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octopedingenue's package came in the mail today. Yay! I watched Fruits Basket episode 13 over lunch.


I adore episode 13... it is one of my favorite. It captures the great duality that is Fruits Basket: it has the funniest scene of the entire series, but it also has the most unsettling scene too.

The funniest scene of all of Furuba being, of course, the long class coridoor argument involving Yuki, Kyo, Tohru, Momiji, and particularly Hatsuharu and the class president. I laughed so much the first time I watched that scene that my mouth started to hurt from smiling. It sill gets giggles out of me-- I actually might put it as the funniest scene in any anime I've watched yet, or at least in the top three ranks. I :heart: Haru and his double personality so much. The English version was wonderfully done, too, just as funny as the original. This episode is one of the most well done of the dub.

The most unsettling scene of FB is, of course, Akito's confrontation with Yuki. I wouldn't say this is the saddest scene of the series (that comes later), but it is probably the darkest moment of the show. Particularly because the incident is not sugar-coated and skimmed over like Momiji's retelling of Hatori's eye being ruined, or Momiji's own story about his mother. Instead the audience has to stand there with Yuki and endure the pain along with Akito's creepy voice.

This show is so amazing. It's really one of the most well-written anime/manga series I've ever come across.

Comments

[octopedingenue]

I still laugh for like ten minutes. ("Oh my God! They can't DO that on TV!")

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

There's no way this show could ever qualify for Toonami without losing little gems like the coridoor/bathroom scene. I keep wanting to see FB on Adult Swim. I want to so bad.