Let's stay together: a Fruits Basket podcast

In this special, we and our special guest @LumRanmaYasha of the Manga Mavericks and other  podcasts discuss all 13 chapters of Fruits Basket Another, sequel to Fruits Basket. This was originally recorded back in 2021 🙇  Thank you for listening! See you around! 💖

We look back at the series as a whole, discuss our favorite moments, things we missed from the manga, and answer YOUR questions! Follow our social media things to hear about our future projects: @staytogetherpod on twitter staytogetherpodcast.tumblr.com staytogetherpodcast@gmail.com Also, we want to keep creating podcasts and keep them ad-free. So, if enjoyed this series, please consider giving to...

Everyone prepares to move forward, and we get a glimpse of future. Thank you for listening! We’ll see you next week for a final wrap up. :) 🔥REMINDER!🔥 We’ll be recording our last anime episode July 1st. If you have any questions for us, send them to: @staytogetherpod on twitter staytogetherpodcast.tumblr.com staytogetherpodcast@gmail.com Also, we want to keep creating podcasts and keep them ad-...

Yuki and Machi are able to meet, and the rat spirit’s curse is finally broken. Akito meets with the juunishi after the curse breaking, and reconnects with Shigure. Kyo has an important question for Tohru, and we find out what Kyoko was trying to tell Kyo the day she died. 🔥ANNOUNCEMENT🔥 We’ll be recording our last anime episode July 1st. If you have any questions for us, send them to: @staytoget...

Tohru finally stops running away, and Kyo gets to say what he should have said a few episodes ago… We learn the true origin of the zodiac curse, and Akito allows everyone to move on. Thank you for listening and for your support. We’ll see you next time! 🔥ANNOUNCEMENT🔥 We’ll be recording our last anime episode July 1st. If you have any questions for us, send them to: @staytogetherpod on Twitter s...

Uo and Hana meet Akito at the hospital. Uo hears about Kureno and is able to visit him.  Yuki gives Kyo a pep talk with his fists. Kyo decides he will visit Tohru in the hospital, but he has something he has to tell his father first. Kyo and Tohru’s reunion at the hospital doesn’t go the way that he expects… Thank you for listening and for your support. We’ll see you next time! If you’d like...

Akito confronts and attacks Tohru, but Tohru recognizes that in many ways she and Akito were struggling with the same feelings. Tohru is eventually able to convince Akito that they can start over as friends, but a freak accident during the confrontation leaves Tohru severely injured.  Thank you for listening and for your support. We’ll see you next time! If you’d like to send a message or ask...

Kyo confesses about how he knew Tohru’s mother and was there at the time of the car accident that killed her and what happened after. When she finally is able to respond to his confession, he runs off.  Thank you for listening and for your support. We’ll see you next time! If you’d like to send a message or ask a question, you can find us on twitter at @staytogetherpod, on Tumblr at staytoget...

Kyo struggles with his feelings about his mother, Kyoko, and Tohru. Ren tells Shigure about her and Akira’s relationship. Akito remembers the confusing and painful time around Akira’s death. Ren tries to attack Akito for the box that contains “Akira’s soul”. The curse suddenly breaks for another zodiac member. As Akito’s world starts to crumble, Kureno becomes her target.  Thank you for liste...

Tohru struggles with keeping her mom her first priority in her heart and her feelings for Kyo. Shishou and Kagura are concerned those feelings might just be pity. Kyo runs into Tohru’s grandfather while visiting Kyoko’s grave alone and learns more about why Tohru speaks the way she does. After confronting her about it, he struggles with his memories of Kyoko’s accident. Thank you for listening and...

The juunishi continue to struggle with the curse holding them back from making connections to new people. Akito and Shigure’s fight continues. Out of nowhere, the curse breaks for another member of the zodiac.  Thank you for listening and for your support. We’ll see you next time! If you’d like to send a message or ask a question, you can find us on twitter at @staytogetherpod, on Tumblr at s...

Hiro gets something off his chest. Akito becomes more and more desperate to keep the zodiac close. Haru looks for Rin, and they end up reuniting after a long journey.  Spoiler peeps! This is what we were looking at while speculating about next time: https://the-chikyuu-times.tumblr.com/post/649887075165995008 Thank you for listening and for your support. We’ll see you next time! If you’d like...

The student council hears a rumor about Machi. Kakeru and Yuki visit her to find out if it’s true, and Yuki and Machi grow closer. The 3rd year class graduates. Motoko takes a moment to confess to Yuki. He doesn’t return her feelings, but someone else has been pining for her all along.  Hiro meets his baby sister for the first time, and still no one has seen or heard from Rin… If you’d like t...

Tohru continues to struggle to talk to anyone about the things she learned from Kureno. A flower-snatching indecent at school leaves Tohru and Kyo alone in the classroom, where she tries to bring it up to him. Machi sees Yuki and catches up with him—just to say hi. Shigure visits Akito, and they argue again about the strains in their relationship. If you’d like to send a message or ask a question,...

Fruits Basket is back on air, so we’re back too! We pick up where we left off last time in the premier episode of the third and final season of Fruits Basket. Kureno explains more about the darker side of the Sohma family and some of the members’ impact on Akito, and more about the zodiac bond. All of this understandably upsets Tohru, who has been trying hard to connect Uo and Kureno. Sensing Tohr...

A special (slightly) early preview of our new show Equivalent Exchange—a weekly read-through of Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakwa. This episode will be released October 3rd, and every Saturday after that! In Fullmetal Alchemist chapters 1 and 2, we meet Edward and Alphonse Elric. Their attempt at human transmutation as children left them without their whole bodies. On a mission to find a way to...

In this finale of season 2 of Fruits Basket, more is revealed about the curse and the Sohma family than ever before. Akito is still bedridden from the shock of the incident at New Year’s and refuses to see Shigure, but has another attendant—it’s clear now why Shigure is jealous of Kureno. It turns out there’s more to both Kureno and Akito than meets the eye. - - - - - - - - - Send us a note: stayt...

Having finished up their duties for the year, the student council goes out to celebrate. For Machi, it seems to cause discomfort for her preferences or plans to be taken into consideration for the event. We learn more about her home life, and how she sees herself, and Yuki. New Year’s is upon the gang once again, and this year Yuki attends the zodiac banquet. The gathering takes a turn when Yuki s...

The kids take to the stage for their class culture festival play. It’s kind of like Cinderella? But beyond the dazzling costumes and unanticipated plot adjustments, some of the kids’ outbursts on stage reveal more than perhaps they intended. After the play, Yuki and Kakeru break up a fight brewing between some prince Yuki fan girls and Machi, and Yuki learns how Machi feels about him. - - - - - -...

Yuki continues to explain to Kakeru how he feels about Tohru, that he’ll keep moving forward and find the kind of relationship he wants on his own. With the class’ culture festival play looming ever closer, Tohru starts to feel the pressure to be evil, but it seems that her nature is just too strong. The kids decide to take some creative liberties with Cinderella—maybe it’ll be easier for Prince K...

Yuki relives some painful memories from his past—the way he was made to stay with Akito, and the abuse he ultimately suffered at Akito’s hand. It was a dark time in his life, but an incident where he was able to help a lost little girl gave him strength to keep going. Yuki is able to tell Kakeru a little about this time in his life, and how he really feels about Tohru. - - - - - - - - - Send us a...

Yuki continues to struggle with his feelings about Tohru and his family. Kakeru may be helping him come out of his shell, but Yuki accidentally getting locked in a closet triggers some bad memories for him. - - - - - - - - - Send us a note: staytogetherpodcast@gmail.com staytogetherpodcast.tumblr.com twitter.com/staytogetherpod Thank you for listening! See you next time! 💖

We pick up where we left off last time. Still weak, Tohru and the others try to tend to Rin, but she does everything she can to reject their care. While checking on her, an argument breaks out between Rin and Tohru. In the end, Rin reluctantly (finally) gives in and cries to Tohru, and something about Rin’s pain stirs Tohru, who cries with her into the morning.  Yuki realizes that he and Rin...

Rin struggles to find more information about how to break the curse, and struggles with her painful past. Her health isn’t holding up to her quest—she faints while digging for documents within the Sohma compound, and staggers to Shigure’s house, but faints before being discovered by Tohru. - - - - - - - Send us a note: staytogetherpodcast@gmail.com staytogetherpodcast.tumblr.com twitter.com/stayto...

The kids are in Kyoto for a school trip! Shigure says that the whole point of school trips is romance, and love does seem to be in the air as kid pair up and confess their feelings. It seems Kyo and Tohru are growing closer too, but not without a few bumps on the way. Yuki hopes to make some good memories on this trip, and builds his relationship with Kakeru and the student council. - - - - - - -...