Fruits Basket, Vol. 4

it was wonderful sweet and momiji was positive cute.loved all the carters. got to read more. the best there is

Kyo protects Tohru at school with a move that is decidedly affectionate. It is the first day and Haru and Momitchi are now attending along with the other Sohma's. Haru immediately gets harassed because of the color of his hair and has to prove that it is the natural hair color. Then a bomb is dropped, Akito is there, and he has already encountered Tohru. When Yuki finds them the fear that he displays concerns Tohru, who later plans a badminton game with everyone to cheer him up.

Another member of the zodiac is introduced, this time it's Yuki's older brother Ayami. Ayami is quite charming and handsome, and whisks Tohru off to dinner to talk about the distance between him and Yuki. Later Momitchi tells Tohru of his sad past with his mother and younger sister, apparently his mom had to have her memories erased because she had rejected him. This fact saddens Tohru, who had such a great relationship with her mother before she died.

Tohru and everyone go to her mother's grave to commemorate the one year anniversary of her death. The happiness between Tohru and her friends on this sad day surprise Kyo and Yuki. Kyo begins to realize that a warm feeling to Tohru is gathering in his heart.

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.

I love Fruits Basket, I'm obsessed, my computer is decorated for it... I'm thinking of being Honda-san for halloween. She's just so innocent, and then Yuki and Kyo-kyo, so adorable. That in itself would be sweet, but throw in the comedic relif of our dear Shii-chan, Aya, and their keeper, Ha'ri... It's perfect. I started out addicted to the show, but the mangas are even better than the show, by far. (which I thought would be impossible... Shii-chan's voice *faints*...).

Anyway, FB is awesome, and the only excuse for not buying it is that you already have it!!! ^_~

In this volume, we meet two of the most fascinating (IMHO) characters in Fruits Basket- Akito, the head of the Sohma family, and Ayame, Yuki's extraordinary older brother.
The parts with Akito are wonderful and appropriately creepy- they set up his twisted, spoiled personality very well. He puts on a quite a show to act as polite and charming as possible towards Tohru- then does some subtle mental torture on Yuki- until you're left wondering- what's this guy's problem?
Ayame- flamboyant, amazing Ayame- is a character that grated on my nerves at first. (Much the same way he grates on Yuki) But he's a wonderful character- no one talks or acts quite like him. He's best friends with Hatori and Shigure- and together, they form the Mabudachi trio- my favorite characters in the manga...

i just started getting into fruits basket and i love it! i also have the anime series. now i am wanting to read the manga. the manga has a lot more that the anime doesn't have but it's still very good. i definitely recommend it.