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“Orphan Tooru moves in with cursed Soumas—hug them, they become zodiac animals—and heals their broken hearts.”
Fruits Basket
フルーツバスケット
8.54
163 rank · 152,536 readers · 14,905 favorites
Shoujo
Love Polygon
School
Award Winning
Drama
Romance
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Orphan Tooru moves in with cursed Soumas—hug them, they become zodiac animals—and heals their broken hearts.
Tooru Honda is an orphan with nowhere to go but a tent in the woods, until the Souma family takes her in. However, the Souma family is no ordinary family, and they hide a grave secret: when they are hugged by someone of the opposite gender, they turn into animals from the Chinese zodiac! Now, Tooru must help Kyou and Yuki Souma hide their curse from their classmates, as well as her friends Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima. As she is drawn further into the mysterious world of the Soumas, she meets more of the family, forging friendships along the way. But this curse has caused much suffering; it has broken many Soumas. Despite this, Tooru may just be able to heal their hearts and soothe their souls.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 78 sampled reviews
9.2
/10
What 78 readers settled on.
97%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 1.46
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.46 · some divergence
The polarity gap
7.0 pts
Recommenders 9.5 · others 2.5
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 0.81
Running avg · Nov 2007 → Nov 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “It is really a great manga, once you start it's hard to stop. All of the characters have depth and are well developed, and the story line and characters grow realistically.”
- 10 “Fruits Basket is my all time favorite manga ever. Not only it is hilarious but it also has tragic moments in it and when I read those parts, I feel deeply affected as if I'm also a part of the...”
- 9 “Fruits basket has lots of life lessons to learn from. From brother relationship to friendship to family relationship and romance. Although the 12 zodiac signs people have curse and they turn into...”
Verbosity
Short · 36%
Medium · 42%
Long · 22%
Read Order & Related
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A Manga Publication
- Format 136 × 23 ch × vol
- Total read 18h 08m approx
- Published Jul 1998 – Nov 2006
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0099 catalog