Let's stay together: a Fruits Basket podcast

This episode, we discuss chapters 11 & 12 of Fruits Basket. Kyo and Yuki shake things up by ditching the family’s traditional New Year’s celebrations. We learn more about Hatori’s painful past, and answer the question: when the snow melts, what does it become? - - - - - - - - - - Some more reading on topics we discussed: New Year’s celebrations: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2064.html https:/...

Kayla and Ellen discuss the events of chapters 9 and 10 of Fruits Basket. We visit the Culture Festival and meet Momiji and Hatori—for real this time. Yuki wears a dress… Kyo eats an onigiri... and Tohru goes inside the Sohma house, getting a little closer to the dark side of the curse.

Kayla and Ellen discuss the events of chapters 7 and 8 of Fruits Basket. Kyo and Yuki struggle with their envy of each other, we meet some new Sohmas, and learn a bit more about the curse this week on Let’s Stay Together.

In this episode, we meet Kagura Sohma and some of Tohru's family, and learn a little more about the curse as we discuss chapters 5 and 6 of the manga Fruits Basket.

Kayla and Ellen discuss the events of chapters 3 and 4 of the manga. - - - - - - Some sources were discussed: Mononoke: http://www.japanecho.com/sum/2006/330516.html/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mononoke “The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters” edited by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock The Chinese zodiac and ornaments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zodiac https://zoomingjap...

Kayla and Ellen discuss the events of chapters 1 and 2 of the manga.

In this teaser episode, we introduce Fruits Basket as a whole and discuss what we hope to look for as we read through it together. We share our hopes and dreams for the podcast and the anime coming in April 2019.