As expected, this week’s episode of Fruits Basket (2019) was considerably less eventful than last week’s. That being said, I still absolutely adored it! It touched upon two of the main themes of Furuba’s first season (more on that later), whet our appetites for its second season, and gave us one last look at many of its characters. So, all in all, it was an awesome episode to end an amazing first season on!
It’s finally here! The (for all intents and purposes) finale of Fruits Basket’s first season! During this amazing episode, one of Kyo’s deepest and darkest secrets (you’d better believe that there’s more), his true cat form, was forcibly dragged out into the open for all to see. And, despite its disgusting smell and appearance, and Kyo’s attempts at pushing her away, Tohru is able to accept him and convince him to come home. It’s a beautiful, moving episode and, like many others before it, incredibly thought-provoking…
Hello, everybody! Let me apologise in advance for the brevity of today’s blog post. It’s the day after my 14-hour journey from the US to the UK and I am incredibly jetlagged! It feels like somebody has scooped out my brain and replaced it with marshmallow (conditions not conducive to producing quality content). That being said, I still wanted to jot down my thoughts on this week’s episode of Fruits Basket (incoherent though they might be)! Continue at your own peril…
Fruits Basket has done it again! This week’s episode managed to alternate between sad and happy, tragic and encouraging scenes without giving me whiplash. That these scenes, so different in tone, flowed from one to another so seamlessly was extremely impressive! I have so much respect for Takaya-sensei and those responsible for bringing her manga to life. During this episode, we found out how Uo managed to patch things up with the Hondas, by renouncing her life of petty crime and going straight. My brief summary might have made that sound easy, but, in actuality, it was anything but…
Given that Fruits Basket tends to follow light-hearted episodes up with darker, gloomier ones, the fact that, for the past two weeks, the show has been fairly light-hearted makes me pretty nervous about what might be in store in the coming weeks! Setting aside my creeping dread for the time being… During this week’s episode, Kyo, Yuki, Tohru, Hana, and Uo take the frugal-to-a-fault Tohru shopping. During their outing, Uo opens up about her past, about her connection to Tohru’s mum, Kyoko, and how this connection paved the way for their friendship. Though Uo’s past is, by no means, all sunshine and rainbows (her mum left their family while she was still very young, her dad developed a drinking problem, and Uo, left to her own devices, joined a gang of ruthless delinquents), this week’s episode still managed to be fairly upbeat, even funny, at times, largely because of the difference between the expectations that Uo had of the “Crimson Butterfly” and the reality: doting mum, Kyoko.
Watashi Wa Bucho!! 