Review of Fruits Basket
I know people read the first part of review and I wouldn't recommend this if you're looking for a good romance story! Into the review! SPOILERS AHEAD! Story 8/10: The story was very well laid out, strong mix of backstory along with a good story line to carry it all the way to the end.. What ruined it for me? The ending of course! Ending off on the love triangle still together! I had the manga endings (even though I don't read manga) kind of ruined for me and I knew that Kyo and Tohru were going to end up together.. although I thought! Knowing theyend up together in the manga completely ruined the ending for me.. But I'll get into that with characters! The backstories to the series was very well done! I really enjoyed Kyo's backstory the most out of everyone especially with the true form coming out at the end which made it almost 100% worth the wait! I mostly skipped over the boring episodes like the ones with the fan club and any other small characters that didn't make any sense to the plot at all! I give the story to much praise and I definitely need to stop! The plot was not bad but it could of been better as a whole.. It had so much potential to progress into something amazing but it felt like being dragged out for 26 episodes and they had no idea what to do with them!
Art 8/10: The art/animation was nice and for almost every part seemed amazing.. But there was something about the eyes of the animation I didn't quite like and I can't put my finger on it! Something just threw me off of it..
Sound 8/10: The sound was aswell really pleasing to listen to.. The dubbed version from Funimation was horrible for me at some points! The actors seemed like they were bored and gave it half arsed attempts at doing it and it made it sound shocking at most parts! The music thought is why it's so high.. For such an old anime it still sounded fairly decent! I'd listen to the music more than the actual anime at some points and it was really enjoyable!
Character 8/10: The characters seemed completely different and I loved it! You had your enthusiastic girl who basically gets abused the entire time.. You have your tough hard guy who is really a soft kid inside who just wants to be accepted and then you have your quiet/popular/nice guy who is nice to everyone pretty much.. Overall I really enjoyed each character apart from Yuri.. Something about Yuri just threw me off! Maybe it was because of Kyo? Or maybe it was because I thought he was putting on a goody two shoes act.. although I hated Yuri! I really loved the Kyo character.. I'm a sucker for a backstory and his past and the things he had to go through made me love him even more! The way he was brought up inheriting a curse and being rejected by everyone he's ever known including his friends and family! Then the ending for Kyo with the true form made it so much more enjoyable! I'm glad they ended it with his true form and didn't carry on! The ending kind of pissed me off abit as it ended with the love triangle and not ending with her going with Kyo or Yuri! Even though I knew in the manga she was going to go with Kyo I really hoped she would to in the anime but at last it didn't happen..
Overall 8/10: Would I recommend the anime? Probs not.. For my taste and what anime I like to watch I would not watch this again! If you're new to anime and want to ride a slow and long bus into the genre's for romance(Even though there was none), comedy(barely any of that two) and drama! Then come on through! Even though I've criticized the entire thing piratically I still really enjoyed it and I think you might enjoy it to if you are looking for what I just mentioned!