The news that Tooru must return to his grandfather's house, now that it is almost finished, falls as a bucket of water to everyone. Tooru's character allows him only to show gratitude and then leave. The case of Yuki and Kyou is more complicated because neither understands why they feel restless with the departure of the girl. However, the feelings do not take long to come to light, Tooru did not want to leave the Souma house, nor did they want him to leave. In light of this revelation, Kyou and Yuki bring Tooru back to live with them.
First, this episode has been, in excess, emotional. We continue, from the beginning everyone knew, and we knew, that the stay of Tooru with the Souma had an expiration date. She would only remain in that house, until the remodeling of her grandfather's house was completed. The inevitable was present, the farewell was, above all, lukewarm. Why lukewarm? Because everything was very unexpected for everyone, none of them knew how to react, what to say or what to feel. Therefore, nobody did anything, at least in principle. The beginning of the game was very disquieting for all, especially for our leading trio. First I want to talk about Yuki and Kyou, about Tooru I'll talk about later. This pair had no idea how to deal with the loss. This in essence is because they were not sure what they felt with this abrupt separation.
On the one hand we have Yuki, he is the type that begins to lose a bit of calm with the abrupt change. Which we can understand, since Tooru has become special to him. Then there's Kyou, he's a tsundere guy, so at first he acts like he does not care, although he obviously cared a lot. The problem for him is that he does not understand why he cares. But it's a little late to ask that question, after all it takes a while worrying about her. What is inevitable, Tooru is a sweet and naive girl, the kind that awakens protective instinct. I would love to let loose a tremendous spoiler here about Kyou's concern for Tooru but I'm going to restrain myself. If your first choice is "love", I will tell you that you are still a bit away from it.
There is a characteristic that I love and detest, at the same time, in Tooru: his kindness. I mean, I love being a warm-hearted girl and that warmth surround those who need it. However, I can too much that I always see by others before by itself. With fear of contradicting myself I will say: I do not want him to be selfish, I would only like him to express his wishes without others having to take them out. It frustrates me very much that a character gets smaller to please others. This is one of the reasons why it took me a while to love Tooru the first time. But after having more developed my critical thinking, I was able to better understand this personality. And also why this phrase means so much to our protagonist. Because we all need a few words of trust, that allow us to express ourselves.
What I can see is that these words generate a sense of freedom in Tooru, allow him to be. The only one who had said something similar was her mother, who is no longer with her now. So, hearing these same words from Kyou reaffirms his desire to stay with them. Because there is someone who will accept him even if he is not always "the cheerful Tooru". That even asks you to be more selfish, to express what you want, not to self-limit. That is the biggest test for Tooru, so he could know that their home is with them. And that's how he ends up expressing it in tears: "I want to go home!". The family is important, but those who make you feel as a family are even more so. The decision of Tooru to remain with the Souma is the most logical. It is they who make her feel at home.
This is undoubtedly one of the most significant episodes of the series, for two reasons. First of all, here we see why the name of the anime. And secondly, this is the episode that begins to let us see the enormous feeling of loneliness that surrounds this story. Because yes, the axis in which this story unfolds is the feeling of loneliness and how to deal with it. We begin with Tooru, his story is the simplest thing and the most come. We see how a simple children's game can mark a line that separates us from the rest. Children can be cruel, and as children they are not really aware of their actions. An action as simple as excluding someone from a game can leave many sequels in a person. And just that happens with Tooru, who can not escape the feeling of "no belonging".
I can remember that the episode of the previous version, which tells these facts, is called: "Can a rice ball be part of a fruit basket?". And I find it very appropriate for the story. Because the narrative is always on that axis, on the non-belonging of Tooru with what surrounds him. She grew up being only her and her mother, outside of that circle she does not feel true belonging. I take the liberty to exclude her friends because she did it herself by not going to them when she became homeless. Because his excuses always veered in the same: not be a nuisance, ergo does not feel the freedom to be "selfish" with them. When leaving the house of the Souma something similar happens, feels comfort being with them however it is not determined to stay because it does not want to be a nuisance.
Tooru repeats isolation cycles, but she does it for herself, she does not wait for others to leave her aside, she just pulls away. He is not able to get out of that cycle, not until he feels truly accepted. Kyou's words, and the actions of Yuki and Shigure show him that he has a place to call home. She can also be part of the game, someone finally called the rice ball to the fruit basket. Which should not surprise us, if someone understands the feeling of not belonging, those are the Souma.
Before I finish I must express how horrible was the attitude of the grandfather's family. They had no right to take out the past of Tooru's mother, much less to reprimand her. What pride I felt for Grandpa when he slapped the grandson and put everyone in their place. And that he enjoys knowing that he keeps in his heart the words of his son: "Kyoko must be in a place where she can open her wings". There are not many mentions to Kazuya at the beginning of the series, but later they will understand the reason for this. But back to the subject, it was good to know that in that house there was someone worried about Tooru. So worried that it gave him the freedom to choose to return to where he really wanted to be.
For its part, the entrance of Kyou and Yuki at the right time was the cherry on the cake. And that blow to the forehead for calling with such confidence Tooru, of 10. Of all the violent attitudes of this character, is the only one on which I can agree. Also what was more tragicomic about the matter is Kyou's abrupt way of getting Tooru out, he was dying to take her away from there.
Great has been this episode, and I confess that I let myself escape a couple of tears. At last the drama of the series is being shown, but do not go ahead, there is still a lot of drama to come. But, now I am able to talk about a central and primordial theme for this story: loneliness. It is such a universal feeling that we can all relate to it. Fruits Basket portrays loneliness from many angles, it represents it through many situations, I am sure that one will come with which they will identify themselves more powerfully. When the time of mine arrives, I'll let you know, in the same way tell me when your own arrived, or was it?
In conclusion, I just want to say: kill the cliché of violence! My dislike for Yuki is reviving, I already wanted it but they make me see it again with bad eyes. If there is one thing that I detest is violence without meaning. That a character responds with violence to anything is most detestable. Therefore, Yuki at this point is a detestable to me. I understand that he does not like Kyou, I understand the cliché of the story to be a noventera, but I will not ignore my displeasure just to understand the context. Also admit that the joke is tired, will they really make Yuki hit or kick Kyou every time he speaks to him? I can with many clichés, but that of violence is unpalatable to me.
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