Book: Fruits Basket, Volume 13 by Natsuki Takaya

Pages: 190 in Paperback, published by Tokyopop

In Volume 13, Yuki has his parent-teacher conference, in which we meet his mother.  His mother is intent on deciding Yuki’s future, when Ayame shows up.  This gives Yuki the strength to tell his mother that he’ll decide his own future.  Tohru goes to the Sohma estate to see if Kureno Sohma is the same Kureno that Uotani is interested in.  While trying to find Kureno, she comes across Momo, who is Momiji’s little sister.  Tohru finally finds Kureno, who tells her that he has no intention of seeing Uotani.  They also go on their class trip, and a girl tells Kyo she likes him, but he pushes her away. 

With each passing volume, it seems like there’s more that happens.  Tohru’s relationship with Yuki is questioned by Kakeru, and when Kyo pushes away that girl, she wonders if he’ll push her away eventually.  I feel like this is the volume when things start to change between Kyo, Yuki and Tohru.  And since there are only 10 volumes left, things will start happening at a more rapid pace.

Like with every other volume, I love the artwork.  It really is getting better with each volume, and I love that you know what’s going on, even when there are no words.  Plus, seeing the fan art is cool, and we learn about the year of the horse. 

It gets a 5 out of 5, and it will only get better!