Fruits Basket, Vol. 9

I noticed a bit of a lag in the last two volumes, but Vol. 9 makes up for it! It's full of little stories of the type that don't normally interest me, such as a story about Uo-chan, a supporting character. My only critique here is that I want to know more and don't want to wait for it. Also included is the history of Hana-chan, which I also really liked.

Hints and foreshadowing continue strong throughout the volume, and I'm really excited for Vol. 10.

I've kind of made a leap in reading this series. I'm not sure what the last volume I read was but I wanted to get to the stories that weren't in the anime and randomly requested this one. It worked out, I managed to snag one that looks not too far ahead of where I was, but the stories weren't at all familiar.

I really like this manga, the artwork is super pleasant to look at and the stories are cute and usually funny. I feel kind of bad for Yuki, he still retains a look of sadness even around Tohru. Most of the comments I've read seem to be rooting for Kyo, and I like him as well, but Yuki is just so nice!

In this volume we get to see Yuki's first visit to the odd members of the student council, a flashback to Hanojima's childhood and show more first meeting with Tohru and Uotani (which was very interesting), a look at Kyo's father (what a jerk!) and my favorite part of Uotani meeting a mysterious stranger she really connects with. I'm not entirely sure but the stranger looks a lot like Kyo's Sensei, but then I get confused with similar looking characters.

I'm glad I picked up this volume and think I'll probably re-start the series from here. show less

I become a bigger fan of this series after each volume.

Li'l Megumi and Li'l Hana were adorable to the point of being criminal... and the Momiji's "scary story" scene at the end cracked me up

So much cutsie abounds! Just this image: Tohru and Kyou cooking together in Shishou's house. It's enough to give me bliss for a lifetime.