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¥Õ¥ë©`¥Ä¥Ð¥¹¥±¥Ã¥È [Fruits Basket] #11
Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 11
The curse is crumbling, and Akito is doing anything to clutch at the broken threads that remain. Does the end of the curse mean catastrophe for the members of the zodiac, or will it bring the much needed healing they've all dreamed of? Tohru's bright love and generosity will become a beacon of hope in the dark...!
386 pages, Paperback
First published March 21, 2017
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Natsuki Takaya
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Natsuki Takaya (¸ßÎÝ ÄÎÔ 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 sh¨jo manga ever in Japan, and the top selling sh¨jo 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 sh¨jo 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 (¸ßÎÝ ÄÎÔ 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 sh¨jo manga ever in Japan, and the top selling sh¨jo 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 sh¨jo 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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March 27, 2021
Omg! So good!
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Mel ????
December 28, 2018
OMG, somebody stop the tears! My heart!
September 9, 2021
Lloranding. Muy intenso.
Ha sido un finalazo, pero en realidad queda otro tomo, no s¨¦ qu¨¦ m¨¢s puede pasar¡
Ay, muy sentimental y bonico
Ha sido un finalazo, pero en realidad queda otro tomo, no s¨¦ qu¨¦ m¨¢s puede pasar¡
Ay, muy sentimental y bonico
June 9, 2021
¡°If only we¡¯d been born into a kind world without anxiety, without fear. If we could live without hurting other people and without being hurt, a world in which we always did what was right. If only we could have found a shortcut to the kind world we all hope for. It would have been nice if we could have lived our lives without taking any wrong turns. But such a thing isn't possible. We fall. We stumble. We lose our way. We make mistakes. And yet, little by little, one step at a time, we keep on walking forward. With our own two feet, even if we get beaten and bruised along the way, we'll eventually reach something. We'll eventually reach someone. Until then, we'll keep wishing. So, let's start walking."
April 14, 2020
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! My heart is soooooooo FULL!!!
This was a truly wonderful volume full of reveals, couplings, and finally being granted freedom.
I just want to sit in a corner and cry with happiness!
P.S. The cat is actually the most wise!
This was a truly wonderful volume full of reveals, couplings, and finally being granted freedom.
I just want to sit in a corner and cry with happiness!
P.S. The cat is actually the most wise!
June 19, 2017
Well, THAT was an emotional ride. ????
June 27, 2022
Tenemos el desenlace de lo que hizo Akito en el volumen anterior, causando mas problemas al inicio, con ganas de....
Pero luego vemos varias cosas que Toruh hace y le dice, y pues
Tambi¨¦n con lo que le dice Kyo a Toru, y la situaci¨®n de ella, pues se genera un problema mayor que pues los pone a ambos, y al lector, a las lagrimas, eso si la primer reacci¨®n (corre, corre) causa risa.
Lo del Yuki fue muy lindo.
Y pues si hacia el final del volumen llegamos a lo que pareciera la conclusi¨®n, as¨ª que me queda la duda de que pasara en el siguiente volumen.
Pero luego vemos varias cosas que Toruh hace y le dice, y pues
Tambi¨¦n con lo que le dice Kyo a Toru, y la situaci¨®n de ella, pues se genera un problema mayor que pues los pone a ambos, y al lector, a las lagrimas, eso si la primer reacci¨®n (corre, corre) causa risa.
Lo del Yuki fue muy lindo.
Y pues si hacia el final del volumen llegamos a lo que pareciera la conclusi¨®n, as¨ª que me queda la duda de que pasara en el siguiente volumen.
January 5, 2022
Leer fruits basket es sin¨®nimo de l¨¢grimas
May 10, 2017
Will these books ever fail to make me cry?? I'm so emotional right now. Both tears of sadness and joy. I freaking love this series so so so much. I'm almost done with my reread. Just one more to go!
July 22, 2020
I want to read it all over again and I haven¡¯t even finished the series yet ?
February 9, 2022
While the anime covers 90% of the manga, so many of these last chapters were left out which is a shame. I love my Kyo and Tohru.
October 30, 2021
El cierre se acerca y mi coraz¨®n no puede m¨¢s de amor al ver la evoluci¨®n de Kyo, Yuki y todos?
February 28, 2025
Ten¨ªa mucho que decir pero mi cerebro se hizo caca aqu¨ª.
AKITO SOHMA YO TE QUIERO MUCHO NO IMPORTA SI NADIE M?S TE QUIERE YO TE QUIERO.
AKITO SOHMA YO TE QUIERO MUCHO NO IMPORTA SI NADIE M?S TE QUIERE YO TE QUIERO.
April 15, 2022
VIDEO REVIEW HERE:
Extremely emotional and moving volume.
How powerful it is to see these characters free...
Extremely emotional and moving volume.
How powerful it is to see these characters free...
July 9, 2020
I¡¯m just going to cry myself to sleep now. Goodnight everyone.
May 17, 2021
This eleventh volume closes out the most important parts of Fruits Basket's story, with an overall theme or motif of reconciliation and forgiveness.
On forgiveness... to bring my personal history into this a little bit, abuse is part of my background. I didn't have it as bad as a lot of people, and I freely acknowledge that. But even the low-grade, occasional level of abuse I dealt with has done its bit to make self-esteem a tenuous thing for me. I've never thought of myself as a good or worthy person, or someone whose existence on earth is of value.
So what happens in this volume feels like an unconvincing, quick and easy fix for me. Akito's transformation is abrupt and, by my reckoning, her reconciliation with her family is too easily earned. Abusers don't become saints overnight. They get a niceness overlay for a little while, and then go right back to the way they were before.
The second half of this volume was effective, despite that. I can even ignore the whole "injury and hospitalization" aspect that manga relies on way too often for drama. Tohru's brought on the waterworks, just as it should.
On to the denouement. :)
On forgiveness... to bring my personal history into this a little bit, abuse is part of my background. I didn't have it as bad as a lot of people, and I freely acknowledge that. But even the low-grade, occasional level of abuse I dealt with has done its bit to make self-esteem a tenuous thing for me. I've never thought of myself as a good or worthy person, or someone whose existence on earth is of value.
So what happens in this volume feels like an unconvincing, quick and easy fix for me. Akito's transformation is abrupt and, by my reckoning, her reconciliation with her family is too easily earned. Abusers don't become saints overnight. They get a niceness overlay for a little while, and then go right back to the way they were before.
The second half of this volume was effective, despite that. I can even ignore the whole "injury and hospitalization" aspect that manga relies on way too often for drama. Tohru's brought on the waterworks, just as it should.
On to the denouement. :)
May 22, 2023
Definitely my favorite of the series. I mean, Akito is crazy so that was intense. But then it resulted in a real turn in the story. And Kyo and Tohru have my whole heart. And learning the true story about the cat just made me so sad.
Onto the last volume!
Onto the last volume!
May 31, 2021
Oh my god I love this story with every fiber of my being
August 26, 2022
So many feelings! I love the characters and the story, and I don¡¯t want it to end.
July 3, 2023
i can't believe the anime left out soooo many good scenes from this volume omg
April 8, 2017
Loved this volume so much! Can't wait to read the concluding novel!
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August 12, 2020Ahhh so many things happened in this volume! What a resolution to the curse, it got me crying even after fifteen years!
August 29, 2017
Is it too soon to start rereading the series again?
September 16, 2020
Honestly I think the person to blame for causing the Sohma¡¯s all their misery isn¡¯t Akito or Ren. It¡¯s the stupid attendants who gossip in the background.
Also, ahhhhhh my children this volume was so good and just ahhhh all the Kyou moments be?
I still do not ship YukixMachi but dats probs I low key want to date Yuki and if I were in Furuba I would totally be apart of the Prince Yuki fan club lol
Also, ahhhhhh my children this volume was so good and just ahhhh all the Kyou moments be?
I still do not ship YukixMachi but dats probs I low key want to date Yuki and if I were in Furuba I would totally be apart of the Prince Yuki fan club lol
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 31, 2019
I think one of the things I appreciate about this story is that it isn't really about forgiveness so much as acceptance and understanding. Forgiveness seems more about the event, while acceptance of a person as they are - good and bad - is a lot more demanding. It's interesting to note that many of the things that make some of these characters more likeable and relatable from an audience perspective Tohru doesn't know. Much of that is visible to us through the interactions between other characters and characters self-reflection. But Tohru accepts them all regardless. I think that's really what makes it so amazing.
Tohru doesn't ask or tell anyone to act differently or change. She might inspire them to want it or give them support to work at it, but she never demands it of anyone. She accepts them all as they are flawed in their own way, and finds something to cherish about each of them. What an amazing and powerful thing that is.
Tohru doesn't ask or tell anyone to act differently or change. She might inspire them to want it or give them support to work at it, but she never demands it of anyone. She accepts them all as they are flawed in their own way, and finds something to cherish about each of them. What an amazing and powerful thing that is.
March 6, 2020
The Tohru and Kyo parts are cute, but am I supposed to be okay with Akito now? Um no.
June 18, 2023
Fruits Basket, Fruits Basket, Fruits Basket... we have come so far together, you and I, and I think that's why I return to you, still. Part of me molded myself around you when I was younger and first encountering your beauty, and this second read through is teaching me anew what it is to say goodbye.
Not letting go, of course - I fully intend to reread and rewatch this story as often as it crosses my mind - but saying "I'll see you again," which is sometimes harder than you might expect.
While this is only the penultimate volume of the series and I still have one to go, this is the arc that feels most significant. Not only does and many pairings that have been slowly burning throughout the story get their official coupling, but we also get the story of the first God and their Zodiac, and we get the truth of what happened at the first banquet and the reason for this curse.
I honestly and truly think that the end of this volume was so masterfully and beautifully done. It felt gentle when the whole world shifted - a long and heavy sigh the whole Sohma family had been holding in for far too long. I'm especially glad that it happened after the big climax because it didn't feel necessarily triggered by external events or forces and this way, the breaking of the curse was less of a sudden event and more of a reconciliation with grief and impermanence - the forces that began this cycle in the first place.
While this volume and the last (which I will write a review for - though it will certainly be brief) had some moments that left me desiring something else, I recognize why those choices were made, and at the end of this volume, they're inconsequential compared to all that I adored and admired and all that will sit with me, still.
I love Fruits Basket because all this time later, it's still so profound and impresses on me things that I'm learning to accept and other things I'm learning to simply fathom, and it does it in such a way that feels holistic - recognizing relief and sorrow, elation and grief, all manner of feeling contradictory that tear you apart but keep you grounded, despite. I love how it allows characters to be so conflicted at the end of all things, while still letting us know that it's a different kind of conflict - one that sits easier in their throat.
4.9 stars. As I said in an update before this final review, I am heavier than stone. Conversely, however, I feel as though that weight is something I am capable of carrying.
Not letting go, of course - I fully intend to reread and rewatch this story as often as it crosses my mind - but saying "I'll see you again," which is sometimes harder than you might expect.
While this is only the penultimate volume of the series and I still have one to go, this is the arc that feels most significant. Not only does and many pairings that have been slowly burning throughout the story get their official coupling, but we also get the story of the first God and their Zodiac, and we get the truth of what happened at the first banquet and the reason for this curse.
I honestly and truly think that the end of this volume was so masterfully and beautifully done. It felt gentle when the whole world shifted - a long and heavy sigh the whole Sohma family had been holding in for far too long. I'm especially glad that it happened after the big climax because it didn't feel necessarily triggered by external events or forces and this way, the breaking of the curse was less of a sudden event and more of a reconciliation with grief and impermanence - the forces that began this cycle in the first place.
While this volume and the last (which I will write a review for - though it will certainly be brief) had some moments that left me desiring something else, I recognize why those choices were made, and at the end of this volume, they're inconsequential compared to all that I adored and admired and all that will sit with me, still.
I love Fruits Basket because all this time later, it's still so profound and impresses on me things that I'm learning to accept and other things I'm learning to simply fathom, and it does it in such a way that feels holistic - recognizing relief and sorrow, elation and grief, all manner of feeling contradictory that tear you apart but keep you grounded, despite. I love how it allows characters to be so conflicted at the end of all things, while still letting us know that it's a different kind of conflict - one that sits easier in their throat.
4.9 stars. As I said in an update before this final review, I am heavier than stone. Conversely, however, I feel as though that weight is something I am capable of carrying.
December 21, 2021
Si pudiera darle 100 estrellas se las dar¨ªa, no tenia planeado leer este tomo hasta que conseguir el ¨²ltimo, y mucho menos terminarlo de un senton, pero no lo pude evitar.
Es de los mejores tomos de la serie, me hizo llorar, re¨ªr, sufrir, me hizo sentir de todo lo ame, y amo como todo esta llegando a su fin, aunque tambi¨¦n me duele porque no quiero que se termine.
Puedo decir que si lo sent¨ª algo apresurado, porque los problemas planteados al rededor de los tomos anteriores se resolvieron en uno solo, pero a¨²n as¨ª es hermoso.
*Sona de spoilers*
Dios!!!!! Ame que Uo y Kureno si se quedar¨¢n juntos!!.
No espere el cambio dr¨¢stico que dio Akito mucho menos al dejar libre a Kyo y hablar con su pap¨¢ (el biol¨®gico).
Y que emoci¨®n que Yuki y Kyo por fin se dijeron los celos que sent¨ªan el uno por el otro, los amo a los 2. Hablando de Yuki me emocione mucho al ver que su hermano por fin pudo abrazar a Mine, y obvio tambi¨¦n Yuki pudo abrazar a Machi.
Ya no se que m¨¢s decir para dejar en claro que me encanto este tomo y lo mucho amo esta serie, espero el ¨²ltimo con ansias. ????
Es de los mejores tomos de la serie, me hizo llorar, re¨ªr, sufrir, me hizo sentir de todo lo ame, y amo como todo esta llegando a su fin, aunque tambi¨¦n me duele porque no quiero que se termine.
Puedo decir que si lo sent¨ª algo apresurado, porque los problemas planteados al rededor de los tomos anteriores se resolvieron en uno solo, pero a¨²n as¨ª es hermoso.
*Sona de spoilers*
Dios!!!!! Ame que Uo y Kureno si se quedar¨¢n juntos!!.
No espere el cambio dr¨¢stico que dio Akito mucho menos al dejar libre a Kyo y hablar con su pap¨¢ (el biol¨®gico).
Y que emoci¨®n que Yuki y Kyo por fin se dijeron los celos que sent¨ªan el uno por el otro, los amo a los 2. Hablando de Yuki me emocione mucho al ver que su hermano por fin pudo abrazar a Mine, y obvio tambi¨¦n Yuki pudo abrazar a Machi.
Ya no se que m¨¢s decir para dejar en claro que me encanto este tomo y lo mucho amo esta serie, espero el ¨²ltimo con ansias. ????
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 2, 2017
"Let me reach you." !ggd&@#Fshshlfjslwwa the feels this manga gives me from start to finish. i just can't....these characters are all my precious babies. i just love them so much. Just 1 more volume to go and it's time to say goodbye to these precious characters that I feel extremely attached to for the second time. I'm already planning for a 3rd reread probably next year or maybe the later half of this year if I'm unable to wait that long. haha
August 13, 2024
Mon tome pr¨¦f¨¦r¨¦, ¨¦videmment. Je l'ai d¨¦j¨¤ relu deux fois, ¨¦mue et au bord des larmes ¨¤ chaque fois. C'est si beau, ¨¦mouvant... Les relations se concr¨¦tisent, et omg le couple Kyo/Tohru est TELLEMENT ADORABLE. Vraiment, je les aime d'amour et je ne sais pas comment j'ai fait pour ne pas les relire avant.
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