Fruits Basket vol. 15, by Natsuki Takaya

[keilexandra]

194 pages
Genre: Fiction/Manga

Firstly: I <3 Furuba. And I'm terrible at analyzing graphic novels, even more so than films. For me, all manga is fluff. I like the pretty pictures, but really I'm more interested in plot. It's fun to read other people's panel-by-panel analyses, but I' m just a casual browser.

So I guess I'll talk about more universal things, like character, plot, and setting (the three mainstays of all story--no, theme is not a prequisite). Where was I? Oh yeah. Plot.

Frankly, the first half of this book, where Yuki things about his past, was boring. I'm getting tired of Yuki as the series progresses--15 volumes of wallowing in self-pity is a bit much. But the second half is about the class play, Sorta Cinderella. Tohru is the evil stepsister, Hana is Cinderella, Kyo is the prince, and Yuki is the fairy...guardian. With the last page of Chapter 86 (another loving Yuki-Ayame interaction), hilarity begins. It's the funniest manga sequence I've ever read--I couldn't stop laughing. Totally makes up for the Yuki-angst. It's just...indescribable.

Comments

[sarahbrand.livejournal.com]

I think Yuki's starting to move past the angst, though. (Or at least that's the impression I remember getting... like, he's starting to develop a life that doesn't revolve around Akito and/or the curse. It's progress, anyway.) Also, Sorta Cinderella? That was amazing. <3 Yay, Furuba~!