Fruits Basket Collector's Edition
Who do you think is the most well written character in the whole series?
| Akito for me, hands up!! I really like her character and her madness from the start. |
 “Once you've been loved once and have loved once, you cannot forget it.” ― Natsume Takashi |
| I think Akito is one of the most complex of the characters in the series. She undergoes the most dramatic change, and the fact that most of the audience still feels some sympathy or can even empathize with her despite what she’s done is what makes me consider her the best written. |
| Yuki and Rin are very well written and have great character development. As much as I still don't like Akito she is probably the best written character in the series. |
| shigure is easily the most complex character in the show,for me atleast he starts of as a pervy middle aged dude with hints of grey in s1 but later on(especially in s3) you realise that he is kinda fucked up too,and his way of showing affection is very interesting to say the least,also yuki has the best character growth/development in the show so i would say these both are the best written but i voted yuki cause i like him a bit more than shigure |
| Kyo, easily. I personally consider him as an actual protagonist of this series. |
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| Akito for sure. She has the most complex character in the series and gets the most character development. |
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Nachtmonkey2737 said: shigure is easily the most complex character in the show,for me atleast he starts of as a pervy middle aged dude with hints of grey in s1 but later on(especially in s3) you realise that he is kinda fucked up too,and his way of showing affection is very interesting to say the least,also yuki has the best character growth/development in the show so i would say these both are the best written but i voted yuki cause i like him a bit more than shigure Wow I came here just to say exactly what you said. Shigure is the most complex and Yuki is easily the most well developed character for me, and my personal favorite too. Sometimes I feel that everytime this guy enter the scene he learn something and grown up, even when it's not about him (remember Kisa's arc). His character is always learning, from beginning to end. EDIT: Akira in 2nd for most complex, Rin in 2nd for best development. |
ShadowUnownJun 23, 2021 2:00 PM
| I adore Kyou as a character but I don't think he deserves to win a "best writing" poll. I think the best written characters are 1) Yuki, 2) Tohru, 3) Akito, 4) Shigure then Kyou. I'm not including the secondary characters because they don't get nearly as much screentime as these 5, so it's not a fair comparison, but out of the main 5 characters I believe Kyou had the weakest development and writing. He simply had the best personality. I'm still on the fence about whether it was necessary to overload Kyou's backstory with the Kyoko trauma on top of everything else he already had going on, even if the conclusion to it in episode 12 was one of the highlights of Fruits Basket for me... But I think the author tried too hard to make Kyou interesting with backstories when she should have focused on giving him more and better dialogues. Yuki, Tohru, Akito and Shigure had masterpiece dialogues and monologues constantly, while Kyou mainly had interesting events happening around him (and a charming personality). Even when he confronted his father for example, he had almost nothing to say and what he said was bland. Same with his confrontation with Yuki who stole the entire scene while Kyou said almost nothing. His writing only truly shines with Tohru, but Tohru shines regardless of him. So that's my general take on that. Aside from Kyou, the other 4 main characters are just incredible when it comes to their characterization and development. They're all almost tied for me. |
RojasebJun 23, 2021 6:25 PM
| My top with the best would be: 1- Yuki 2- Tohru 3- Akito 4- Rin 5- Hatori 6- Kyou |
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newchaotic said: Rojaseb said: I adore Kyou as a character but I don't think he deserves to win a "best writing" poll. I think the best written characters are 1) Yuki, 2) Tohru, 3) Akito, 4) Shigure then Kyou. I'm not including the secondary characters because they don't get nearly as much screentime as these 5, so it's not a fair comparison, but out of the main 5 characters I believe Kyou had the weakest development and writing. He simply had the best personality. I'm still on the fence about whether it was necessary to overload Kyou's backstory with the Kyoko trauma on top of everything else he already had going on, even if the conclusion to it in episode 12 was one of the highlights of Fruits Basket for me... But I think the author tried too hard to make Kyou interesting with backstories when she should have focused on giving him more and better dialogues. Yuki, Tohru, Akito and Shigure had masterpiece dialogues and monologues constantly, while Kyou mainly had interesting events happening around him (and a charming personality). Even when he confronted his father for example, he had almost nothing to say and what he said was bland. Same with his confrontation with Yuki who stole the entire scene while Kyou said almost nothing. His writing only truly shines with Tohru, but Tohru shines regardless of him. So that's my general take on that. Aside from Kyou, the other 4 main characters are just incredible when it comes to their characterization and development. They're all almost tied for me. I never even thought of that but you're so right about the dialogues. I think Kyou is more of a typical archetype than the other leads which is maybe why the author expected people to relate to him without developing him as much as the others, and it seems like she was right considering how much people love him. I feel like Kyou (and to a degree, Tohru) are the more recognizable characters in the series that people can easily relate to and project their feelings onto (which doesn't mean they're badly written, I still think both are well written especially Tohru) whereas Yuki, Shigure, and Akito are more unique characters that you need time to really understand - none of them are anywhere close to what they appear at first glance. This is very true as well. Yuki, Akito and Shigure were given the type of methodical development you would see in an actual 1000+ pages novel. So whether you will find them interesting or not depends on whether you're paying careful attention to them. Tohru, Kyou, Momiji, Saki and Haru on the other hand, are characters you will love regardless of their development because of their iconic personalities. |
| akito and yuki are both next level, shigure, kyo and tohru are also good but not that s tier level |
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| Yuki or Shigure for me |
| Yuki is probably the most well written largely cause of how less theatrical alot of his storyline is, he feels alot more down to earth in his problems and his relationships largely feel a lot more relatable because of it. |
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| For me it’s Shigure and akito, ( this is my own opinion) |
| Akito, for sure. I can feel what shes trying to say throughout the series. |
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| Well this is hard. If I would say higher level, S+ tier, then it will be Akito and Yuki. Kyo, Tohru and Shigure would be around S tier, which is pretty fine since I really enjoyed them as characters throughout the whole series. |
| Definitely Shigure. He was selfish all the way through, and always said so. And yet, I couldn't help but love him. Because even though he was selfish--wanting Akito for himself alone, he did grow into a pseudo father figure to Tohru despite his best intentions. The little scenes that showed his own wonderment at his caring for Tohru were lovely. When he went to her parent teacher conference I was so happy. Even though he went there to tease her teacher, it was clear he thought about Tohru beyond his own selfishness. I love how his house became the safe hangout place for the teens/children zodiac members. |
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| i honestly think machi was the best written |
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| I voted Kyo, but if it had been an option, I would have voted Kakeru instead. His character is so subtly written, and that's what I really appreciate about him. I feel like he's not only the one I relate to the most, but also just the most realistic. Maybe that's just me though. |
  "Truth is always a cruel thing." |
| Tohru is one of the best written imo: the first time I see her in season 1, she's really optimistic and enthusiastic but can be sometime quite annoying + cute and I genuinely had mixed feelings towards to how her character is written, like why is she caring so much about her friends instead of herself and at the same time I think that's her charm to help others in need which I like about her trait, what's truly devastating is her parent's death that started to give hint to why her personality is all full social butterfly and gradually in the final season, she starts to embrace her genuine self and letting out all her problems. |
| Akito definetely |
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