01x01 - I'm Going

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I was so very happy when you smiled at me, A smile that melted everything away.

Spring is still far away, and within the cold ground, I awaited the time when sprouts would put forth their buds.

Even supposing today there may have been some pain, And though the scars of yesterday remain, You can go on living as much as your heart wants to believe.

You cannot be born again, although You can go on changing yourself, and so Let's stay together, always.

It has cleared up completely! Okay then, Mother, please watch over things today, too.

I'm off! Pleased to meet you.

I'm Honda Tohru.

In May of this year, my mother, who had been raising me all alone, was k*lled in a traffic accident.

As a result, I am now secretly living in a tent.

I can't say that it's an easy life, but that's okay.

One of my virtues is that no matter the times, I will not be discouraged.

Huh?

Mother, I've discovered something! There is a house standing here.

It's has such a relaxed feel to it.

How cute! Twelve ornaments, from the zodiac.

Huh?

How can it be that there is a girl here?

P- pardon me! I looked without asking first! Go ahead, go ahead.

I'm just drying them in the sun, after all.

However, they couldn't be that interesting for such a young person to look at.

Not at all.

They are very cute.

Really?

In that case, I'm happy.

I like them too.

Still, just as I thought, there is no cat, huh?

Cat?

Ah Could it be you're referring to the cat that appears in the tales of the zodiac?

Yes.

My mother told them to me quite often.

A long time ago, God told the animals, "I invite you to come to the banquet that I shall hold tomorrow.

Make sure not to be late.

" When he heard that, the rat, who liked to play pranks, Yes, sir, yes, sir.

Is that clear?

When he heard that, the rat, who liked to play pranks, Yes, sir, yes, sir.

Is that clear?

lied to the cat who lived near him, Ho, thank you.

Yes, sir, yes, sir.

Is that clear?

lied to the cat who lived near him, Ho, thank you.

Yes, sir, yes, sir.

Is that clear?

saying that the banquet was the day after next.

The next day, the rat rode upon the ox's back before the banquet hall, Welcome to the Banquet where he lightly jumped down.

Welcome to the Banquet After him came the ox, the tiger, and so on.

Welcome to the Banquet The banquet was delightful, and went on until morning.

The banquet was delightful, and went on until morning.

Only the cat, who had been tricked, was left out.

What are you crying about, Tohru?

I feel so sorry for him! I feel so sorry for cat-san! I've made up my mind! I'm giving up Dog-san, and I will become Cat-san! Oh, yeah?

I wonder what kind of face he'll make when he hears that.

"He?

" So, you're the year of the Dog, then?

I'm feeling a sense of affinity.

You see, I, too am a Dog-- What are you flirting around here for?

Are you okay, Honda-san?

My cousin didn't do anything impolite, did he?

S- Sohma-kun! Mother, it doesn't seem real! It's Sohma-kun! The prince of my school, Sohma Yuki, is standing before my eyes! --That's quite a heavy bag you've got.

--Then this is Sohma Yuki-kun's house.

You have a dictionary or something in there?

Yeah, two of them.

Oh?

So you're Yuki-kun's classmate, then?

Then, from the top-- I am Sohma Shigure, Yuki-kun's cousin.

Honda Tohru.

Honda-san, what brings you to this area?

My house is, um, near.

Near?

To here?

Y- yes W- well, with that, I should be-- Ah, Honda-san Yes?

Since you're already here, shall we go together?

L - O - V- E, Lovely Yuki! Honda-san! What on earth was that about!?

Would you like to explain to us clearly how you came to school together with Sohma-kun?

I- It was an accident.

If you could get away with accidents, we wouldn't need the police! When it comes to Sohma-kun, of 1st Year, Section D, at Kaiwara High School, there isn't a girl student around who doesn't know how he is so attractive-- --and clearheaded-- --both scholarly and athletic! And yet he will not deign to let us, the "Prince Yuki" fan club, come near him! --Hey! --What!?

Tohru said it was by accident, didn't she?

Don't go attaching any idiotic pretexts to it, you hear?

Why, you! You Yankees think that if you thr*aten enough, you can get away with anything! I will make you ------ with harmful vibes.

Uo-chan, Hana-chan, you saved me! That was a disaster, huh Tohru?

There, there Hanajima, don't seriously send out any vibes.

Cooking Room Sohma-kun is overly attractive, and just looking at him standing next to me made me nervous.

I couldn't make any conversation with him worth calling conversation, either.

I sense an unusual vibe from him Here it comes-- Hanajima's Vibe Report.

Unusual, you say?

I'm not quite sure about it.

Well, there certainly is an unusual feeling about him.

I hear he doesn't talk much about himself.

Earlier, there was this 2nd-year girl who after declaring herself, tried to embrace him.

He thrust her away as hard as he could, and looked terrified himself.

Odd for a student to do these days.

T- thank you very much.

Tohru, do you have work today?

Yes, I do.

That's rough.

You're still staying with your grandpa on your dad's side, right?

Y- yes You promised you'd pay your own tuition, didn't you?

Y- yes.

Still, since this is a prefecture-run school, I wouldn't think you would have to work so much just to cover tuition.

W- well, it's You're getting him to feed you decent, right?

You're not getting swindled out of everything from your paycheck, right?

R- right Really?

Fine, then.

If anything like that happens, tell me right away.

I'll see that they don't get away with it.

O- okay.

I couldn't tell them.

I couldn't tell Uo-chan and Hana-chan that I was living in a tent.

--Tohru, Mama sure would like some Sukiyaki today.

--My mother, who worked and worked after my father passed away Family Budget in order to support us --Hooray! Meat, meat! --My mother, who was always so powerful and cheerful I never would have thought she would die in an accident.

There was some amount of squabbling over who would take care of me But in the end, it was decided I would go to the house of my grandfather, on my father's side.

I promised to pay my own tuition, so as not to be a burden to my grandfather, who was living on a pension.

That was in May.

Four months later However, Grandfather came to live together with his daughter and her husband, and as it happened, their house needed remodeling.

I was asked if I could stay with one of my friends or something during that time.

Uo-chan lives in a one-room apartment, and there are five people in Hana-chan's family.

I couldn't very well make trouble for them.

However I've got it! I was going to live by myself at some point I was going to live by myself at some point.

This will be a good chance! Sohma-kun, about this morning, I beg your pardon.

The same goes even more for me.

Shigure must have given you trouble.

No, he is a very fine person.

He let me see his ornaments of the zodiac.

You said something about being of the year of the Cat, didn't you?

I was a bit off-kilter as a child.

Cats are fools.

They have a bad nature.

Honda-san, did you know that the zodiac is really part of a timekeeping system of tens and twelves?

N- no Originally, they were used as numerals, or as timepieces.

Afterward, they got adopted into Yin-yang cosmology and divination, and they were used in fortune-telling.

Did the animals have anything to do with it?

Mm-mm.

Apparently, it's not clearly known at what time animals were adapted in, or what source they were established from, but since the beginning, there was never a time when the Cat was a member of the zodiac.

Still, since it has come to be associated with the zodiac, whatever they say goes.

Cats really are fools, you know.

So, in short, Sohma-kun, do you hate cats?

I was thinking this morning, as well, that your color doesn't look too good.

You should take better care of yourself.

Well, see you tomorrow.

He really is mysterious.

Even so, Sohma-kun, I'll pretend I didn't hear that.

I'm sure Mother had it much, much harder! Ladies, hurry and take care of this garbage here! Okay! I can't get discouraged!"Never give up!" I'm getting tired of eating out every day like this.

Well, Shigure, cook something.

When I cook, you complain, don't you?

If there are pickled radishes in my curry, you bet I want to complain a little.

Yuki-kun, you're a smart one, but you're completely hopeless when it comes to housework in general.

Say, how about we hire a housekeeper?

A woman would be trouble.

Huh?

Honda-san I'm home, mother.

I'm sleepy, but I still have to do these printouts today.

I'll go wash my face in the water of the stream.

Shigure, you're laughing too much.

I see.

So that's why you're living in a tent.

Yes Since when?

Since one week ago.

I thought it was strange.

This whole area is Sohma land, and none of it has been leased or sold.

Um, if you would, please let me borrow that spot temporarily.

Once the remodeling is complete, I will leave immediately.

I don't have much money, but I will pay you.

Please.

It's dangerous over there.

The dirt in those cliffs is loose, and every once in a while, molesters may come around.

And it's unreasonable to have a girl spend so many months living in a tent in the first place, isn't it?

Are you finished laughing?

Mm-hm.

It's all right! I've gotten used to the slugs, and I have plenty of stamina and drive Honda-san! She has a fever.

Let's see Ice, ice! I- it's the Sea of Corruption That's a good analogy! There.

Just now, it appears there was a landslide somewhere.

U- um, how can you tell?

Something of an intuition of the wild, I suppose.

Is it nearby?

Close to the tent or maybe not! This is terrible! Mother was There was a picture of Mother inside the tent! Mother! Honda-san, calm down.

You have a fever.

But, Mother is What should I do?

If I don't get her out of there quickly, Mother will suffer Once it gets brighter, we'll come here again.

If a second calamity was to occur and you got hurt, it would hurt your mother even more.

Okay?

Yuki-kun is looking for some ice now.

You'll have to excuse me.

It's probably exhaustion.

The strain on you could be piling up.

I've lost my home again Is that hard on you?

No I know something that's even harder What's that?

I didn't say "Come back soon.

" The morning of the day Mother d*ed in the accident.

I had a short test so I studied into the morning and then couldn't get up.

It was only that morning that I didn't say it even though I always said it It was only that morning I didn't want to go to high school I thought instead I would work However, Mother said I only graduated from middle school myself.

But I still would have liked to see what being a high school girl is like, you know?

That's why you're going to enjoy the high school life in my place.

I understood that all that time, she was working for me And yet, I couldn't say "Come back soon" to Mother.

I wasn't even able to see her back as she left to work.

And so, I want to at least I want to safely graduate from high school, which Mother wanted me to attend.

That is my goal This is no time to be outdone by a fever Terrific, huh?

At school, she always seems so cheerful.

It seemed like she had never known hardship or anything of the sort.

I had planned on running away from the House of Sohma but in the end, here I am, still among the Sohma If I really didn't like it, I could have done like Honda-san, and carried away a tent, and gone off to either somewhere unexplored, or to the back country, or someplace.

I've had it easy, huh?

It would be rude to Tohru-kun to call it terrific.

You're right.

Can I leave her up to you?

I'm going to go out.

Where to?

Don't tell me you're going to go dig that stuff out.

Should I go with you?

It'll be tough all alone, right?

Alone?

Who do you think you're talking to?

Come back soon.

Tohru Tohru?

You've gotten a fever again.

There's no need for you to overdo it helping with the housework.

Tohru, you can just be yourself, and take things slowly.

You'll overtake them sometime.

But Tohru, be yourself Mother How come Morning! How are you feeling?

I think I was able to dig out all of your belongings.

Could you check them?

Sohma-kun, did you go through all that dirt by yourself?

Don't be silly! Then, how did you?

It's a secret.

It's a dirty house, and all and there are only guys here, but right there on the second floor, there is one room available.

Until the remodeling is finished, you can stay in this house.

T- that won't do! I must object to that! The room does have a lock on it.

That's not what I meant! How shall I say this?

Tohru-kun, do you like housework?

For example, cleaning, and cooking, and so on?

Um yes, I do like that.

Welcome to the House of Sohma! I'll carry your things up too.

Ah, Yuki-kun, let her borrow a change of clothes.

Y- you can't! Not only did you tend to me, you're giving me a room now?

I'm putting you to too much trouble! Honda-san, we're suggesting this because we want to, so don't think you're being any trouble, and take us up on it.

Besides, you have nowhere else to go, right?

Right Um, in that case, if I'm going to put you out, then please tell me about whatever rules and customs the House of Sohma has, and everything- Don't worry about that sort of thing.

Honda-san, you can just be yourself, and take things slowly in this house.

Tohru, you can just be yourself, and take things slowly So, are you sure this is okay?

Having a girl live together with us?

What's this?

Up until now you were utterly overjoyed.

It's all right.

Just as long as neither of us get hugged.

Before I knew what was happening, the matter had gone forward.

It feels like I'm having a dream.

But then again, I was even borrowing clothes.

Sure enough, because it's been closed up, it has become moldy.

It would be best to open a window for some ventilation.

Yo! Are you ready for me to break your neck?

Prince of Rats Why don't you give it up already?

You're weak, after all.

Look, you! If you look on me as being the same as I was just a while ago, then you're in for some pain! Today is the day when I smash that egotistical nose of yours! Please, wait a moment! Yuki-kun, I just heard a terrific noise.

By any chance has Kyo come by?

Forgive me! Are you all right!?

Ah! He turned into a cat! A cat! It's all because I bumped into him! --No um look --Ah! He turned into a cat! A cat! It's all because I bumped into him! --No um look --I hit him wrong, and turned him into a cat! In any case, to the hospital! We have to get him treated by a doctor! --Honda-san! --Tohru-kun! Mother, this is terrible! Everyone is turning into animals! Now let us circle together, around a pleasant dinner.

Come, take today's tears, and make them tomorrow's strength.

La, la, la Wonderful love and life La, la, la Adorable love and life La, la, la Wonderful love and life On the next Fruits Basket Episode 2 Tohru-kun, what it come down to is that I have the Dog, Yuki-kun has the Rat, and he has the spirit of the Cat possesing him.

You were just intending to erase Honda-san's memories anyway.

Like so long ago I will put my trust in this Tohru-san.

Or so I said This really is awful Honda Tohru will do it!