Fruits Basket, Volume 15

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 208 pages
• Published by: Tokyopop December 12, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1598160230
• ASIN: B0013L8AS4
• Book Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 6.4 ounces

Book Description
Yuki's past finally is revealed! But is it all too much to bear? His sickness takes a turn for the worse, and after Akito reminds Yuki how loathed he is, his will to live might finally be drained Meanwhile, as Tohru is getting ready to perform in Cinderella, the class decides that they have to rewrite the play. But no amount of revision will prevent Tohru from improvising her loving feelings for a certain someone. Just who is the mystery man? A little bird tells us that the answer is right inside this next volume of the super-popular Fruits Basket, the world's #1 shojo manga! --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Fruits Basket, Volume 15 (Paperback) The fifteenth volume of "Fruits Basket" is one where little happens, yet the repercussions are absolutely staggering. Natsuki Takaya follows up the shocking revelation by giving readers a story that is half tragedy and half comedy -- specificially, Yuki's past and the Cinderella debacle. The first half of this volume takes place in flashback: Yuki is recounting to Kakeru his lonely, unhappy past. He was only a little child when his parents virtually sold him to Akito, a seemingly pleasant child who suddenly became verbally abusive and vicious toward Yuki. The poor "rat" boy wanders through his childhood, desperately wanting a friend, but alone because he believes that everyone hates him -- even the outcast "cat" boy. But a chance meeting with a lost little girl changes his life, as he tries to guide her back to her loving mother -- and now Yuki must finally sort out his feelings toward Tohru. Meanwhile, the school is preparing for a hideously miscast version of "Cinderella," with actors who can't or won't do their parts right, and Ayame arriving to do some rapid costuming. After some hasty rewrites, the curtain rises on "Sorta Cinderella," a neurotic retelling of the fairy tale -- complete with a goth Cinderella, a surly prince, and Uotani taking out her romantic frustration on the audience. Takaya has always been brilliant at balancing tragedy and comedy in "Fruits Basket," and the fifteenth volume is a good example. She loads down the plot with the story of a boy who is still emotionally stunted by a complete lack of love growing up, and then plops down the most absurd version of "Cinderella" imaginable. Not much actually happens here, except for the play. But it feels like a lot is happening, though the biggest present drama is Tohru desperately trying to play "mean" with little success -- really, what kind of wicked stepsister bursts into tears when she's being nasty? Takaya's knack for offbeat dialogue comes in handy during the much-rewritten play (when the fairy godmother offers Hana a single wish, she replies, "Burn the palace down"), and her art is wonderfully polished. Even though little happens in this volume, Yuki receives a lot of character development, obviously, including the introduction of a new love interest for him. But Kyo also gets some development, as he realizes that Yuki's life hasn't been the charmed existance he thought. The fifteenth volume of "Fruits Basket" illuminates one character's past, hints at a future for him -- and then Takaya lightens the whole thing up with a lump of pure comedy. Comment | Permalink | (Report this)