Fruits Basket: Let's Go Home

Fruits Basket: Let's Go Home
TV Tokyo
May 27, 2003
Anime, Fantasy
DVD
B-

Tohru accepts Kyo's secret form (sort of reptilian), despite her fears.  He hugs her in gratitude.  But Tohru feels the need to talk to Akito, so she goes to see him the next day, accompanied by Yuki and Shigure, with Hatori in the room.  (Kyo waits outside.)  Akito grabs her by the hair and yells at her.  Shigure and Yuki try to restrain him.  Tohru offers pity and sympathy to Akito because he's doomed to a short lifespan.  And, yeah, OK, I can see why that, and carrying the burden of the family curse, would make him bitter, but that doesn't excuse his abusive behavior to so many characters.  So I marked this down from a B.  Still, the episode ends on an up note and it's not a bad stopping place for the series.

Fruits Basket ranges from C- to B+, with half of those as B's, averaging out to a low B.  It's generally a successful blending of different genres and different moods.  It's at its best when it focuses on the four main characters, although there are supporting characters I like, such as Hana and Uo.  As for shipping, it's about evenly Kyo/Tohru and Yuki/Tohru.  It would've been interesting to see where it would've gone romantically and otherwise had it had more seasons.