eeeeeee! furuba!

[xnera]

I loaned princess_jules the entire Fruits Basket manga series (to date). This makes me squee. I'm kind of an enabler at times: I love to share stuff I love. Yeah, I kind of miss having the manga at home, but I'm sooooo super bouncy right now because she's enjoying reading the series

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[xnera]

Okay, this is bugging me, so maybe you know the answer: what's the correct spelling--furuba or fruba? The manga says it's the former, but the anime says it's the latter. Since I discovered the manga first, I tend to spell it furuba. I'd rather spell it correctly, but I don't know which way is correct. Any input?

[birds_sing]

There is no "fr" character in Japanese, so properly, it would be "furuba" - the first two syllables of fruit (furuto) and the first syllable of basket (basaketo). Whee! I those are correct katakana transcriptions - I don't actually have it in front of me. But, yes. That's that.

I finished with the first 11 - when's the 12th coming out? I'm having withdrawl already, and I want to know the end of the story! (It is the end, right?) I downloaded a bunch of wallpapers today.

Soon, I'm sure, I'll be making icons!

[xnera]

Thank you! I was pretty sure "fruba" wasn't correct because it doesn't sound like Japanese to me. So I always seethed in anger whenever I saw it mispelled on the anime.

Issue 12 is coming out in December. T_T I wish it was coming out sooner. Fruits Basket has a way of making me want to read the next issue IMMEDIATELY. I don't know if it will be the last issue or not. Most manga I've browsed in the store seems to go to 14 or 15 issues, plus I figured we'd see a cover for each member of the Zodiac, so I figure they'll be a couple more.

Of course now I'm feeling a little bad about loaning the books to you, because it means you have to deal with waiting, too. But I'm so very glad you got to read them, because they are so, so good.