Fruits Basket
Found familyUnrelated people slowly becoming each other's family.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 9/10RedemptionThe long road to earning back a lost self.This show: 8/10SentimentalOpenly emotional storytelling that reaches straight for the heartstrings.This show: 8/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 8/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Manaka IwamiLaura BaileyNobunaga ShimazakiEric ValeJerry JewellYuma Uchida
Starring
Manaka IwamiLaura BaileyNobunaga ShimazakiEric ValeJerry JewellYuma Uchida
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Fruits Basket Episode Ratings Heatmap
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| S1 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 8.5 | |
| S2 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 8.8 | |
| S3 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
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About
"A cozy rom-com that quietly becomes a trauma study"
A homeless teenage girl is taken in by a wealthy, eccentric family who turn out to be cursed: hug them and they transform into an animal of the Chinese zodiac. What starts as breezy rom-com fluff about mistaken identities and blushing boys slowly peels back into a study of childhood trauma, abuse, and self-worth. The pace is gentle and episodic at first, then devastating once the emotional layers unfold. Its warmth and eventual gut-punches are carried almost entirely by its lead's relentless kindness and the show's patience in earning every tear.
Watch it for
the slow unraveling of each character's pain beneath the zodiac-curse comedy premise.
Maybe skip if
you want fast plotting, since early seasons lean heavily on gentle slice-of-life comedy.
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Season 12019
8.012K2510h
Tohru Honda thought her life was headed for misfortune when a family tragedy left her living in a tent. When her small home is discovered by the mysterious Soma clan, she suddenly finds herself living with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Soma. But she quickly learns their family has a bizarre secret of their own: when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Zodiac!
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Season 22020
8.310K2510h
Tohru Honda continues her life with the Soma family. They get along happily and learn and grow together, but underneath everything is the taint of the Soma curse. Tohru is also finding her own reasons to want the curse broken. Many members of the Soma family are also fighting to break the curse as time grows short and the need to break free becomes more and more desperate.
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The Final Season2021
9.39K135h 12m
After last season's revelations, the Soma family moves forward, but the emotional chains that bind them are not easily broken. Unable to admit why she wants the cure, Tohru wrestles with the truth, aware that time is running out for someone close. And a secret still lurks that could break another's heart. But hope is not lost—a clue to the curse is found. Could their imprisonment's end be near?
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Manaka Iwami Tohru Honda
Laura Bailey Tohru Honda
Nobunaga Shimazaki Yuki Soma
Eric Vale Yuki Soma
Jerry Jewell Kyo Soma
Yuma Uchida Kyo Soma
Yûichi Nakamura Shigure Soma
John Burgmeier Shigure Soma, Shigure Sohma
Elizabeth Maxwell Arisa Uotani
Jad Saxton Saki Hanajima
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