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kailey_luminouslibro's review against another edition
4.0
Most of this volume is focused on Rin, who is very ill and fighting her urge to confide in Tohru. She's very conflicted, wanting to be friends with Tohru, but also wanting to be independent. She hates admitting that she needs help or comfort from a friend. She thinks it's a weakness to need others, and she's determined to be strong, but it's really just her pride holding her back. I loved finding out about Rin's past with her parents and with Hatsuharu. Their love story is so wonderful and sweet!
One of the members of the student council trashes their classroom, and Yuki tries to figure out what made her do it. He's such a compassionate person, and he's always ready to give people another chance! Yuki gets locked in a closet and has some bad memories resurface from being claustrophobic, but is rescued by an unlikely person.
Favorite scene is when Tohru gets a little fever, and when everyone is worried about her, she says it's because all the space in her head is too full up. Kyo laughs and asks if she has a "thinking fever", and he feels her forehead. So cute!
One of the members of the student council trashes their classroom, and Yuki tries to figure out what made her do it. He's such a compassionate person, and he's always ready to give people another chance! Yuki gets locked in a closet and has some bad memories resurface from being claustrophobic, but is rescued by an unlikely person.
Favorite scene is when Tohru gets a little fever, and when everyone is worried about her, she says it's because all the space in her head is too full up. Kyo laughs and asks if she has a "thinking fever", and he feels her forehead. So cute!
lilsuccubus's review against another edition
4.25
I'm happy Rin has finally opened up to Tohru. Not happy about Yuki revealing that he was seeking a mother figure in Tohru. I preferred their pairing over Tohru and Kyo.
serukis's review against another edition
4.0
This review is for the whole series.
Fruits Basket is one of the first manga series I ever read, so a lot of this is probably nostalgia talking. However, it definitely stood up to a reread for me.
Though the story starts out light-hearted and rather humorous, as the series goes on it definitely gets darker and more involved. It covers a variety of themes such as the healing nature of love, loss, and abuse. The characters change as the story continues, and most have a defined character arc.
Despite the quirky and fantastical nature of the Zodiac curse, which allows for a lot of the early humour in the series, the manga actually turns into something a lot more real. It's an interesting exploration of the nature of family, and the differences between biological and found families.
Natsuki Takaya's art also improves a lot throughout the series. It's really nice to see.
Fruits Basket is one of the first manga series I ever read, so a lot of this is probably nostalgia talking. However, it definitely stood up to a reread for me.
Though the story starts out light-hearted and rather humorous, as the series goes on it definitely gets darker and more involved. It covers a variety of themes such as the healing nature of love, loss, and abuse. The characters change as the story continues, and most have a defined character arc.
Despite the quirky and fantastical nature of the Zodiac curse, which allows for a lot of the early humour in the series, the manga actually turns into something a lot more real. It's an interesting exploration of the nature of family, and the differences between biological and found families.
Natsuki Takaya's art also improves a lot throughout the series. It's really nice to see.
timofeev's review against another edition
5.0
OMG I really, really, really want someone to put Akito into his place. They better hurry up before I figure out how to jump realities.
fatalamelia's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
4.5
mistressmess's review against another edition
4.0
Rin's story has to be one of my favorite parts in the whole manga. This volume also had some of the best art I've seen in this manga. Also the ending!!! Haha!
nothingbutthedreams's review against another edition
4.0
As Takaya said in the notes for the last volume it would be more appropriate if Rin was on the cover for this volume rather than the last one, as she features so heavily in this one. She's another Sohma with a tragic childhood of abuse and trauma, which have clearly left her with mental health issues. Her relationship with Haru and Hiro's slightly unlikely friendship with her show that she does have a lighter side though, even heavily hidden under her spiky personality. That always appealed to me when I first read this series, probably because I was equally hot headed and contrary. She seems like the character who would benefit the most from Tohru's support but she's also the one least likely to accept help without a fight.
Reading Rin's story and her desire to break the Sohma curse made me think more about how it can be seen as a critique of the sense of duty family members feel for each other, even in the face of abuse and trauma. The way Rin talks about how it can be seen as a good thing from the outside but trap the people who are involved in it is particularly evocative to me. It's just one of the many elements which show the depth of this manga, beyond the lightness in the earlier volumes.
Reading Rin's story and her desire to break the Sohma curse made me think more about how it can be seen as a critique of the sense of duty family members feel for each other, even in the face of abuse and trauma. The way Rin talks about how it can be seen as a good thing from the outside but trap the people who are involved in it is particularly evocative to me. It's just one of the many elements which show the depth of this manga, beyond the lightness in the earlier volumes.