Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya

11 reviews

nandakandabooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Don't know how often I now have returned to this series and I still love it!
Still a lot of feelings at Hatori's part story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Violence, Car accident, and Death of parent

justinareads's review

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

bails4's review

dark emotional funny hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Car accident

animexkate's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

bexi's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This is difficult to rate because I watched the anime adaptation of this first, which is very dear to me. I just don't know if the manga can live up to my love of the show.  It's not only my favorite anime but also one of my favorite shows in general (the 2019 reboot, NOT the original adaptation; that's trash and I stand by that 😝 ).

So far the 2019 reboot has been pretty faithful to the manga. The first volume just scratches the surface of the dark undertones that I know are coming later. But Takaya has a gift for balancing light and dark. She explores human nature beautifully. Her characters seem so real; honestly she does some of the best character work I've ever seen in any media format.

The blurb doesn't really cover how deep this story is, so don't let it fool you. If you enjoy stories about flawed characters, trauma, grief, mental illness, the power of human connection, healing, and personal growth then pick this up (or go watch the 2019 reboot!). Yes it gets quite dark, but it's evened out by humor, slice of life coziness, and loveable characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Sexism, Blood, and Car accident

sammymilfort's review

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Blood

haylstorm's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

after putting it off for months, I’ve finally finished the final volume of fruits basket. even though I’m just logging the first volume, this marks my finishing of the entire manga series. i can’t put into words how much fruits basket means to me. it’s far from perfect, but it moves me so deeply that it has cemented itself as one of my favorite stories of all time. thank you fruba <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Confinement and Cursing

belathora's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Grief

broccoliprince's review

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Note:  I am writing this review taking into account the whole series, because the nature of manga is that a single volume is usually not a standalone.  I will, however, keep this review relatively free of spoilers.

Fruits Basket is one of the great stories of our time, in my opinion; while its opening premise is lighthearted and maybe even a little cheesy, its overall arc and theming is digging at the deep stuff.  It's digging at trauma, and the way it isolates us from those around us; it's digging at connection, at love, and the way we heal others by offering them our love.  It's about family - those we're born to, and those we choose - and about how the kindness of one individual can ripple out from them, how the people they help can help them in return, or go on to help others, how kindness is a generative act.

It's a beautiful story full of beautiful, flawed characters who learn to accept and love one another not in spite of those flaws, but because of them, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to everybody and anybody.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder

betweentheshelves's review

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Started this because I started the anime at a friend's house and kind of wanted to read the manga first! Happy to say this feels the same, and I honestly can't wait to keep reading. The characters are amazing and you'll definitely fall in love with them from the beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent

Minor: Violence