Reviews

Fruits Basket, Vol. 2 by Natsuki Takaya

brynn_books's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

konvineo's review against another edition

3.0

The Soma family is kind of really sad, just based on the small clues you get in the first two volumes.
I’ve never actually finished the series so I don’t precisely know how bad it actually gets but yikes.
And also Yuki and the dress was ridiculous, poor guy.

wanderingstories's review against another edition

4.0

The second volume of Fruits Basket was just as fun as the first one.
I love the relationships between everyone and finding out each person's own story and background.

The reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because of the artwork (again) as its inconsistent with especially Yuki's face, where one eye seems to be a lot missing. I don't know why that is or even maybe it's done on purpose but it freaks me a bit out each time I see it.

Another thing I noticed is that certain scences jump ahead and then we are filled with what happened before that. The style and time wise it's told a bit different than in the anime.

I'm glad they didn't do that in the anime, which probably makes sense why I love the anime more than the manga. Sorry manga fans!

genyalina's review against another edition

5.0

First Haru sighting! Hatori’s backstory is so heartbreaking but I’m glad he’s happy now, as well as Kana.

kerrycat's review against another edition

5.0

(2019 - reread along with new anime + old anime)

claudeleine's review against another edition

5.0

On commence à voir l'autre connasse

mossiefae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

hudasaeedd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

bookishrealm's review against another edition

4.0

Update: Here's my full review! http://www.bookishrealmreviews.com/2016/04/manga-review-fruits-basket-vol-1-2-by.html

This definitely was another cute installment to the Fruits Basket series. I was especially touched by the last part where we get to see a more heartfelt side of one the characters. It almost made me strongly dislike the curse. I'm definitely interested in seeing where the rest of the story leads so I'll be picking up volume 3 pretty soon. I also love how positive Tohru is. It takes a really strong person to experience everything she has been through and still be thankful for everything that one has. This may only seem like a manga series, but it really made me evaluate how much I have in my life instead of wondering what I'm missing.

aeoliandeductress's review against another edition

5.0

This volume gets the highest rating because a good portion of it focuses on perhaps my favorite character of the series- Hatori. Hatori is the responsible one of the older triad (of whom right now we only know Shigure but we will later meet Ayame). Hatori is also the family doctor and the one who erases memories. Hatori initially is portrayed as someone to be feared, but we quickly learn just how deep and beautiful his heart is. I absolutely adore the complicated tortured nature of his character and yearn for more throughout the series.

We also meet Momiji. I like Momiji more later in the series- right now he's a bit too hyper and whiny for my taste. The additional German pieces of his character were a cute addition from what I saw in the anime though.

We get to know Tohru's best friends Uo and Hana a bit more as well. Both are fiercely loyal and fiercely protective of Tohru, reminding me of a few of my own friends. They also are interesting, intricate characters in their own right. That right there makes me a big fan of the author- her willingness to make every character full-bodied in their own right, even if it means taking a longer route to tell the story.

Spoiler

(Borrowing Wiki's description for now- may write my own later- just wanted enough that I'd remember what happened in each volume.) When Tohru's friends, Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima, learn of her living arrangements, they inspect them by way of a sleep-over before grudgingly approving. During the night, Tohru tells her friends about how once she got lost as a child and was led home by a boy who gave her his cap, which she now treasures. At her job as an office janitor, Tohru meets a beautiful, enthusiastic, German-speaking boy who turns out to be Momiji Sohma, whose father owns the building. To promote their onigiri booth in the school cultural festival, the class convinces Yuki to wear a dress and, to his embarrassment, Momiji and Hatori Sohma, the family doctor, see him in it. When Momiji hugs Tohru, however, he transforms into the Rabbit and the secret is nearly exposed, until Yuki distracts his classmates. Hatori asks Tohru to visit him at the main Sohma estate, to her trepidation, as he is the Sohma who can suppress memories. He warns her that the Sohmas and their curse are dangerous to know: when Akito violently disapproved of Hatori's engagement to an outsider, Hatori ultimately had to suppress his fiancee's memory of their engagement. At New Years, under Hanajima's prompting, Yuki and Kyo refuse to attend the obligatory banquet because that would leave Tohru alone. When Hatori meets Tohru again, she coincidentally repeats something his former fiancee said and he decides that no matter how cold winter is, "someday the snow will melt" around her.