Fruits Basket: Another

I loved fruits Basket, I love it to a point where I can say it is my favorite manga of all time. And I was very excited to hear about the sequel. And it's... Fine. I feel like if it had more volumes it would be better. They don't bring anyone back from the original series, so that's sad. I was hoping to see at least some of the characters I grew to love be older and more mature. The closet thing you get is a silhouette once in a while. There are so many new characters in so little time it's hard to keeptrack of them all. A lot of the time I think "wait, who's kid is that again?" Unless it is obvious. The new characters act a lot like there parents so it is less like a new character and more like a re-skin of the original character. And I feel like there is nothing at risk. In the original Fruba, the characters took risks to overcome challenges. While the main girl dose have challenges they aren't as Major as the ones from the original series, so it feels underwhelming at times. Overall. If you liked fruba I would recommend checking it out. It's worth reading at least once if you are a fan of the series. But I feel like it is a mediocre addition to the series.

I tried reading this series when I first read Fruits Basket in 2020, and I just found it really boring. So when I went into it this time, I prepared myself. However, I was actually pleasantly surprised! There is LITERALLY no plot. Like I am not kidding, it's kinda impressive. I don't totally suggest you read this series. It's really disappointing in terms of potential. None of the original characters show up again, which is dumb. I think we all want to see the original cast get old. I personally only liked this series because I was very invested in Hajime & Mutsuki (both themselvesindividually and their relationship) and because of the beautiful art. It kinda made me sad reading this because the original FruBa would be so uniquely beautiful if it was drawn in this art style. Also, I read this fanfiction (Another Another on AO3) that made me realize that the source material of Another has no plot. The entirety of the first two volumes is just introducing characters, and then little is done with them. Again, also it makes No Sense why Sawa would never run into any of the Sohma parents. It's a good premise (similar to Kimi ni Todoke) but it really goes nowhere. This is the most loving 6 of all time. I really like the art.

Quickie Review: 100% not what I expected when I heard there was a Fruits Basket sequel; new characters; I love how the artist of Fruits Basket always nails what emotions a character is feeling through their eyes; it doesn't matter if it's happiness, love, fear, blood-freezing full body horror... Detailed Review: So, for starters, I'm biased towards Fruits Basket as a default. The odds of me loving anything Fruits Basket-related are very, very high. Now that being said, I didn't expect this when I first learned of a sequel to Fruits Basket. I mean, going by the popularity alone, I assumed there WOULD be a sequelsomeday, but I expected it to maybe follow the lives of Tohru, Yuki, Kyo as adults... this is not that. This follows the story of their children plus a new girl, Sawa, who I assumed would be Tohru 2.0 at first. She had the same traits: friendly, panics easily... not a Sohma... but this story continued to surprise me because while she does have some similar characteristics to Tohru, Sawa is her own character, and her character goes on a journey in a short 16 chapter, 3 volume manga. I started this manga mostly expecting the same plot but different characters, and what I got something else entirely with the only running theme is that there are many more Sohmas. So the story mainly follows Sawa and her journey to remembering her childhood friend Shiki and also it follows her mother being THE ABSOLUTE WORST. Tohru and Kyo's son Hajime is somehow a perfect blend of both of his parents, while Yuki's son is surprisingly cheerful and seems to have inherited his dad's charm. I enjoyed this manga, but I don't know if I'd ever re-read it because, well, it's so short! I mean, Sawa realizes that her mother is AN ABSOLUTE GARBAGE HUMAN, but that's about it. I'd definitely recommend it to fellow Fruits Basket lovers because it's still Fruits Basket, but if you're looking for the characters from the original, you won't get that. The most we get of the OGs is the back of Hana's head toward the end. However, if it's lengthened... I'd probably pick it back up. I heard rumors that they're making this into an anime, and I'm excited to see what comes of it. 8/10, It was a good read.

Feels like stale bread with a lazy plot about another Tohru-type character. It's a "there used to be something bad that our parents sometimes talk about" so it was just vague. I really enjoyed Furuba and the reboot got me to try reading this again (couldn't get through even the first volume during the first try). If she was going to make a spin-off, I would have wanted to actually see the original characters at some point. Plus, the character design feels cheap. If it was just a oneshot, I might have liked it more. Art is good because I enjoy that. I dislike thestill existing theme that everyone *has* to be straight.