First of all this is obviously not going to be exactly like fruits basket because as much as we all love tohru (which is a looooooooot) there can never be another her. Personally I like the concept of a main character being lifted up by the supporting characters it’s a great contrast to fruits basket where tohru basically lifted everybody up and saved them from their drama. It’s a nice throw back but it’s not the same story. And the characters are still influenced by what happened in fruits basket though not directly it shows in their character and the choices they make. I love how shiki is affected by Akito’s mistakes but people understand that he’s not at fault for his mother’s wrong doing. Akito is getting punished for the pain she caused and she is not going scot free. This is not supposed to brainwash the reader into sympathizing with her. It’s just from shiki’s point of view. So obviously he sympathizes with his mother because she’s his mother he is obviously going to be biased. So that’s how he feels not how the reader is supposed to feel. Those are my thoughts... fell free to agree or disagree.
First of all this is obviously not going to be exactly like fruits basket because as much as we all love tohru (which is a looooooooot) there can never be another her.
Personally I like the concept of a main character being lifted up by the supporting characters it’s a great contrast to fruits basket where tohru basically lifted everybody up and saved them from their drama. It’s a nice throw back but it’s not the same story. And the characters are still influenced by what happened in fruits basket though not directly it shows in their character and the choices they make.
I love how shiki is affected by Akito’s mistakes but people understand that he’s not at fault for his mother’s wrong doing. Akito is getting punished for the pain she caused and she is not going scot free. This is not supposed to brainwash the reader into sympathizing with her. It’s just from shiki’s point of view. So obviously he sympathizes with his mother because she’s his mother he is obviously going to be biased. So that’s how he feels not how the reader is supposed to feel.
Those are my thoughts... fell free to agree or disagree.