Fruits Basket

[lavendar]

Mangaka - Natsuki Takaya
Alternative titles- Furuba or Fruba
Also 26 episode Anime
Number of volumes- 24
Number of chapters-136
English manga being released by Tokyo POP

This manga has finished it's run in Japan

Summary - Tohru Honda, is a high school student, who through a variety of circumstances ends up living in the home of a member of the Sohma family. This family holds a terrible curse on it's members when Tohru finds out about it, she resolves to end the curse. Can her kindness, wisdom, love and a will that never gives up be enough to heal a family and remove the curse.

Review -
I've read all of the manga Volumes are available in scanlated form. I found the story took surprising and welcomed twists and was a delight to read through all 24 volumes. It is definitely one of my favorite stories and one I recommend to all manga readers both new and old to the world of graphic novels. While I don't normally approve of air headed girls in this manga it really was one of the only character types to truly work and created the necessary interaction to create an amazing story. I was sorry to see it end.

Definitely in my book a 9/10

[san-san]

The ending definately disappointed me in some ways, but overall it was beautifully crafted. One of my favorite mangas to date. 9/10

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