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Fruits Basket, Vol. 5

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Shigure decides to go to the Sohma family lake house for a much needed vacation, and to torment his editor. He invites Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo.. And persuades Hatari to come along as well (because he's the only one with a drivers liscence. This episode deals largely with Yuki and Kyo's changing relationship, and how Tohru deals with. At the Lake house Ayami Sohma shows up out of the blue. The rift between him and his younger brother, Yuki, is tested once again. He also reveals to Hatari that his former fiancee, Kana, has gotten married.

While out on a walk together Yuki and Tohru encounter Hatsuharu Soma carrying a small tiger. This turns out to be another member of the Sohma family, Kisa, also a member of the Chinese zodiac. When Kisa's mother comes to retrieve her it is obvious that she needs a much needed reprieve from her daughter's curse, so Shigure allows Kisa to stay with them for a few days. Kisa soon bonds with Tohru.

Kisa's mute behaviour causes some concern for the Sohma family, and for Tohru as well. Momitchi Sohma reveals the root of Kisa's silence and a letter from Kisa's instructor proves to be too much for Yuki. Then Hanajima suddenly invites the Prince Yuki fan club to her home after they ask to write a newspaper column about Denpa waves. President of the fan club, Motoko Minagawa has ulterior motives, and Hanajima doubts it not. Hanajima's little brother and his ability to curse people is awaiting for them at the house.

Much to Tohru's shame and dismay she fails one of her mid term exams and has to attend a make up test day. Under this stress her body becomes susceptible to a cold and the Sohma family becomes concerned that she is pushing herself too hard and force her to spend her illness in bed convalescing. Kyo proves to be an apt nurse when he makes her a cure all he loathes, and listens to Tohru reveal her anxieties about graduating high school and why it is so important to her.

Again...I am hopelessly addicted. I'm going to stop telling people to read this anymore. If you have read all of my other reviews of the manga so far, you already know how much I love it. Go read it for yourself. It's wonderful.

This is the 5th volume of the Fruits Basket series. Orphened Tohru Honda once homeless, is now living with her two classmates Yuki ,cousion Kyo Sohma, and cousion, Shigure Sohma, who is a novelist....I guess. Each of them and nine others (Sohmas) are cursed by spirits of the Chinese zodiac and like the legend, the cat, Kyo is left out. Oh! Shigure's the dog, and Yuki's the rat.
In volume 5 it's golden week! So Shigure takes them and Hatori Sohma to a vacation home! Kyo and Yuki, who hate each other, are on speaking terms but when they do speak, they fight with each other! Tohru's kinda worried and thinks that she's the reason for them not talking. So she confronts them and they turn back to normal.
Then they get home, Hastuharu Sohma, the ox, is there, with something being coved up by a coat... it's a cute kitty.. well, really,it's Kisa Sohma, the tiger. She's lost being able to speak because of teasing and is fearing that if she speaks, what she says well be laughed at. Kisa and Tohru become friends and... I don't want to give away the ending...
But.. they Prince Yuki Sohma Fan Club tries to get rid of Tohru and ends up becoming cursed by Hana- chan's brother, Megumi... HA HAHA.....But this book is really good and is well worth the money!

I though this book was very good in this one it starts out with them at the summmer home place that Shigure brings Toharu, Yuki,and Kyo and since no of them can drive Hatori drives them there. When they get back they later find another member of the Zodiac, this time it's Kisa the one cursed by the tiger.
Trough out the book there was a lot of funny parts...but I was reading this in school so every time I can to a funny part I had to restrain my self from giggling in the middle of class(do you know how weird that would seem...). But I thought it was an Awsome book I rate it 2 thumbs up err... I mean 5 stars ^.^' .

I don't know why, but I love this volume! I think because it has so much of Hatori in it- actually so much of all the Mabudachi trio! They're most definitely my favorite characters- especially Shigure and Hatori (Ayame's growing on me...)
Anyway, the Sohma's lakehouse is beautiful! (I always wonder what they did to get so fantastically wealthy...) There are some very adorable Tohru Yuki Kyo moments. We meet Kisa, the tiger. (Who's about as un-tiger-like as it is possible to be...) Kisa's adorable, and Hatsuharu makes a wonderful big brother to her. (Proving that you don't have to be Tohru to be nurturing and loving...)

I love the anime, so I went to the store one day and decided to pick up volume 1 of the manga series. Wow! It's so good and it explains so much after the anime tv series ends! I highly recommend these books. Very addicting

Volume 5 opens with Tohru spending a vacation week at one of the Sohma houses with Shigure, Yuki, and Kyo. Hatori comes along, too, since he's the only one with a drivers' license (somehow, Shigure has reached age 26 without needing to drive). At any rate, it's always good to have Hatori around because he's the most sensible person out of the Sohma family. The younger characters are awkward around each other, mostly because Kyo and Yuki are acting somber and not speaking to anyone, and Tohru is so worried about them, she's not talking either. When the boys finally start fighting and snapping at each other again, she's thrilled. It's not really clear why the boys were so silent--both were just lost in contemplating their feelings, it's implied.

While the three younger ones are out walking, the spotlight moves to Ayame and Shigure, who are concerned about Hatori and how he's dealing with his ex-fiancee's wedding. Really, he's taking it very well--that's just how Hatori is. Shigure planned the whole vacation to take Hatori's mind off his problems, and it worked. Shigure can seem like a mastermind at times; he's irresponsible and lackadaisical until the kids are out of the room, and then he gets serious. He can play Tohru, Kyo, and Yuki's emotions like a violin, and he inevitably gets his own way when he exerts himself.

The new Sohma introduced in this volume is Kisa, the tiger. Kisa is a child, so when she transforms, she's an adorable tiger cub (with a penchant for biting). Kisa hasn't spoken for years, and she's shy and sticks to Tohru like glue. It seems like Tohru's going to make Kisa feel better about herself, but it's really a combination of Haru and Yuki's support that makes her brave enough to come out of her shell. If there's a downside to this volume, it's how every new character's problems get compared to the old character's problems--Kisa is like Tohru, who was teased as a child, and like Yuki, who spent part of his childhood refusing to talk, and like Momiji, whose mother just couldn't take any more pressure.

It's rough when even the little kids have complexes, but the ongoing themes of positive thinking and perseverance, plus the comedic elements, keep the series from getting too depressing. Following Kisa's troubles, there's a funny episode where Yuki's fan club has developed a convoluted plot to make Hana less threatening so they can somehow get Tohru away from Yuki. Hilarity ensues. Later, there are some meaningful scenes as grumpy Kyo takes take of Tohru when she's sick, and the eternally sunny Tohru has some moments of self-doubt.

I enjoyed the Fruits Basket anime series, as well as the previous four manga volumes. So I continued to read on and see how the anime and manga compared.

In this volume, Shigure, Yuki, Kyo, Tohru, and Hatori Sohma (the doctor of the Sohma family who turns into a seahorse when he's hugged by a member of the opposite sex) go to the Sohma's family summer house for a lakeside vacation. Yuki and Kyo fight a lot, and Yuki's mood isn't helped by the unexpected arrival of his estranged older brother, Ayame. In this volume, we also meet Kisa Sohma (a young girl who turns into a tiger when she's hugged by a member of the opposite sex). Kisa is having problems with being teased at school, and Tohru is able to get through to Kisa to help the girl through her problems.

The anime is rather faithful to this volume of the manga. It's an enjoyable read, and I would recommend it to anyone who has read and enjoyed the previous four volumes of the Fruits Basket manga.

In order to write this review, I checked out this manga volume through the King County Library System.

I don't know anything about Fruits Baskets, but I like the speed that it was delivered to my house and also the condition that it was in.

Volume 5 is wonderful! If you love comedy, romance, and drama then Fruits Basket is a must read for you!

This volume you met a new member of the Sohma family. The tiger Kisa Sohma, who adores Tohru very much.

Hatori finds out that Kana get's married.

And the rest if for you to find out yourself!

Volume 5 is a MUST HAVE!

I'm so far a huge fan of this series, & the earlier volumes are easily some of the best. This volume is no exception. The artwork is adorable, the characters (while a little cliched at times) are likeable, & the storyline is decent. At times some of the cutesy may get to you, but as long as you take it in stride, it's ok.

(I'm not going to bother recapping the series, since it's so well known.)

Would I recommend this to a friend? To some, yes. This type of manga really only appeals to fans of shoujo, so die hard action & shonen fans probably wouldn't like this series.