Fruits Basket

Lavender Lilac · #1 08-19-2012, 05:09 PM

Every episode has made me cry, and they are not all sad tears. So much depth

SoulButter · #2 08-19-2012, 05:10 PM

Don't know what it is, sounds extremely gay.

**Lanny** · #3 08-20-2012, 01:55 AM

OMG, I /love/ Fruits Basket.

The part where Momiji tells the story about his mom. It makes me cry every time

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JC Denton · #4 08-20-2012, 02:03 AM

I can't figure out why so many people like this anime. Especially men... I love harems, but not reverse harems like FB or ranma. Fruits basket was just boring, and had like only one girl who was a tramp and wasn't even that attractive. I've definitely seen much better anime, and this was a waste of time.

**Lanny** · #5 08-20-2012, 02:19 AM

It's not about sex

Fox Paws · #6 08-20-2012, 02:23 AM

Shouldn't it be Fruit Basket

**Lanny** · #7 08-20-2012, 02:26 AM

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Shouldn't it be Fruit Basket

Heh, the anime is actually called Fruits Basket. IDK if it's a mistranslation or what.

LSDaamn · #8 08-20-2012, 02:28 AM

It does sound pretty homosexual.

JC Denton · #9 08-20-2012, 03:47 AM

its actually called Furutso Basket

Fox Paws · #10 08-20-2012, 10:37 AM

It's actually furutsu basuketto according to google

**Lanny** · #11 08-20-2012, 03:30 PM

Well if you think about it, there are multiple fruits in the basket. Like, if it were a basket with a bunch of apples then sure, it's a fruit basket, but if it contains apples and grapes and whatever else then it really should be a fruits basket. That's my theory at least

Fox Paws · #12 08-20-2012, 03:36 PM

I've only ever heard it called a fruit basket, and I've never heard of a fruit basket containing only one kind of fruit

Grammatically speaking, you wouldn't make "fruits" plural because fruit in this case is an adjective describing the basket, and adjectives can't be plural.

It would be like saying "bricks house"

Wait why am I talking about this lol

SoulButter · #13 08-20-2012, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Lanny

Well if you think about it, there are multiple fruits in the basket. Like, if it were a basket with a bunch of apples then sure, it's a fruit basket, but if it contains apples and grapes and whatever else then it really should be a fruits basket. That's my theory at least

Translation-wise, this makes a lot of sense.

Fox Paws · #14 08-20-2012, 03:48 PM

When transliterating English to Japanese, whenever there's a "t" in a word, they would usually use either "to" or "tsu" because they're the closest equivalent in their language.

That's why the second word is pronounced "basuketto". And saying "Furuto Basuketto" sounds kinda dumb out loud. I think they figured no one reading it would understand English anyway and just went with the one that flows better. And then when translating it back to English, the "tsu" was interpreted as "ts"

It's common in Japanese to do shit like that. For example, in movies where a character is supposed to speak English, they'll speak in a piss-poor Engrish accent and all the other characters will just be like "UWWAAAAA UR ENGLISH IS SO GOOD" and everyone just accepts it because no one in the audience can tell the difference

SoulButter · #15 08-20-2012, 04:16 PM

I get a lot of lulz out of Asian people. Always have.

Lavender Lilac · #16 08-20-2012, 04:18 PM

Language mechanics aside, best anime ever.

**Lanny** · #17 08-20-2012, 05:15 PM

^That.

Also it wasn't a reverse harem because Kyo wasn't a love interest

JC Denton · #18 08-20-2012, 07:03 PM

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^That.

Also it wasn't a reverse harem because Kyo wasn't a love interest

No.

And I'm pretty sure Tohru fell in love with Kyo, out of all the other men she was living with.

**Lanny** · #19 08-20-2012, 08:11 PM

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No.

And I'm pretty sure Tohru fell in love with Kyo, out of all the other men she was living with.

Nah, it was clearly Yuki who was her love interest. There was nothing other than a few comments by Tohru's friends to suggest her relationship with Kyo was anything but platonic. She was about to go on a date with Yuki once too.

Turd_Smasher · #20 08-25-2012, 03:44 PM

It's like the anime version of snow white.

Number13 · #21 08-25-2012, 04:12 PM

Two words... Strawberry Panic!

JC Denton · #22 08-25-2012, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Number13

Two words... Strawberry Panic!

Gay anime

Number13 · #23 08-25-2012, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by JC Denton

Lesbian anime

Fix'd that for ya.

**Lanny** · #24 08-25-2012, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by JC Denton

Gay anime

I think that's kind of the point

constantinople · #25 08-26-2012, 09:37 PM

Who the fuck watches slice of life anime? Goddamn that is lame.

JC Denton · #26 08-27-2012, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by constantinople

Who the fuck watches slice of life anime? Goddamn that is lame.

I know an otaku guy that only watches that shit. He's never even watched dbz, yyh, nge,
Ols, or cowboy bebop.

He seriously wants to go transgender and acts very effeminate. He's straight but acts like a total faggot. He's also a weaboo that completely rejects western culture and social values. He even eats with chopsticks and squats when he takes a shit...

Malice · #27 08-27-2012, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Number13

Two words... Strawberry Panic!

I've seen this, it was pretty meh, not enough fan service.

**Lanny** · #28 08-27-2012, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Malice

I've seen this, it was pretty meh, not enough fan service.

Fan service is like the single worst thing about anime (or western media for that matter (i.e. every awkward purposeless sex scene in every action movie ever)). That's one of the reasons that Fruits Basket was excellent, none of that crap with the possible exception of Haru.

Malice · #29 08-27-2012, 02:47 AM

You must not be familiar with Strawberry Panic, fan service was probably pretty much the only reason that most who people watched it did.

**Lanny** · #30 08-27-2012, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Malice

You must not be familiar with Strawberry Panic, fan service was probably pretty much the only reason that most who people watched it did.

Oh, hah. No, I haven't watched it. I definitely stand by my statement however.

Number13 · #31 08-27-2012, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Malice

You must not be familiar with Strawberry Panic, fan service was probably pretty much the only reason that most who people watched it did.

I watched for the characters.

Malice · #32 08-27-2012, 08:22 AM

Oh, how interesting, I happen to read Playboy for the articles.

constantinople · #33 08-27-2012, 02:50 PM

People who watch anime that isn't about killing stuff and giant robots is generaly some kind of freak fulfilling their fetishistic tendencies.

Number13 · #34 08-27-2012, 02:58 PM

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People who watch anime that isn't about killing stuff and giant robots is generaly some kind of freak fulfilling their fetishistic tendencies.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann... JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?

constantinople · #35 08-27-2012, 03:01 PM

It's like Gundam minus the emo.

Number13 · #36 08-27-2012, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by constantinople

It's like Gundam minus the emo.

Gurren Lagann is the best.

cowtipper · #37 09-02-2012, 03:44 AM

want link to a good source for this anime... i just finished gurren lagann lol

JC Denton · #38 09-02-2012, 05:11 AM

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want link to a good source for this anime... i just finished gurren lagann lol

why would you want to watch this boring slice of life garbage right after a badass mecha anime.

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