[Anime] Fruits Basket

Ratings Natsuki Takaya is AWESOME!!

Story: 10/10

After her mother's death, Tohru Honda finds herself living with the Sohma family consisting of three cousins: Yuki the 'prince charming' of their high school, Kyo the hot headed, short tempered outcast, and Shigure the mischievous novelist, if not sometimes that of a perv. Tohru finds out the terrible Sohma secret... When a member is hugged by the opposite gender they turn into the 12 animals of the chinese zodiac. As rivals clash and doors get smashed life at the Sohma house has changed completely. Great story!!!!

Characters: 10/10

The characters themselves are extremely lovable, which is vital in a character-driven series like this one. There are too many character, each of whom is completely unique and intriguing.

Animation: 9.5/10

The animation also stays high-quality throughout. It is crisp, clean, and bright, adding to the overall innocent feel.

Sound: 9/10

The music also adds a good touch, although there’s not too much variety.

Overall: 9.625/10

Cons:

One small fault of this anime is that it seems to need to cover every animal of the Chinese zodiac, which isn't really a big deal but a few of the characters are only introduced briefly and then disappear, which is disappointing.

Fruits Basket would be my top pick for a "relaxing" anime. There’s no melodrama, gigantic robots, or even explosions, just a light-hearted viewing of characters and their relationships, which is refreshing to see. Though typical of the shoujo style it isn't a normal anime that is usually in the maintream where there is one guy who is involved with multiple girls (instead the roles are reversed) and it's good to see anime that separates itself from the harem styles that many artists create (Tenchi Muyo, Ah! My Goddess, Love Hina, Negima, etc....).The great thing about this anime is that it has a message, but it doesn’t ever sacrifice its comedy. But the series also goes deeper, and you’ll see a poignant growth in relationships, and continuously enjoyable character development. The humorous touches continue throughout, all of which combines for a wonderful effect. It rocks!!!!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by jinrui198

Don't you think that your score is a little too high? Even though the show was interesting and cleverly made. The soundtrack is true that there is too little variety between tracks and the instruments used are not much if you listen closely. Personally I think that your score is a little bias.

But at least you made the thread very interesting. Thank you.

(Tohru looks very dumb and cute!)

Haha thanks for the constructive criticism, though I don't believe that my score is too high in the conditions at which I'm rating the particular anime ( as a shoujo, and I have not seen many shoujo's which allows for individual discretion in this case). Rating it as a comedy, romance, shoujo, etc... I feel that my rating is appropriate. As for thinking that my score is biased...why wouldn't it be biased??? Isn't that what opinions are? I'm not a trained critic on anime or manga so for you to call my score bias is bias in itself.:eyebrow: Perhaps the show was not to your liking, but it was to mine and I might use different criteria in evaluating anime. I'm just trying to tell the other members that this is an anime that is worth watching, for a shoujo, it's very good in MY opnion...if it were rated with all the other anime and genres that I have watched, then it would have not been rated so high. Just wanted to clear up any confusion on the basis at which Fruits Basket was rated on. Thanks!!!!

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