History TearJerker / FruitsBasket

* Even before Katsuya’s death, Kyoko had it hard to say the least. She grew up in an extremely neglected family, without a single memory of her parents hugging her, let alone eating all together. Kyoko vents her frustrations by jointing a gang and lashing out at practically everyone. Her parents only expressed disappointment towards he as they only cared about their reputations, while her father gets physically abusive and his first scene is hitting her and kicking her out while calling Kyoko worthless. All Kyoko’s mother could do is worry over their neighbors judging them over Kyoko’s behavior while whining over her husband taking out his frustration onto her, and she has the gall to outright ask Kyoko why she turned out as a “disappointment”. Kyoko could only roar out that her mother shouldn’t have given birth to her.

* Katsuya's death. Got even worse when all his relatives started badmouthing Kyoko over her DarkAndTroubledPast and firmly believe she was [[SlutShaming “fooling around”] and that Tohru is not likely Katsuya’s. [[KickTheDog And the relatives tells this to Tohru’s face]], because they assumed she’s too little to understand what they’re saying!

* Even before Katsuya’s death, Kyoko had it hard to say the least. She grew up in an extremely neglected family, without a single memory of her parents hugging her, let alone eating all together. Kyoko vents her frustrations by jointing a gang and lashing out at practically everyone. Her parents only expressed disappointment towards he as they only cared about their reputations, while her father gets physically abusive and his first scene is hitting her and kicking her out while calling Kyoko worthless. Kyoko’s mother has the gall to outright ask her why she turned out as a “disappointment”. Kyoko could only roar out that her mother shouldn’t have given birth to her.
** Once she meets Katsuya, he proves to Kyoko there is the good in humanity, and this inspires her to turn her life around. Because Kyoko left her gang, the members beat her into hospitalization, which made her miss her final exams into getting into high school, and her parents dump a bag of her belongs and demand that she never come back into their lives.
** Just when Kyoko’s father couldn’t be any more of a bigger {{Jerkass}}, he calls Kyoko several years later to tell her that she and Tohru are not welcome to live back with him or her mother, and this was mere days after Katsuya’s funeral!

* Katsuya's death. Got even worse when all his relatives started badmouthing Kyoko over her DarkAndTroubledPast and firmly believe she was [[SlutShaming “fooling around”]{ and that Tohru is not likely Katsuya’s. [[KickTheDog And the relatives tells this to Tohru’s face]], because they assumed she’s too little to understand what they’re saying!

* Even before Katsuya’s death, Kyoko had it hard to say the least. She grew up in an extremely neglected family, without a single memory of eating all together. Kyoko vents her frustrations by jointing a gang and lashing out at practically everyone. Her parents only expressed disappointment towards he as they only cared about their reputations, while her father gets physically abusive and his first since is hitting her and kicking her out while calling Kyoko worthless. Kyoko’s mother has the gall to outright ask her why she turned out as a “disappointment”. Kyoko could only roar out that her mother shouldn’t have given birth to her.

* You have to feel bad that [[DidNotGetTheGuy Kagura]] is one of the few people who ends up alone in the series... She deserved someone to love her just as much as everyone else.

* Isuzu Rin had a happy childhood, but noticed that her mother and father ''never'' seemed upset about anything. She innocently asked why that was, since she knew that most people had something that made them sad or angry. Even though she was just asking as a curious child, her parents break down and scream at her to "give [them] a break", at which point she learns that they never loved her and only pretended to. This marks the start of Rin seriously repressing her emotions, which lasts for most of her life, as she believes that if she's good and quiet, her parents will go back to being the way they used to be. Of course, all this does lead to her being an emotional trainwreck as a teenager, with the added "bonus" of everyone thinking that she's simply cold and unfeeling. This is not the case, of course. She actually feels sorry for innocent people, and very much wants to see them go on living innocently. But it's impossible for her to express this sentiment, because of how messed up she is. She also becomes ill and eventually needs to be hospitalized, at which point her parents kick her out of their lives informs her that she must live elsewhere, because Rin's own parents have no idea how to love her anymore.

* Katsuya's death. Got even worse when all his relatives started badmouthing Kyoko.

* Isuzu Rin had a happy childhood, but noticed that her mother and father ''never'' seemed upset about anything. She innocently asked why that was, since she knew that most people had something that made them sad or angry. Even though she was just asking as a curious child, her parents break down and scream at her to "give [them] a break", at which point she learns that they never loved her and only pretended to. This marks the start of Rin seriously repressing her emotions, which lasts for most of her life, as she believes that if she's good and quiet, her parents will go back to being the way they used to be. Of course, all this does lead to her being an emotional trainwreck as a teenager, with the added "bonus" of everyone thinking that she's simply cold and unfeeling. This is not the case, of course. She actually feels sorry for innocent people, and very much wants to see them go on living innocently. But it's impossible for her to express this sentiment, because of how messed up she is. She also becomes ill and eventually needs to be hospitalized, at which point her mother informs her that she can live elsewhere, because Rin's own parents have no idea how to love her anymore. ''Then'' she starts dating Haru, who is basically the only person to ever make her feel wanted or needed, only to find out that they were caught by Akito. She lies that she started it all, and is shoved out a window for that (but not before Akito takes time to tell her how useless and unneeded she is). This leads to her distancing herself from Haru, even trying to convince him she no longer loves him, and trying find a way to break the curse. She gets so desperate to do this that she offers herself to Shigure for whatever he wants (implicitly sex) if he tells her and eventually runs herself so ragged that she has an emotional breakdown, gets sick, and starts going to such lengths that Hiro actually believes she'll die if she keeps it up. To top the whole thing off, she finally finds Akito's mother, who promises to tell her how to break the curse if Rin steals a box from Akito's room. When Rin tries to do this, Akito locks her up with the threat of gouging out Haru's eyes if she escapes, at which point Rin basically gives up and stops eating. Oh, and [[KickTheDog Ren had no clue how to break the curse, and laughed about how useless Rin has always been]]. The girl deserves many, ''many'' hugs!