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Re: Fruits Basket Final Season Out Nowish!

[(Anonymous)]

Saw that first ep! Forgot how bad the music was. The ending theme is alright, but that opening, whyyyy. Funnily enough, I disliked almost everything about the original anime *but* the music. But at least this one follows the manga and is pretty (SO much lens flare, lol. But I love it!) One day we'll get something that does both pictures and sounds right...

Re: Fruits Basket Final Season Out Nowish!

[(Anonymous)]

sa

This version preserves all the melodrama, darkness and abuse so I like it much better, anyway. The first anime was kinda saccharin and had Tohru giving a sappy life-lesson-lecture each episode. Was not a fan. I heard Natsuki Takaya wasn't pleased with what they'd done with it, and fell out with them (and iirc I'd also heard she'd requested that director specifically in the first place, so wow). Though idk the details. Might have been for some other reason. Just happy I got an anime that's pure melodrama amd misery at last. Ren Sohma has shown up and I remember this arc of the manga being fucking *weird*. =D

Re: Fruits Basket Final Season Out Nowish!

[(Anonymous)]

Sa

Saw the next couple eps. It's as deliciously fucked up as I remember. We're finally at the bit where my fave couple shows up. When I first read the manga, I loved reading all the positive relationships and shipped all the happy healthy couples. But now I just want to see the awful couple treating each other terribly and being brats. <3

Re: Fruits Basket Final Season Out Nowish!

[(Anonymous)]

Near the end now... I'm kinda curious if they're going to show Katsuya/Kyoko's relationship backstory. So far they've followed the manga pretty much exactly, but that one is so incredibly questionable I wonder if they'll chicken out.

Re: Fruits Basket Final Season Out Nowish!

[(Anonymous)]

But yeah, latest episode reached the bit where Nxvgb fgnof Xherab. I'm just picturing Shigure like "lololol, about time someone did that!" I feel like he'd privately be a bit proud. I mean, if nothing else, that's not someone who does things by halves. This time around, watching, I wondered if partly Akito was motivated by guilt, and it was sort of a crazed attempt to wipe everything away, kind of saying 'sorry' in the only way Akito knows how. I find Akito SO entertaining on this watch, it's unreal.

Also hahaha my friend just noticed *that* maid, and was like "I feel like she's the biggest villain in this?", which I confirmed. :P Though actually, I think they've made her a bit more sympathetic in the show than in the manga. The bit where she talks about how she was trying to comfort Akito with the box came off as genuine. It makes me wonder how much stuff I read as her just being a dick for the sake of it should have been read as being motivated by her caring for Akito (and just being a massive enabler in the process).

I wish they'd translated "unnecessary" as "worthless" or something; again the translation feels a bit stiff. Thouuuugh I did see in the next episode preview that the "I'm disillusioned" line is now "I'm disappointed in you", which I think is a more sensible translation.

Re: Fruits Basket Final Season Out Nowish!

[(Anonymous)]

Also Kureno is the *definition* of someone who is so good at being nice, he fails at being kind. When I read the manga, I found him a bit of a nothing character, but he works better in the anime. Seems more vulnerable (same for Rin, too). Maybe I just didn't really understand his position properly when I first read it, and it was easier to follow a second time.

Re: Fruits Basket Final Season Out Nowish!

[(Anonymous)]

SA

Yesss, hit the scene and "I'm disappointed in you" is a MUCH better translation. I think that's the only one I've preferred so far to the Tokyopop translation. But yeah, that line in the Tokyopop translation was a bit of mess, imo; it's such a dramatic moment and that just made it stiff and weird and confusing. When do you ever say "I'm disillusioned" to put someone down? Glad they fixed it.