Episode 07: A Plum on the Back
Posted by: Anonymous Club Officer in Fruits Basket, SummariesIt’s time for the culture festival, and Tohru’s class decides to participate. Not surprisingly, even this small competition leads to a conflict of interest between Yuki and Kyo. The latter suggests a rice ball making battle, but Yuki disagrees, and offers an alternative: “hit or miss” rice balls. The idea of these little beauties is that one of two things can happen:
1) You get a rice ball with something good inside
2) You get a rice ball with something yucky inside
I don’t understand the concept.
At any rate, Kyo throws a fit and heads to the roof, where he sulks with all his kitty cat friends *aww*. Tohru ventures up to talk to him, and discovers the oh-so-incredible truth. Kyo envies Yuki. But wait… Yuki has already admitted that he envies Kyo. That means they both envy one another. Weird.
Kyo decides to try his hand at making rice balls, and winds up creating a brilliant specimine. Tohru squeals in delight, telling Kyo that he has a plum on his back. Well, apparently he doesn’t actually have anything on his back… it’s just a metaphor for having a skill that everyone else besides oneself is able to see. Kyo claims it’s stupid, and so do I. However, he’s forced to admit that Tohru may just have one.
On the day of the actual festival, some senior girls present Yuki with a dress to wear. This seems ridiculously silly at first, but it draws quite a crowd to the rice ball stand. Things begin to get even more crazy when Momiji and Hatori Sohma show up. Momiji is one of those anime character who you don’t really want to use a pronoun with because Momiji looks very feminine and boyish at the same time. It turns out that not only is Momiji a male, but is also the rabbit of the Zodiac. Interesting.
Hatori, however, is a much more suspicious character. He was sent by Akito and performs a checkup on Yuki, who is not very pleased. Afterwords, Yuki tells Toru to stay away from Hatori, because he’s the Sohma mind zapper. That is, he’s the one who erases the minds of young, helpless women who come across the family secret. The drama unfolds as Tohru is asked to meet with Hatori… in private.
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