Fruits Basket

    (Tokyopop, 2004-2009, 2017)
™ and © 2004 Natsuki Takaya
Right to left reading format; black and white series

Both the broken English title and the very concept—family changes into animals of the Chinese zodiac—made me initially swerve around this one, but it’s definitely more than just a Ranma 1/2 knock-off. High-schooler Tohru, homeless after the death of her mother (are there no social services in Japan?) becomes the live-in housekeeper to the transformation-challenged Sohma Clan. So far, so familiar, but, as high as the concept is, instead of playing it as a goofy romantic comedy, it’s treated fairly seriously with only a few obligatory laughs along the way. (It’s a bit as if you revived The Addams Family as family drama.) It’s got solid characters and strong art, though one wonders how long Takaya can sustain the conceit with new characters and complications—but it helps that, by the end of Vol. 1, we still have no idea how the Sohmas got that way and haven’t even met half of them yet.

— S.A. Bennett
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  • 1
    #1
    Feb 2004
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    1st appearance of Kyo Sohma; 1st appearance of Shigure Sohma; 1st appearance of Tohru Honda; 1st appearance of Yuki Sohma
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    #23
    Jun 2009
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    Final issue
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  • Bk 1/HC
    Book #1 Hardcover
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    Sep 2007
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    Collects Fruits Basket #1-2
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    Book #2 Hardcover
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    Feb 2008
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    Book #3 Hardcover
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    Jun 2008
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    Collects Fruits Basket #5-6
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    Book #4 Hardcover
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    Jan 2010
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    Book #5 Hardcover
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    Jun 2010
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    Collects Fruits Basket #9-10
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    Book #6 Hardcover
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    Dec 2010
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    Collects Fruits Basket #11-12
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    Book #7 Hardcover
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    Jul 2011
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  • Dlx 1
    Deluxe Set #1
    Jun 2016
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    Deluxe Set #2
    Jun 2016
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    Jul 2016
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    Aug 2016
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    Deluxe Set #7
    Nov 2016
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    Deluxe Set #8
    Dec 2016
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    Jan 2017
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    Feb 2017
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    Mar 2017
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    Deluxe Set #12
    Apr 2017
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