How did you first come across Fruits Basket, whether it be that you started the anime first, or read the manga?

I think I was about 14, in 2006, and had gone on a usual weekend of shopping and walking around town with my friends. We visited Woolworths (which now doesn't exist here), and there was a single copy of a manga on a bottom shelf, which was a mish-mash of different genres of books.

It caught my eye (as I was just starting to become interested in manga) and it was really cheap - I think about £3 - so I thought, "why not?" 🤷‍♀️

Through the years, I've had the full Tokyo Pop collection, the boxset of the 2001 anime and various other bits of merchandise (notebooks, stickers, umbrella, cushion etc.) - only to grow up a bit and need the money and sell them!

Fast forward to 2021 and I've bought the entire collectors edition of the manga (and I'm never selling it again) and I'm now eagerly awaiting season 3 of the reboot anime. Merchandise is also starting to creep onto my Christmas list.

There is no escape! 😅