonely person. Almost breaking beneath the happy, clumsy and innocent exterior. While Rin is thinking this, Tohru wakes up from a nightmare of the night her mother died.
The second half of the book concentrates on Yuki. He is getting along pretty well with the student council. The story gets lighter, with a lot of humor crammed into to the last pages, like the Cinderella play, where Kyo is cast as prince charming (just what i ordered!) and Saki Hanajima is cast as uhh... Cinderella (yeah, her dress is sooo going to be black). But right after the Cinderella casting, Yuki is locked in a dark room, and finds black paint on the walls. He instantly thinks of Akito, and the story takes yet another darker turn. Yuki closes the volume with the thought "I was looking for a mother in [Tohru]."
Rin, the haunting beauty, is searching for a way to break the curse, while trying to survive the loneliness of being away from Haru.
Yuki, the prince charming, realizes that the girl he thought was right for him is definitly not going to be for him.
Tohru, the bubbly onigiri shining with inner beauty, finally reveals through her nightmare a message that nearly breaks my heart- only the ones who know how scary it is to be lonely will put on a brave smile for others. A smile that is nearly always perceived as real.

November 19, 2008

good fruits basket!

I think that the curse is not the center of the story! I think that family matters, what the characters feel, how they look life is the center of it all and the curse is just a twist. I think, that's why, fruits basket is for all ages, genders, and persons.
September 25, 2008

Sugoku tanoshii wa yo.

I own this series in Japanese, and it is a wonderful read! It has all the important elements of a good shoujo manga: it is romantic, twisted, with a shoujo (in the traditional meaning of the word) involved in finding a new family and love triangles galore. It is just a very fun read, no matter the language!
June 05, 2007

fruit baskets

they are wonderful and would recommend to everybody read this manga,its a wonderful series,
December 26, 2006

Buy it!!!

This manga in sequel to the other 13 is my favourite manga.
This time, we get to see Rin's life and discover covered secrets in her past life.This manga (like the other 13)are humorous love tragic stories with deep meaning and any person who is fond of these three headings are reccommended by me to read it.So we read all about Rin's tragic past and at the last few chapters,we go back to scool with Yuki the president.Someone has ransaked the soiety room and then the parts for the upcomming play are chosen.An enjoyable book WELL WORTH getting if you have read of fruits basket before.However if you have not read any of the previous books I dont advise you to get it asa general understanding of the story is needed.Th only reason I didnt give this book five stars is that it didnt include alot of the characters but only because it was telling us the story of one.

by a 13 year old.
November 14, 2006

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