A review by nesdy
Fruits Basket #19 by Natsuki Takaya

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

5.0

Tooru's grief is not something that gets treated a lot in the story. She's more the catalyst for everything else to happen to the Soma family, so I like how this volume focuses a lot on her feelings about her parents, and how she learned to cope with her mother's grief. I think it's a very normal feeling for her to not want to forget her mom and feeling guilty about loving other people, but I also love the fact that she wants to try to move on with her own life. 

The whole "At least we're not the cat" scene gave me chills. I love it. I think it's genius that at this point in the story we still get glimpses of how Kyo is still an outsider in this family, even when we've seen others treat him as part of the group. 

There are some really sweet Kyo/Tooru scenes in here which I loooove. 

I love grown-up Momiji so much!!! I also love the way Yuki is with Machi, especially in comparison to the way he used to be. I love how the characters in this story all evolve little by little. I also loved Komaki. I don't know if she'll ever show up again, but her chapter was really fun.