Fruits Basket Collector’s Edition, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
February 28-march 4
After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, plucky high schooler Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out…into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Sohma clan, and it isn’t long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Sohmas have a secret of their own–when embraced by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!
Review: this manga revolves around a girl name tohru and after her mom died she is living in a tent until her grandfather’s remodel house is ready . When walking to school one day she sees a house and ends up running into the school prince yuki he ends up finding out she lives in a tent and invites her to live with him and his cousin until she lives with her grandfather she agrees. Then we meet kyo which reveals their family secret when hugged by the opposite sex they turn into the members of the Chinese zodiac. Tohru agrees to keep the secret so the head of the family let’s her stay with yuki and shigure. Kyo keeps trying to best yuki but keeps losing he ends up having to live with them and goes to the school as yuki and Tohru .kyo ends up saying mean things to Tohru but he apologizes in his own way . Tohru’s grandfather tells her she can come live with him and his other family but they are assholes and treat Tohru meanly she wants to go back and yuki and kyo show up and she ends up living with them permanently. She tells her two best friends Saki and Hana and they come over for a sleepover. Tohru class is having a festival and they do rice ball . We meet two other members of the zodiac momiji and hatori. Hatori is the member who can remove memories. He wants to meet with Tohru and she agrees to meet with him and he tells her to leave the soma house. Momiji explains hatori had a girlfriend she found out about the secret she didn’t care but akito didn’t approve of the marriage so hatori removed her memory so sad . For new year’s they are going to the main house and tohru is going to be alone but yuki and kyo go back to find Tohru crying so they all watch the sun rise.
This volume contains the first 2 volumes
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