Fruits Basket, Volume 4

Does that make me an addict? These books are wonderful and always put a smile on my face. They are definitely laugh out loud material. This is the book where Tohru meets Akito, who at first appears to be nice, but is actually very controlling, in my opinion. He tried to brainwash Yuki! wtf??

I own this series in Japanese, and it is a wonderful read! It has all the important elements of a good shoujo manga: it is romantic, twisted, with a shoujo (in the traditional meaning of the word) involved in finding a new family and love triangles galore. It is just a very fun read, no matter the language!

it was wonderful sweet and momiji was positive cute.loved all the carters. got to read more. the best there is

In this volume, we meet two of the most fascinating (IMHO) characters in Fruits Basket- Akito, the head of the Sohma family, and Ayame, Yuki's extraordinary older brother. The parts with Akito are wonderful and appropriately creepy- they set up his twisted, spoiled personality very well. He puts on a quite a show to act as polite and charming as possible towards Tohru- then does some subtle mental torture on Yuki- until you're left wondering- what's this guy's problem? Ayame- flamboyant, amazing Ayame- is a character that grated on my nerves at first. (Much the same way he grates on Yuki) But he's a wonderful character- no one talks or acts quite like him. He's best friends with Hatori and Shigure- and together, they form the Mabudachi trio- my favorite characters in the manga...

I love Fruits Basket, I'm obsessed, my computer is decorated for it... I'm thinking of being Honda-san for halloween. She's just so innocent, and then Yuki and Kyo-kyo, so adorable. That in itself would be sweet, but throw in the comedic relif of our dear Shii-chan, Aya, and their keeper, Ha'ri... It's perfect. I started out addicted to the show, but the mangas are even better than the show, by far. (which I thought would be impossible... Shii-chan's voice *faints*...). Anyway, FB is awesome, and the only excuse for not buying it is that you already have it!!! ^_~