Fruits Basket is a heart warming, gut busting, romantic manga that shows the benefits of friendship, and learning to face your own internal conflicts instead of ignoring and running away from them. It’s very down to earth and very enjoyable. The art was not my favorite, but the original plot and character development, and seeing the relationships between all the characters make up for it. The manga is an excellent mix of love, friendship, and humor, with tons of life lessons, themes, and motifs thrown in-between. I’m a huge fan of shojo and this one of my favorites.