History HoYay / FruitsBasket

* It's more than strongly hinted that Saki in particular is suppressing [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship deeper feelings for Tohru]].

** See also: Tohru's reaction after seeing Rin naked (post-transformation). When going to get some clothes to lend to Rin, Tohru thoughts are of how Rin's not just a beautiful woman, but an alluring at that. She then worries about how her won't fit someone with such a nice figure.

** See also: Tohru's reaction after seeing Rin naked (post-transformation).

** In the manga, Haru reassures Yuki that even though he's in a relationship now with Rin, Yuki will always be his "first love". Yuki is still embarrassed by it, and nervous over the DeathGlare Rin's giving him when Haru once again tells Yuki so.

** Ayame has a great deal of admiration for Hatori and only listens to him because of it. As a {{Running Gag}} whenever Ayame believes he's made some sort of accomplishment, he immediately needs to inform Hatori. Despite the grief that comes with [[CloudcuckooLandersMinder overseeing Ayame]], Hatori never minds much and will offer him his advice. Though Ayame doesn't joke around with the same HomoeroticSubtext that he does with Shigure, he has stated seriously before that he likes Hatori.

** During the play where she's cast as Cinderella, instead of mooning over the prince (Kyo), it's Tohru her [[MinionWithAnFInEvil "evil"]] stepsister she obsesses over and gets rather possessive about. Near the end, after ExploitingTheFourthWall to [[CannotSpitItOut confront Kyo]] over his [[ShesNotMyGirlfriend future with Tohru]], Cinderalla ends up running a Yakiniku shop with her older sister

* WordOfGod says [[BiTheWay Mitsuru]], Shigure's editor, neither knows nor cares what gender [[AmbiguousGender Ritsu]] is.

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!Manga

** Natsuki Takaya stated in the bonus extra chapters that, had Akito actually been a male, she felt more tempted into pairing Tohru with Akito instead. It goes to show that all it would have taken for the two to be a couple was a simple GenderFlip.

** To convince Takei that his hair is naturally black and white, Haru drags him into a closet and presumably [[spoiler: shows him his public hair]].

* Akito [[spoiler: where's he male instead of female like in the manga]] where in episode 8 he gets ''really'' close to Hatori following inflicting EyeScream on him trying to make him feel better and asking him what's wrong and later getting ''really'' close to him again and caressing his hand up his tie.
* Akito and Yuki in the anime [[spoiler: where Akito is male, not in the manga where Akito is female]] have a very messed up relationship that can be seen as a twisted form of this, as shown when Akito gets close to Yuki and caresses his face with his hand but Tohru picks up a threatening atmosphere about him and pushes him away from Yuki.

** After Hatsuhara sees how relaxed Yuki is around Kakeru while they bicker, he requests Kakeru take care of Yuki and Kakeru accepts it as a father granting permission to marry his daughter, swearing to keep her happy.

* Akito is worthy competition as well seeing as how even though it might be an act in the manga, she acts ''really'' affectionate with Tohru and they eventually become close friends.

** After Hatsuhara sees how relaxed Yuki is around Kakeru while they bicker, he requests Kakeru take care of Yuki and Kakeru accepts it as permission from a father to marry his daughter.

** Kyou wakes up to find Ayame sleeping next to him in bed. He goes into a shocked state and Ayame mumbles "I'm still sleepy", grabs Kyou and tries to cuddle with him. After being beaten by Kyou, Ayame states he snuck into Kyou's room because Yuki had locked him out of his room when Ayame tried to sneak in.

** Ayame has a great deal of admiration for Hatori and only listens to him because of it. Despite the grief that comes with [[CloudcuckooLandersMinder overseeing Ayame]], Hatori never minds much and will offer him his advice. Though Ayame doesn't joke around with the same HomoeroticSubtext that he does with Shigure, he has stated seriously before that he likes Hatori.

* While initially hostile towards Tohru, even biting her hand, Kisa begins clinging to Tohru upon hearing her encouraging words after finding Kisa, who'd run out from Shigure's home. Kisa goes on and on about Tohru, and tells Hiro that whenever she's around her, she feels all warm inside. It's no wonder why Hiro is jealous of Tohru.

** She always sees Tohru as her big sister and in the anime, always calls her 'sissy'.

* It's more than strongly hinted that Saki in particular is suppressing [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship deeper feelings for Tohru]]. During the play where she's cast as Cinderella, instead of mooning over the prince (Kyo), it's Tohru she obsesses over and gets rather possessive about. Near the end, when she finds out the prince is taking Tohru away, she gets very quiet and pensive, with her brother giving her an understanding look and asking if she's ok.