History Fridge / FruitsBasket

* For those who know everything that happens to Rin, just imagine if her hair is a normal long hair instead of her usual Hime cut...

* For those who know everything that happens to Rin, just imagine if her hair is a typical normal long hair instead of her usual Hime cut...

** Taking the above into account, what about Yuki and Ayame's mother whose sons could change into a [[YouDirtyRat rat]] and [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent snake]], neither animal which could be considered [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute cute]]. Might explain why she acts cold and detached from both of her children. In fact, the only reason why she hasnt disowned either Yuki or Ayame is due to relatives of the Zodiac being granted high status and financial recompense

* If you think about it, the [[spoiler:real origin of God and the zodiac]], the story of the zodiac that's known, and the state of the Sohma family makes a lot of sense. In [[spoiler:the real story, the Cat was good-hearted, but God and the other animals didn't want to hear what it had to say. Instead, they chose to believe that the Cat was betraying them, and spent countless reincarnation cycles hating it.]] This is why the person possessed with the Cat is the scapegoat of the family - the rest of the Sohmas don't want to acknowledge all of the problems they have, so they vent all of their hatred on one person, for something that's not their fault. Meanwhile, the zodiac legend was told to show the Cat in as bad a light as possible - as a gullible idiot.
* The Sohma Curse itself is one giant case of this. Once you realize that the actual curse isn't that they turn into animals, but that they are [[spoiler:tied into an everlasting bond, where they both fear and love, hate and want, their relationship with their God and Family.]] It only gets better when the symbolism of this playing out like a ComingOfAgeStory is made clear. Everything about the Sohma Curse works to reinforce these themes in such a brilliant way, especially Kyo's place as The Cat as partially stated above, this troper can't ever stop thinking about it. [[spoiler: "Time changes and people, too. And what was once a bond became a curse."]]
* While Kyo could never defeat Yuki in a fight, Kyo did win against Yuki in the sense that [[spoiler:he was the one Tohru fell for.]] Yuki even points out in-universe how he could only make Tohru react like a blushy little girl, while with Kyo, she acted more like a 'woman', and Yuki would try, and fail to get the same response from her.

* The previous Cat was Kazuma's grandfather. Which means he probably ended up with another Zodiac member. The brilliance comes in regards to the relationship between Kagura and Kyo. [[spoiler: In the past, for selfish reasons another Zodiac member got together with and had a child with the Cat of that generation. In the present, though Kagura fell for Kyo, she realizes her selfish feelings and steps back, refusing to make the same mistake as the previous generation.]]

* In the dub of the reboot, Momiji dropping his played-up German accent in front of his mom would definitely resonate with Tohru -- [[spoiler:she had to imitate her father's speaking style in an effort to make Kyoko happy]]. She also has a lot of trouble letting go of her mom, keeping her memories first and foremost in her heart like Momiji (but in a more unhealthy way than he does).

* While Yuki does have respiratory problems, most people wouldn't say a cold is exactly dangerous, as Tohru believes. When she says her mother would agree with her, it may seem like Tohru took Kyoko's words ridiculously to heart; however, it's later revealed how, due to overworking himself while ill, [[spoiler: her father suddenly died]] and left her [[BreakTheCutie mother in pieces]].

* In hindsight, it should have been obvious that Kyoko’s [[spoiler:DyingDeclarationOfHate]]... wasn’t. For starters, she hadn’t even seen Kyo [[spoiler:before being hit by the car]], so how could she have known [[spoiler:that he could have pulled her back]]? For all she could have known, Kyo might have just [[spoiler:stumbled upon the scene of the accident]]. It also seems a little out of character for Kyoko to use [[spoiler:her last words]] to tell someone [[spoiler:that she hated them]] as opposed to something like, say, passing along a message to her beloved daughter. Sure enough, [[spoiler:her full message was indeed for her daughter’s sake]].

** He's only blind in one eye and has clear vision in the other, as evidenced by the lack of visual medical devices, such as glasses. It is easy enough to compensate for a missing eye once you get used to the new field of vision. I.E Turning your head a little further to look around blind spots within the car and using mirrors. He might not have been driving right after he lost his eye, but there wouldn't be much to stop him from learning to compensate for its loss.

** And to top it all off, they both fell in love with two very similar people. Tohru may have initially emulated what she remembered of Katsuya to keep Kyoko from leaving her again, but there was more to her father than she or her father's relatives knew.

** This was lampshaded by none other than Tohru herself in the 2021 anime last season, who points out that her mother must be saying that not out of hatred and it doesn't make any sense that she just say it to any random people or even someone like [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kyo]], knowing well her mother isn't a type who would easily hold a grudge on other people.

This was lampshaded by none other than Tohru herself in the 2021 anime last season, who points out that her mother must be saying that not out of hatred and it doesn't make any sense that she just say it to any random people or even someone like [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kyo]], knowing well her mother isn't a type who would easily hold a grudge on other people.

* Shigure truly embodies the qualities we associate with dogs, but they're all corrupted. He's initially warm and engaging and friendly, but it's all surface. Scratch below that and he's motivated by a very selfish UndyingLoyalty for Akito.

*** And the other people old enough to drive would be Ayame (Hatori at one point refuses to let him drive), Ritsu (ha!), Rin (probably hasn't had time to learn), Kagura (possibly) and Akito (who gets Hatori to drive)

* TheReveal that Yuki sees Tohru as a ParentalSubstitute is Foreshadowed by how he treats her compared to Kyo; he doesn't get flustered around her and is always calm. Not something you expect anyone to be around a LoveInterest.