Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Dinkins, Mikayla (TTh) Fruits Basket 50
Fruits Basket (2019) is the newest anime adaptation of Natsuki Takaya's manga. This supernatural romantic comedy follows the selfless Tohru Honda, a teenage girl known for her contagious optimism and the Sohmas, a family riddled with secrets and generational trauma. After losing her mother, and not wanting to bother her grandfather while his house is under renovations, the essentially homeless Tohru is taken in by Shigure Sohma, rent free, on the grounds that she provides domestic labor. However, her responsibilities grow as it is revealed that the Sohmas are cursed- with 13 members being possessed by the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac, plus the Cat. Those who are possessed cannot embrace or be embraced by a person of the opposite gender, lest they turn into the animal they are possessed by. Tension builds as news about Tohru spreads throughout the Sohma family- can she be trusted with such a secret? Be prepared to laugh and cry as Tohru meets the rest of the Sohma family, rises up to face the antagonistic head of the Sohma family, and tries to find a way to lift the Curse once and for all. The 2019 reboot and the original 2001 anime are both available on Hulu with a basic subscription, and both shows follow the same basic premise, however the reboot is both longer and more loyal to the source material.
