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*Review may change as time goes on.

The... art could have been a lot better. One would think how awful and how much criticism Berserk was given would give studios an idea of being more direct when using CGI or making sure their CGI looks 100% sharp. In one instance of Sabiiro no Armor, we see soldiers running away, but their run animations were just awful

I don't think many studios have gotten using CGI on top of 2d animation correctly except for a few instances to try to give a distinction of something otherworldly, or something like Ghost In The Shell. Most who tried planting 3D ... animations into their 2D animations has made the animation a bit jarring for many to watch, and it distracts us from an otherwise good/fun story and cool looking characters (I very much like the design of Magoichi.)


The premise of the story is that a foreigner comes to Japan sometime around the Warring States Period of Japan where guns/muskets were starting to be used. We follow a foreigner working as a mercenary protecting those who can't protect themselves during this period.

If it wasn't for the jarring 3d animation, the anime would have been pretty good.

Where to begin, I first learnt about Fruits Basket back in the day when the manga was still ongoing, and the old adaptation of Fruits Basket has just completed. A lot has changed since the first adaptation compared to this one. That is, this adaptation is a lot more faithful to the Fruits Basket Manga compared to the original.

In this series, you learn about, Happiness, Friendship, Love, and Family but you also learn about the pains of Loss, Suffering, Hatred, and Longing. Every character that is seen in the series has had to go through one or more of these ideas. You feel what the ... characters feel, and sometimes, you hate or love a character in the series with the heat of a thousand suns.

The art is definitely a notch up compared to the old Adaptation, of course the old adaptation is about 2 decades old, and the art style compared to now has changed a lot, but the current art style is definitely refreshing for this series. Darker tones are used for darker symbolism while lighter tones of color are used in the more happy or solemn moods.

Our MC, Tohru is just the sweetest person ever. She has done so much for the Sohma family, but she has also done so much for herself. Every Sohma has had the touch of her gentleness, even the toughest of the bunch to get through has felt how caring she is.

Overall, this new adaptation along with making sure Natsuki Takaya was an Executive Producer, has met and exceeded my expectations of this series.