We meet and grow to completely adore a variety of characters that weren't even in the original show and learn even more about the characters we already love. I obviously don't want to spoil anything, but I have to convey that the manga is much more mature and dark than the anime and so incredibly worth the read. Little did I know how incredible and deep this manga would get over the following 17 volumes. Now I wasn't completely wrong, because the first 6 volumes cover the entire anime and have the same sweet feeling. The anime was actually one of my first, so when I found out about the manga, I figured it would be along the same vein: light, precious, sweet, and heartwarming. I've been watching anime and reading manga for years, but I rarely have found a treature quite like fruits basket.
