Let's stay together: a Fruits Basket podcast

Summer comes every year, but the same summer never comes twice. The kids try their best to have a least one fun evening of fireworks all together with Tohru at the beach. At the guest house, Akito and Shigure argue, and Akito is called away to handle an issue at the main house, but not before “saying hello” to Tohru. In the confrontation with Akito, Tohru learns new, shocking things about the zodi...

The beach arc continues. Kyo is called to guest house to see Akito, and more about his deep feelings and his past are revealed—including a surprising connection to someone else we know.

Characters continue to grow and clash this week at the beach. The painful things that Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru keep deep inside come closer and closer to the surface. Akito continues to keep the other Sohmas away from Tohru, except for Kyo, who ends up spending more and more time alone with Tohru. Akito does decide to bestow a visit upon Tohru with the intention of introducing Kureno to her, but upon...

The beach trip continues this week! Hiro gets some news while at the beach. Everyone is in a cheerful mood, but Akito arrives, which puts a huge damper on things. Akita’s presence slows down the fun but seems to start to shake things up emotionally for our character, especially Yuki, who is finally opening up the “tightly closed lid”…

In the aftermath of the episode 24 reveal about Kyo is felt deeply by Tohru, Yuki, and Kagura. Tohru worries, Haru pats her head, ad we meet a few new and mysterious characters. The stage it set for next season with this somewhat hopeful and somewhat ominous ending of the first season of Fruits Basket 2019. Summer is coming… next spring? Yeah.

It’s a summer full of romance not just for the kids, but our beloved Great Teacher Mayuko and Haa-san as well. His past may be painful, and she may not be able to move on from what happened either… but maybe fate (or Shigure) has more in stall for these two…

A dark secret of Kyo’s is revealed by his master—darker than even the others possessed by spirits of the zodiac. Will Tohru be able to accept it? - - - - - - - - - - “Has anyone else ever wondered why Kazuma blocks Kyo’s eyes when he takes his beads off?…“ - an interesting thread on kyosohmastan’s blog: https://kyosohmastan.tumblr.com/post/187629912354/has-anyone-else-ever-wondered-why-kazuma-bloc...

Swimming, bug hunting, and emotions abound as the kids visit the Sohma summer home, and Shigure shakes things up at the main house. We’re all struggling with something deep inside this time on Let's Stay Together.

Tohru bombs a test and worries herself sick, but Kyo takes a stab at cheering her up. Kagura comes for a visit, and to keep her from destroying the house further, Shigure sends her and Kyo on a “date”. Kyo’s martial arts master returns and curiously watches Kyo interacting wth Yuki and Tohru, before rendezvousing with the kids outside Shigure’s house.

Kyo and Tohru take a trip to Shishou’s, but their visit is interrupted when Shishou is called away for a discussion about Kyo’s future. Rin makes a mysterious appearance at Shigure’s house. Yuki almost spills the beans about The Hat, but property damage interrupts him. Momiji announces that he has booked another trip for the family at a Sohma summer home, which we can all look forward to…

This Anime Break we discuss episode 22 of the 2019 Fruits Basket anime. This episode focuses on Hanajima’s powers, her family, and the her story before meeting Tohru & Uo.

In chapters 50 & 51 of Fruits Basket we learn more about Hanajima’s family and the days before she met Tohru & Uo. We also finally learn more about the mysterious man that Uo met at her convenience store job. Their feelings for each other are intense, but they may be more closely connected than either of them realize…

Kaibara High School’s Prince Yuki club has rules to keep girls from getting too close The Prince, but of course Tohru Honda has broken them many times and needs to be stopped. Unfortunately, she’s guarded by a Demon Queen—Saki Hanajima. Though terrified, the Prince Yuki fan girls make an attempt to visit Hana’s house find her weakness.

This week we meet Hiro Sohma, who seems to be kind of a brat. But as we’ve learned, every Sohma comes with baggage—he may be a brat on the outside, but he’s got a heart of gold on the inside, and is dealing with consequences of his feelings that are out of his control…

This time! This time. Summer’s finally here and the gang goes on an adventure to a haunted house. Tohru struggles of course, but is able to get through it with Momiji and Haru’s help. We get a glimpse of the aforementioned Rin, who’s about to leave the hospital In our second chapter, we meet some new characters! In the midst of a mini identity crisis, Yuki finds out who two of his student council...

We all get anxious about the future sometimes—even Tohru! But Shigure has words of wisdom to help her get through the overwhelmed feelings. Connections are forged this episode between Kyo and Tohru, and Yuki and Ayame, who has come to ask Yuki if he needs help with an upcoming event. Yuki and Ayame end up understanding each other a little better after talking about their past and Yuki’s future. -...

This time, for the second time this week, somehow, we meet Ritsu Sohma, the monkey of the zodiac! Ritsu’s anxiety and awkwardness has troubled him since he was a child, but maybe Tohru and an unlikely editor can help him find a reason to live…

This time on Let’s Stay Together, we meet Ritsu Sohma, the monkey of the zodiac! Ritsu’s anxiety and talentlessness causes him great distress, to the point of wondering if there is a reason he was born into this world. But maybe Tohru & co. can help him find a reason to live…

This Anime Break, we meet Kisa Sohma, the tiger of the zodiac, who has lost the ability to speak due to bullying. Tohru and Yuki help her to find strength to move forward. Kisa is able to return to school, but she isn’t the only one who has become stronger, it seems…

This week it’s Motoko & the Prince Yuki Fangirls vs Makoto & the Momiji fangirls in a battle of wits. The Prince Yuki fan club wants to know if a girl has been appointed to the student council, concerned over Yuki’s romantic future. Motoko’s conversation with Yuki, and another incident at school involving a broken-hearted Black Haru show us that change is in the air for the Furuba cast—whe...

This episode of Fruits Basket 2019 wraps up Uo’s back story. We learn more about her relationship with Kyoko and the impact Kyoko had on her life. Even though she’s gone, she left some things behind that help Uo continue to grow.

This week we conclude Uo’s back story of her gang days and her personal connection to Tohru and Kyoko Honda. We chat all about how chapters 40 & 41 touch on themes of belonging, learning to understand others, and change this time on Let’s Stay Together!

Where do we belong? Uo struggles with finding her place in this episode of Fruits Basket. This episode, we dig into Uo’s back story and what happened when she met her hero, the Red Butterfly, and her daughter, the Red Butterfly II… I mean… our sweet Tohru.

This week, a bathing suit shopping trip with hostages Kyo and Yuki turns into an opportunity to get to know Uo a little better. We learn more about her middle school gang days and her connection to the great Red Butterfly herself. - - - - - - - - - - - Some links about biker gangs! https://furubacanon.tumblr.com/post/183092787306/hi-i-was-wondering-if-you-could-tell-me-why-yuki https://www.tofugu....

Yuki and Kyo aren’t themselves as the gang takes a trip to the lake house after the visit to Tohru’s mom’s grave. Maybe Shigure had secret motivations… like tormenting his editor, or cheering up Hatori. Ayame arrives as well to shake things up, of course.