Writing a review for this season is so hard. As an avid enjoyer of the original Fruits Basket, I'm gonna say it. They did the characters soooo dirty. So dirty that, honestly, I do not treat this as canon, nor the previous season. TLDR at end.
As a short tldr of my review of S1 2019, the story was good (granted, they just copied the masterpiece og). The soundtrack and character design were painfully generic. Imo, the VA butchered Tohru from charming to annoying.
I will say I really liked some of the OPs/EDs (S1ED, S2ED1, S2ED2, S3OP) and the soundtrack grew on me (but never as
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much as the OG).
Keeping that in mind, the final season (and the 2nd season tbh) was just so disappointing in where they took the stories of each character. They should have spent 1 or 2 more seasons resolving everyone's stories and it would have been fine, but no. As a result, everything is forced and rushed. So here we go.
Akito:
The obvious one. Many reviews would agree with me, Akito gets off jack FREE with NO consequences for what she did whatsoever. She traumatized the ENTIRE Soma family, and the people who made this series thought "If we give her a brief pitiful backstory, the viewer and the Somas have no choice but to like her, right?" WRONG. It just doesn't make ANY sense for anyone to forgive her (except maybe Shigure because he always somehow loved her). For being the cause of Yuki, Kyo, Momiji, Hatori, and the other's traumas, and almost killing Rin twice??? and not even one apology after?!?!? It's unbelievable.
If we're comparing the entire season dedicated to resolving this, to the ONE scene in the 2001 Furuba of Tohru accepting Akito, the 2001 scene makes LEAGUES more sense.
Do they really expect us to believe Akito wanting to become friends with Tohru after how much she hated her? After all juunishi ties are cut, it would be a hit to her ego to do it. Does not make sense except for the sake of the story.
Yuki:
It's utter bullshit that Yuki sees Tohru as a mother. I understand that Tohru can only end up with one of them, and that it was always meant to be Kyo, but you can't tell me that throughout the whole story, Yuki only deserves a handshake from Tohru!!!!!!!!! He at least deserves a hug of friendship, wtf??? It really undermines all of the friendship that they built up until then.
The romance between Yuki and Machi is extremely forced. For how deeply scarred Yuki was from being a juunishi and Akito, it doesn't make sense for him to develop a romance so quickly with someone who has no idea he had such a burden. He's the one who believes that "acceptance of yourself begins with someone else accepting you", yet Machi does nothing to accept Yuki on her own. I understand student council was Yuki's way of branching out after S1, but it should have ended in friendship with all of them, not a forced romance.
Lastly, they basically did away with all of Yuki's trauma for nothing. In S1 and S2, they built up Akito as an important threat in the way of Yuki healing. Yet nothing comes of it and Yuki gets over everything way too easily. So by butchering Akito's story, they also messed up Yuki's ending.
This *does* apply to other characters as well, but it isn't built up as much as Yuki, so it applies much more to him.
Kyo:
After the climax of the first season, you would think that Kyo is at least a little better at working out his traumas. But no, they expect the viewers to believe that Kyo magically forgot about basically killing Tohru's mom the WHOLE time until the very end. Despite being a decent twist in the story, it's unbelievable and the timing is just too perfect as the final climax. And same last paragraph as Yuki's.
Momiji:
The elephant in the room - there is no way he could have grown into a whole ass man in the span of what, a couple months? I get why they did this, but in the timeline, his growth is just too drastic.
Also, it's hinted that Momiji liked Tohru all along and challenges Kyo a bit, but it seems forced. Up until now, he never showed any signs of liking Tohru romantically. You could say that he was hiding it, but in a show, a character would have to show signs if it was intended, so no.
Tohru:
Finally, Tohru. Frankly, after doing her job in the first two seasons of bringing characters to "life," she doesn't develop much. What doesn't make sense though, is that they basically have her forget her mom because she starts to really like Kyo. Yes, with time you won't think of passed loved ones as much, and as you like someone, the more you will think of them. It's natural. So it's a bit dramatic that she struggles so much with this idea. I guess it's because it's her first time? But I digress.
They honestly just should have spent another season or two hashing out all of the characters' stories in order to get them right. They make a lot of story choices that don't align with what they built up in S1 and S2 and it really shows. It's such a shame.
TLDR; They butchered nearly every character's story, especially Akito and Yuki. They basically undid all of the development from S1 and S2 because they were too hasty with ending the story on a good note. So much that I don't treat any of it as true canon because it doesn't really make sense logically.
Jun 24, 2022
Fruits Basket: The Final
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Writing a review for this season is so hard. As an avid enjoyer of the original Fruits Basket, I'm gonna say it. They did the characters soooo dirty. So dirty that, honestly, I do not treat this as canon, nor the previous season. TLDR at end.
As a short tldr of my review of S1 2019, the story was good (granted, they just copied the masterpiece og). The soundtrack and character design were painfully generic. Imo, the VA butchered Tohru from charming to annoying. I will say I really liked some of the OPs/EDs (S1ED, S2ED1, S2ED2, S3OP) and the soundtrack grew on me (but never as ... 
Jun 24, 2022
Perfect Blue
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First off, watch this movie. I promise if you are confused after finishing it, there is a satisfying and truly interesting explanation.
The story is not too complicated. Mima is an idol who leaves her group, Cham, to pursue an acting career. However, the roles/tasks that she is offered are risque and do not align at all with her previous image as an idol: a movie scene where she is r**ed, a nude photoshoot, etc. To add to it, there is a creepy website that posts *all* of Mima's daily activities. And, Cham is growing even more successful now that Mima is gone. The story follows ... 
May 24, 2022
Fruits Basket 1st Season
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Finished the last season and I have so many strong feelings about it, so after a couple of weeks of marinating in my thoughts, here's my review. Includes spoilers!
First, I want to get it out of the way that the 2001 Fruits Basket is very dear to my heart and is probably my all time favorite shoujo anime of all time. It's so good. If you are somehow reading this and haven't watched the original, stop right now and go watch it. I'd say it's necessary to watch before the remake 1000%. Essentially this season is just a remake of the original Fruits Basket with almost ... |
