Review of Fruits Basket

No one is more disappointed by this anime than me. NO ONE. You see, I watched the first 20 episodes of Furuba when I was a kid. I loved it a lot, and the only reason why I didn't watch the other 6 was that I had a hard time finding it (this was back when the internet wasn't the thing that it is now and if you wanted to find anime episodes you had to REALLY dig deep). So, you see... I didn't see the HORRIBLE ANIME ENDING. I understand that the anime ended because at the time it had caught up with all the availablechapters of the manga, but... that's still no excuse. There's plenty of anime out there with an alternative ending to the manga that is just as good or sometimes even BETTER than the original source.

Instead, Furuba's ending takes the chapters 32~34 of the manga and STRETCHES IT OUT unnecessarily, along with creating a totally different (and confusing) ending. They could have just adapted these chapters and called it an ending just fine, but instead, they made a certain scene at Akito's house that adds NOTHING to the story, makes NO SENSE and gives it such a lazy, messy, open ending that I just... *SIGH*

It's hard to talk about that garbage without giving any spoilers. SO.

What I recommend for new people is: if you want to watch this anime, I suggest you ONLY watch episodes 1~23. When you're about to get to the episode about Kyo and his Master, SWITCH TO THE MANGA and read the story till the end. The rest of the anime is just not worth your time.