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フルーツバスケット [Fruits Basket] #2
Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 2
When she was living in a tent pitched on the Sohma family's land, Tohru Honda's primary concerns were dirt and slugs. But now that she's living with the Sohmas, magical powers and ancient curses are the order of the day! With Yuki and Kyo at each other's throats like cats and... rats, life at the Sohmas' is lively enough, but it all heats up as Hatsuharu joins the fray, spoiling for a fight! And even before the new school year can get underway, the mystery surrounding the family escalates when Akito, head of the Sohma clan, confronts Tohru without warning...
381 pages, Paperback
First published June 28, 2016
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Natsuki Takaya
153 books2,700 followersName (in native language) : 高屋奈月
Natsuki Takaya (高屋 奈月 Takaya Natsuki, real name Naka Hatake) is the penname of a Japanese manga artist best-known for creating the series Fruits Basket. She was born on July 7, 1973; (Tanabata). Takaya is left-handed and once revealed that she wanted to be a mangaka since first grade, when her sister started drawing.
She was born in Shizuoka, Japan, but was raised in Tokyo, where she made her debut in 1992. She enjoys video games such as the Final Fantasy series or Sakura Wars, or working on her different manga series, such as Fruits Basket, which is the second best-selling shōjo manga ever in Japan, and the top selling shōjo manga in North America. Fruits Basket has also been adapted into a twenty-six-episode anime series.
In 2001, Takaya received a Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga for Fruits Basket.
According to Takaya (in a sidebar of a Fruits Basket manga volume), she enjoys drawing girls (girly ones) more than she does boys. Takaya also enjoys electronics and music, but dislikes talking about herself. Also revealed in a sidebar of Fruits Basket, Takaya broke her drawing arm (left) after Fruits Basket volume six was published. She had to go into surgery, and as a result, had put Fruits Basket on a brief hiatus. Takaya made a full recovery, but complains that her handwriting had gotten uglier, due to the surgery. During her hospital stay, she gained an interest in baseball.
Natsuki Takaya (高屋 奈月 Takaya Natsuki, real name Naka Hatake) is the penname of a Japanese manga artist best-known for creating the series Fruits Basket. She was born on July 7, 1973; (Tanabata). Takaya is left-handed and once revealed that she wanted to be a mangaka since first grade, when her sister started drawing.
She was born in Shizuoka, Japan, but was raised in Tokyo, where she made her debut in 1992. She enjoys video games such as the Final Fantasy series or Sakura Wars, or working on her different manga series, such as Fruits Basket, which is the second best-selling shōjo manga ever in Japan, and the top selling shōjo manga in North America. Fruits Basket has also been adapted into a twenty-six-episode anime series.
In 2001, Takaya received a Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga for Fruits Basket.
According to Takaya (in a sidebar of a Fruits Basket manga volume), she enjoys drawing girls (girly ones) more than she does boys. Takaya also enjoys electronics and music, but dislikes talking about herself. Also revealed in a sidebar of Fruits Basket, Takaya broke her drawing arm (left) after Fruits Basket volume six was published. She had to go into surgery, and as a result, had put Fruits Basket on a brief hiatus. Takaya made a full recovery, but complains that her handwriting had gotten uglier, due to the surgery. During her hospital stay, she gained an interest in baseball.
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January 17, 2021
4.5 Stars ⭐️
I love these characters so much! I loved the new characters as well!
Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
I love these characters so much! I loved the new characters as well!
Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
February 9, 2020
Volume 1 ★★★★★
Volume 2 ★★★★★
I feel like I should've read this in a day like I did with Vol 1, but I kind of misplaced it for a few weeks...
Anyways, this was absolutely precious, just like the rest of this series. In this issue, we get to meet a few new faces - Momiji, Hatsuharu, and Ayame, most notably - and learn some fantastic back story on a few Sohma members (specifically the heartbreaking tale of Momiji's mother, and the horrible abuse that Yuki has undergone at the hands of Akito). We start to see some interesting feelings coming from both Yuki and Kyo, as well as commemorating a tearful first anniversary of Tohru's loss of her mother.
I love this series so damn much.
December 29, 2022
OFFICIALLY A FAN NOW !
July 18, 2018
Hot damn, how I love this series!! <3
The artwork, the sexy characters, the story...ahhh, I’m in heaven!
This second volume carries on from the first and we are introduced to more members of the Sohma clan and therefore the zodiac. I'm loving the addition of Hatsuharu and really glad that Momiji is featured more - he is SO adorable!! I'm also intrigued by (and slightly scared of) Ayame - I feel that he will have a large part to play somewhere down the line. Of course, there's Kyo and Yuki at it again but their little spats are hilariously cute *heart swells with emotion*
THIS MANGA WILL APPEAL TO EVERYONE so if you haven't already picked it up, you really need to. And I mean NOW!
The artwork, the sexy characters, the story...ahhh, I’m in heaven!
This second volume carries on from the first and we are introduced to more members of the Sohma clan and therefore the zodiac. I'm loving the addition of Hatsuharu and really glad that Momiji is featured more - he is SO adorable!! I'm also intrigued by (and slightly scared of) Ayame - I feel that he will have a large part to play somewhere down the line. Of course, there's Kyo and Yuki at it again but their little spats are hilariously cute *heart swells with emotion*
THIS MANGA WILL APPEAL TO EVERYONE so if you haven't already picked it up, you really need to. And I mean NOW!
February 5, 2017
The deeper I delve into this world, and the more I get to know these characters, the more I love this series. It's only been two volumes and I'm already convinced that this is one of my favorites
February 2, 2021
Cada vez estoy más metida en esta historia, ¡y hay que ver lo mucho que me estoy divirtiendo! Es muy fácil conectar con los personajes, tal vez porque son bastante peculiares y están un poquito de la olla, pero el caso es que lo estoy disfrutando un montón. Tengo curiosidad acerca del misterio que ronda a ciertos personajes, y estoy in love con la evolución que están sufriendo otros.
January 1, 2021
I find Fruits Baskets kinda similar to Stargirl and Pollyanna because in all of those books the main character (Stargirl, Pollyanna, Tohru), is very kind and generous and are always themselves and I admire those kind of characters the most because I’m low key jealous they can be that kind to everyone including total idiots.
October 20, 2016
4.5 stars. I love Kyo. <3
October 15, 2024
LA SEGUNDA PARTE DE LA FAMILIA SOMA.
No les puedo contar mucho porque ya serían spoilers, lo que si deben de saber es lo siguiente:
Honda un día se termina yendo a vivir con la familia Soma, la familia del chico más popular y guapo de su escuela. Pero esa familia esconde varios secretos y es que se pueden transformar en los animales de zodíaco chino. Honda va a terminar descubriendo su secreto y tener que guardarlo mientras existen un romance entre ella y dos integrantes de esta peculiar familia.
En este segundo tomo se empieza a desenvolver más la historia de Honda y conocemos a más integrantes de la familia Soma. Sigo sin entender muy bien cuál va a ser el gran conflicto porque sigo sintiendo que estoy en la parte del inicio de la historia.
La sentí un poco floja en varias partes, pero igual de adictiva.
No les puedo contar mucho porque ya serían spoilers, lo que si deben de saber es lo siguiente:
Honda un día se termina yendo a vivir con la familia Soma, la familia del chico más popular y guapo de su escuela. Pero esa familia esconde varios secretos y es que se pueden transformar en los animales de zodíaco chino. Honda va a terminar descubriendo su secreto y tener que guardarlo mientras existen un romance entre ella y dos integrantes de esta peculiar familia.
En este segundo tomo se empieza a desenvolver más la historia de Honda y conocemos a más integrantes de la familia Soma. Sigo sin entender muy bien cuál va a ser el gran conflicto porque sigo sintiendo que estoy en la parte del inicio de la historia.
La sentí un poco floja en varias partes, pero igual de adictiva.
August 2, 2021
Ahhh I love all the characters and the story line is so heartwarming yet sad also
Momiji’s backstory makes me cry omg :<
The scenes are so pretty and I genuinely think this is such a beautiful series :(
Momiji’s backstory makes me cry omg :<
The scenes are so pretty and I genuinely think this is such a beautiful series :(
April 15, 2022
VIDEO REVIEW HERE: https://youtu.be/PWLz8dQBW1Y
I'm still not fully connecting with this series, but I REALLY like Yuki and can say that he has my interest pique where I want to keep reading specifically because of him. (Though there have been nuggets with Kyo that I am very curious about.)
Lots of new faces in this one, with Akito being the worse one! I do NOT like him and already dreading when will have to see him again. UGHHHHHH!!
Momiji's backstory was heartbreaking. Definitely had to fight back some tears there. (That story he told from the story he heard at school hit hard. I realized that's closer to the beginning, but that was good especially how it relates to Tohru.)
Overall, I still am not super loving this series, but I'm willing to keep reading, especially for Yuki, because it seems like there is still a lot of things I need to know about these characters.
I'm still not fully connecting with this series, but I REALLY like Yuki and can say that he has my interest pique where I want to keep reading specifically because of him. (Though there have been nuggets with Kyo that I am very curious about.)
Lots of new faces in this one, with Akito being the worse one! I do NOT like him and already dreading when will have to see him again. UGHHHHHH!!
Momiji's backstory was heartbreaking. Definitely had to fight back some tears there. (That story he told from the story he heard at school hit hard. I realized that's closer to the beginning, but that was good especially how it relates to Tohru.)
Overall, I still am not super loving this series, but I'm willing to keep reading, especially for Yuki, because it seems like there is still a lot of things I need to know about these characters.
January 31, 2020
Hatsuharu Sohma is so~ good looking!!! Everybody else just looks like something is wrong with them.
April 25, 2019
The art is really pretty in this book but way to jumbled. It was hard to figure out what was going on in a lot of the frames. And it was really difficult to read the actual words, there were so many speech bubbles crammed into some pages that I couldn't tell who was saying what. I am a big fan of the original anime but if I hadn't already seen it I don't think I would understand let alone enjoy most of this book.
December 11, 2018
I don't think I will never give Fruits Basket anything other than 5 stars.
December 19, 2023
3.5 stars
midterm tomorrow, too busy to write a review. too busy to think. why did i read this when i'm so busy? i don't know, no time to think about that either.
midterm tomorrow, too busy to write a review. too busy to think. why did i read this when i'm so busy? i don't know, no time to think about that either.
April 6, 2025
Momiji’s back story always gets me 😭
December 24, 2020
RESEÑA EN EL BLOG ➜http://bit.ly/3mROpRT
Cuando Toru era una pequeña niña su madre siempre le contaba la historia de los doce animales del zodiaco chino. En ese momento de inocencia ella siempre compadeció al pequeño gato quien engañado por el ratón quedó fuera del zodiaco por lo cual prometió que siempre sería amiga del gato.
Lo que Toru jamás esperó ni en sus más locos sueños era que un día se iba a encontrar viviendo en la misma casa que el gato y el ratón, y que al refugiarse en la casa de los Soma iba a significar que conocería a los demás animales del zodiaco y a la maldición que los sigue.
El alma de Kyo muy sensible, igual que la de Yuki. Son tan frágiles que se rompen si las tocas.
En la reseña del tomo pasado les hablé de mis personajes favoritos de esta historia así que está vez no voy a fangirlear y les voy hablar de los demás animales del zodiaco.
Primero que todo tenemos a Shigure quien está poseído por el espíritu del perro. Shigure vive conjunto a Toru, Kyo y Yuki y sería algo así como el responsable de ellos. En apariencia suele ser un tipo relajado (quizá demasiado muchas veces) pero hemos visto que también hay oscuridad en él, así que tendremos que ir viendo a dónde lo guía esa oscuridad.
Hatori por su parte es el dragón quien en la actualidad se ha transformado en un caballito de mar para mimetizarse más con la época. Hatori como todos los doce ha tenido un pasado triste ya que su misión en vida siempre ha sido ser el doctor de los doce y su vida solo puede enfocarse en ello, es por eso que Akito le hizo perder a la mujer que amaba.
Kagura representa al jabalí y ella es a la menos conocemos por ahí. Solo sabemos que está enamorada de Kyo y ha sido la única que nunca lo deja en el olvido.
Hatsuharu o Haru es el buey quien está representado como una vaca. Por ahora no sabemos gran cosa de él, solo que siente gran cariño por Yuki y que tiene dos personalidades, la blanca donde es un chico ingenuo y muy inocente, y la negra donde se convierte en un matón busca pleitos.
Ayame es el hermano de sangre de Yuki y es la serpiente. Por ahora sabemos que en el pasado no fue un gran apoyo para Yuki pero está buscando cambiar eso y ganarse el cariño de su hermano. Debo decirles que Ayame me encanta porque es un personaje de lo más peculiar, es una extraña mezcla de perversión y estupidez que me hace reír cada que sale.
Finalmente hasta este tomo conocemos a Momiji, el conejo. Debo decirles que Momiji me encanta pues el clásico personaje moe, es decir que su apariencia y personalidad son las de un niño pequeño aun cuando ya tiene 16 años. Además de su dulce apariencia Momiji es quien más abierto se ve con Toru llegando a confesarle que a su mamá le borraron su recuerdo pues cuando él nació lo abrazó y se transformó en conejo y esto hizo que ella se volviera loca y tal cual hicieran con la mujer a la Hatori amaba borraron su memoria.
Es con esto con lo que me gustaría cerrar esta reseña y es que al parecer la maldición de los doce no solo afecta a los poseídos sino que toda la familia fuera de los Soma tienen que pagar por ello.
December 20, 2020
4.5/5 Fruits Basket Collectors Edition Volume 2 contains volumes 3 and 4 of the original manga. Volume 3 was good some levity during Valentines Day while the Sohma’s are plied with chocolate.
The real winner is the 4th volume which stabs you right in feels during the last couple chapters. Particularly Momiji and his familial back story. Poor bunny...
As you would expect you’re also introduced to a couple more Sohma’s but most of the secrets are yet to be revealed. We do however get the first actual appearance of Akito the head of the Sohma family. Which zodiac is he I wonder?
Yucky Yuki on the cover this time.
Read 12/20/20
The real winner is the 4th volume which stabs you right in feels during the last couple chapters. Particularly Momiji and his familial back story. Poor bunny...
As you would expect you’re also introduced to a couple more Sohma’s but most of the secrets are yet to be revealed. We do however get the first actual appearance of Akito the head of the Sohma family. Which zodiac is he I wonder?
Yucky Yuki on the cover this time.
Read 12/20/20
February 13, 2020
Meet the family
This collection (originally books three and four) is mostly concerned with meeting more of the Sohma clan, with hints of darkness over the horizon.
The art remains clean and basic. I'm having a little trouble telling some family members apart (there's a LOT of them) but it isn't a huge problem.
This collection (originally books three and four) is mostly concerned with meeting more of the Sohma clan, with hints of darkness over the horizon.
The art remains clean and basic. I'm having a little trouble telling some family members apart (there's a LOT of them) but it isn't a huge problem.
March 15, 2023
finished the anime last night, and reading the story is so emotional and fun
April 30, 2024
this series might just be perfect
September 11, 2022
kocham 💙
February 16, 2025
lamentablemente todo mi revieu tiene que ser [REDACTED] porque me niego a spoilear a milen ni por accidente lo spoileo yo
October 1, 2016
I am still completely adoring this series!!! Time to move on to the next one!
February 8, 2017
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm honestly conflicted about translations in this volume.
For the most part, the updated translation isn't too different from the original Tokyopop, except for one big, obvious change. This version refers to Hatori, Shigure, and Ayame as "The Three Musketeers." Long-time Furuba fans will know it's the "Mabudachi trio" (which translates to "a trio of three friends" according to the collector's edition translator notes), and the untranslated nickname is what the original translation used. I suppose it makes sense to use an equivalent, but I've been so used to hearing them referred to as the Mabudachi trio that I genuinely was confused for a minute there ^^;;; My question is, though, why use "Three Musketeers" when you explain the Mabudachi trio in the translator notes anyway?
Anyway, over all this was probably a more loyal translation. Also, third time through, I'm at last noticing details and foreshadowing that I totally missed the first two times around. I'm wondering if that's due to quality of the Collector's Edition's translations that I'm finally picking up on Kyo's reaction to the grave visit when I totally missed this in the Tokyopop editions.
So, tl;dr, I stick by what I said with the first collector's volume that it's worth a read, even if you've already read the old release.
For the most part, the updated translation isn't too different from the original Tokyopop, except for one big, obvious change. This version refers to Hatori, Shigure, and Ayame as "The Three Musketeers." Long-time Furuba fans will know it's the "Mabudachi trio" (which translates to "a trio of three friends" according to the collector's edition translator notes), and the untranslated nickname is what the original translation used. I suppose it makes sense to use an equivalent, but I've been so used to hearing them referred to as the Mabudachi trio that I genuinely was confused for a minute there ^^;;; My question is, though, why use "Three Musketeers" when you explain the Mabudachi trio in the translator notes anyway?
Anyway, over all this was probably a more loyal translation. Also, third time through, I'm at last noticing details and foreshadowing that I totally missed the first two times around. I'm wondering if that's due to quality of the Collector's Edition's translations that I'm finally picking up on Kyo's reaction to the grave visit when I totally missed this in the Tokyopop editions.
So, tl;dr, I stick by what I said with the first collector's volume that it's worth a read, even if you've already read the old release.
February 19, 2022
The 180 this book just had on me😭
I genuinely don't know what happened. The first one was soooo cute, wholesome and just full of warmth and friendship and life lessons and left me with a good feeling.
This one? This one made me visibly uncomfortable. The pedophilia (an older character named Shigure often mentions that he fantasizes about UNDERAGE girls in school uniforms and jokes about using every opportunity to visit the main characters school) was so unnecessary and disgusting but treated as humour. Also, there are many new characters that are introduced in this second manga and more than half of them are acting inappropriately towards Toru who is, again, an UNDERAGE girl.
All that just completely took out the magic and good feelings the first one had in my opinion. Although, I have to admit, it could be that I just didn't notice or even overlooked them before.
There are still some nice things and plot points in this but god I'm not sure if I want to continue reading 🙄
I genuinely don't know what happened. The first one was soooo cute, wholesome and just full of warmth and friendship and life lessons and left me with a good feeling.
This one? This one made me visibly uncomfortable. The pedophilia (an older character named Shigure often mentions that he fantasizes about UNDERAGE girls in school uniforms and jokes about using every opportunity to visit the main characters school) was so unnecessary and disgusting but treated as humour. Also, there are many new characters that are introduced in this second manga and more than half of them are acting inappropriately towards Toru who is, again, an UNDERAGE girl.
All that just completely took out the magic and good feelings the first one had in my opinion. Although, I have to admit, it could be that I just didn't notice or even overlooked them before.
There are still some nice things and plot points in this but god I'm not sure if I want to continue reading 🙄
June 8, 2022
idk what it was but i was SO bored this time, i completely stopped reading it and couldn’t get through and when i tried to finish it i was just thinking, when will it end? at least i finished it but like
January 9, 2020
I’m in love with Kyo, he owns my entire heart.
February 25, 2023
Vol. 3 - The latest Sohma family member Tohru meets is cool Haru Sohma while she, Kyo and Yuki are running during gym class and learn how he turns into a darker and tougher person when he gets angry. Valentine’s Day has arrived and we see some sweet and emotional moments. Spring has arrived and Tohru, Kyo, Yuki and Momiji all go on a hot springs trip where she meet the hostess who happens to be a mother of one of the cursed Sohmas and a feisty ping-pong match is played by Kyo and Yuki.
Vol. 4 - Volume four is full of surprises as our trio are now second-years with Momiji and Haru now attending their school and Haru creates attention while defending his cousin. The biggest surprise is a visit from Akito Sohma, the head of the Sohma family who meets Tohru and create uncomfortableness for Yuki and Kyo. If that wasn’t enough, later Yuki’s big brother Ayame who has the curse of the snake visits and can’t stop charming Tohru much to his obvious annoyance and even takes her to lunch. Later, Tohru and Momiji bond over their mothers on the anniversary of her mother’s death and learns about his family.
A (100%/Outstanding)
Vol. 4 - Volume four is full of surprises as our trio are now second-years with Momiji and Haru now attending their school and Haru creates attention while defending his cousin. The biggest surprise is a visit from Akito Sohma, the head of the Sohma family who meets Tohru and create uncomfortableness for Yuki and Kyo. If that wasn’t enough, later Yuki’s big brother Ayame who has the curse of the snake visits and can’t stop charming Tohru much to his obvious annoyance and even takes her to lunch. Later, Tohru and Momiji bond over their mothers on the anniversary of her mother’s death and learns about his family.
A (100%/Outstanding)
December 1, 2021
so good so good! i'm having a blast reading through this manga. we definitely get a better insight into the characters, and it's a LOT of characters to know. we're introduced to a lot more members of the sohma family in this volume. momiji and tohru really brought in the teary eyes with this:
"i want to live with the burden of memories. even the sad memories...even the memories that hurt me...even the memories i wish i could forget. i have faith that if i keep doing my best to bear that burden without running away, i'll eventually become strong enough that memories like that won't get me down. i want to believe that. i want to believe that not a single memory should be forgotten..." - momiji "i...believe it too. i want to hold every memory in my heart and believe in it. and to one day overcome them...until they become precious memories." - tohru
PLEASE if i continue getting quotes like this that shatter my heart in every volume how am i supposed to continue with my life.
"i want to live with the burden of memories. even the sad memories...even the memories that hurt me...even the memories i wish i could forget. i have faith that if i keep doing my best to bear that burden without running away, i'll eventually become strong enough that memories like that won't get me down. i want to believe that. i want to believe that not a single memory should be forgotten..." - momiji "i...believe it too. i want to hold every memory in my heart and believe in it. and to one day overcome them...until they become precious memories." - tohru
PLEASE if i continue getting quotes like this that shatter my heart in every volume how am i supposed to continue with my life.
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