I only worked on the first 3 books here. Credit on this wildly popular series really belongs to editor Jake Forbes.

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Product Description

Tohru Honda was an orphan when one day fate kicked her out of the house and on to land belonging to the mysterious Sohma family. After stumbling upon the teenage squatter, the Sohmas invite Tohru to stay in their house in exchange for cooking and cleaning. Everything goes well until she discovers the Sohma family's secret, when hugged by members of the opposite sex, they turn into their Chinese Zodiac animal!

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56581 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-10
• Released on: 2004-02-10
• Original language: Japanese
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

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From the Publisher
Story by NATSUKI TAKAYA.
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The #1 Selling Shojo Manga in Japan!
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From the Inside Flap
""A-tisket, a-tasket... a brand-new manga Basket! Come Feb. 10, fans can finally get their hands on the first Fruits Basket graphic novel!... So just how popular is it? 'The response has been incredible,' beams [Jake Forbes]. 'When TOKYOPOP conducted a poll about which titles fans wanted to see translated, Fruits Basket ranked number one, with three times as many votes as the runner-up.""
-- Tom Root, Anime Insider

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Customer Reviews

boring
I hope you listen to this review. This is the most boring manga ever. The main character is pathetic. She is such a wimp. The art is pretty bad. This isn't a comedy. You won't laugh at all. The action scenes are terrible. One of the genres is romance. The romance is badly written. If you want manga with beautiful art, try The Tarot Cafe. If you want comedy, try Popo Can. If you want action, try Fullmetal Alchemist. If you want romance, try Dramacon. Please, do not buy this garbage.

My First Manga . . .
I read some reviews for this item and figured I might like it. It was a little weird figuring out the order I was supposed to read the boxes in, but after I got that figured out I was really into the story. The story isn't too dramatic or serious; it was really light hearted and funny, although I do feel for Tohru. I think it's refreshing that the main character states her situation but doesn't get depressed or angry about it all the time.

i love it
i enjoyed reading this series. the reception of this manga is mixed, and depending on who you talk to they either loved it or didn't. i liked it. i thought torhu was a strong heroine, though this isn't blatantly apparent (though i think that the whole idea behind inner strength is that it happens inside of you, so it might not be that readily apparent to onlookers). she has a quiet strength and is the rock that holds everyone together.
i thought that the characters were well done too. the manga was long enough to go in depth on most, if not all of the characters which made the story line pleasingly complex and intricate.
i'm loved the ending, i thought it was really cute, and actually, this is one of the cleanest manga i've ever read. most mangas directed at an audience over the puberty line are all about romance and relationships, if shoujo, or have the girls in suggestive clothing, if shounen. this one's a shoujo and though there's romance in it, that isn't the focus, the curse is. so i guess its one of the refreshing ones, as it still manages to pull off a great storyline with compelling characters. its one of my favourite mangas ^^