Fruits
basket
The
story
Tohru Honda
is a cheerful 16 year old girl. She was orphaned
when her mother was killed in a car accident. Not wanting to burden
anyone, she buys a tent and begins to live in a forest. She is determined
to finish school in order to fulfill her mother's last wish. It turns out
that the land Tohru is living on belongs to the Sohma family. She is
quickly invited to live in the Sohma house (all males), as long as
she is willing to cook and clean. One of the Sohma's, Yuki, is the
most popular boy at Tohru's high school. He is swooned by
girls constantly and is even referred to as the "prince" of
the school. His cousins Shigure, Yuki's guardian, and
Kyo make up the rest of the household. Tohru knows
that her living environment is out of the norm, but
things turn out to get stranger. The members of the Sohma
family are possessed by animals and they turn into their true
selves when they are embraced by the opposite sex! You can imagine
Tohru's surprise when she witnesses their secret. She promises not to tell
a soul, but the "cat" may already be out of the bag.
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Name:
Honda Tooru
Age: 16 - 17
Height: 156.7
Weight: 46 kg
Bloodtype: O
Sign: Taurus
Character Symbol: Onigiri
Occupation: Sophomore at Kaibara High School by day, cleaning
woman by night!
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Tooru is an orphaned high school student that goes to live with
her grandfather after her mother's death. While his house is being
renovated to make room for his daughter and her children, Tooru
has to move out. Rather than be a burden on her friends, she
decides to camp out in a tent. Eventually, she winds up living in
Shigure's house with him, Yuki and Kyou. She's very well mannered,
loves to cook, is an excellent housekeeper and has an afterschool
job as a cleaning woman to help pay her school tuition. Both of
her parents are deceased and the only family members we've seen in
the manga so far are her grandfather, aunt and cousins. It seems
that she is estranged from most of her family.
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Name:
Souma Yuki
Age: 16 - 17
Height: 170.5
Weight: 54 kg
Bloodtype: A
Sign: Virgo
Character Symbol: Mouse
Occupation: Sophomore at Kaibara High School
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Yuki
is the rat, or in this case, the mouse of the zodiac. Known as
" The Prince " at school, Yuki is very feminine-looking
and has a severe complex as a result. He has many admirers at
school, but has a hard time being social. With Tooru's help, Yuki
is able to slowly loosen up. Generally quiet and polite, Yuki is
an amazing martial artist that enjoys gardening. He's also not
much of a morning person, but interestingly enough, he's even stronger
when he's sleepy! There's no info on Yuki's parents, but he has
one older brother, Souma Ayame.
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Name:
Souma Kyou
Age: 16 - 17
Height: 171.3
Weight: 56 kg
Bloodtype: A
Sign: Capricorn
Character Symbol: Cat
Occupation: Sophomore at Kaibara High School
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Although not a member of the Jikkan Juunishi (Japanese/Chinese
Zodiac), Kyou has the ability to transform into a cat. Because he
is in essence an "outsider," the rest of the Souma
family (not including the cursed "juunishi") seem to
dislike him. According to legend, the cat was tricked by the rat
into missing the enkai, or party, where all the animals were
inducted in to the zodiac. It is because if this betrayal that
Kyou deems Yuki as his rival (among other reasons...) and has
dedicated his entire life to someday beating him. His hobbies
include martial arts and sleeping. Kyou is also pretty studious
and gets good grades at school! He's also a pretty good cook. Kyou
can be pretty bad tempered and is particularly sensitive to
rainy/wet weather. Kyou's mother is deceased, and his father
refuses to have anything to do with him. His guardian is Souma
Kazuma.
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Name:
Souma Shigure
Age: 27
Height: 178
Weight: 68.5 kg
Bloodtype: AB
Sign: Scorpio
Character Symbol: Dog
Occupation: Novelist
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Shigure is the dog of the zodiac and the owner of the house
where Tooru, Yuki and Kyou live. He's a writer who, in addition to
writing serious/highbrow books, also writes romance novels under a
pen name as a hobby. You'll always find Shigure wearing his
"writer's kimono" at home because he thinks it's the
proper attire for a novelist (BTW, Shigure spends most of his time
at home...). He loves to drink tea, eat takoyaki (a japanese snack
made of octopus), drive his publisher crazy, sleep in late and
smoke. Er, despite what you see in the picture to your left,
Shigure does not have a tatoo of a cross on his neck...too bad.
There's no info on Shigure's parents, but we do know that he has
no siblings. You could argue that his best friends, Hatori and
Ayame, are his family ^_^.
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Name:
Souma Hatori
Age: 27
Height: 182
Weight: 69 kg
Bloodtype: A
Sign: Cancer
Character Symbol: Seahorse
Occupation: Doctor
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Hatori
is the dragon of the zodiac, but for some reason his
transformation is that of a seahorse! He is literally the Souma's
family doctor, and spends most of his time caring for Akito at the
family compound. He has the ability to erase people's memories and
has done so in the past when ordered to by Akito. You'll usually
see Hatori with his hair covering his left eye - he is partially
blind in that eye. Hatori is serious, rigid and very very cool. He
can often be seen wearing dark-colored suits and he likes to
smoke. There's no info on Hatori's parents, but his best friends,
Shigure and Ayame, are his family.
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Name:
Souma Ayame
Age: 27
Height: 175
Weight: 63 kg
Bloodtype: O
Sign: Sagittarius
Character Symbol: Snake
Occupation: Tailor and Store owner
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Ayame is Yuki's big brother and the third member of the "Mabudatchi
Trio" or "The Three Musketeers." Along with his
long silver hair, which he sometimes wears in a braid, Ayame often
wears feminine-looking, Chinese-influenced clothing. A tailor by
profession (although I tend to think that he's more of a
designer), Ayame runs his own store also called "Ayame."
He makes made-to-order *female* clothing (cosplay-looking stuff
such as maid uniforms, sailor fukus, etc.) for *men* with his
assistant, Mine. Ayame loves tea and will sometimes make tea for
only a few select people (Hatori, Akito, Shigure). There is no
info on Ayame's parents, but his younger brother is Souma Yuki.
Mine, Hatori and Shigure can be considered his family as well.
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Name:
Souma Kagura
Age: 18 - 19
Height: 150.5
Weight: 51 kg
Bloodtype: B
Sign: Cancer
Character Symbol: Boar
Occupation: Freshman at a Womens College
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Kagura is the boar of the zodiac. She is head over heels in
love with Kyou and intends to marry him one day even though Kyou
doesn't seem all that enthused about the idea. As one of the three
female members of the zodiac, she is able to hug any of the male
members and not turn into her juunishi form. Despite her love for
Kyou, whenever she even gets near him, she winds up punching and
kicking him into a bloody pulp! Kagura is a pretty good martial
artist and she trained under Souma Kazuma (who also taught Yuki,
Kyou, Haru and Hiro), so believe you me, she can kick a$$. She
enjoys making things by hand and her favorite object (other than
Kyou.) seems to be her orange cat backpack which she wears
constantly. Believe it or not, Kagura is actually a freshman in
college! Kagura's mom lives at the Souma compound, but there's no
info on her father.
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Name:
Souma Momiji
Age: 15 - 16
Height: 155.8
Weight: 47.5 kg
Bloodtype: O
Sign: Pisces
Character Symbol: Bunny
Occupation: Freshman at Kaibara High School
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Momiji is the rabbit or hare of the family. Half Japanese and
half German, Momiji looks and acts a lot younger than he actually
is. Characterized by his kawaii clothing which is usually *very*
bright and the candy/snacks he's always munching on, Momiji
frequently interperses his japanese with german. Although he may
act young, Momiji is actually quite intelligent and wise. Momiji
first meets Tooru at his father's building...it's the building
where Tooru has her cleaning job! Momiji's father is Japanese
(he's a Souma), his Mother is German (she met Momiji's Dad in
college) and he has a younger sister named Momo.
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Name:
Souma Hatsuharu, "Haru"
Age: 15 - 16
Height: 170.2
Weight: 57.5 kg
Bloodtype: O
Sign: Cancer
Character Symbol: Cow
Occupation: Freshman at Kaibara High School
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Like
Kagura, Haru has something of a split-personality. "White
Haru" is the lazier, calmer, kinder, mellower side of him,
while "Black Haru" is the rude, arrogant and violent
other side. Haru is generally "White Haru," but when
he's angry, he'll turn in to "Black Haru" without
warning. Haru has a *really* bad sense of direction, always
dresses up in J-rockish attire (lots of leather and biker
boots...although he rides a bicycle ^^) and he has a green tatoo
on his left forearm. Haru lives at the Souma compound and has
something of a "crush" on Yuki. There's no info on
Haru's parents.
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Name:
Souma Kisa
Age: 12 - 13
Height: 145
Weight: 32 kg
Bloodtype: A
Sign: Pisces
Character Symbol: Tiger
Occupation: Freshman in Junior High School
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Kisa is very shy and diminutive. Characterized by her light
blond/orange hair and bright brownish-green eyes (er, at least I
*think* they're that color..), Kisa has a hard time being social
even when she's in the company of her own family! She *adores*
Tooru and can often be seen tagging along behind her. Kisa's other
good friend is Souma Hiro. She likes strawberry and chocolate
crepes ^_^. Kisa lives with her Mother at "Souma
Central," but there's no info on her father.
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Name:
Souma Hiro
Age: 11 - 12
Height: 150
Weight: 38 kg
Bloodtype: AB
Sign: Leo
Character Symbol: Sheep
Occupation: 6th grader in Elementary School
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Hiro is an *extremely* precocious (not to mention obnoxious
^^;) 6th grader. He walks around with a "holier than
thou" attitude and is rude to pretty much everyone (except
for Kisa). This attitude problem of his is attributable to an
incident that happened between Akito and Kisa... Hiro loves Kisa,
but is insecure over the fact that he's younger than her. So far,
according to him, he doesn't hate nor does he like Tooru. He does,
however, view her as his rival. His favorite pasttime seems to be
insulting other people and picking on Tooru ^^; We've seen Hiro's
mom in the manga and since she's pregnant, I think we can assume
that his father is around too ^_^.
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Name:
Souma Ritsu
Age: 20 - 21
Height: 174.3
Weight: 59 kg
Bloodtype: AB
Sign: Capricorn
Character Symbol: Monkey
Occupation: Junior at a University
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Ritsu is a nervous, shy and very effeminate-looking guy that
wants to be more manly. It doesn't help that he dresses like a
girl and has panic-attacks like every other minute ^^; Ritsu's mom
runs the Souma family Onsen or Hot Spring, and I gather that he
gets his nervousness from her. Ritsu apologizes for anything and
everything TO anyone and everything (he'd apologize to a wall if
he ran into it! lol). As you can imagine, Ritsu's self-esteem is extremely
low, but his ultimate hero is his cousin, Ayame. His mother is
still around and it's possible that he lives with her at the omsen,
however, there's no info on his father.
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Name:
Souma Akito
Age: 16 - 19?
Height: 163.8
Weight: 43 kg
Bloodtype: AB
Sign: Cancer
Character Symbol: doesn't really have one
Occupation: Head of the Souma family
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Akito is the tyrannical head of the Souma clan. He is very
frail and effeminate looking. Apparently, Akito's health isn't
very good, so in the manga, he usually stays at home with Hatori
nearby to treat him for any illness. Akito has a definite mean
streak and has physically and emotionally scarred many members of
the juunishi. He has a special interest in Yuki and despises Tooru.
There's no info on Akito's parents.
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Name:
Souma Isuzu, "Rin"
Age: ?
Height: ?
Weight: ? kg
Bloodtype: ?
Sign: ?
Character Symbol: Will probably be a horse
Occupation: She's a student at the high school that Kagura
attended.
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[Note:
Rin only appears in the manga.]
Rin is the horse of the zodiac. She's mysterious and, as of this
writing, *very* little is known about her background. She does,
however, seem to have an affinity for tight, short, trendy
clothing and thigh-high boots ^_~; The vibe I get from her is that
she's rebellious, angsty...and she's planning something.
Whatever it is, it seems to involve Shigure... Also, Rin and Haru
were a couple once, but Rin wound up breaking up with him for an
"unknown" reason. Rin was hospitalized for a while, but
is now living with Kagura and her mom. Little is known about Rin's
immediate family, but check out Rin's "more info" link
if you want to know more.
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Name:
Souma Kureno
Age: 26
Height: ?
Weight: ? kg
Bloodtype: ?
Sign: ?
Character Symbol: Will be a bird of some sort
Occupation: Unknown if he has an occupation outside of being
Akito's lackey.
*More
info*
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[Note:
Kureno only appears in the manga.]
Kureno is (apparently) the very last juunishi to be revealed in
the manga. All indications seem to imply that he really is
the "tori" or the bird/rooster of the zodiac. Little is
known about Kureno other than the fact that Akito likes to keep
him away from the other juunishi (they only get to see him on New
Year's) and that he is always at Akito's beck and call. It
would seem that of all the juunishi, Kureno is the only one that
must tend to Akito's needs 24 hours a day! Despite being around
the same age as the Mabudatchi Trio, Kureno seems to lack the
freedom that they and the younger juunishi enjoy. Kureno hardly
ever gets to go outside the Main House and on one of the
occassions when Akito did let him leave, he met Uo at the
convenience store where she works! As of this writing, there is no
available info regarding Kureno's past or immediate family.
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Name:
Uotani Arisa, "Uo-chan"
Age: 16 - 17
Height: 168.5
Weight: 47kg
Bloodtype: O
Sign: Aquarius
Character Symbol:Fish
Occupation: Sophomore at Kaibara High School and she has two part
time jobs - one at a convenience store and another at a coffee
shop
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Uo-chan
is a one-time Yankee (Uo was actually in the female version of the
Yankee's, the "Ladies" and one of Tooru's closest
friends. With the help of Tooru and her mom, she was able to break
free from the gang. Although Uo-chan is no longer a gang member,
she's still tough, brash, sometimes violent (usually towards Kyou
^^), wears long skirts, face masks, carries a steel pipe (!) and
often speaks like a guy. Uo likes to play cards, protect Tooru
from Yuki's fangirls, swim and she has two part time jobs. At one
of them, she recently met a guy (a Souma no less) that she now has
a crush on. Uo is actually pretty feminine and enjoys wearing
tight, somewhat revealing clothing. Uo's mom left her and her dad
when she was younger, so now she lives with her father in a small
apartment.
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Name:
Hanajima, Saki, "Hana-chan"
Age: 16 - 17
Height: 162
Weight: 52kg
Bloodtype: AB
Sign: Aries
Character Symbol: Purple flower
Occupation: Sophomore at Kaibara High School
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Hana-chan is a denpa, so she has the ability to send out and
receieve "electric waves"...this allows her to be extra
sensitive and she can often tell what a person is thinking/feeling
as a result. Hana is very goth ( kind of vampire goth with a
little bit of lolita ) and can often be seen wearing *lots* of
black (she actually wears a cape sometimes ^^;). Like Uo-chan, she
is extremely protective of Tooru, and uses her denpa ability to
ward off all the rabid Yuki fangirls. She is very observant,
polite and loves to eat sweets. She lives with both her parents
and has a younger brother named Megumi, who also seems to have
denpa-ish powers in a very normal-looking house.
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