A review by nesdy
Fruits Basket #20 by Natsuki Takaya

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

4.5

Seeing the way her parents treated Akito makes a lot of sense. Once again, we see the result of bad parenting. Ren neglected her, but Akira did her no favors by telling her that she was more important than all the others. She's now a person who lives trapped by her own ego while the rest of the world moves on without her. 

I love the fact that the bond simply breaks. I love the way it's represented here with Momiji. That's the experience for some victims of child abuse. One day they realize they don't fear their abuser anymore, and that behind the fear there was truly nothing more: no love, no respect. Their abuser is this insignificant person they can simply leave behind. I also love the fact that, for Momiji, this all comes with the realization that he will never have his family back the way he wanted, but that's okay, he'll have his own family one day. And he simply moves on. I love that for him.

I really don't know how to feel about the ending though. I guess it will depend on how that revelation affects the rest of the story.