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Fruits Basket Collector’s Edition, Vol. 8 by Natsuki Takaya

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


May 20-23

Yuki’s childhood was a long period of solitary darkness. Years later, he met Tohru, but what does he want from her? Yuki reveals to Kakeru what he can tell no one else. Meanwhile, Tohru’s class is going to put on a play for the school festival, but miscasting makes it rough going for rehearsal. Will there be chaos on stage when the curtain finally rises?!

Later, Kyo recalls meeting Tohru’s mother as a child and talking to her about her experiences. Persevering through a rough adolescence, one that lacked any love from her parents, she one day encountered teacher-in-training Katsuya Honda… At long last, the moving story of Katsuya and Kyoko is revealed!! Then, it’s business as usual for Tohru and the others, but something is eating at Kyo?!

Review: we learn a lot about yuki’s isolation with akito and how little Yuki met tohru so cute .Yuki sees Tohru as a mother figure in his life since he never really had parents who cared for him. I love kakeru and Yuki’s friendship cause hes so odd but brings yuki out of his shell.Tohur’s class is doing Cinderella and kyo is playing the prince yuki is the fairy godmother saki is Cinderella and Tohur is a evil stepsister but they end up having to fix it cause Tohur has a hard time being evil so it turns to be Cinderella ish it was funny . Kyo I think is having more feelings for tohru which is sweet . We learn kyo met Tohru mom and we learn the story about kyoko and how she met katsuya and how they had tohru and how he died and what kyoko had to deal with and raising Tohru on her own. Tohru and kyo are staying as his masters place for new year’s and rin is staying also .yuki ends up staying at the main house and says to akito that he forgives him and akito gets mad and hurts yuki what the hell is wrong with akito.



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Fruits Basket Collector’s Edition, Vol. 7 by Natsuki Takaya

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


May 20
Yuki-alongside his mother, who already has his life after high school all mapped out-confronts his future at a parent-teacher conference. To make matters worse, when Yuki recalls buried memories, he becomes speechless! Meanwhile, Tohru pays a visit to the Sohma compound in order to confirm if Kureno Sohma is really the same man with whom her best friend, Uo-chan, is in love!

Love isn’t in the air for Isuzu and Hatsuharu, however, as the two have broken up. Desperately in search of something, Isuzu visits Shigure’s house as if driven there, but collapses upon arrival. A shocked Tohru happens to be on the scene, but all she can do is comfort Isuzu in her pain. But Isuzu seems to know all about Tohru fighting the Sohma curse on her own…!?

Review : I feel like each volume gets darker . Its parent teacher conference and yuki’s mother shows up I do not like her and mostly states his future out for him but yuki is not having it an ayame shows up and stands in for his mother I love him.Tohru goes to soma compound and looks for kureno because she wants to find out if the guy arisa likes is the same guy she runs into momo who is momiji younger sister but doesn’t know about momiji. She wants momiji to be her brother and she learned to play violin so she could play with him yes I was crying at this point . Tohru finds kureno and asks him if he knows arisa he says he doesn’t plan on contacting her again. Tohru wants to break the curse and rin is super depressed her parents were shitty and just ditched her she fell in love with haru but broke it off I feel sad for her .



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Fruits Basket Collector’s Edition, Vol. 6 by Natsuki Takaya

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


May 18-20

Tohru should be having the time of her life during summer break at the Sohmas’ vacation home…but ever since Akito appeared, Yuki and the others go off every day to meet with the zodiac leader. On top of that, Yuki is acting weird…! And when Tohru encounters the Horse of the zodiac, does that leave Akito as the Rooster?! Later, as the next school term begins, the new student council assembles at last!! While Yuki and those around him are occupied, Tohru secretly visits Kazuma. She wishes to free everyone in the Sohma family from their “curse” and looks to him for a clue…Unexpectedly, however, Rin is poised to hinder Tohru’s efforts..

Review: I loved this volume a lot happened kyo has grown so much and hes realized he loves tohru so while on vacation everyone but kyo and Tohru are visiting akito until one days he requests to see Kyo and insults him and Tohru and tells kyo that kyo is probably in love with Tohru. Akito wants to see Tohru but momiji wouldn’t let him and Akito hurt him but Tohur protects him and we find out that akito is the God of the zodiac and we meet the last two zodiac the horse and the rooster. The horse rin is Haru’s ex girlfriend. Tohru wants to break the curse so she goes see Kyo’s master to see if there is anything she can do. Kagura and kyo go on a date kyo and her talk kagura tells him she was ashamed in herself that when she was a kid she ran away from kyo in his true form.Rin tells yuki haru is the reason yuki is living with shiguri haru begged.parent teacher is coming up and shiguri steps in as Tohru guardian and tohru teacher is there who dated shiguri it was a funny scene 😄. Onto the next



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Fruits Basket Collector’s Edition, Vol. 5 by Natsuki Takaya

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


May 14-18

As summer vacation inches closer, Tohru spends her days in anxious anticipation, Yuki meets a new student council member on the way to school…and Uo-chan is in love?! Who is the object of her affections?! Once summer break is in full swing, Tohru and the others take a trip to the Sohma family cottage at Momiji’s invitation. Even though they’re enjoying summer activities like swimming in the ocean and catching stag beetles, Yuki and Tohru have an ominous premonition! Meanwhile, Shigure pays a visit to the main house, where he makes a proposal to Akito–?!


Review : loved this volume a lot happened in this one . Its summer and yuki , kyo and tohru are on break . But Yuki still has his class president duties where we meet kakeru and machi , kakeru reminds yuki of his brother. Arisa meets this guy while working arisa told her friends that the guy reminded her of tohru cause he was klutzy then she sees him again and they ended up eating together but he ends up insulting her but he apologizes. We finally hear about how saki dealt with her powers when she was younger and how she meets tohru and arisa I liked knowing that background about her . Kyo invites Tohru to have lunch with him and his master . His master ends up burning the food so kyo and tohru end up making it he had to step out for a bit cause joy’s father called him and they end up taking and his father blames kyo for kyos mom for killing herself .momiji invites everyone to go to the summer house . So yuki , kyo ,tohru,momiji, kisa,haru and hiro . Hiro ends up saying something to tohru that gets to her which I felt bad about and kisa tells Hiro that you dont know what someone is going through I love her . Shiguri ends up inviting Akito to the vacation house I dont trust him . So turns out the hat that was given to Tohur when she got lost Yuki was the boy oh my God. So the teacher that works at the school mayu was kane’s best friend turns out she likes hatori I really hope Hatori gets to be happy .akito ends up showing up ugh I do not like him or trust him . Loved this volume.



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Fruits Basket Collector’s Edition, Vol. 3 by Natsuki Takaya

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


March 6 – 15

Spring is in the air, and with spring comes break! When Shigure takes Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo to the Sohma’s vacation home to make the most of Golden Week, the inevitable game of cat and rat is already underway, with sparks flying between Yuki and Kyo. But leave it to Tohru to smooth things over! The peace doesn’t last, however, when another Sohma (or two?!) drops in!

But even a vacation can’t prepare the group for the surprise that awaits them upon their return. When a face from Kyo’s past makes an appearance, he lets a shocking secret about the cat out of the bag…


Review : This volume was good lots of stuff happened kyo , Yuki Ttohru , shaguri and Hatori go to this lake and Tohru was worried about Kyo and Yuki cause they were acting weird so she was worried she did something tohur ends up falling and Kyo and Yuki end up trying to catch her but they end up transforming . Haru comes to the soma house with a tiger which is a soma Kisa who is depressed and won’t speak cause she was being bullied at school cause of her looks and Tohru ends up talking to Kisa and kisa ends up fallowing her around . Haru and Yuki tell kisa they love her and care for her she ends up talking again and goes back to school. The yuki fanclub are trying to get Tohru to stop talking to Yuki so they end up talking with Hana and we meet Hana’s younger brother who could be her twin . They end up running out of her place and Hana admits she was Jealous of Yuki for spending all that time with Tohru.
Tohru ends up failing her assignment and has to take a re take and shes upset cause Yuki helped her study and she ends up getting a cold Kyo cooks for her and she takes her retest .
Kyo is in a bad mood cause it’s raining and his Master who took Kyo in as a kid came for a visit he doesn’t have the curse but he’s still part of the soma family . He ends up taking off Kyo’s bracelet and we see Kyo’s true form Tohru ends up talking to him and tells him she wants him to come back home and it works he changes back to his regular form but he hugs Tohru which was sweet . Tohru notices that Yuki has been depressed and Haru noticed to so they end up talking and Haru goes to the soma’s for dinner but Ayma ends up showing up and Yuki wants to visit his brothers shop he makes custom outfits and Ayama and Yuki end up having a talk which was good loved this volume onto the next one .



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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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