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Fruits Basket is not a good anime.

Reasons I do not like it:

First off, the characters are all Mary Sues. Tohru is inexplicably loved by all of the characters in the Fruits Basket universe. Yuki is also loved by almost every female (and some males) at his high school, even though he rejects them constantly. Kyo is hostile to everybody yet they love to be around him. Mary Sue characters are very annoying and hard to relate to. They are also unrealistic and insult the viewer. I also feel that it has too many characters to follow, too many to care about individually. It's almost ... as if they added all of these characters to try and make this story emotional, but failed miserably.

Second, the plot is faulty and uninteresting. It does not keep the viewer engaged, rather it barely strings them along with half-assed attempts to be mysterious. The plot points and the twists are very predictable and do not shock at all. There is immense foreshadowing to almost every climactic event, and this is both disappointing as well as damaging to the plot.

Third, Tohru's naive personality and self narration is extremely annoying. This may seem like a petty thing to complain about, but it is very relevant. Tohru is very naive in all things and this is frustrating to the viewer. Things that are so painfully obvious fly right over her head, this takes away from the viewing experience. She self narrates constantly, which is infuriating. She is also just too good natured and innocent to be an interesting character, especially a protagonist. The protagonist of the story is supposed to be relatable and Tohru is not.

Its moments:

While overall I do rate Fruits Basket rather low, it does have its moments. There are a few characters that I enjoy overall. Kyo, Momiji, Hatsuharu and Shigure bring moments of humor to the show. If not for these characters Fruits Basket would be a complete failure.