Fruits Basket
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Story
Fruits Basket follows a life of a High School student Tohru Honda, who became an orphan when her mother, Kyoko Honda, was killed in a car accident. Tohru went to live with her grandfather, but it need a house remodel, so she goes on living in a tent and gets a job. Which results in her meeting the Sohma clan.
One day, Tohru comes upon a house in the woods with Zodiac Ornaments drying outside and found out that was the home of Shigure Sohma and Yuki Sohma, a first year and most popular guy (Prince Charming), from the Sohma family. Later the two found out Tohru was living in a tent. She pleads to stay offering to pay a rental fee for living on their property and catches a fever. Her tent is then buried in a landslide. Shigure and Yuki felt sorry for her knowing she'll get worst without any care, as they are desperate to end take-out eating habits and poor living conditions. So they offer her a spare room in exchange for housework and cooking.
Later on when she meets the other member of the house-hold, Kyo Sohma (she bumped into him in a hug-like way) Tohru understands the cat-spirit's hatred of the mouse through Kyo's rivalry with Yuki. This discovery reveals the whole Sohma family's secret: thirteen members of the family are possessed by the 12 animal spirits of the Chinese Zodiac ("Jyūnishi" in Japanese) and the spirit of the cat, who was left out of the Zodiac. They are transformed into their animal forms when hugged by the opposite gender or when they feel week. Tohru had shown her loyalty through keeping secrets so the Sohmas decided that she could keep her memory, rather that others who had found out and had their memory erased.
Characters
Some of these characters have spoilers in them. A few of these characters are major spoilers.
