The essential episodes of Fruits Basket
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Fruits Basket — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Temporarily homeless high school student Tohru Honda doesn't want to cause her friends any trouble, so she's been secretly living in a tent instead of asking to stay with any of them. Then she meets the owners of the land she pitched her tent on...
- 02
Kazuma Soma's visit to the house is more than a casual visit, especially for Kyo. Will we finally find out Kyo's secret?
- 03
Let's Start the Watermelon-Splitting Contest!
During their stay at the vacation house, Tohru and the Somas get exciting news and surprise visitors.
- 04
Isuzu, the zodiac Horse, is determined to make change and seeks out Shigure for some answers.
- 05
Isuzu spends the night recuperating at Shigure’s, giving a chance for Tohru and Isuzu to get to know each other.
- 06
Tohru's class puts on an unconventional retelling of Cinderella at the school culture festival.
- 07
A winter chill lingers in the air as memories revealing some of Kureno's mysterious past and present emerge.
- 08
As Season 3 begins, Tohru struggles to digest all the new information she's learned from Kureno.
- 09
The Somas get increasingly worried when no one can find Rin.
- 10
Kyo is thinking about the past. Tohru is thinking about the future. But they're both thinking about each other.
- 11
Kyo and Tohru have a painful conversation.
- 12
Yuki goes looking for Kyo. Tohru and Akito finally connect, but then they both get a shock.
- 13
Kyo finally tells Tohru what he should have told her in the first place. And we finally hear the true, original zodiac story.
- 14
Akito makes a drastic choice that will affect the futures of the whole Soma family.
- 15
Tohru, the Somas, and all of their friends prepare for the next chapters of their lives.














