Fruits Basket 2nd Season

A year has passed since Tooru Honda began living in the Souma residence, and she has since created stronger relationships with its inhabitants Shigure, Kyou, and Yuki. She has also grown closer to the rest of the Souma family and has become familiar with their ancestral secret, having helped them with many of their personal issues. The closer Tooru gets, however, the more she begins to realize that their secret holds a darker truth than she first presumed.

Summer is approaching and Tooru is invited to spend her days with the Soumas, mainly Kyou and Yuki. Tooru wishes for an easy-going vacation, but her close relationships with the two boys and the rest of the Soumas may prove to cause trouble. As they grow more intimate, their carefree time together is hindered by older hardships and feelings from the past that begin to resurface. The Eternal Banquet also dawns on the members of the zodiac, and they must tend to their duties alongside the unnerving head of the family, Akito Souma.

With the banquet approaching and a plethora of feelings to be solved, will Tooru's life with the Soumas remain peaceful, or will she find herself in a situation from which she cannot escape?

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Souma, Kyou Main

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Honda, Tooru Main

Iwami, Manaka Japanese

Souma, Yuki Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Souma, Hatsuharu Supporting

Furukawa, Makoto Japanese

Souma, Momiji Supporting

Han, Megumi Japanese

Souma, Shigure Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Souma, Ayame Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Souma, Hatori Supporting

Okitsu, Kazuyuki Japanese

Hanajima, Saki Supporting

Satou, Satomi Japanese

Souma, Isuzu Supporting

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Yamauchi, Mirai Producer

Yazaki, Fumi Producer

Shimada, Akira Producer, Planning

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Aug 2, 2025

anemogender

Recommended

Since Season 2 is able to focus more on the inner lore of "Fruits Basket" I can definitely say it is so much better than Season 1! Unlike the first season, each episode does not feel like a filler episode and it each plays a part in explaining the mysteries of the plot. It was also great to see amazing character and relationship developments.

After the last episode, I can Season 3 is going to be more intense! A lot of questions were answered, including one that I thought was quite obvious already (I wish they did it better.) I can't wait to see how ... it all plays out!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Aug 7, 2022

Resting_Bonfire

Mixed Feelings

Funny

Fruits Basket - Season 2


A story that I initially thought was a simple tearjerker with no grounding proves to be a quality tearjerker that knows exactly what it's going for.

Despite its appearance, Fruit Basket is a series for a slightly older audience, since it appeals to a lot of adults and has more somber themes. And also revolves greatly around the sex lives of some of the characters.

Anyway, the second season picks up where the first left off. There are new everyday episodes, and new small events and you see more and more interference from Akito. What impresses me the most here again ... are the character's backgrounds and their problems. Very rarely does an anime/manga manage to address these stories properly without making it seem like melodramatic theater, and yet they've done it here. In fact, I'm almost thrilled with the backgrounds and characters.

Of course, this anime does have its serious drawbacks. For example, the pacing is mediocre, there are often unnecessary flashbacks that fortunately don't last long. Many scenes lack creativity and variety. And especially disappointing are the dialogues. I so often get the feeling that the author doesn't know exactly what he's letting the characters say, as soon as there's no topic about Akito or their backgrounds. They stand around, always looking at each other in shock, acting like goofballs. The comedy moments make up for this to some extent, but when a normal non-story dialogue takes place, you know it's going to be torture. If you don't know what the characters are supposed to say, it's better to replace it completely with another scene. These awkward silences and copy-paste interactions don't help at all.

[Story 4]

The story contributes practically nothing new, except that you see more of the character's backgrounds. Also light information regarding Akito and the Soma family.

[Characters 6]

Many characters are just blunt stereotypes, but this is balanced relatively well by their various complexes, traumas, and backgrounds. This results in the characters seeming understandable and the viewer actually cares about them. Especially since there is a healthy mix between happy and unhappy characters and not everyone is traumatized by something.
And as said, the backgrounds of the characters are relatively realistic and not exaggerated in any way. Many people react to problems differently and especially here, there are a lot of broken parents who think it's okay to ruin their children's lives. And this doesn't just happen out of thin air. Predominantly, the parents themselves are just overstressed people who blame their children for their failures. But there are also some parents who simply should never have become parents.

[Music 5 / Animations 6]

The intros in the anime really make me rethink my whole life. Especially when I'm lying in bed and can't skip this bullshit. Mediocre vocals with montages of characters walking and looking in directions. It's not a disaster, but an intro should be appealing or at least reflect something.

The outros are shockingly actually good and enjoyable.

The osts are average and nothing worth mentioning.

Regarding the animations, the budget has increased slightly as you can see, and the backgrounds have also gotten better. But nothing to talk about.


[Conclusion 6]

The second season of Fruit Basket has been more convincing than the first, also making up for some shortcomings and building more momentum. If the third season keeps this quality or even gets better, I will be more than satisfied.

[Enjoyment 7]

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 21, 2025

ellabot

Not Recommended

Excruciatingly slow. Very repetitive. Almost nothing happens until the end of the season, and even then it's just frustrating rather than compelling.

This felt like twenty-five episodes of filler and trauma dumping and internal monologuing with zero communication between a side cast we didn't know or care about in the first season. I actually enjoyed the first season, but this one was so painful to get through that I definitely won't be continuing the story. And it gives you no incentive to want to.

I wish some anime didn't try so hard to force you to feel a certain way about characters. It almost never ... works and just makes me dislike them more. Tohru is a sweetheart and I'll always love her, but most of the side cast (with a few exceptions) felt like they were fighting each other in an angst competition and then getting mad when they didn't win. Truly a frustrating watch. I don't know how I finished it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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