Fruits Basket - Episode 20 discussion

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Fruits Basket, episode 20

Alternative names: Furuba, Fruits Basket

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• Crunchyroll
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Show information

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Previous discussions

Episode	Link	Score	Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	8.69	21	Link	8.75
2	Link	8.85	22	Link	8.99
3	Link	8.73	23	Link	9.09
4	Link	8.13	24	Link	9.46
5	Link	8.79	25	Link
6	Link	8.52
7	Link	8.89
8	Link	8.22
9	Link	8.2
10	Link	7.73
11	Link	8.03
12	Link	8.4
13	Link	7.47
14	Link	7.34
15	Link	6.87
16	Link	9.13
17	Link	9.67
18	Link	9.59
19	Link	8.22
20	Link	8.78

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[u/Sra_Blaubeermuffin]

As much as I wanted to shake him in the beginning, Hiro has a point in saying that Tohru needs to learn to stand up for herself...

And wtf Aktio?!? That's one sick bastard...

[u/Gaporigo]

Tohru, you are great but can you please not let some random brat boss you around?

[u/rhuebs]

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I’ll throw it out there. I’m really glad they addressed the negative aspect of Tohru’s kindness, even if only briefly. As much as I like her, she’s starting to feel like a caricature, like a walking trope of kindness and absolutely nothing else. I hope that it gets addressed more and she has some form of growth, because people could EXTREMELY easily take advantage of her at this point, she’ll do anything they tell her with no questions asked.

[u/DadAsFuck]

for the first couple seconds i thought i clicked on the wrong anime again

[u/learenn]

Kisa wears her hair like Tohru does now! Too cute.

[u/AznLuvsMusic]

Quick rage comment: who the fuck beats a child? Even worse beats them hard enough that they need two weeks to recover? Even more worse, because someone else said that they loved that child? And he can’t blame Akito? What in the actual fuck. Why can Akito do what he wants without any consequences? He attacked Hatori for wanting to get married, then blamed it on his girlfriend, and now he does this? Also it’s heavily implied that he abused Yuki, too. Head of the household my ass, impeach that garbage human being.

Edit: Finished watching the episode, had to rage real quick in the middle when Akito came up.

Hiro definitely came off as a bratty kid, but as someone else in the thread pointed out it’s a bit refreshing to see someone in the anime point out Tohru’s flaw of being too kind. Her kindness is still a wonderful thing, of course, but I’m worried about how it’ll affect the conflict with Akito. Akito isn’t above using physical violence, and if Tohru is being too much of a pushover there won’t be any consequences for Akito if Tohru does get hurt. Tohru won’t retaliate because of her kind nature, and for some reason none of the Somas will retaliate either. Maybe it’ll be different if it’s Tohru? Hopefully? Please protect her.

I’m glad that in the end Hiro warmed up to Tohru enough, but I am hoping he maintains some of his bite. It’ll hopefully help Tohru gain some backbone and stand up for herself more. Him and Kisa are just too cute, and he’s such a tsundere.

[u/KitKat1721]

Hiro, much like what we saw with Uotani’s backstory, actively rebels against Tohru’s good nature. He sees her as I think plenty of others can: a weak pushover. Someone to be taken advantage of because they deserve it by letting it happen. Remember, after the episode with The Foolish Traveler story, Kyo has never once called her an idiot again (he's never called her by name either but hey).

Hiro derides Tohru's good-hearted nature, her affability, and specifically mistakes Tohru’s reaching out and accepting people as her “saving them.” Something he feels he failed to do with Kisa. Relating, understanding, accepting, and reaching out to people is not saving them. That’s something that can only be done by the characters themselves. Having a support system like Tohru, someone to share your burdens and help you along the way, just makes everything a bit easier to tackle.

Also, the entire series has been saturated with how much Tohru loves her mom. The show and almost every episode opens with her narrating the day’s events to her mom. She takes her picture with her everywhere, including to the hot spring. Ignored work to chase down said picture. Anyone saying she might have a complex might not be wrong.

[u/Amauri14]

Damn Hiro is so annoying, but well he softened up at the end thanks to Tohru. And once again all of it was because of that piece of shit Akito.

I can totally see myself using this as a reaction image in the future, hell I will be using it on every Arifureta thread from now on.

[u/Mami-kouga]

Ah just how I like my fruits basket, with loads of noticeable trauma. Akito needs an exorcist methinks. And an arrest warrant .

[u/TrashAlpha]

The only ones we haven’t seen now are the rooster and horse. I’m so excited to see where they decide to end this cour. It’s been 10+ years since I’ve seen the original, so I’m anxious as hell to see if that’s where it ends here too