Fruits Basket 1st Season

Greetings.

I welcome you...

...to the house of evil waves.

Motoko! What are you screaming about this early in the morning?!

Get up or you'll be late for school!

She's a Demon Queen.

"Fruits Basket"

Hey, look, Tohru.

Huh?

Hanajima's chatting with Kinoshita and Yamagishi.

Oh, she is!

Perhaps they've become friends?

Not a chance. Doesn't she hate their kind?

Hey, Hanajima.

Oh, you were watching?

What happened? They have a problem with you?

They're writing a special article on waves for the next school paper

and asked if they could come to my house for it.

What? Why'd they wanna do an article on that?

I'm not sure.

Though, I certainly felt unpleasant waves.

And you said okay?

Of course I did.

I never back down from a wave fight.

Now that's what I'm talking about!

They sound so shady, I've gotta get in on this.

Can I come, too?

Yes, of course.

Tohru-kun, are you coming, too?

Oh, sorry. Um, I have work again today.

And Kisa-san and Hiro-san are coming over later.

I see. Oh, well.

Let's go to class.

Man, I'm excited.

Oh,

why?

Yuki is shining more brightly than usual today.

Why is it?

Is the dignity of being the next president exuding from him?

No... No, it's something else.

It's the brilliance of a prince. Yuki's natural brilliance!

Motoko-sempai! We got the invite to Wave Girl's house!

You did it. You actually did it, Minami-san!

Did Wave Girl suspect anything?

Not a thing! She was okay with it right away.

Wonderful! Now we just need to stick to the plan.

Prince Yuki's first-year representative, Mio Yamagishi!

Yes!

Second-year representative, Minami Kinoshita!

Yes!

And me, third-year representative, Motoko Minagawa.

The three of us will definitely succeed in our plan...

...to get rid of Tohru Honda!

Yes, ma'am!

"Prince Yuki" is Yuki Soma's fan club at Kaibara High School.

Its membership includes over half of the female students.

They are dedicated to praising, loving, and protecting the prince

who has graced their school with his presence.

In other words, "Don't secretly get close to him, tramp!"

"1. Never steal the prince's personal effects. 2. Never invade the prince's home. 3. Never speak to the prince without someone else present.

The club's core principles are strictly enforced.

4. Always address the prince by the following: Third Years = Yuki Second Years = Yuki-kun, First years = Soma-kun. 5. etc..."

Those who go against the principles, even non-members,

may be painfully punished. Or not.

I cannot allow this.

After our unpredictable sempai graduated,

I thought our club would finally be able to function properly.

But then Tohru Honda comes along and makes countless grievous offenses.

What right does she have to smile by Yuki's side,

or accompany him to and from school?

She even seems close to Yuki's relative!

Tohru Honda is a witch!

If as a result of that witch's deception, our magnificent Yuki falls in... l-l-love,

what shall I do?!

Please, stop!

We must protect him from that witch!

Yes, you're absolutely right, Minami-san!

However... However, the witch is under the protection of a powerful Demon Queen.

Yes, that Demon Queen who controls evil waves.

Right... those were some strong evil waves.

--That's all right, then. --It's her!

I stayed in bed for a week straight. I could hear voices in my head.

They were forever making a racket as I laid on my pillow.

Who's "they"?

I understand what you went through, Minami-san!

Arisa Uotani is a delinquent, but still human.

We still stand a chance against her.

But that Hanajima!

She's not even human!

Her powers are way stronger than a normal human's!

Yes, that's absolutely true.

However, to get rid of the witch,

we must drive away the Demon Queen first.

Which is why our plan to infiltrate Wave Girl's home must succeed!

We must find the Demon Queen's weakness at all costs,

and use that to seal away the evil waves!

This is also to protect our innocent Yuki's heart.

Let's give it our all! In the name of Prince Yuki!

Yeah!

Yes, Prince Yuki! Go, go!

We turn here.

Huh? Oh, okay!

S-So you go to school by train, Hanajima-san?

We mustn't be afraid. Stand strong.

We must stand strong against this Demon Queen.

Okay.

But I wonder what Hanajima-sempai's house is like.

I-I mean, I imagine it to be...

...an old European building with graves surrounding it,

under a constantly dark sky,

with overgrown vines all over.

In her room, there'd be a mysterious magic circle or fallen statues.

And she might even perform rituals there.

Sempai, what should we do? What if it's actually like that?

We'll run away at the speed of light.

We're here.

Right here.

Huh? That was fast.

It's a normal house!

O-Oh, Mio-san, you really scared us there.

The real battle starts now!

Yeah!

Let's enter.

Th-Thanks for having us.

It's quite a spacious home.

I'll go make some tea.

My room is down the hall on the second floor.

Oh, and...

For your own sakes, it's better not to say your names in this house.

Why not?

Her room's normal, too. What a relief.

There's a lot of black, though.

Motoko-sempai, I don't want to drink...

...tea made by Wave Girl!

Minami-san, Mio-san! Stay strong!

Stay strong and drink it!

More importantly, now's our chance, while the Demon Queen isn't here!

Oh, right!

We must find the Demon Queen's weakness.

Th-They're all black.

Find a weakness...

Whoa, i-it's all black.

Find a weakness...

Huh?

She likes shojo manga? I didn't expect that.

It doesn't really scream "weakness," though.

Oh, I have this series, too.

We need to find something! A diary, a picture, or even a poem!

A poem?!

Those are embarrassing!

"Apparently, they have personal experience."

Yes, that's right.

When it comes down to it, anything-- even underwear--will work.

We'll use any...

...thing.

--Thanks for waiting-- --Hanajima-san!

There's something behind that door!

Oh, is it Megumi?

Me-Me-Me...?

My younger brother.

I saw his shoes, so I knew he was home from school.

A little brother?

She has a little brother?!

Megumi? Stop hiding and come introduce yourself.

Hello.

Come all the way out!

You're not Tohru-san and Arisa-san.

Are you Saki's new friends?

No. They're strangers that happen to go to the same school

and be the same gender as me.

Is that sarcasm?!