Fruits Basket

Wiki founding	2008/01/14
Page count	701
Last checked	2020/02/03
Demographic	Shōjo
Genre	Drama , Fantasy , Romance
Tag	Reverse Harem , Zodiac , Paranormal
Media	Anime, Manga, Live Action, Audio Drama, Guide Book

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Fruits Basket Wiki Wiki founding: 2008/01/14
Page count: 701
Last checked: 2020/02/03

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Demographic:

Shōjo 

Genre:

Drama , Fantasy , Romance 

Tags:

Reverse Harem , Zodiac , Paranormal 

Media:

Anime, Manga, Live Action, Audio Drama, Guide Book

Fruits Basket (フルーツバスケット, Furūtsu Basuketto) is a manga written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese magazine Hana to Yume, published by Hakusensha, from 1999 to 2006. The series was also adapted into a 26-episode anime series, directed by Akitaro Daichi.

A new anime reboot series adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment and directed by Yoshihide Ibata was announced and will adapt the entire manga. The first season premiered from April 6 to September 21, 2019. The second season is scheduled to premiere in 2020. Both the 2001 and 2019 anime series are licensed in North America under the Crunchyroll-Funimation partnership.

Plot

When high school student Tohru Honda's mother died in a car accident, Tohru begins living in a tent and supporting herself. That is, until she finds a home in the least likely of places, inhabited by her classmate Yuki Sohma and his cousins Shigure and Kyo. The Sohmas however, live with a curse. Thirteen members of the family are possessed by spirits of the Chinese zodiac and turn into their zodiac animal when hugged by the opposite gender, are weak, or when under stress. When Tohru discovers the Sohmas' secret, she promises not to tell and is allowed to keep living with them. The Sohma's curse, however, is deeper and darker than Tohru realized, but her presence soon becomes a large, positive influence on those possessed by the zodiac. She sets out to break the curse, and on the way, meets and discovers each of the Sohma's vengeful zodiac spirits. Each has a different personality, just like the animals in the Chinese Zodiac. Tohru's existence changes the Sohma clan's lives forever...