Book: Fruits Basket, Volume 14 by Natsuki Takaya

Publishing Info: Published by Tokyopop; 192 pages in paperback

Goodreads summary: Isuzu loves snooping through Shigure’s life, especially when she’s totally convinced that he is hiding something. But when Tohru finds a passed-out Isuzu in the house, she tries to drag Isuzu to the hospital. Meanwhile, Yuki goes to the ASB student council room only to find it trashed again! But as the secrets if who vandalized the room come out of the closet. Yuki accidentally gets locked in one. Who will be the one to help him get out? 

I love the storyline, and how determined Tohru is to break the curse.  She’s a pretty sunny person, but she seemed almost angry when talking to Rin about breaking the curse.  Things are progressing quite nicely, and Yuki is really starting to realize things.  Like the fact that he likes Tohru because he’s been looking for a mother.  The sidenotes were pretty interesting.  Takaya was talking about how she came up with most of the names for the 12 members of the zodiac.

I’m really impressed with the artwork, which is so expressive and has the right amount of detail.  But that shouldn’t be a surprise since I’ve been saying that since Volume 1.  Speaking of artwork, the fan art is pretty impressive too.  It’s amazing what the fans have come up with.  And we learn about the Year Of The Rooster in this volume.

Volume 14 gets a 5 out of 5.  Fruits Basket continues to impress me!