Comments | meganbmoore: Fruits Basket Vol 18

meganbmoore

Fruits Basket Vol 18

Feb 23, 2008 13:49

I have a confession to make. Most of the f-list who I browbeat into reading who have started reading FB in the last year or so seem to start out liking Yuki, and then eventually prefer Kyo after a while. Me? When I started reading, I straightup disliked Yuki. Something about him simply rubbed me the wrong way. After a few volumes, I came to ( Read more... )

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infinityshark February 23 2008, 20:13:27 UTC

I've been described as being like Yuki on more than one occasion (always there, but eternally trapped in every girl's friend zone).

meganbmoore February 23 2008, 20:30:44 UTC

The only friend zone Yuki is trapped in is Tohru's...everyone else(who isn't related to him) wants to be his girlie. I think that's why it took me so long to warm up to him...everyone just adored him ssssssoooooooooo much that I wanted them to shut up about it, or to be given a reason beyond "he's the pretty and perfect school prince."

mscongeniality February 23 2008, 20:16:06 UTC

I never grew to like Akito, I just ended up with a sort of pitying indifference to her.

As for Hiro...he can't hold the baby because they can be changed by anyone who is not one of the Zodiac, even if they are a blood relative.

meganbmoore February 23 2008, 20:28:03 UTC

Maybe it's just been too long since I read the earlier volumes, but I could have sworn that when the curse was first explained to Tohru, it was said that a Sohma blood relative could, but not a blood relative who wasn't a Sohma.

I can't even see myself having a pitying indifference towards Akito...just way too abusive in every possible way.

mscongeniality February 23 2008, 20:46:48 UTC

I took a quick look and in Vol 1 it pretty specifically says 'female zodiac members'.

meganbmoore February 23 2008, 21:18:32 UTC

Ah, ok. Like I said, it's been a while...

thinking_lotus February 23 2008, 20:35:59 UTC

I never grew to love Akito, but I know many people who like her character.

My son's favorite is Kyo ;-)

Shigure knows he's twisted--he mentions it often enough.

I always feel a deep compassion for Kureno.

meganbmoore February 23 2008, 21:17:25 UTC

I just...don't understand liking Akito at all. But I've seen people say that you come to. I don't know.

I always feel sorry for Kureno...I just wish he didn't wait so long to do something about what Akito does.

wistfulmemory February 23 2008, 22:34:30 UTC

I keep getting told that at some point, we grow to love Akito, but I don't know how.
Finished the manga, never grew to love Akito.

One reason that I like Fruits Basket is how it evolves. It goes from being light and fluffy to dark (but in a gradual, realistic way). I also like how the characters change (both physically and emotionally).

meganbmoore February 23 2008, 22:46:44 UTC

Yup. All the above being a large part of why it's one of the few shoujo(of the "standadr shoujo" variety) that can hold me this long, without ever even thinking of jumping ship.

carviangli February 23 2008, 23:59:53 UTC

I'm like you in that sense. Although I watched the anime first I *cringed* whenever Yuki came on. There was something so annoying about him. And when Kyo came into the scene I completely fell for him. At first I wasn't really thinking about pairing the characters but after a while I became an obsessed kyoru fan and the anime ended so abruptly I borrowed the manga of a friend.

Admittedly, after Machi came into the scene I started to like Yuki more. Him and Tohru would never have worked out. But Kyo and Tohru? Gahhh...so perfect^^

Akito never really got any sympathy from me. I don't know why. Maybe I'm just a cold, heartless bitch-but then again so is Akito.

meganbmoore February 24 2008, 00:12:16 UTC

Yeah...I think it was that everyone loved Yuki sssssoooooo much and praised him ssssooooooo much and he could understand and help EVERYONE and felt a connection with their loneliness, etc...yet, there was no reason. It took forever for us to learn that he wasn't the family's beloved treasure and was just as isolated, in his way, as Kyo. I don't think it really showed until his mother showed up(and promptly got pened by Ayame...who I loved from the start) that we really see his life wasn't perfect. But he just always seemed to have this massive superiority complex, and that and the adoration made me want him to go away, so the guy who got no love could get attention. Kyo I fell for almost instantly, even when it looked like he was going to be the third wheel in the love triangle. And, honestly, I half think that she originally meant to go Yuki/Tohru, but changed her mind pretty quickly (though, like you, I didn't think about pairings for a bit.) Honestly...if the main romance had been Yuki/Tohru, I'm not sure I would have stuck ( ... )