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Fruits Basket 1st Season

“Homeless Tooru discovers the Souma family's secret: they transform into Chinese zodiac animals when hugged by the opposite sex.”

Fruits Basket 1st Season

8.2
424 rank · 939,048 viewers · 18,102 favorites
Drama Romance Supernatural Love Polygon School Shoujo
25 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Spring 2019 · TMS Entertainment · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Homeless Tooru discovers the Souma family's secret: they transform into Chinese zodiac animals when hugged by the opposite sex.

Tooru Honda has always been fascinated by the story of the Chinese zodiac that her beloved mother told her as a child. However, a sudden family tragedy changes her life, and subsequent circumstances leave her all alone. Tooru is now forced to live in a tent, but little does she know that her temporary home resides on the private property of the esteemed Souma family. Stumbling upon their home one day, she encounters Shigure, an older Souma cousin, and Yuki, the "prince" of her school. Tooru explains that she lives nearby, but the Soumas eventually discover her well-kept secret of being homeless when they see her walking back to her tent one night. Things start to look up for Tooru as they kindly offer to take her in after hearing about her situation. But soon after, she is caught up in a fight between Yuki and his hot-tempered cousin, Kyou. While trying to stop them, she learns that the Souma family has a well-kept secret of their own: whenever they are hugged by a member of the opposite sex, they transform into the animals of the Chinese zodiac. With this new revelation, Tooru will find that living with the Soumas is an unexpected adventure filled with laughter and romance.

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8.1 /10

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89% recommend
Score distribution
median 9 mode 10 σ 2.06
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σ 2.06 · split reception

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The polarity gap

5.6 pts

Recommenders 9.1 · others 3.5

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Running avg · Sep 2019 → Aug 2025

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A Tv Production · Spring 2019

TMS Entertainment.
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TV Tokyo · TV Osaka

  • Format 25 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 9h 35m all episodes
  • Aired Apr 2019 – Sep 2019 Spring 2019
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-14616 catalog

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