Review of Fruits Basket

My review: SOME SPOILERS AHEAD At first i was very hesitant with watching fruits basket. mostly because i wasn't very fond of the idea of people turning into animals. I first heard about it from searching what animes were similar to ouran high school host club. It took me about 6 months, a couple rewatches of ouran to finally give the anime a chance and watch the first episode. I was happy to say that my fears about me not liking it were proved invalid. After watching the first couple of episodes i found that i just kept on wanting to know more. Mygeneral reaction of the ending was similar to the one i had with ouran. I didn't like the fact that tohru was left terrified of kyo and then accepted him because she still believes him to be a good person and later with akito abusing her not finding out exactly what went on in the house. It later influenced me to continue on with reading the manga. To this day my favorite arc will always be the first story with tohru trying to find her way in life meeting the different sohmas one by one. The reason is that I see a lot of myself in tohru. Staying with the subject of tohru, like her I try to see the best in everyone and always put on a smile even when im sad or angry. Like her I also am a clutz and a bit dumb and clueless but always try to do me best and work hard. In the end i relate to this character the most because the hardships she faces are similar to what i used to deal with when i went to high school. Like tohru i was constantly made fun of because i sometimes never think things through and always counted on my very few friends to stick up for me. This side of her is shown in the episode where tohru caught a fever because of the fact she was worrying about failing her midterms in high school. While I can relate to tohru the most what really made me keep watching this anime in the first place was kyo. Kyo in my opinion has one of the most tragic back stories in the anime itself. while it explains why he is ruff around the edges, like tohru i fell in love with him because I know he on the inside he has a good heart and is a good person. He is truly what I look for when thinking about finding a real guy for myself in the future. I love his comical reactions to fighting with yuki. I love how he tries to do the right thing and always speaks his mind when he has a problem. I also love the side of him that always seems to generally care about tohru the most like the time where she left the sohma house and the time where he comically faced his fear of leeks just to make soup so tohru can get better quickly. I could go on and on with talking about every character but in all this anime is truly wonderful and it is a must see if you are into a warm high school comedy with a bit of romance. It is truly one of the most beloved sohjo comedies of all time.