Fruits Basket News

[heavenly_pearl]

From Anime News Network: Natsuki Takaya Launches Fruits Basket another Sequel Web Manga

Huh. Well, I absolutely love Fruits Basket -- the manga is my all-time favorite -- but I must confess I don't really get the point of a Fruits Basket sequel, especially with how it ended.(The curse on the Sohma family was broken, and it was strongly implied that it would never come back.) The article even says that none of the original characters will show up in the story -- it's focused on a new girl who attends Tohru's high school after she graduates -- so...yeah. It's a weird decision. If the mangaka wanted to do more FB manga, I think a collection of side stories would have worked better. There are a lot of things I wished I knew more about, like the Mabudachi Trio's high school days, Hatori and Mayu's relationship, Ayame and Mine's relationship, poor Ritsu who only showed up in a handful of chapters...

But all of this just reminds me -- somebody needs to remake the Fruits Basket anime now that the original manga is over! Come on, they've done Sailor Moon Crystal and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, so why not Fruits Basket?

Comments

[peacewish.livejournal.com]

Wow, what weird timing. After years of not thinking about FB, I suddenly got a hankering for it and reread through my entire collection of the series and just finished (still browsing through the Cat book as we speak). The plot of this new idea really does sound strange, especially since it's presumed there will be no remaining zodiac members, all of them having been returned to full human - so what's the point?

I'd be on board with the side stories. The author did a better job than most manga authors of actually wrapping up most of her plot threads, but there's still unanswered questions. The one I'm still burning to know is what happened for Momiji and his estranged sister Momo? Did they ever get to meet? Could Momiji reconcile with his mother now that he's no longer a rabbit? How did the father, who had to choose between his son and his wife, cope with the idea that he could actually reunite his fractured family?

[heavenly-pearl.livejournal.com]

Well, I saw a tweet that the new girl was going to be a demon hunter, working with Momiji, who for some reason is now a yokai, but I'm not sure if it was that was just somebody making a random guess of what it would be about or an actual summary. I can't find any confirmation, so it's probably the former. Still, a series focused on Momiji could be interesting. You're right that there are quite a few loose threads to his story. (And it would be nice if he got his own requited romance.)