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フルーツバスケット [Fruits Basket] #5
Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 5
As summer vacation inches closer, Tohru spends her days in anxious anticipation, Yuki meets a new student council member on the way to school...and Uo-chan is in love?! Who is the object of her affections?! Once summer break is in full swing, Tohru and the others take a trip to the Sohma family cottage at Momiji's invitation. Even though they're enjoying summer activities like swimming in the ocean and catching stag beetles, Yuki and Tohru have an ominous premonition! Meanwhile, Shigure pays a visit to the main house, where he makes a proposal to Akito--?!
375 pages, Paperback
First published December 25, 2015
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Natsuki Takaya
153 books2,700 followersName (in native language) : 高屋奈月
Natsuki Takaya (高屋 奈月 Takaya Natsuki, real name Naka Hatake) is the penname of a Japanese manga artist best-known for creating the series Fruits Basket. She was born on July 7, 1973; (Tanabata). Takaya is left-handed and once revealed that she wanted to be a mangaka since first grade, when her sister started drawing.
She was born in Shizuoka, Japan, but was raised in Tokyo, where she made her debut in 1992. She enjoys video games such as the Final Fantasy series or Sakura Wars, or working on her different manga series, such as Fruits Basket, which is the second best-selling shōjo manga ever in Japan, and the top selling shōjo manga in North America. Fruits Basket has also been adapted into a twenty-six-episode anime series.
In 2001, Takaya received a Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga for Fruits Basket.
According to Takaya (in a sidebar of a Fruits Basket manga volume), she enjoys drawing girls (girly ones) more than she does boys. Takaya also enjoys electronics and music, but dislikes talking about herself. Also revealed in a sidebar of Fruits Basket, Takaya broke her drawing arm (left) after Fruits Basket volume six was published. She had to go into surgery, and as a result, had put Fruits Basket on a brief hiatus. Takaya made a full recovery, but complains that her handwriting had gotten uglier, due to the surgery. During her hospital stay, she gained an interest in baseball.
Natsuki Takaya (高屋 奈月 Takaya Natsuki, real name Naka Hatake) is the penname of a Japanese manga artist best-known for creating the series Fruits Basket. She was born on July 7, 1973; (Tanabata). Takaya is left-handed and once revealed that she wanted to be a mangaka since first grade, when her sister started drawing.
She was born in Shizuoka, Japan, but was raised in Tokyo, where she made her debut in 1992. She enjoys video games such as the Final Fantasy series or Sakura Wars, or working on her different manga series, such as Fruits Basket, which is the second best-selling shōjo manga ever in Japan, and the top selling shōjo manga in North America. Fruits Basket has also been adapted into a twenty-six-episode anime series.
In 2001, Takaya received a Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga for Fruits Basket.
According to Takaya (in a sidebar of a Fruits Basket manga volume), she enjoys drawing girls (girly ones) more than she does boys. Takaya also enjoys electronics and music, but dislikes talking about herself. Also revealed in a sidebar of Fruits Basket, Takaya broke her drawing arm (left) after Fruits Basket volume six was published. She had to go into surgery, and as a result, had put Fruits Basket on a brief hiatus. Takaya made a full recovery, but complains that her handwriting had gotten uglier, due to the surgery. During her hospital stay, she gained an interest in baseball.
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February 23, 2021
4.5 Stars ⭐️
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January 7, 2023
loved both the volumes
August 24, 2021
Me encantó este volumen, quiero mucho a mis niños Soma.
April 15, 2022
VIDEO REVIEW HERE: https://youtu.be/PWLz8dQBW1Y
Another backstory of one of my favorite characters, more sweet Kyo and Tohru moments, and plenty of Shigure scheming (TBD if good or bad LOL). Good volume!
Another backstory of one of my favorite characters, more sweet Kyo and Tohru moments, and plenty of Shigure scheming (TBD if good or bad LOL). Good volume!
July 28, 2017
I can't say enough about how much I love this manga. Every volume has it's unique and beautiful story to it and I loved this one so much. It was packed filled with emotional and fun moments. I loved that this volume, Hanajima's backstory is given and it makes me so happy to read as she suffers but she eventually finds happiness in her friends and her family supports her so much. The first half oft this gives some backstory and more background on other characters and their past so there is a better understanding of how they are and the second half of this volume though takes place at another Sohma vacation house where everyone is together and enjoying themselves. I love reading these volumes because you can see the characters start to open up and change and trust and love each other. Particularly Kyo who has changed so much from the first volume alone and who I am growing to love more and more as you can see how much he has changed since Tohru has come into his life. Tohru is so good for all of the Sohma and I adored this volume because it was pack full of fun and hilarious moments and touching moments and I loved every moment of reading it!
September 9, 2018
4.5 stars
Looooove this series so much <3
RTC
Looooove this series so much <3
RTC
October 20, 2019
Those last two chapters though!!!
February 20, 2025
Va fuerte pero siento que a este volumen le falto mas que el hilo conductor fuera más fuerte durante los dos volúmenes que contiene (tanto el del 1 como el del 2). Por lo demás, quiero mucho a Kyo y quiero muchísimo a su maestro y que su papá biológico se pudra en una zanja :D
July 19, 2019
I LOVE THIS SERIES WITH MY WHOLE FREAKING HEART.
This volume made me sob at the end. We got so much backstory and got introduced to soo many key players.
I HATE Kyo’s dad and Akito. They can go die off a cliff.
Tohru and Kyo’s relationship is just developing so freaking beautifully and I am obsessed with them.
I also LOOOVEEE how much Yuki is opening himself up to everyone, I have a lot of feelings.
Can’t express my undying obsession with everything to do with this series.
5/5 stars ! ✨✨✨✨✨
This volume made me sob at the end. We got so much backstory and got introduced to soo many key players.
I HATE Kyo’s dad and Akito. They can go die off a cliff.
Tohru and Kyo’s relationship is just developing so freaking beautifully and I am obsessed with them.
I also LOOOVEEE how much Yuki is opening himself up to everyone, I have a lot of feelings.
Can’t express my undying obsession with everything to do with this series.
5/5 stars ! ✨✨✨✨✨
February 11, 2020
Akito! Why are you always bringing everyone down? No, really, why? I would like to learn more about the curse at some point. Sooner rather than later. And what's Shigure's plan? I'm ready for some answers, but I'm not even half way through the series yet.
August 9, 2022
Also, I forgot about Kureno as like a human being. Like I forgot he existed at all. When he showed up, he seemed VAGUELY familiar, but I forgot so much omg.
We also get Hanajima's background in this one!
TW: emotional and physical abuse, violence, gaslighting, manipulation, bullying, alienation
We also get Hanajima's background in this one!
TW: emotional and physical abuse, violence, gaslighting, manipulation, bullying, alienation
November 1, 2016
I am so ready for Volume 6!
October 22, 2022
akito please leave my poor babies alone
July 23, 2022
WOW THAT REALLY ENDED THERE LMFAO AKITO SCARES ME SO MUCH LOLOLOL
June 21, 2022
Ooo AKITA can just yeyhsbebshsvsvegsgqhsgshs
I feel so so bad for the family and having to deal with Akita. He’s so manipulative and also why does the ( I forgot their names so I’m going to go by their zodiac animals) dog and seahorse guy seem to be up to something as well with Akita ahhh so many wonders
I feel so so bad for the family and having to deal with Akita. He’s so manipulative and also why does the ( I forgot their names so I’m going to go by their zodiac animals) dog and seahorse guy seem to be up to something as well with Akita ahhh so many wonders
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 22, 2021
3 stars ｡･:*˚:✧｡ idk what to say. This one kinda just felt like a bit of filler. Not that much happened. It didn’t make me squeal as much as the other ones. Hoping the next one will be better. I just really love these characters.
May 16, 2022
i think this is my favorite one so far 😭🫶🏼💗
June 11, 2024
Vol. 9 - Tohro’s best friend Uo-Chan meets a charming and mysterious man while we learn about her other best friend Hana-Chan’s troubled past when she developed her psychic powers before meeting her best friends. Later, Tohru and Kyo visit his karate master’s home and two shocking surprises come before the volume’s end.
Vol. 10 - Tohru and the Sohma boys have a nice summer vacation at a summer house and soon enough a few other members of the Sohma clan join in. During that, Shigure interferes in Hatori’s romantic issues and emotional baggage comes in for Yuki during a visit with Akito.
A (100%/Outstanding)
Vol. 10 - Tohru and the Sohma boys have a nice summer vacation at a summer house and soon enough a few other members of the Sohma clan join in. During that, Shigure interferes in Hatori’s romantic issues and emotional baggage comes in for Yuki during a visit with Akito.
A (100%/Outstanding)
April 7, 2021
Estoy a esto de denunciar a la autora como los personajes no acaben todos felices, de verdad. Ese dama oscuro que se ve de fondo y que aparece de vez en cuando EH JEFE CHUNGO DEL ZODÍACO es que no termino de comprenderlo???? Por qué es tan malvado y todos le bailan el agua??!?!?!?! Imagino que luego tendrá su explicación medio coherente pero por ahora solo puedo indignarme mucho y rezar a las estrellas para que Kyo, Yuki y Toru sean felices.
January 31, 2022
Here the story oscillates between uninteresting and messy. Way too much unnecessary character development, making hard to follow the main plot. Yet, Yuki’s development still is the most consistently compelling arc of Fruits Basket.
August 5, 2022
Things are getting tense! I’m curious where it’ll go from here.
January 27, 2024
really getting into the trauma and abandonment issues in the more ‘minor’ characters with a lil summer fun!!🤪
January 23, 2022
4.5 🌟
initially was feeling like a filler book and really sucks we didn’t get more transformations cuz thats been lacking recently. however it was a good look into character insight development for almost everyone in the book, even characters you wouldn’t expect. we also see the abusive side of akito in action of the plot aside from narration, which i’m curious to see how it’ll be handled cuz that man has some audacity to be acting the way he does regardless of who he is.
"back before...when i'd walk home alone, i'd look up...at the setting sun. it seemed so lonely. it's strange...somewhere along the line...it began to look warm and friendly...when my long shadow was no longer alone" - hanajima
initially was feeling like a filler book and really sucks we didn’t get more transformations cuz thats been lacking recently. however it was a good look into character insight development for almost everyone in the book, even characters you wouldn’t expect. we also see the abusive side of akito in action of the plot aside from narration, which i’m curious to see how it’ll be handled cuz that man has some audacity to be acting the way he does regardless of who he is.
"back before...when i'd walk home alone, i'd look up...at the setting sun. it seemed so lonely. it's strange...somewhere along the line...it began to look warm and friendly...when my long shadow was no longer alone" - hanajima
May 21, 2017
This volume increases the impression that there are a few too many characters in this story, or that there are too many that the author is trying to create tragic backstories for. Read in quick succession, the situations get somewhat repetitive, so it's probably time to take a few weeks' break before I read the next one.
Author Takaya's recovery from hand surgery is reflected in stiff art at the beginning of this volume, but she's back in good form a few chapters later, and there are quite a few strikingly beautiful panels before the end. Takaya's career is still ongoing, fifteen years later. The human body and mind are amazing!
Author Takaya's recovery from hand surgery is reflected in stiff art at the beginning of this volume, but she's back in good form a few chapters later, and there are quite a few strikingly beautiful panels before the end. Takaya's career is still ongoing, fifteen years later. The human body and mind are amazing!
July 22, 2020
Reread July 2020
There are definitely a lot of tense moments in this volume. A lot more of wicked, nasty, ass-hat of Akita (if you aren’t guessing my vibes... I hate the guy with a strong passion). There were so many emotional moments that squeezed at your heart and the hilarious moments that made you pee your pants.
What I love most about this novel is you start to get a feeling for Shigure’s plan.
There is one thing that I don’t like:
I feel like these middle books are just filler books and the author definitely shows it. The writing has become super slow, the dialogue has take forever to get to the point
There are definitely a lot of tense moments in this volume. A lot more of wicked, nasty, ass-hat of Akita (if you aren’t guessing my vibes... I hate the guy with a strong passion). There were so many emotional moments that squeezed at your heart and the hilarious moments that made you pee your pants.
What I love most about this novel is you start to get a feeling for Shigure’s plan.
There is one thing that I don’t like:
I feel like these middle books are just filler books and the author definitely shows it. The writing has become super slow, the dialogue has take forever to get to the point
February 1, 2019
this one gets 5 stars SOLEY just for the ending. that ending was CUTE AS SHIT.
May 21, 2021
"𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒎𝒊́, 𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒐 𝒆𝒍 𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒐, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒐 𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒐. 𝑬𝒔𝒕𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒛𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝒍𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒐 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒐".
No sería Fruits Basket si no me hiciera llorar ㅠ.ㅠ y qué grosería fue este volumen se quedara donde lo hizo (!).
Sentí que en este tomo nos lanzaron un montón de cosas por procesar y qué difícil fue seguir el hilo y tratar de comprender. Aunque al final, me quedé con muchas dudas. Yo pensé que conforme avanzara se resolvería, pero van empeorando junto al sufrimiento de poder proteger a mis niños.
Fue un poco raro para mí, el encuentro de Arisa con Kureno . No sentí la conexión entre ellos y espero que se desarrolle bien, como la autora me tiene acostumbrada. Y otra cosa que es muy extraña para mí, que hace que la línea entre intriga y el odio se vea difusa, es Shigure, le creo que sea malo y perverso, ¿pero de verdad está ayudando? Estoy muy confundida, no entiendo a Akito y tampoco la relación que tiene con Gure, me vuelvo loca.
Por otro lado, todo lo demás me gustó. Amé el background de Hanajima, ella siempre me ha despertado mucho interés y su hermanito, Megumi también. Soy muy feliz de que se tengan el uno al otro y que también entraran a la vida de Tohru. Qué bonita amistad, aunque sospecho que tal vez ella vaya a tener un papel importante más adelante...
Momiji, creo que sigues siendo mi favorito. Eres un sol y después de todo por lo que has tenido que pasar, que sigas sonriendo y con los ánimos a tope, solo me hace quererte abrazar.
"¿𝑬𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒔?"
Pero YUKI, no mentía cuando dije que cada vez me gustabas más. Me costó mucho entenderlo, pero ahora que nos dicen más sobre él, es muy fácil quererlo. Ese último momento, si no me hubieran spoileado, me hubiera dejado en shock y a moco tendido. Pero aun sí me sorprendí por la elección de palabras, yo solo quiero que seas feliz.Y aunque el futuro me da un poco de pánico, 𝑲𝒚𝒐𝒏𝑲𝒚𝒐𝒏 𝒚 𝑻𝒐𝒉𝒓𝒖 no dejan de sorprenderme por lo bien que están conociéndose. Es increíble la atención que le da Kyo a ella y no puedo evitar morir de amor cada vez que tienen un momento. No me canso de decir, que soy muy feliz de que Tohru tenga a alguien en quién apoyarse ♡, en especial ahora que por fin estamos conociendo también lo que hay dentro de ella y es claro que quiere ocultarlo aunque eso la lastime :(.
Necesito el siguiente tomo y casi se me pasa. Eterno amor a Kazuma (!).
No sería Fruits Basket si no me hiciera llorar ㅠ.ㅠ y qué grosería fue este volumen se quedara donde lo hizo (!).
Sentí que en este tomo nos lanzaron un montón de cosas por procesar y qué difícil fue seguir el hilo y tratar de comprender. Aunque al final, me quedé con muchas dudas. Yo pensé que conforme avanzara se resolvería, pero van empeorando junto al sufrimiento de poder proteger a mis niños.
Fue un poco raro para mí, el encuentro de Arisa con Kureno . No sentí la conexión entre ellos y espero que se desarrolle bien, como la autora me tiene acostumbrada. Y otra cosa que es muy extraña para mí, que hace que la línea entre intriga y el odio se vea difusa, es Shigure, le creo que sea malo y perverso, ¿pero de verdad está ayudando? Estoy muy confundida, no entiendo a Akito y tampoco la relación que tiene con Gure, me vuelvo loca.
Por otro lado, todo lo demás me gustó. Amé el background de Hanajima, ella siempre me ha despertado mucho interés y su hermanito, Megumi también. Soy muy feliz de que se tengan el uno al otro y que también entraran a la vida de Tohru. Qué bonita amistad, aunque sospecho que tal vez ella vaya a tener un papel importante más adelante...
Momiji, creo que sigues siendo mi favorito. Eres un sol y después de todo por lo que has tenido que pasar, que sigas sonriendo y con los ánimos a tope, solo me hace quererte abrazar.
"¿𝑬𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒔?"
Pero YUKI, no mentía cuando dije que cada vez me gustabas más. Me costó mucho entenderlo, pero ahora que nos dicen más sobre él, es muy fácil quererlo. Ese último momento, si no me hubieran spoileado, me hubiera dejado en shock y a moco tendido. Pero aun sí me sorprendí por la elección de palabras, yo solo quiero que seas feliz.Y aunque el futuro me da un poco de pánico, 𝑲𝒚𝒐𝒏𝑲𝒚𝒐𝒏 𝒚 𝑻𝒐𝒉𝒓𝒖 no dejan de sorprenderme por lo bien que están conociéndose. Es increíble la atención que le da Kyo a ella y no puedo evitar morir de amor cada vez que tienen un momento. No me canso de decir, que soy muy feliz de que Tohru tenga a alguien en quién apoyarse ♡, en especial ahora que por fin estamos conociendo también lo que hay dentro de ella y es claro que quiere ocultarlo aunque eso la lastime :(.
Necesito el siguiente tomo y casi se me pasa. Eterno amor a Kazuma (!).
July 30, 2024
Nan mais vraiiiiment, cette famille Soma. Un nouveau personnage fait son apparition, beaucoup trop mystérieux pour être sincère, l'étau psychologique se resserre à cause d'Akito et d'autres personnages viennent mettre leur grain de sel, notamment Shigure qui est énigmatique sous ses airs blagueurs. J'ai qu'une envie, les dévorer à la suite pour enfin connaître la fin (que j'ai complètement oublié). Et puis cette histoire de casquette !!
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