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Fruits Basket, Vol. 7

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Kisa Sohma is spending more and more time at Shigure's house to see Tohru, much to another's dismay. On a chance encounter Tohru meets Hiro Sohma, a conceited young boy who delights in ordering her about. His personality is well suited for his animal sign, the ram or sheep. Hiro Sohma begins to hang about the Sohma house as well and is constantly nagging Tohru about letting people walk all over her...by walking all over her. A bit of this young tyrant's past is revealed with a decisive moment between him and Akito that leaves Kisa hospitalized.

After a trip to the local pool Uo and Hana decide to buy Tohru a bathing suit to replace the middle school one she still wears. They recruit the Sohma boys to help them choose one. A bit of Uo's past is revealed surrounding Tohru's mother. Uo's past is gone into, her developing friendship with Tohru and her mother, Kiyoko, and her gang member days.

The Prince Yuki fan club rears it's ugly head again. This time President Motoko is concerned about Yuki's student council presidency...because she doesn't want any women serving on the council with him. The opportunity to speak to him presents itself a few times, and she exploits these chances to the utmost.

This is a down volume from the last amazing one, but it's still a great read. I'm beginning to appreciate Tohru's mother more and more as it goes on, and definitely began to see the glory that is Arisa in this one. I'll keep reading, they are all so good.

Tohru as you known is pretty much Kisa's best friend-until Hiro comes along! Hiro is the rudest 6th graders ever! Mosty to Tohru and Kyo. Anyways, he ends up desiding he and Tohru can be Friendly Rivals at least. Of Course it's summer Time and Tohru and the gang love to swim, but Tohru's still using her middle school swimsuit! So they want to get her a REAL one -at least Saki, Arisa and Shigure. Yuki is embaressted by the fact that he's going to a girl's swimsuit store. Kyo doesn't really care. They are really no help at all.. But anyhoo, Arisa's old Yankee friends stop by to hurt her. But it -oops! Almost Told you the best part! It tells you how Tohru's mom became friends with Arisa. The Prince Yuki Sohma Fan Club wants to know if a girl is on the Student Concil Staff and doing something to Yuki.. girls are so cruel. Misson: Get to Yuki! They are crazy in love. But in here like the other books their are PG-13 refrecenes-like inside jokes that are a little gross. and Mild swearing. Not too bad. But the book is super cute and funny It is well worth the money aka $10.00

This is a lovely volume of Fruits Basket! And it contains one of my favorite stories- how Kyoko-san saved Arisa from becoming another drop-out girl gang member. Their relationship was so special- and in a way I think their characters are very parallel. This story brings me to tears and awe every time I read it...
Anyway... I'm not the biggest fan of Hiro...he reminds me of why I hated being in middle school- so many smart-aleck boys like him! (But it is cute how Kyo seems to have this need to defend Tohru from him...aww...)
Lots of stuff about the Prince Yuki fanclub- these girls seriously need to get a reality check! Lol...

I own this series in Japanese, and it is a wonderful read! It has all the important elements of a good shoujo manga: it is romantic, twisted, with a shoujo (in the traditional meaning of the word) involved in finding a new family and love triangles galore. It is just a very fun read, no matter the language!

This rules!! Seriously. It's one of the best so far of Furuba in my opinion. Kyo is much sweeter to Tohru, she meets another member of the Chinese Zodiac, even though they're not on the best of terms, and you find out how Uo-chan met Tohru. It's a must read, so what are you doing here still reading my review?? GO ANY BUY, I TELL YOU!! BUY!!!!

The volume opens by emphasizing how much little Kisa Sohma adores Tohru. She's been hanging around Shigure's house, and the first scene shows Tohru and Kisa watching Mogeta (a Pokemon equivalent) with rapt attention--Tohru considers it a thoughtful drama. Tohru wanders outside and meets a little boy who says he has come to see her. Hiro Sohma turns out to be a mean little kid, and when he first meets Tohru, he insults her and bosses her around.

What's interesting about Hiro's treatment of Tohru is that he's actually expressing the opinion of a lot of readers who aren't fond of Tohru; she doesn't have much common sense and she's too much of a people-pleaser, to her own detriment. Hiro can turn anything Tohru does into a capital offense, and he ramps up his bratty ways and steals her wallet, but it's still kind of surprising that Tohru can't stop an eleven-year-old from forcibly taking her stuff. It turns out that Hiro's jealous of how Kisa idolizes Tohru, even to the point of calling her "onee-san" or "big sister," when he wants to be the only one she admires. Hiro and Kisa are actually a bit like Kyo and Tohru, only Hiro's more of an evil genius than Kyo, and Kisa is actually more timid than Tohru, but the manga itself doesn't draw this parallel.

Hiro has a hint of goodness about him, but it's all directed at Kisa, and his harshness is partly because he's a defenseless little kid with zero power or influence; cutting words are all he can use to protect himself. By the end of their chapters, the issues are resolved and Kisa's on her way to better socialization and emotional stability now that she has both Tohru and Hiro to lean on.

The other important part of the volume deals with Tohru's best friends, specifically Uo and her past with Tohru's mom. Uo was in a gang from the time she was in fifth grade, and she tried to make herself the toughest girl on the street. She had heard legends about Kyoko, an unbelievable street fighter, but when she runs into the real Kyoko, Uo's initially disappointed that she's mended her gangster ways to become a mom to cutesy Tohru. But Kyoko becomes a substitute mom for Uo and Tohru becomes like a sister, and Uo's whole life turns around. It's a very touching story, and it's nice to see into the past of characters who aren't Sohmas.

Most tragic Sohma family member: Hiro. When he announced his adoration for Kisa, Akito made Kisa suffer for it. He's a pretty bitter little kid.

Honorific significance: Kisa's nickname is "Satchan," probably short for Kisa-chan. Motoko, the president of the Prince Yuki fanclub, is "senpai," a term for an upperclassman.

Since I enjoyedt he Fruits Basket anime series, as well as the previous six volumes of the manga, I continued reading the series to see how it compared with the anime.

In this volume, Kisa Sohma has been spending a lot of time with Tohru over at Shigure's house. Tohru meets another Sohma, a young boy named Hiro (he turns into a ram when he's hugged by a member of the opposite sex). Hiro is jealous of all the time Kisa is spending with Tohru, because Hiro has a crush on Kisa. Can Tohru put up with all the grief Hiro gives her? Also in this volume, we learn how Tohru and Uo became friends through flashbacks.

This volume is definitely focusing on character development. The introduction of Hiro brings about some character development for Kisa, and the flashbacks of how Uo and Tohru became friends gives the reader more insight into Uo's character and why she is the way she is. While there really isn't much in this volume to truly progress the story, you sometimes just need a breather from the action and get to know a little more about the characters in the story.

If you have read and enjoyed the previous six volumes of the Fruits Basket manga, I would recommend reading this volume.

I wrote this review after checking out this manga volume through the King County Library System.

This was a gift that I had gotten for someone else. I don't actually read Fruits Baskets myself, but everything about receiving it in the stated condition was good. So I was very pleased.

fruits basket is a cool manga. aspects of it are sad.....the family issues and limitations they create. but it's got awesome sarcasm and charcaters that you will fall in love with. love it!

Hi! Tohru is Kisa's best friend now, but what happens when Hiro comes along? Battle Royal! haha. Any ways Hiro-kun shows up and is totally rude to Tohru! I really want to smack him. Tohru's all mine! You fine out a mystery on Kisa and Hiro as well. Kyo is nicer to Tohru and more caring. Tohru uses a swimsuit from middle school!! Kyo and Yuki don't know that. So they buy her a 2- piece pink swimsuit. Uo-chan's friends show up to hurt her and end up getting hurt. Perverted jokes.. nothing bad