Category: Book Review

Fruits Basket Collector’s Edition, Vol. 2 by Natsuki Takaya

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


March 5-6
When she was living in a tent pitched on the Sohma family’s land, Tohru Honda’s primary concerns were dirt and slugs. But now that she’s living with the Sohmas, magical powers and ancient curses are the order of the day! With Yuki and Kyo at each other’s throats like cats and… rats, life at the Sohmas’ is lively enough, but it all heats up as Hatsuharu joins the fray, spoiling for a fight! And even before the new school year can get underway, the mystery surrounding the family escalates when Akito, head of the Sohma clan, confronts Tohru without warning…


Review : I loved this volume so at school Tohru’s class is doing a fitness test which involves running kyo sees this as a chance to race Yuki but Yuki is getting sick and Tohru is worried about Yuki but he ends up going to school anyway . Kyo and Yuki race meanwhile Tohru finds a person on the side of the road which turns out to a member of the zodiac Haru the year of the cow who trips Kyo and wants him to fight him but Kyo doesn’t want to cause he’s in the middle of racing Yuki but this triggers Haru’s black side and Kyo and Haru end up fighting until Yuki passes out and they have to take him back to the house they put Yuki on Haru while in cow mode . Valentines day is almost here and when Kyo hears that he wants to leave to avoid kagura but they end up going on a double date with Yuki and Tohru . Momiji wants to take Tohru to a hot spring and Yuki and Kyo end up going also in which Tohru learns Momiji is going to be starting high school with them and Haru which she is shocked cause he looks likes he’s in elementary school . New semester and Momiji and Haru are starting high scool Tohu runs into Akito and Yuki finds them I do not trust him in the slightest and Tohu ends up pushing Akito away cause she could see Akito causes great pain to Yuki . we meet another member the year of the snake who turns out to be Yuki’s older brother Aaya Yuki and him don’t really see eye to eye the only person AAya listens to is Hatori . It’s the one year anniversary of Tohur mom’s death so Yuki Kyo and her friends are going to visit her . Momiji tells Tohru that they erased his mom’s memory of him cause it was to painful for her I was crying I felt so bad for him . They go visit Tohru’s mom and have a picnic .


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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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