I’ve neither read the Fruits Basket manga nor watched the original anime series, but even without knowing the end of the story, I cannot help but believe that episode 10 of season two is the most central and important episode of the entire remake, for in it, the heroine of Fruits Basket confronts her enemy… Read More The Last Temptation of Tohru Honda
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