User Recommendations for Fruits Basket 1st Season

Fluffy anime with a unique shoujo-esque art style. Main character presents herself as a little ball of sunshine and almost a bit ditzy, but is wise for her age. Main Male Lead has a troubled, ostracized family background, but is actually fairly socialable when they learn to show their feelings. Main character with her bubbly self unconsciously helps solve life-long personal problems with her optimism and extra work. Both shows are a blast to the past with innocent romance--it's the 2004 shoujo we never knew we needed. Diabetes, but easy to watch even though it has darker/more mature elements.

A truly kind main female character helps the main male/love interest through his trauma. She also helps people around her and gives the viewer actual hope in humanity.