6.6/10 312 votes#1 - I'm So Sorry!
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/10/2019
Another Soma comes to visit, while Mitsuru begs Shigure for his manuscript.
Director: Takatoshi Suzuki, Yoshihide Ibata, Tomoko Hiramuki, Tomomi Ikeda
Writer: Yuichiro Kido
7.1/10 266 votes#2 - Hello Again
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2020
Motoko continues to fawn over Yuki from afar as he meets Kakeru Manabe and Machi Kuragi, an odd pair with quirky habits.
Director: Yasuo Tsuchiya
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.2/10 293 votes#3 - I Never Back Down from a Wave Fight
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/24/2019
Members of Prince Yuki do some scheming and visit Hanajima’s house.
Director: Tatsuya Nokimori
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.2/10 232 votes#4 - Sure Thing
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 6/30/2020
The new term starts and Yuki takes on his duties as the student council president.
Director: Yasuo Tsuchiya
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.3/10 276 votes#5 - I Can't Believe You Picked It Up
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/17/2019
Hiro Soma comes to introduce himself, and it rapidly becomes obvious that he is not a Tohru Honda fan.
Director: Akira Yamada
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.5/10 297 votes#6 - This Is a Wonderful Inn
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/15/2019
It's "White Day," the day that boys who received chocolates on Valentine's Day give their return gifts to the girls. And Momiji has one big surprise gift for Tohru!
Director: Tomoko Hiramuki
Writer: Yuichiro Kido
7.5/10 286 votes#7 - I Wouldn't Say That
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/13/2019
Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, Shigure, and Hatori go on a trip to the Soma vacation house near a lake.
Director: Masato Suzuki
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.5/10 253 votes#8 - Shall We Go and Get You Changed?
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/2020
After Ayame drops by Shigure's house, Yuki decides to visit Ayame's shop for the first time together with Tohru.
Director: Mamiko Sekiya
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.6/10 384 votes#9 - They're All Animals!
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2019
Tohru learns the Soma family's shocking secret: they transform into zodiac animals! Is this show a zodiac animal transformation home comedy?!
Director: Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.6/10 355 votes#10 - Let's Play Rich Man-Poor Man!
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2019
Kyo and Yuki both confide in Tohru about their insecurities, and she discovers that they have a lot in common for people who seem like such opposites.
Director: Yoshihide Ibata, Yoshihiro Nishio
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.6/10 342 votes#11 - What Year Is She?
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/2019
Kagura Soma visits and expresses her rather explosive love for Kyo. At first she regards Tohru as a potential rival, but she soon comes to realize that Tohru is interested in friendship, not fighting.
Director: Hiroaki Kudou
Writer: Yuichiro Kido
7.6/10 324 votes#12 - Perhaps We Should Invite Ourselves Over
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/11/2019
On school festival day, the gang sells a ton of rice balls thanks to an innovative Prince Yuki marketing technique. Bonus: two other members of the Soma family come to the festival to introduce themselves.
Director: Katsuhiko Bizen
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.6/10 295 votes#13 - It's Valentine's, After All
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2019
Shigure does some serious scheming while Kagura, Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru all go on a double date.
Director: Hiroaki Kudou
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.6/10 226 votes#14 - Are You Okay?
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 8/18/2020
With the school culture festival around the corner, Yuki is kept busy as he juggles the student council and class duties.
Director: Yasuo Tsuchiya
Writer: Yuichiro Kido
7.7/10 454 votes#15 - See You After School
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2019
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...
Director: Yoshihide Ibata
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.7/10 299 votes#16 - How Have You Been, My Brother?
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/29/2019
Tohru meets a man she never knew existed, and learns something about Yuki that she never knew before.
Director: Yuji Tokuno
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.8/10 316 votes#17 - Yuki Was My First Love
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2019
Kyo fights Yuki, Yuki fights a cold, and Tohru meets a new Soma whose mood swings may be even more extreme than Kagura's.
Director: Yoshihide Ibata, Yoshihiro Nishio
Writer: Yuichiro Kido
7.8/10 276 votes#18 - You Look Well…
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/7/2019
Tohru comes down with a cold, and the Somas help her while she recovers.
Director: Hideki Tonokatsu
Writer: Yuichiro Kido
7.8/10 245 votes#19 - I Got Dumped…
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/28/2020
The students in class 2-D plan for their upcoming school trip. Meanwhile, Hatsuharu goes on a rampage, but nobody knows why.
Director: Yoshihisa Matsumoto
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.9/10 259 votes#20 - Eat Somen with Your Friends
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/2020
The students need to submit their career plan forms before summer break begins, but thought of the future brings a wave of anxiety along with it.
Director: Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.0/10 304 votes#21 - You Look Like You're Having Fun
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/22/2019
It's the first day of the new school year, and the students of Kaibara High School gets their first look at Momiji and Hatsuharu's "unique" approach to school uniforms. Another member of the Soma family also pays a visit.
Director: Katsuhiko Bizen
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.0/10 271 votes#22 - Wait for Me, Tororo Soba!
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/2020
Summer break has started and Tohru and the crew have some fun at the department store. Then, Uotani meets someone who reminds her of Tohru at work.
Director: Takahiro Kawakoshi
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.0/10 247 votes#23 - Are You Really This Stupid?
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/2020
Momiji convinces Tohru to join the Somas at their vacation house by the ocean for some fun in the sun.
Director: Takatoshi Suzuki, Yoshihide Ibata, Yoshihiro Nishio, Yasuo Tsuchiya
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.0/10 236 votes#24 - It's True, Isn't It?
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/26/2020
Isuzu leaves Kagura's house without explanation. At the same time, Akito is now at the vacation house. What is Akito planning?
Director: Tomoko Hiramuki, Tomomi Ikeda, Hironori Aoyagi
Writer: Yuichiro Kido
8.1/10 339 votes#25 - See You When You Get Back
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/25/2019
Tohru tries to figure out how to cause everyone the least amount of trouble over the New Year's holiday. Meanwhile, Yuki and Kyo try to figure out how to survive three days without Tohru.
Director: Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
The Worst Episodes of Fruits Basket
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After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16-year-old high school student Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out… into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Soma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Somas have a secret of their own—when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!
Genres:AnimationDramaComedy
Network:TV Tokyo
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Fruits Basket" is "I'm So Sorry!", rated 6.6/10 from 312 user votes. It was directed by Takatoshi Suzuki, Yoshihide Ibata, Tomoko Hiramuki, Tomomi Ikeda and written by Yuichiro Kido. "I'm So Sorry!" aired on 8/10/2019 and is rated 0.5 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Hello Again".