Q 01/05

Which zodiac animal is Hiro, the sharp-tongued schoolboy who is in love with Kisa?

A) The sheep

B) The rooster

C) The snake

D) The boar

Answer · why

A) The sheep

The sheep is Hiro's animal. Unlike most zodiac parents, his mother took his transformations in her stride, so he grew up in an unusually peaceful, lov...

Q 02/05

In which shōjo magazine was Fruits Basket serialised from 1998 to 2006?

A) Hana to Yume

B) Shōjo Comic

C) Nakayoshi

D) Margaret

Answer · why

A) Hana to Yume

Hana to Yume, Hakusensha's twice-monthly shōjo magazine, carried the whole run. Partway through, Takaya needed surgery and the series went on hiatus u...

Q 03/05

The title Fruits Basket comes from what?

A) A Tokyo fruit shop chain

B) A Japanese schoolyard game

C) A Sohma family heirloom

D) A children's nursery song

Answer · why

B) A Japanese schoolyard game

A Japanese schoolyard game gives the series its title: children named after fruits swap seats when theirs is called. Classmates shut Tohru out of it, ...

Q 04/05

What did Tohru's kindergarten classmates nickname her instead of a fruit?

A) Tofu

B) Mochi

C) Daikon

D) Onigiri

Answer · why

D) Onigiri

They named her Onigiri, a rice ball, which is not a fruit, so she was never called and only realised afterwards that she had been left out.

Q 05/05

How does Tohru's mother die shortly before Fruits Basket begins?

A) Of pneumonia

B) In a house fire

C) In a car accident

D) In a train crash

Answer · why

C) In a car accident

In a car accident shortly before the story opens, Tohru's mother is struck and killed; a cursed Sohma who saw it hesitated to pull her clear for fear ...