Book: Fruits Basket, Volume 10 by Natsuki Takaya

Pages: 182 (Paperback)

My Thoughts: In Volume 10, there’s a lot going on!  Tohru and all the Sohma’s go to a beach house, and are surprised with a visit from Akito.  I never liked Akito, and my dislike of Akito keeps getting stronger.  Before they go to the beach house, Shigure visits the bookshop run by his ex-girlfriend, who remembers when Hatori was engaged to her best friend.  Shigure manipulates Hatori into visiting her, because…she has a secret crush on him!  Yuki admits to himself that he is in love with her. 

It doesn’t seem like a lot happened, but we learn a lot more about Hatori, and that he wasn’t always so aloof.  Seeing Shigure with a girlfriend is weird, and something that I don’t think of.  It was interesting seeing Akito again, since he so rarely makes an actual appearance.  And we have the typical fan art, which is always pretty impressive, and we learn about the year of the tiger.  And we have all the side notes and the character list at the beginning. 

So it has all your standard stuff in it.  I still love the series, and I can’t wait to see what happens next!

Rating: 5 out of 5.  This volume has filler, but it also moves the story along.  Plus, the artwork is good.