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If you liked Full Moon wo Sagashite add

...then you might like Fruits Basket add

Both series are deceptively dark - are they cheerful fantastical romances? Rather, both deal with issues of suicide, illness and debilitating curses. Both say similar things and ask similar questions. The Sohma curse in Fruits Basket and the Shinigami curse in Full Moon share similarities too, each with their own discussion. Both situations are explored and complicated by the arrival of an unassuming, lonely girl. The most powerful people in each of their stories, both Tohru and Mitsuki provide the cursed with new ways to find answers. The most important similarity is that each of them offer deconstruction and utility of typical shoujo narratives. Crucially, neither are solely about romance, or curses: both are about important, almost familial, relationships and how best to hold them dear.