Product Description

*Peaking at #1 in sales and consistently a strong seller, according to BookScan *Inspired the Hit Anime available on DVD! *The #1 Selling Shojo Manga in Japan! *The best-selling shojo in America *Part of YALSA's 2005 top ten 'Quick picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers' Elist!

Delving into the recesses of Kyo's past, we find the Sohma trio returning home on a rainy day. There a mysterious man who has known Kyo for a long time meets them. Trust, loyalty and the bonds of family and friendship are tested, as Tohru must help Kyo deal with the "monsters" that he's been trying to avoid. ?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30567 in Books
• Published on: 2004-12-14
• Released on: 2004-12-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781591826088
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Kyo's True Form
In #6 of Fruits Basket, the drama really begins. It starts out on a rainy day and Kyo is in a grumpy mood. Tohru becomes worried about it, and ends up getting yelled at! Poor Tohru.. When they get home, guess who! I can't tell you that. Then Kyo's master shows up and later that night..babum..Removes Kyo's beads, reaveling his true form. Tohru must except Kyo for who he really is or the life at the Sohmas will end! This book is mostly about that night and a fews days later. It tells you about Kyo's mom and dad In flashback mode. It really got me crying and all teary eyed. But it is well worth $10.00.

A great transformation...
This is the darkest volume of Fruits Basket out of the first six. I LOVE this volume. It's very simply about the triumph of love over hate and other obstacles. (Which I think is the theme of the manga, maybe...)
I love the way this is drawn. Beautiful. Sometimes, though, I think the emotional stuff is a tad excessive. And of course, for any KyoXTohru fans, this is where it all started...
Kazuma (Kyo's adoptive father) is a wonderful character. He's one of the few caring and responsible adults in the entire series. His relationship with Kyo is very, very, very sweet.

I was wrong....Kyo is my new god...

Kagura Sohma arrives at the Sohma family home and whisks Kyo away on an afternoon date. Yuki decides to take Tohru out as well. While out on their date, Kagura becomes concerned about Kyo's distance issues with people. A surprise guest arrives at the Sohma home, Kyo's former martial arts trainer Kazuma Sohma. Kyo becomes truly happy in his presence for the first time in the whole series and begs his master to take him away from the Sohma home. Kazuma decides to challenge Kyo by encouraging him to reveal his "true form" to the world to get over his own worthlessness. Tohru sees Kyo's true self, and he runs from her in shame. Rather than deal with her rejection or pity he decides it would be best to avoid her at all costs. There are some wonderful, tearful moments that follow as she decides if he is too hideous in his natural form or not. Kyo runs off before his master departs, leaving everyone in the Sohma house in shock at his disappearance. Tohru sees Kazuma off as he speaks about the true nature of his feelings in his relationship with Kyo.

New feelings of distrust develop in the Sohma house as both Yuki and Kagura start to stray from the others. Hatsuharu expresses his concern over Yuki's recent mood and Tohru comes just in time to lend an ear about Yuki's plans for the summer.

Yuki takes an interest in his older brother, Ayami, and decides to bridge the gap by visiting Ayami's business. What Tohru innocently thinks to be a uniform shop turns out to be a place devoted to male fantasies, and though this disgusts Yuki he manages to stay to chat with Ayami thanks to some distraction brought on by Ayami's assistant and Tohru's decision to try on some of Ayami's goods.

Wow... the reading is getting so good, not that it wasn't before, but the character development is reaching a height at this point... Kyo is quickly usurping Yuki as my favorite, especially when it comes to him being in the running for tohru's heart... Kyo is definitely my choice at this point.