8.524 minSeason 1 • Episode 26
LatestTohru pushes her relationships with the Sohmas to the limit as she tries to reach out to Kyo in love, which proves to be troublesome since Kyo is in his wild monster cat form. And if that wasn’t enough, she confronts Akito to tell him how she feels about all the abuse. Akito isn’t pleased with any of her interactions, and feels like it’s time for Tohru’s memories to be erased once and for all. Friendships will be tested in the exciting finale to the TV series.
Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16 year old Kyo and 27 year old Shigure. However, these young men and parts of the rest of their family (both close and distant) hold a curse; if they are hugged by the opposite gender, they transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Everyday is an adventure for sweet Tohru, as she gets to know everyone in the large family better (especially Yuki and Kyo), in both common and bizarre situations. But, the Sohma Family curse is certainly no laughing matter... it also holds horrible cruelty and heartbreak.
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That OP hits different, still lives rent-free.
Yui Horie
Tohru Honda (voice)
Kotono Mitsuishi
Kagura Sohma (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Yuki Sohma (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Kyo Sohma (voice)
Kaori Nazuka
Kisa Sohma (voice)
Akemi Okamura
Hatsuharu Sohma (voice)
Reiko Yasuhara
Saki Hanajima / Kyoko Honda (voice)
Ayaka Saito
Momiji Sohma (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Hatori Sohma (voice)
Akio Suyama
Hatsuharu Sohma (voice)
Mina Tominaga
Ritsu Sohma (voice)
Mitsuru Miyamoto
Ayame Sohma (voice)
Ryotaro Okiayu
Shigure Sohma (voice)
Yuka Imai
Arisa Uotani (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2001 anime diverges HARD from the manga because it caught up too fast—manga creator Natsuki Takaya famously hated it. The 2019 reboot is the 'real' ending.
The zodiac legend here is the Japanese adaptation where the cat was tricked by the rat—explaining why Kyo and Yuki's rivalry is literally mythological.
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