fruits basket is the greatest manga ever written almost solely for the fact that from the first chapter we’re supposed to be mystified and curious about these elusive shape shifting boys that are so incredibly rare and impossible and secretive. meanwhile one of the protagonist’s best friends and her little brother are also just casually psychics and everyone seems to be vaguely aware of it??? and they also literally never use their powers to do anything about the sohma family curse they’re just twinning in goth fashion and making biting remarks???

i love you characters who yearn for something they cannot have. i love you characters who are weak and pathetic and unknowable. i love you characters who reach for connection. i love you characters who bite at the hand that reaches back. i love you characters who let their anger define them. i love you characters who become unknowable even to themselves.