Fruits Basket

This sweet, shoujo anime follows the story of Tohru Honda, a girl who lost her father at a young age and recently her mother. Abandoned by her grandfather, Tohru decides to live in a tent, unknowingly staying on Sohma property. Once she is discovered, and her tent is destroyed, she then is forced to live with the Sohmas: Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure. The Sohma family is cursed, with thirteen of them possessing the spirit of a Chinese zodiac animal. Whenever they become tired, or are hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animal that possesses them.Yuki is the rat, Shigure the dog, and Kyo is the cat that was tricked into missing the induction banquet of the zodiac.

I'm on chapter 26 of the manga and episode 8 of the anime. So far I've found it to be incredibly heart warming. Though the story isn't fast paced or complex, the characters make it for me. Tohru is such a sweet, optimistic, and strong girl, whose personality proves to help Yuki and Kyo open up. The series itself is actually quite sad at times, as you see how their curses effect their life and love. However, the comical side of the series truly proves to be comical (laughed my head off at the end of the first episode. And when Haru turned into a cow? Good stuff). This is a great series for any woman (or man) out there.

To watch the first episode of Fruits Basket click here.