Review of Fruits Basket

I keep coming back to this series, because every time it makes me feel everything all over again. the situation is a little silly, but the meaningful connections between all the characters and the ways that they interact with each other is overwhelmingly deep. this is a real, interesting and relateable story of a family trying to heal old wounds and the individuals inside it trying to grow and develop enough to really change and really fix their own personal issues. although the art isn't really good, the characters and the story bring it to another level. Tooru is sad and sweet, and optimistic, and makesyou want to root for her. Kyou is hurt and quiet and mourning, and lashes out because of it. Yuki is scared and struggling, and even though his concerns as the prettyboy of the school aren't necessarily relateable, almost anyone could look at their personality and find times they're acting, and times they wish they didn't have to.

even the small side characters have sweet inner lives and struggles, and even the questionable relationship between Tooru's mom and dad is only ever written as two people deeply in love with each other, who want to be together.

I love this series, it's one of my absolute favorites.