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October 25, 2004 | 
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Okay, before I begin, I have to say first that this will be the last continuous translation that I do. This means that I want to take a long break from doing any kind of translation and will only do one if the chapter is unusually interesting. There are many reasons that contribute to this decision but it's mostly because I need to get away from the series for a while. When I started doing this, I didn't meant to do it every single chapter. I wanted it as a side entry to compliment the anime entries. Lately, however, I feel that the blog has somehow become a Fruits Basket blog in the sense that people start asking about when the next translation coming on entries that are completely unrelated to it, or people direct-linking to the scans even when I asked them not to.
I don't particularly blame anyone for doing this because I know the series is popular but at the same time, I don't like what the blog is turning into. I also realised that lately I'm starting to lose interest in the series and that's not a good sign for me. I don't want to dislike the series so I better stop now while I still like it and then resume it later on when I regained interest in the series. In addition to these, real life has been catching up to me. My studies have been suffering lately because I've been kind of neglecting them. And since doing the translation/scanning/graphic manipulation often takes a long time for me, I'll have to forgo it for now. I'll probably also have to shorten my other blog entries in the future. Anyway, I'm sorry about this but it needs to be done.
The story begins with Shigure asking Tohru if she's making paper flowers. Tohru confirms his guess and tells him that her class is responsible for making the flowers, which will then be used at the graduation ceremony. Hmm, I never knew they use paper flowers for graduation ceremony. I thought paper flowers are only used at weddings in Japan. Anyway, Shigure then makes a comment how the time for graduation is near and pick up one of the unmade paper flowers and ask Tohru if he can open that one. Tohru tells him that it's okay but at the same time her mind is trying to find a way to tell Shigure that she knows Akito is a woman. Unfortunately, Tohru doesn't have the courage to ask directly so she ends up asking Shigure if there is any thing he wants her to buy tomorrow. She said how when Shigure asked her to buy something the other day, the job was delayed by one day so she thinks it was rude. By saying this, it looks like Tohru is hoping that Shigure will ask the reason for her being late.
However, Shigure instead tells her that it wasn't a big deal because it was just an envelope. He didn't mind that she got it the next morning. Upon hearing this, Tohru lost the plot and ends up telling him that in that case, next time she'll do her best. And then somehow she changes the conversation and tells Shigure that she will go to make a tea. Once Tohru gets out of the room, Shigure remarks about how Tohru seems to have problem asking about 'that subject'. Tohru, herself, is seen outside the door crying in super-deformed way, telling herself that it was difficult to ask the question despite the fact that she wants to ask Shigure about what Kureno said the other day. She really wants to share her knowledge of the Soumas' secret (the fact that Akito is a woman, the revelation that Ren is Akito's mother, and Kureno's release from the curse). However, she can't say it easily because the fact is still not known yet amongst the Juunishi members.
The next day at school, Tohru is seen walking along with Momiji talking about how their classes are responsible for making the flowers. Momiji then makes a comment about how he'll miss the 3rd year students because they are going to graduate. As if on cue, they then encounter Makoto (the ex student president) screaming at the top of his lung that he is lonely. All of a sudden, Hatsuharu appears next to Makoto and say that maybe he should stay behind next term (so he won't be lonely). Makoto, however, tells Haru that there's no way he'll do that. He also tells Haru how rude he is for appearing all of a sudden. Anyway, upon hearing this Momiji tells Tohru that he wanted to remain in the same class for a while next term. Tohru is surprised to hear this but Momiji then explains to her that the reason is because Momo. He thinks she'll come to the same school. After saying this, Momiji then go with Haru, leaving Tohru to ponder how she can't talk to Momiji either even after he helped her with Arisa and Kureno.
Because of this, Tohru walks along the school hallway, looking depressed. She seems to be entertaining the idea of telling the secret to Kyou (there's an image of Kyou's backside while she's thinking) and wonders what will he think if she tells him about it. Before she can think further, however, she's surprised by a group of Yuki fangirls who run past her while wearing stupid handkerchief on top of their heads, disguised like thieves. Yesh, only in manga and anime that anyone can get away with wearing a handkerchief on top of their heads and around their nose and not being recognised by the other characters. Anyway, Tohru hears her classmates yelling at the girls to give 'them' back. So Tohru asks them what happened and they explained that those girls stole all of the paper flowers that Yuki made. Tohru wonders why they want to steal it. Everyone looks at Tohru in disbelief then thinks in unison that it's because he's 'Prince Yuki'.
Somewhere in school, Yuki fangirls are seen celebrating their victory for overcoming a splendidly difficult task of stealing the flowers. Meanwhile back in Tohru's class, the black-haired classmate asks Hanajima if she'll do some more (paper flowers). Hanajima simply answers that she's not interested in doing that. Because of this Arisa tells everyone that the only thing left to do is to ask Kyou to do it. Kyou is upset and asks Arisa why he has to do it because it's Yuki's flowers that were stolen. Arisa tells him that Yuki is still doing his student council job. In reply, Kyou tells her that he doesn't care because he already finished his lot of the paper flowers and proceeds to look behind him. But unfortunately, his flowers are also missing. Kyou then tells Arisa not to play a trick and to tell him where she hides his flowers. What Kyou doesn't know, however, is the fact that his very own crazy fangirls have stolen the flowers because Kyou made the flowers himself.
Back to Tohru's class, Kyou is seen trying to control his anger and telling himself that he won't say that he'll kill those who steal the flowers. Having said that, they should go to hell and die on their own. Heh. Because of this incident, however, Tohru's classmates wonder what they have to do. Some suggests that they remake them again. Kyou, however, dislike the idea. They all agree that they have to come up with something since Yuki is not back yet. One student, on the other hand, believes that it's not Yuki's fault that the flowers are missing so they can't hold him up to it. In the end, they decide to look for the flowers so the thieves won't be able to get away with it. Tohru is surprised to hear this and thinks that it's better if they just remake them. Someone thinks that is sweet of her but theft is a crime so they decide that it's better if they go out of the class and look for the flowers/thieves. In the end, Tohru and Kyou are left alone to guard the class in their absence.
Meanwhile, Yuki is seen inspecting other students' work elsewhere and notes how it's close to completion. He then asks the students if they need help but they refuses and tells him that they're okay and a student council leader like Yuki should not be bothered with jobs like this (building the stage, etc). Because of this, Yuki feels like the odd man out. He tells himself that those students shouldn't have feel as if they can't ask for his help. He then gazes at the group of students working together and thinks that it looks interesting and proceeds to walk away from them. Before he can get far, however, he's startled by Machi's sudden appearance. He tells her that he's surprised and wonders why she's rushing and running out of breath. He thinks this is an unusual situation and wonders if she's going somewhere. Since Machi doesn't answer, Yuki becomes confused and asks her if she's looking for him or if there is something that she wants.
Machi, however, denies any of it and tells Yuki that there's nothing that she wants. Yuki is puzzled and sarcastically asks her if she runs out of breath for nothing. Machi finally gives in and admits that there is something. She says that it's a greeting. When she saw him earlier, she feels like greeting Yuki. After saying this, Machi walks away and leaves Yuki. Yuki, however, wonders why she came all the way and chased him merely to greet him when they will meet later (in student council, I assume). When the answer dawns on him, however, Yuki blushes and decides to chase Machi. He then pats her on the head, thanking her. Machi becomes embarrassed and throws a paper flower at Yuki. Hee. Now that's the sort of use of paper flowers that I know. The difference is that this is not a wedding. Yuki wonders what object Machi just threw at him. Machi blushes even more and tells him that it's flower. Yuki doesn't seem to believe it so Machi once again insisted that it is.
Back to Tohru and Kyou, it's already late in the afternoon, so they are wondering where their classmates are at the moment. Tohru thinks that maybe the criminal investigation runs into difficulties. Kyou, however, is more cynical and thinks that maybe they've found the flowers and now they play around and forget to stop by the class on their way. After a few quiet moments, Tohru tries to gather her courage and asks Kyou what if the curse, the Juunishi curse is no longer applicable to some of the members. She wonders if Kyou ever considered it. Kyou, however, becomes a bit moody and asks her not to talk about that kind of things. He wants her to stop talking about the curse and its probability. Upon hearing what Kyou said, Tohru becomes upset. Kyou who notices this wonders why she's suddenly depressed. But Tohru simply tells him that she's sorry for being rash. Kyou immediately goes into panic overdrive telling her that he didn't really mean what he said and that he's not really angry. That's just how he speaks.
Kyou then tells himself how he didn't mean to upset her but the damage is done. Tohru seems upset and won't raise her face. He also guesses correctly that Tohru is probably crying. Because he can't come up with anything else to comfort her, Kyou grabs one of the unused paper flowers and proceeds to make it into a flower. He then offers the flower to Tohru. Tohru looks up and blushes even though there's still a tear in her eyes. She eventually smiles a bit and takes the flowers with both of her hands. While this is happen, there is a side narration, which more or less say "You (are)". The meaning of this won't become clear until the end of the chapter. Anyway, in the middle of the romantic moment, their pesky classmates barge in and say that they've managed to catch the thieves. When Tohru asks what happened, someone (probably Hanajima) tells her that they ordered the thieves to remake the paper flowers that they stole. While this happens, Kyou is seen staring sadly at the window.
Meanwhile at the Souma house, Shigure is seen visiting Akito. He crouches next to her and tells her that he has a small present for her and proceeds to give Akito the paper flowers that he just made. Upon receiving the flower, Akito asks Shigure if he still remembers. There is then a flashback of little Akito approaching little Shigure. Back to the present, Shigure has his cunning smile and asks Akito about what. Akito doesn't answer but the chapter shows that in the past, chibi Akito once received a flower from chibi Shigure. The chapter then ends with the words "I think of you. Always. That's a fact" (note: there are actually other ways to translate this part but I chose this one because I think it's more applicable to Kyou, Tohru, Shigure, and Akito instead of just one of them). Well, I never thought of Furuba as a romantic series but this chapter clearly tries to be one from the look of things. And oh, there's also a sidenote, which says that Tohru carries an important secret of the Soumas, but she'll break down if she can't move that secret. On the other hand, it looks like Shigure's plan begins to move.
Impression:
Well, it looks like the series once again suggests the sort of pairing that may happen in the future. I personally like all of it. Having said that, I think Kyou has to learn controlling that temper of his. He's getting better lately but he needs to stop snapping so easily at everyone, especially at Tohru, who clearly thinks a lot about him. It's good that he realised his wrong-doing at the end and decides to be nice to Tohru but I want more improvement from him. The surprise here, however, is the fact that I really like Yuki and Machi. I never thought that Yuki will have such a good chemistry with Machi but I have to admit that I've been enjoying their scenes together. Lately their pairing has been a good antidote for the now angsty Kyou and Tohru pairing. As for Shigure and Akito, I actually saw that from a mile away ever since Akito was revealed as a woman. The fact that Shigure hasn't got a potential love interest beforehand makes this an expected development rather than anything surprising.
Character popularity contest:
This is basically a poll where Japanese fans get to choose which characters they like the most. If you read Naruto, you'll know that series normally have one every 40-50 chapters and usually the winners are the usual suspects like Naruto, Kakashi, Iruka, and Sasuke. Well, this is basically the same down to the winners. Anyway, the number at the front obviously reflects the position that they're in after all of the votes are tallied. Some of the characters have additional informations such as the number of votes and their position (the one inside the bracket) in the previous poll. Some, however, don't have this but instead have small description of the characters. Quite reasonable, really, considering that not everyone will be able to remember every single characters that ever appeared in the series. Anyway, I typed this in a hurry, so if I make a mistake with the names, please let me know.
1. Kyou Souma - 7725 votes (1)
2. Tohru Honda - 4680 votes (2)
3. Yuki Souma - 3134 votes (3)
4. Hatori Souma - 1498 votes (4)
5. Hatsuharu Souma - 1224 votes (6)
6. Momiji Souma - 1193 votes (8)
7. Kakeru Manabe - 1025 votes (-)
8. Ayame Souma - 928 votes (7)
9. Kureno Souma - 798 votes (-)
10. Shigure Souma - 741 votes (5)
11. Izusu/Rin Souma - 715 votes (-)
12. Saki Hanajima - 534 votes (9)
13. Ritsu Souma - 527 votes (-)
14. Kisa Souma - 495 votes (11)
15. Machi Kuragi - 358 votes (-)
16. Hiro Souma - 331 votes (-)
17. Kazuma Souma - 254 votes (12)
18. Akito Souma - 252 votes (13)
19. Arisa Uotani - 223 votes (16)
20. Kagura Souma - 211 votes (10)
21. Katsuya Honda - 169 votes
22. Kyouko Honda - 154 votes
23. Kimi Toudou - 88 votes
24. Megumi Hanajima - 41 votes
25. Naohito Sakuragi - 30 votes
26. Mogeta (that bunny anime character) - 27 votes
27. Momo Souma (Momiji's sister) - 27 votes
28. Mayuko Shiraki (The teacher) - 26 votes
29. Motoko Minakawa (one of the Yuki fanclub members) - 21 votes
30. Natsuki Takaya - 18 votes
31. Kana Souma (Hatori's ex girlfriend)- 17 votes
32. Mitsu Tomodakuni (Kazuma's student) - 12 votes
33. Mine Kuramae (Ayame's assistant) - 11 votes
34. Tohru's Grandpa - 10 votes
35. Satsuki Souma (Hiro's Mom)- 9 votes
36. Hana-chan's Mom - 4 votes
37. Neko Kyou (Kyou's cat form) - 4 votes
38. Messhou-san (Ritsu's Mom) - 4 votes
39. Yankee-tachi (Uo-chan's ex-gang members?) - 3 votes
40. Minami Kinoshita (the other Yuki fanclub member) - 3 votes
41. Makoto Takei (the ex student president) - 3 votes
42. Former student council members (I can't remember who they are) - 2 votes
43. 2-D Class Rep (the girl with the glasses) - 2 votes
44. Uo-chan's Upperclassman (??) - 2 votes
45. Rika Aida (another member of Yuki fanclub) - 2 votes
46. Chibi Kyou (Kyou when he was a kid) - 2 votes
47. Black-haired classmate(this is getting weird) - 2 votes
48. Kyou's two male friends - 2 votes
49. Ren Souma (Akito's Mom) - 1 vote
50. Uo-chan's Mom - 1 vote
51. The cleaning lady at Tohru's workplace - 1 vote
52. Arii (??) - 1 vote
53. Tabibito (The most foolish traveler from Momiji's story) - 1 vote
54. Hatori's mom - 1 vote
55. White-haired classmate (this is really reaching) - 1 vote
56. Mayuko's Mom (who the hell vote for her?) - 1 vote
57. Chibi Yuki (Yuki when he was a kid) - 1 vote
58. The cat that belongs to Tohru's Grandpa (:o) - 1 vote
I can't remember if Mittchan (Shigure's long-suffering editor) is a character solely created for the anime. But that is the only reason I can think of as to why she's not on the list up there (I suspect if someone voted for her, Takaya-Sensei probably filtered it out). Anyway, Shigure and Akito sure drops down alot from their previous 5th and 13th position. In fact, apart from the first 6 characters in the list, everyone has been demoted from their previous position by new characters like Kakeru, Kureno, Rin, and Machi. I'm actually a bit disappointed that Kimi didn't make it to the top 20 since I think she's more interesting than Hiro. Finally, I'm not surprised that Kyou is still reigning at number 1. When the series started, Takaya-sensei was hoping that Kyou would become popular. Well, by the time the first official character poll started, he became very popular and obviously he still is popular right now.
I feel in time Tohru will become a martyr of the story.
NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOO!!!!Come back summary writer!(Hee-hee!) I understand. School is very important but I do hope you will give a translation or two fom time to time. I quite enjoy them. YUKI-KUN! YES YUKI AND MACHI-KUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I wish you well in your journey to refuel your fruba enjoyment! Thanks alot for all the explainations and so on. See you later I hope! Later ways!
(P.S.Damn. I wanted Yuki to win the top. Stupid Kyo cat. (Hee-hee!)Peace!)
Awww Im so sorry to hear that you wont be summerizing as much anymore!! But I do understand, even thought it makes me sad ;P
Thanks so much for at least doing chapter 100. I was going crazy wondering what those flowers were for!!! Its so strange seeing Tohru so sad throughout the chapter, though it is kinda a nice change from her naive bubbly self. I agree, its so nice to see Kyou controlling his temper more and more around her ^_^ And the Yuki and Machi scene was equally adorable!
Thanks again sooo much!!!!
thank you for all your efforts and best wishes with school ^_^
thanx for the wonderful summary. i will miss them!!! well good luck in school
Thanks again for the summary and scans. I really like them. Best of luck with school and everything else.
By the way, Mittchan's in the manga. She appears in chapters 16 and 45, She might be in some others, but those are the only ones I know of by just taking a quick check through a couple of my volumes.
I would like to say thank you for all the lovely summaries that you have done so far. I really appreciate them, especially so since I can't read Japanese!
I totally understand about you wanting to dedicate time and effort into your studies. I wish you the best of luck in your studies!
Thank you so much for all the summaries you've written. You wrote them all very, very well, and I greatly appreciate it.
It's disappointing that you are stopping, but I understand your situation. Best of luck in school!
I can't remember if Mittchan (Shigure's long-suffering editor) is a character solely created for the anime.
I believe it is in volume two or three of the manga that Shigure's editor is shown. Its before New Year's, and she threatens to kill herself because Shigure did what she asked him NOT to do- leave his place and send her worrying. ^^;; She's so cute...
good luck! thanks for everything! ^-^
Yay! Once again thanks for the summaries! (Just had to say it again.) hee-hee! Go Machi-chan! Work your flower throwing magic on Yuki-kun! Peace and later ways!XD!
Machi and Yuki!! Tohru and Kyo!! Yeeaaahh!! Love Love danee!! KYO-KUN kawaii kao suruuuu~!!
I love Fruits basket, i've bought vols 1-5 and i like how i can also read summaries of the future books because by the time all of the manga's come out in english i'll be around 25! Scary!! Thank you though! I love Kyo-kun...Tohru-kun is too dumb and annoying. It has to be Yuki-kun and Kyo-kun pairing! Uwaaaaaa!
Would it be any easier to just do the summaries without the scans? I'm mainly interested in this blog because I can see what happens next in the FB story, and this is the only place I know of where I can find that information.
But I do appreciate the effort you've put into the last several chapter summaries, and I (along with tons of other people, I'm sure) am very grateful for it.
I'm sorry J-R. If my study was the only reason, that would have been the action that I'd take. I'd simply not scan the images or I'd shorten the summary like I plan to do with my other entries. Unfortunately, like I said before, that's not the only reason.
I simply want to take a break from the series for a while. The problem is, I don't know when I'll pick it up again, so I thought it's better if I inform you guys in advance instead of stringing you along without any information as to why I'm not doing the next chapter.
I have to say I am really disappointed that you will not be able to keep up with Fruits Basket, your site was the only place I was able to get updates on my favorite series. However being a student myself I can understand how hard keeping up with studies is and how easily distracting manga can be. Just so you know that these translations are greatly appreciated and I hope you will still be able to find some time to make some quick udates for your fans out here. Well this chapter was not what I expected of Chapter 100, and it still drives me crazy that I cannot figure out what Shigure is up to. In any case I was expecting some more shocking news but i guess not...oh well.
I luv u for the summary.im sorry you cant do anymore. but thaks for the summarys up til now they were the best!!
Nooo! >.< I love your summeries soooooo much! *Sigh* Oh well... But could you just keep it in order? I don't want to miss out on a chapter! I wont mind if it takes awhile to get up here... ^_____^ Pweeeeese???
Ah! I love the kyoru moment that they had in here!! ^___^ So cute!!
This is probably my second time on your blog, and I must admit, it was for furuba. Instead of losing interest in this series, it is probably best that you've decided to stop doing this. Thanks for everything.
Thank you for all your efforts. I'll miss your summaries, but I understand how it is ^_^ Take care!
Wow.... I dont know whether to be depressed.... or very peppyyyyy!!! I donttt wilee the kyoruuu pairing..... noooo..... ive been practically tearing the hair out of my head over this one for MONTHS... since i found out yuki didnt like tohru in a romantic way. Its so very depressing. I am not really caught up on my FB manga, so i really am ignorant as far as Machi goes.... I suppose I'll just have to learn to like her. Meh. At least she sorta looks like tohru. Maybe I will eventually like her. I just want Yuki to be happy!! he is so sweet... meehhhh... I'm a sucker for cute guys and their "calm-osity".... *droools over yuki poster* ^_^ I duno why i love him so.... but keh. i suppose Kyoru is ok! as long as everyone is... somewhat happy.
I cant help but wonder what of kyo and Tohrus relationship after he is locked up at the main house? Dont tell me... another Tohru- depression? I think that may soon bring an end to the series. Talk about the constant cliffies, ne?
As before, Arigato for you wonderful summary. I am dissapointed to hear you wont be doing them as frequently, but I totally support your decision, especially if schoolwork is an issue. I can relate. *sweatdrop* I wish you the best of luck in your comming days. *bows* Thanks again.
Im so sorry if this comment is too long.. please forgive me... @_@- Bye!
First Shadow-san... and now you. @-@ I'm being detached from the Furuba world!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I can't understand Japanese much less read it... guess it's back to just looking at the scans. Hope you do well in your studies and thanks for all the Fruits Basket summaries you have written thus far.
-ash-
totally understood your position so thankyou for all the ultra-cool summaries you have brought us to date. Never bothered with the scans cos I also buy hanayume though my nihongo is kiddie level.. at least your summaries explained what was gong on with the parts I don't understood... wish you luck and hope you'll get back to the series whenever you can. Ganbatte!!!
I've been a avid follower of your Fruits Basket translations since late last year (wow, it's almost a year then!), and I must confess I'm sorry they're going to stop now. Anyway, thank you for translating/scanning and spending so much effort to bring each new chapter to us Fruits Basket fans. I've enjoyed your translations a lot, thank you and thank you again. :) Good luck to your studies!
Yeah Tessa!I love Yuki too! Don't worry-You will come to like Machi eventually.(Hopefully.)Although I thought Yuki was a better match for Tohru...seeing Kyo give her the rose I think they'll be fine. i want to again thank you for the summaries and que sera sera!YAY1XD!
GO YUKI-KUN!!!!
::Sniffle:: No more tanslations? ;_; Well I guess there is only one thing to do........time to enroll in that Japanese class I have been meaning to take. I mean you were the only one doing these translations....::sniffles more:: But I understand, school is a lot of work. and it should come first no matter how much you really dont want it to. Go get those A's and in the meantime I can wait. =D
(i don't speak very good english because i'm french and young, scuse)
my darling! my shiguré!! you're 10th!! why are you not the first??!! bouhouhouuuuuuuuu
kyo the first.. T_T , i prefer yuki but it's the life I can't be ! and here a little song (i always sing with my friends) L'AMOUUUUUR EST UN BOUQUET DE VIOLETEEUHH (shiguré)
I love your site. Thx for all the chapters you have translated for us. I'm from Germany and Fruits Basket is a great series. (Sorry, my english is not so perfect ^^") I really love it and here are so much fans.
Thx for everything ^_____^
The german Furuba Fan
Ushio-chan
*busy*
thanks so much for the summary, and good luck with school ^_~. Though it's sad to hear you won't be translating, your offline line is more important :D. I didn't really like this chapter. I hate Kyou. baka neko
Ah! O,O How can you not like Kyou-san steph??? ... ... ... That's... so mean. *teary eyed* I lovies you Kyou-san!! XD *hugs kyonkichi!* LOL~ =P
*Sigh* They are just soooooo CUTE together!! ^____^ (Kyou and Torhu. ^_^;) I wish that they'd just admit their feelings for eachother and be together! =,= Hopeless... But I still love them! ^___^ *Continues talking about Kyoru* ROFL~ ^_^;;;
//Melodramaticism// Whelp... I guess I'm gonna hafta look for another translation site for Furuba... ... I'll miss you and your beautiful translations!!! Oo *Runs off cryng*
PS: If you do put up another one... could you send me an email to tell me?? ^__^ I'd appreaciate that so much! m(_ _)m Bye-bye!! ^__^
Wow you are so amazing these are the best summaries of the mangas ive been able to find although i do have the ones from before chapter 86 now... Anyway just wanted to say how amazing you are!
ahahaha!!!! this manga is very strange...i won't be surprised if kyo will come out like the reincarnation of tohru's father and yuki of tohru's mother...
Thank you so much for all the scans and summaries! It's been great to be able to know what's going on now, because I can't read Japanese and i'll probably graduate before furuba is completely published in English... But you've done a great job! Good luck with everything else :)
~Ashy-chan~
Thanks guys. I have some of you'll still stick around to comment on some other entries.
I will stick around =) You seem to be into quite a few of the same things that I am. Thanks for all the FB goodies that you have posted for all the FB junkies around here. While I will also miss the new chapters, I will still check the site for you updates on all the other things you post about!
eh i would just like to know which issues was the previous popularity polls for f.basket were in? thanks!
Thanks, Meowchi. I really appreciate it.
And gagged, unfortunately, I haven't been buying Hana to Yume for that long so I don't know when the previous poll was conducted.
eh thanks anyways! thanks for the wonderful wonderful summaries for f.basket!
Thank you so much for doing the summeries for Fruits Basket! I love going to this site and I hope you'll come back in the near future! Good luck with your life! :]
Thanks for the awesome summaries. Although there's a huge gap in my Furuba knowledge now (between Vol. 5 and Vol. 15 or so), your scans and translations at least gave me a good idea of where the series was going. You're right to quit putting so much time into it while you still enjoy the series. It should be fun, not something you feel like you have to do. We can just learn Japanese ourselves, yes? (Probably not, in my case, but hey, it's all good... ^_^)
I'm not going to lie to you! I'm really sad! This was the only site I knew where to find the recent chapters and now...it's gone!!!
But I'm not going to be selfish! I totally understand your reasons ( I'm a student too!!!) I hope I wasn't one of the...ah...people who linked wrongly ( I don't know what to call them) I really suck at this Internet stuff! And if I ever did something wrong...I'M SORRY!!!!!!!! Sorry, sorry, sorry!!!!
But, may I give a suggestion? Furuba can't be that far from the end? I mean... you said before that Kyou will be imprison after he graduates and they are preparing the graduation "party". Why don't you resume the chapters by Christmas vacations, if you want to of course! What do you think?
Heh...good summary...AUGH! I STINK AT THIIIIISSS!
hey, it's my 3rd time coming here ever since I've been looking for summaries on Furuba. And glad to hear that you're moving on to the REAL WORLD and doing stuff that'll do you some good instead of mindlessly feeding us selfish readers with fruity goodness. AHHAHA! Just to let u know, I'm totally grateful for all the info you written (I also read your other summaries Midori No Hibiki and Monster).
You'll get no pressure from me to push you to do reviews. We really shouldn't complain since it is licensed and being released in the U.S. So all we gotta do is be patient and buy the mangas when they come out. ^_^; (I already have 4 of them >_<)
With that said, GO KYO & TOHRU!
Hm ... this chapter was interesting. I was completely shocked when I found out Akito was a female! I mean ... Akito was so well-disguised as a man, but could've been mistaken for a woman too because of his appearance.
I love Fruits Basket, but I was always hoping for a Yukiru (YukixTohru), but Yuki seems to only see Tohru not in that way ... .___. I was disappointed, but no matter what the ending is I guess I'll have to keep reading. I'm only up to volume four, that's true, and by the time all 15 volumes come out I'll be like ... 17 lol. I'm only 14 eheh ... or Maybe I'll be 16..?
Ok, sorry about that! REALLY good summary! I hope Takaya-sensie comes out with seventeen books! I personaly liked a bit the yukiru pairing but I like the Tohru-Kyou pairing even more! Me and my friends all love kyou/tohru moments and stuff. My best friend, B'dette, hasn't seen this sumary yet or the pictures. We are thinking of getting together at my house and squeeling over this summary. WE LOVE YOU SUMMARY WRITER! *lolzez!* =D
Love from
Lizzy Baran, Sophie McGale, Flannery McGale, Kacey Baldwin and Eliza Scarnechia all who love your summaries.
(written by Lizzy B. becouse all the other girls had to leave and I'm faster at typing. o_o; eh heheh)
Very nice... I'm a little disappointed Yuki lost the popularity to Kyo... But, I like all three, so no complaints...! Anyway, Arii, I'm pretty sure, is the other character (the short brown-haired one) that is with Mogeta... ^^
Thank u soo much for all the summaries that you had wrote before! And I know wut you mean by not concentrating in skul much these days.. me too~ Maybe it has something to do with Fall... it makes a person feel so down... *sigh*... Well, best of luck in skul!~
Thank you very much for your effort!!! ^^
Wow, you are the coolest person ever, i'm so bad for reading spoilers, but so... i love your translations and the syories, wow...
Thank you so much for the summaries! ^_^
(sorry, kinda long!) I stumbled on your blog just as you posted this, and I wish I'd been faster! You've probably heard this before, but I just had to say it: thank you. Your summaries/translations are very well thought out, and I like reading your interpretations of the text and the characters' actions. I respect your decision, and I agree with everyone who said it would be better for you to stop instead of lose interest altogether. "I see the plum on the back of your onigirii" too, and your kindness to fans of Furuba who cannot read Japanese is very much appreciated. Here's good karma for you, both in your studies and in life! ^_^
kyo and tohru are cute together. Machi and yuki are decent, I guess. I hate Akito for hitting momiji in chapter 60-something. I hate him! But anyway, your stuff that you translate is simply fantastic. I gotta say, you're a really, really great translator. KYO FOREVER!
--ah...Kyouko out.
Ow man... you guys HAVE to read chapter 101 of this ASAP!!!!!! I SWEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At first, I thought my eyes were just playing tricks on me but unfortunately.... T______T I, for one, am a Shigure fan... and my soul shattered when I got to read a spoiler of the 101th chapter... I am so sorry Shigure fans... I'm so sorry.... *weeps away*
sorry,it's me again,had forgot to put my name..^^''sorry!!
Ah!Fleur-de-lis,chapter 101 IS REALLY SHOCKING!!i'd never expect that from takaya sensei!!@__@ I agree with you!!
Yes I'll have to agree with previous posts. It's a shame you're losing interest because chapter 101 was a doozy. Not as big as the Akito revalation, but any chapter that focuses on Shigure, his motives, and part of his past has got to be interesting. It's funny even with all the new stuff we know i still like Shigure. His creepy and dark side makes him interesting. I am so happy that Kyo is number 1. He is my absolute fav and I love the Kyoru pairing. I loved this chapter. I hope you can find interest in Furuba again. Oh by the way I'm completely obsessed with Naruto as well.
I'm so glad I found this site! I have been searching all over for a place that had either translations or summaries. Your summaries are excellent! You even have some scans! And I totally understand that school is important, and hopefully you'll put some more chapters down (ones that are interesting to you, at least ^^).
I'm a huge Kyoru fan, and I really like the Yuki/Machi pairing, I just wish Machi would smile. I think she would be so pretty! Hopefully, Yuki will help her come out of her shell, like Tohru helped Yuki.
Awww... It's too bad that you're going to stop translating for a while ;P But that's OK. I'm a huge fan of the Shigure/Akito pairing (so sue me). I want to see more Akito development... just because everyone (still) hates him--no wait--her. Oh well. I hope that you do start translating at least some more chapters soon...
I know it's been a while since you posted this but I wanted to say thank you for all your wonderful chapter summaries. This is the only way I can enjoy the later manga, since I can't find translations ANYWHERE. I have a question for you. Don't worry, I'm not going to ask you to keep translating... that would be incredibly rude of me! However, I wanted to know if you have chapters earlier than 86 translated, as I searched the site quickly and couldn't find any. If you do have them, and could direct me to them, I'd be most appreciative. If not, I am still appreciative of the work you have done here. Thank you so, so much!
Sincerely,
Brianne Nurse
Brianne, unfortunately I don't have chapters earlier than 86. Sorry about that. :)
Thanks for the great summaries Garten! I really appreciate it since I live in the U.S. and know nothing and it takes forever for one manga book to come out!
I was wondering if anyone could give me information on Fruits Basket. I have all of the anime and all 6 books that have been released so far here and I know some other stuff but...I'm really lost. Like Why are they going to lock up Kyo at the main house? ..Well simple stuff like that... If anyone who knows anything will e-mail me at KitKatKari07@Aol.com I'd really appreciate it. Thanks again.
~*Kamus*~
Does anyone know where more summeries like this can be found? I know that only 86-100 are on this site... but are there any other sites with more?
Thank you for all your summaries. I am glad to see all my favorite characters at the top! Good luck with your studies =]
I hope you get your love for Furuba back because i know of interesting stuff that happens in the further chapters that you would probably like, but keh. I know school is important, but don't let that beat you down. Lol, i liked your summarys and i hope you return here one day and continue writing them for this series!^^
lol my email is sapphire_green@msn.com as I live in canada I feel abandoned my the lack of fruits basket books coming out so any kind human help me and tell me what happens
Yay. Thankyou so much for the translation. I am glad that Yuki and Machi are together. And of course I love the Tohru and Kyo pairing. It is so awesome.
ur summaries are really good^^ loved it.. but how come u get the stories so fast? I though fruits basket vol 16 only came out in Jan 19 in 2005 in Japan..
I recently stumbled upon this site and reading your summaries have gotten me back into the Fruit Basket craze. I have watched the Fruit Basket anime numerous time and was left unsatisfied with the ending, so i've been collecting the manga to see where its going. But in the US, the manga is only on Vol 7 and its been a slow enduring process since its finally getting into new stuff apart from the anime. Haha i guess what i'm going at is after seeing where the series is going with your summaries, i'm excited about the series again. I've been an avid Kyoru fan and it gets me hyped knowing that Takaya-sensei decided to keep that instead of Yukiru. I've also enjoyed correlating stuff mentioned in these latest chapters with stuff mentioned in the earlier volumes (ex. the dream the trio had about Akito). Takaya-sensei has really thought out the plot of this series.
Although i'm sad that you stopped the summaries, i'm very grateful that you wrote them. It'll be another 2 years till these chapters come to the US, but at least the wait will be worth it. Then again, i might test my skills and buy the latest volumes in Japanese. I hope your studies are going well and i'll be sure to check your site periodically for fruit basket and any other series that catch my attention. ^^
Awwwww!!! When's the next summary? And is Machi the girl who shows up at the end of the seventh book, or is that someone else?
Is the guy Kakeru? Is the girl Machi or Kimi? THIS IS HAUNTING ME!!!!! I can't wait until the next book comes out in April!!
*sigh* I have only just found this and you are already gone! You wouldn't happen to know of *another* site where I could get translations?
Ah, I've made myself sick over the last week staying up 24/7 trying to satisfy my Furuba fever. I watched the anime last weekend and immediately embarked on a mission to get up to date with the series.
Thank you so much for sharing your translations with us poor non-japanese speaking folk. You have an extraordinary talent for translation and narration. Your summaries are so thoughtful and sensitive, truly something to be proud of. These are definately the most eloquent Furuba descriptions I have read.
Good luck with your studies, and thank you once again. for sharing.
I'm French so excuse mistakes please ^^"
I'm so happy : Tohru and Kyo are a very beautiful couple !!!! Yeah ! And thanks !
Kyaaa!thank you so much for all your summaries. I know i shouldn't read ahead of where I am in the series (I've got up to volume 12) but I just...I just can't help it!
I'm mostly interested in how everyone pairs up. It's all turning out just like I planned... heheheh...LOL! But AKITO AS A WOMAN??? How much did that shock me when I found out? ;)
Well, GOOD LUCK! in everything, and I can't wait to hear from you again.
Luv B-chan ~x~
p.s. thanks for that little Naruto mention-
I'm addicted! BTW, Gaara is my favourite, then Naruto! ^_^ Anyone agree they should pair up?
Kyaa! I luv Yuki, momiji, kyo, and haru, because they are all very hot!!! I love to read Furuba, and i can't wait to get enough money to buy the whole series on dvd and book.
This is so weird, I don't know what to think about Furuba anymore, you all gave me too much spoilers!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hehe... everyone loves cats more than anything else!!! =^-^=
But, I wonder why chibii Kyou is so low in the chart. Everyone loves that adorable little orange head. Who doesn't like orange?
Nyah, lol...
I love the part where Kyou makes the flower and gives it to Tohru, so Kawaii =^-^=
this is the first time i've been to your website.
i find it very nice because i haven't actually read much of the series..i hope you will come back to continue writing more soon..i understand tha studies are important because my mum scolds me alot if i keep reading comics and neglecting my homework...well, still, i love to read them..most of the website that i go to is in french
wow i dont even think i read it all but it is good and i have been spreading things around about fruits basket but no one will listen to me so i am very depressed but anyway ill keep trying.:)
kyo n tohru do end up together..but i luv thiz chapter..i've read the entire series many many timez..itz as good as one piece i promize u r going to be shocked but it all makez perfect sense why kyo doesn't accept tohru right away when she confesses...itz guilt btw....but u can read the entire series by downloading from stoptazmo.com so chill n get reading!
kyo is so cute who ever thinks he's not has bad taste seriously.
Kyou is my favorite character of all time! He has a personality unmatched by anyone else, and although his battle seems impossible he keeps on fighting anyway!
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