Animanga Corner: Fruits Basket

Animanga Corner is where I talk about whatever anime, manga, or both that I'm interested in these days. Anime (and manga since it's a good way to continue an anime I enjoyed) has become a recent obsession of mine and since it's a large part of my interests today I figured I should share it here :]

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So Fruits Basket is like this: There's this girl and some stuff goes down and she's kind of homeless. BUT THEN. This house of cute (and a little eccentric) boys invite her to stay with them. This leads to her discovering the family secret: they turn into animals of the Chinese zodiac when they're hugged by the opposite sex. But it can't that easy, right? Of course not. There's a little bit of a love triangle and some underlying mystery going on with the family as well.

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For those of you who like your anime a little strange, but also cute, Fruits Basket is for you.

I haven't read the manga yet but I've heard it's a little darker than the anime, so I'm interested to check it out. I can, however, vouch for the anime. If your new to anime, this is probably a good start. It's nice, simple, and just a tad strange. Plus, it's super cute.

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I instantly fell in love with all the characters, but if I had to pick a favorite, it'd definitely be Kyo. "Tough bad boy" isn't usually my type, but he just stole my heart <3

I super loved how the story started out simple and slowly unfolded into something just a little more complicated. Sometimes when I watch anime I'll sit there and go "WHAT IN THE WORLD is going on?!" but that didn't happen with Fruits Basket. And how awesomely weird is the idea of boys changing into animals from the Zodiac when they're hugged by the opposite sex?!