He then cast a spell that ensured that everyone in the meal would remain friends no matter how many times they were resurrected. Members of the Sohma family have been reborn as the thirteen animals or the God ever then. Akito is the God in the manga.
The spell’s purpose was to keep the animals together, but the God was so powerful that a rejection from God might physically and mentally harm the Zodiacs. With this, the family member who turned out to be God took advantage of the situation to abuse the other family members.
Kureno’s curse was the first to be broken. It happened ten years before the narrative began. The members of the Sohma family are aware that the curse is beginning to wane as a result of this. They assume that, like Kureno, their curse will fade with time, but something happened that caused the curse to shatter faster than they anticipated.
The Zodiac members built a deep bond with Tohru. She was also the one who accepted Kyo and loved the unloved. Another event that broke the curse was when a Zodiac member defied God or desired independence from Him.
Tohru and Akito formed a bond. With empathy, Tohru persuaded her and even offered her friendship. Akito then desired to demolish the Cat’s Room and free the remaining Zodiac members. She also stated that she does not wish to be a special God, but rather a regular young lady. The bonds were weakened and eventually shattered as a result of this.
To recap, Tohru simply by being herself broke the spell. With an open heart, Tohru formed relationships with the Zodiacs, which she strengthened through her care and affection for them.
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In the show, does Tohru manage to break the curse?
Tohru’s mother died in a car accident a few months before the series begins, leaving her an orphan in the care of her grandfather. She settles into an atent on land that turns out to belong to the Sohmas when his house needs remodeling. Shigure persuades her to come in with him and Yuki as cleaner in exchange for bed and board when her tent is buried in a landslide during a downpour. Kyo Sohma appears to challenge Yuki to a battle as she settles down. Tohru mistakenly embraces him, transforming him into a cat, and when she runs into Yuki and Shigure, they convert into a Rat and a Dog, respectively, in the confusion. The Sohmas explain that their family is cursed and that they are possessed by spirits from the Chinese zodiac, as well as a cat who, according to mythology, would have been included if the Rat hadn’t fooled it into missing the induction feast (see Zodiac origin stories). Tohru agrees to preserve their secret under danger of having her memories of them wiped, in exchange for Akito Sohma, the family’s enigmatic chief, ordering Kyo to live with Shigure as well.
Tohru quickly becomes acquainted with the three Sohmas, particularly her classmates Yuki and Kyo, whom she hopes will become friends, and they are gradually touched by her presence. Tohru’s desire that if her memory is erased, he remain her friend, which no one had ever asked him before, moves Yuki deeply. Kyo appears to despise Tohru at first, but he, like Yuki, is “attracted” to her soft manner and compassionate heart. His difficulty to verbalize his sentiments, on the other hand, leads to frequent impulsive furious comments to Tohru, for which he typically apologizes. Tohru gradually meets the other cursed members of the Sohma family and is able to help Hatori, Ayame, Kisa, Hiro, and Ritsu by her kindness and sympathy. Yuki is helped to overcome his own self-doubts and accept his role as president of the student council by the fact that he recognizes Kisa as the lost little girl he had guided home, an act that demonstrated to him that he was not as undesired by others as Akito said. After his foster-father Kazuma Sohma compels him to display the horrific “real form” of his curse, Tohru gets particularly close to Kyo; despite his initial repulsion, Tohru stays with him even after he violently tries to throw her away. Yuki and Kyo both fall in love with her, but neither of them tells her.
Tohru becomes increasingly distressed as she learns more about the zodiac curse’s cost to her friends, particularly Momiji Sohma’s separation from his little sister, Momo, who has no idea (but suspects) they are siblings, and her friend Arisa’s longing for Kureno Sohma, who is unable to see her because he is bound to Akito. She resolves to reverse the curse after learning that the feared Akito is the “god” of the zodiac and of the bet he made with Kyo, which might result in the cat being imprisoned for life. Tohru enlists the assistance of Kazuma, Rin, and Kureno. Despite setbacks and warnings from Rin, who is also trying to break the curse, in order to liberate Hatsuharu, he persists. Tohru is adamant about achieving her goal. Shigure, who is using Tohru to weaken the curse for his own motives, finally gives her support and hints.
Meanwhile, Tohru’s feelings for Kyo grow stronger, and she acknowledges that he is the Sohma she most wants to be freed because she loves him. This, on the other hand, distresses her even more, as she believes she is betraying her mother’s memories. When Tohru finally confesses to Kyo, he says he knew her mother as a child and that he could have stopped Kyoko from the car that killed her if it hadn’t exposed his curse and Kyoko’s final words, “I won’t forgive you!” (It was later discovered that she meant “I won’t forgive you if you don’t look after Tohru!”) Tohru, on the other hand, does not believe her mother would say such a thing, and if she did, she would have to disagree because she loves him. He can’t accept Tohru’s sentiments because of his guilt, so he claims her love is an illusion and flees. As she pursues him, she encounters Akito, who feels that Tohru’s love and acceptance of the cursed zodiac members has caused them to be disloyal to her, so weakening their “connection” to the point where Momiji and Hiro have been liberated from the curse. However, as she confronts her fiercely, Tohru realizes that she, too, is caught by the past, clinging to her mother’s memory, and she extends her hand in friendliness to Akito, introducing herself as a fresh start. Tohru, however, falls over a neighboring cliff as the ground collapses in the rain, before Akito can accept. Kyo realizes how much he cherishes Tohru as a result of the accident, and Akito is finally able to break free from the roles she has played for much of her life.
Tohru survives the fall and is admitted to the hospital. As she recovers, Akito welcomes Tohru’s friendship and accepts herself for who she is, rather than the deity she believes her father wanted her to be, and for the woman she was born to be, rather than the man she was raised to be. Meanwhile, Yuki persuades Kyo to reunite with Tohru once she is released from the hospital. Yuki has learned that what he wants from Tohru is unconditional “motherly” love, not the affection of a woman. Tohru, on the other hand, dashes away when she sees Kyo because she feels rejected, but Kyo pursues her. Kyo professes his feelings for her after catching up with her. The zodiac curse is broken, and all the Sohmas are set free, thanks to the cat, the god of the zodiac’s first buddy. In the final chapter, she and Kyo are shown packing to relocate to another city so that he can continue his martial arts study and eventually inherit Kazuma’s dojo, and it is revealed that they married and had a son and a granddaughter in the final pages.
What was Kureno Sohma’s method for breaking the curse?
Kureno and Arisa rejoin in town ten days later, and they recognize each other from the day at the convenience store. Kureno offers Arisa lunch to catch up, and she accepts, expressing her desire for tororo soba. They learn more about one other during lunch, and Kureno admits that he doesn’t get out often; in fact, the first time he met Arisa was also the first time he went to a convenience shop. In relation to this, he notes that he lives his life in a certain manner and that he doesn’t do “unnecessary” things like going for walks or shopping very often. Arisa inquires if he is actually content, to which he responds that he is.
Arisa is enraged by this since, while she had hoped to see him and was overjoyed when she was able to, he just saw their time together as “unnecessary.” Kureno follows her out the door and hastily apologizes for saying something so harsh. He adds that he, too, wished to see her again and that spending time with her made him happy. Kureno gives Arisa a sincere smile as she chuckles. He leans in as if to kiss her, but he leaves her hanging, puzzled and perplexed. Later, Kureno is shown heading into Akito Sohma’s chamber, where she asks him whether he feels uneasy “outside.” Kureno returns Akito’s side while reflecting on how he had wished to keep Arisa by his side forever and regrets that he may now have to forget about her.
During the summer, Akito takes Kureno to the Sohma beach house, where the majority of the other Cursed Sohmas and Tohru were vacationing. Yuki Sohma is taken aback when he sees Kureno near the ocean and by Akito’s side. Shigure, too, expresses his surprise that Akito brought Kureno along. Kureno can only look away when Akito confronts Yuki about his insecurities. Kureno stays at Akito’s side for the rest of the holiday, however Akito isolates Kureno by not allowing him to see the other Zodiac members or attend the Zodiac reunions. Kureno complies without hesitation.
Kureno informs Akito that she had gotten a call from the main home one night. Akito implies that her mother, Ren, has caused a commotion at home, and Kureno tells her to return home to sort things out. Akito, on the other hand, dashes out to the Sohma’s beach house to “meet” Tohru, but ends up telling her the truth about the curse. When Kureno comes up to her, Akito introduces Tohru as the Rooster, and Kureno meets her graciously. Kureno then accompanies Akito back to his house, leaving everyone else at the beach house.
Tohru begins on a secret search for Kureno Sohma after learning from Arisa that the man she has a crush on is named Kureno Sohma. She enters the Sohma “inside” and finds Kureno in his office, and when she is about to be discovered by Ren, Kureno saves the day and takes Tohru’s place. Tohru asks him whether he knows Arisa, which strikes a chord with Kureno, and he drags her out of the property. He informs her, though, that he has no plans to meet her again. Kureno is unable to respond when Tohru asks if it’s because he’s one of the Zodiacs. Tohru, on the other hand, swiftly offers him Arisa’s contact information, and Kureno laughs at her sincerity and persistence in her acts, so he chooses to safely let Tohru go.
Momiji decides to copy the recorded play to DVD and present it to Kureno after Arisa’s class has a play. Momiji hurriedly hands the DVD to Kureno during the annual Zodiac Banquet on New Year’s Eve. Kureno watches the play on his own the next day, after nervously agreeing to stay by Akito’s side forever and sleep with her. He is taken aback and reminded of how lonely he is when he sees Arisa break out of her role and shout out in rage because she wanted Kureno to see her. Even though he appears to want to meet Arisa, he is haunted by a memory in which Akito begs him not to abandon her. As a result, Kureno dials Shigure’s number and informs him that he has something to discuss.
He then encounters Tohru accidently on her part, and she is taken aback when she notices that all the birds have flown away from him. He hugs Tohru and tells her that his curse was broken when he was her age – and that “he can’t fly anymore.” He then gives Tohru the DVD, explaining that her gift was “wasted” and that, despite being free of the curse, he will never see Arisa again and will always be by Akito’s side. Despite the fact that he dismisses his two encounters with Arisa as insignificant, he quickly breaks down in tears and realizes that he really does want to see her, as she was the first woman he fell in love with after being released from the curse. But, in order to keep Akito from being lonely, he wants to stay by her side and pretend to be a member of the Zodiac, disclosing Akito’s true identity as a woman to Tohru in the process. He tells Tohru that Shigure, Hatori, Ayame, and himself were the only four people who knew Akito’s true gender, as well as about Akito’s mother Ren and their feud. He then apologizes to Tohru for injuring her as well as Arisa, but insists on continuing on the path he has chosen.
Kureno joins Akito during a Sohma family gathering. Shigure confronts him there briefly, and Kureno is reminded of their phone conversation, during which Shigure recognized that he was free of the curse and that obeying Akito’s demands just made her more twisted. Despite the fact that Shigure has told Kureno that he despises him, Kureno decides to keep Akito company.
How did Momiji’s curse come to an end?
He was reared by servants and lives alone within the Sohma family complex. His mother was revolted when she first learnt of the zodiac curse when she first held him, shortly after he was born; she later had Hatori delete her memory that Momiji is her son. Her feelings for him were so abrasive and unpredictable that just seeing him might send her into a frenzy. Finally, she pleaded with Hatori to wipe her memories, saying that her greatest regret in life was “that thing coming out of my body.” Momo, his younger sister, is ignorant that he is her elder brother, despite her fascination in him and her decision to take violin lessons because he plays the violin.
Momiji, despite his background, is perceptive of others and emotionally powerful. His curse is broken before the rest of the zodiac in Chapter 115, and despite Akito’s pleadings and threats, he decides to leave him one day. Despite his curse, Momiji warms up to Tohru instantly, kissing her when they first meet and cuddling her when they are properly introduced. He assists Tohru in her nighttime job as an office cleaner in one of his father’s buildings on occasion, and once filled in for her when she was unwell with a cold. He adores Tohru and will go to any length to defend her, even if it means defying Akito.
Momiji tells Hatsuharu and Rin in the final chapter that he hopes to find a woman as wonderful as Tohru if Kyo does not act on his affections for her.
Is Tohru considered a zodiac god?
- Takaya chose Tohru a name reserved for men because she loves to “balance” female characters by giving them masculine names. Furthermore, Takaya requested that other characters address her as “Tohru-kun,” a boy’s honorific, because she believed it was “a more respectable way of address.”
- Tohru symbolizes God in the original zodiac mythology (which started the Sohma curse), yet in many ways, he is the polar opposite of Akito, who is cursed by God’s spirit in the zodiac.
- Tohru was lonely until he was invited to live with the rat, dog, and cat, which God had sent forth.
- Tohru didn’t go out of her way to find the rest of the zodiac; they all came to her in some way; only those who were invited by God came to see her.
- The zodiacs planned all of the events in order to have fun with Tohru; God invited the zodiac to banquets.
- After the original God and Akito had rejected the cat, Tohru adopted and cherished him.
- The most significant difference between Tohru and the current God, Akito, is that Tohru welcomes and helps the zodiac through their difficulties regardless of the agony it causes her, but Akito is afraid of being alone and mentally abuses the zodiac to make them obey her.
- Tohru and Akito had one thing in common: they were both obsessed with the memories of a deceased parent. Tohru used her mother’s memories to propel her onward and serve others, whereas Akito clung to her father’s notion that she was only exceptional and cherished because she was the God of the zodiac, resulting in the cursed Sohmas’ mental and physical torture.
- Yui Horie, who also portrayed Yuki Cross in the Vampire Knight series, Millefiori Firianno Biscotti in Dog Days, Koudelka Iasant in Koudelka and Tsurara Oikawa in Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan series, and Wiz in Konosuba, was her first Japanese voice actress.
- Manaka Iwami, her second Japanese voice actor, also played Ingrid Brandl Galatea in Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
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What makes Akito so cruel?
Akito was a pleasant, peaceful, pampered, and sweet little girl, except from her occasional terrible temper tantrums when she was younger. Akito grew up believing that she was born to be liked by everyone and that everyone must do as she says because her father spoiled her. Akito, on the other hand, was desperate for shows of affection as a result of her mother’s psychological and emotional abuse, and she would go around the home asking everyone if they loved her. However, following Akira’s death, Kureno’s curse breaking, and as a result of Ren’s psychological and emotional abuse, including being forcedly raised as a boy and being poisoned with hatred and insecurities by the latter, Akito snapped and became a mentally and emotionally unstable person whose kindness warped into insanity and cruelty.
Although Akito looks to be a frail, level-headed, mysterious, and composed woman at first glance, many people mistake her for terrified and powerful, she is actually a scared childlike figure who can only injure and dominate others. To vent her rage over her father’s murder and her mother’s conviction that she is unloved, worthless, and that no one can ever truly love her, Akito has severely tortured many of the Zodiac members. She is depicted as an extremely arrogant, manipulative, selfish, immature, furious, and harsh young woman who rarely expresses sympathy and can be calm one minute and shouting the next. Many members of the Sohma clan regard her with terror and respect. Akito also insists that the male Zodiac members must solely love her since she believes that the Zodiac animals should devote their entire adoration to their God. As a result, anytime one of them turns their focus away from her, Akito is terrified that she would be abandoned, just as her mother said. In this regard, despite being a woman, she is incredibly misogynistic, since she reflects her own mother onto every woman she meets. As a result, she is envious of women who “steal” the attention of male Zodiacs. She famously tossed Rin out a window because she was dating Hatsuharu, severely beaten Kisa because Hiro is in love with her, and guilt-tripped Kana by blinding him in one eye for wanting to marry Hatori. Despite this, Akito cannot imagine being held responsible for anything, and she defends her oppressive and abusive behavior by arguing that a God can do whatever they want and no one can hold them accountable.
Despite this, Akito is terribly insecure, lonely, and scared of being abandoned and unloved beneath her scary and nasty exterior. She had it drilled into her head that she was special “She doesn’t believe she has any self-worth beyond the title since she believes God and her relationships with the Zodiacs shaped her entire existence. She clings to her position as the boss with all her might “Ren only convinced her that she is worthless and will never be truly loved by anyone, and that she will never be alone if she keeps all of them with her, even if she has to resort to physical and mental torture to make everyone too afraid of her to leave her. Furthermore, no one reprimanded or corrected her behavior precisely because she is the “God and the head of the family; the only people who “helped her either fed her unhealthy issues, ignored her, or abused her; some maids even enabled her to do as she pleased, preventing Akito from ever living normally and learning right from wrong. As a result, the mere possibility of being rejected and disliked by people in the outside world, let alone living in an outside world she doesn’t understand and full of strangers, is too much for Akito to bear.
With Tohru as the first person to try to befriend and empathize with Akito and accept her for who she is, not a God or a guy taught to be a man, but a normal woman, Akito finally comes to accept her mistakes and the Zodiacs’ mistreatment. Akito gradually reverts to the nice and honest person she was as a child, with the goal of becoming a better person who can help others by following Tohru’s example of unending love and forgiveness. Akito is even willing to reconcile with her mother, despite her mother’s opposition to the truce. Despite the fact that she knows nothing she does would undo the harm she has done to the Sohmas, Akito resolves to break the cycle of abuse and reject the family’s expectations of her as the family’s leader by releasing the Zodiacs and destroying the Cat’s room. She comes to terms with the fact that not everyone will like her, but she must not assume that this would be the case for everyone. She also appears to have evolved into a happier woman who smiles more frequently.
In Fruits Basket 2, Akito has become much more self-aware and regretful of her past mistakes, and she has resolved to spend the rest of her life atoning for her sins in various ways, such as avoiding the Sohmas at all costs, refusing to expect forgiveness, and believing that she deserves any pain inflicted upon her. She said she would bear them on her own and that they were not her son’s responsibility to bear. Akito is also stated as being close friends with Saki Hanajima and Mine Kuramae, implying that she has made new acquaintances outside of the Sohma household. She is also revealed to have grown emotionally mature, calmer, kinder, and wiser, and to be a very protective and loving mother whose heart began to mend as a result of being a parent, and she openly encourages her son’s happiness and freedom, and is willing to put her own life on the line for him.