Fruits Basket

Summary: Tohru Honda is a high-school girl living very independently in a tent for the time being. Her mother died in a car accident and since her father died ages ago, she has nowhere to stay until her grandfather’s renovation on his house is finished. However, the woods which she is staying in actually belong to a very mysterious family: the Sohmas. When Yuki Sohma, a handsome boy in the same class as Tohru, discovers that she is living in their woods, he and Shigure Sohma urge her to stay with them until she is able to move back into her grandfather’s house. However, when Kyo Sohma (another boy of Tohru’s age) enters (or more correctly, falls through the roof of) the house, Tohru discovers the Sohma family secret. They transform into one of the twelve zodiac animals if a member of the opposite sex hugs them!!

My recommendation: This is such a cute story! It is a shoujo manga, so is quite tame for people who prefer shounenn. It has no fights, blood, bad language, and has a lot more romance. However, I read it because it is such a feel good story. The Sohma family members each have their own separate problems, but with Tohru’s warmth, they open up their hearts and slowly to start to accept and change. I recommend it to anyone who is looking for an easy read, and likes shoujo. There is also a lot of humour, which is sometimes quite rude, but overall it is a lovable manga.

My comments: The style of this manga is a little different to the manga I usually read, and it is sometimes quite hard to tell if a character is a man or a woman. But it is such a cute story line I don’t really care. I’ve not read right up to the latest in this  manga, so I don’t know how it turns out, but so far I’m loving it.

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