However, I have a new reason as to why this show is so important to me. My mother, who I loved more than anything and anyone in this whole world passed unexpectedly in January of this year (similar to Tohru and Kyoko) and my whole world just shut down. It’s like I couldn’t breathe anymore. I became this zombie like creature that just couldn’t live anymore, or lost the will to live. It’s to this day my worst nightmare. But then suddenly, a show that I loved so much became my biggest source of comfort. I was grieving with Tohru before I knew it, and started to learn how to move past this life I knew all this time, and welcomed my new one without my mother. But similar to Tohru as well, I developed beautiful and close friendships over the years that became my new family when I lost my mom. I got married in May recently to the man I know I’ll be with for the rest of my days. I still have so many moments where the pain of losing my mom is unbearable. But Fruits Basket has shown me, especially this year alone, that you can fight and move past the greatest tragedies and still have a life worth living. So for that, thank you Fruits Basket. Thank you for saving my life all of these years, and continuing to do so even now. I will never forget you❤️

I know ever since the show started people had mixed feeling or doubts about how Sesshomaru truly felt about his daughters and what kind of a father he would be to them. Even I wasn’t sure how he would be. It could of gone either way. But we saw in this episode that Sesshomaru TRULY cares and loves his daughters. Not only did he send Jaken to take Setsuna to the half demon village to keep her safe. But he was sending gifts and notes and helping her train her powers (showing that if none of this tragedy stuff happened that’s exactly what he would be doing with Towa and Setsuna as they grow) He even gave her fur like his as a tribute! He even gave Setsuna the opportunity to live with humans just like Rin did! This is the same Sesshomaru who HATED humans and half demons more than anything. Yet. He fell in love and married a human and had half demon children. Why? Because he wanted them! This episode showed that Sesshomaru had every intention of raising his kids with Rin and being there for them. He had no intention of abandoning them at all. The character development for him is absolutely astounding and I’m so happy about it.

I think that Sesshomaru could only be around the daughters so much, otherwise not only would they be in danger, but so will Rin. I believe that after Sesshomaru helped Kagome and Inuyasha escaped from Kirinmaru, he took offense to that, and sealed Rin up. However, I’m sure he made a deal with Sesshomaru and said something like “With the powers of the dream butterfly Setsuna will not be hunted down in her dreams and will be safe, but if you defy my orders again Rin will perish” or something along those lines. So that’s why he has to keep his distance from his daughters, so that Rin will be safe. But of course Sesshomaru has compassion for his daughters so that’s why he helped a little today. But that cannot be a reaccuring thing. I’m really excited to see the climax of this show fall into place. 😍

So something that I’ve noticed as I’ve been watching Yashahime is that Towa and Setsuna favor their parents in different ways. Setsuna seems to have inherited Sesshomaru’s personality in her stoic, almost cold demeanor, especially when it comes to fighting and war. Towa seems to have inherited Rin’s personality, as they both have such a warm smile and presence. I believe it was one of the voice actors in Yashahime that said you would find out who the mother is by looking at Towa, so for me that’s how I figured it out. Something that I would REALLY like to see from Sesshomaru when he finally interacts with them is if he notices these similarities, especially with Towa. We may not get much dialog, but what if we got this sweet scene of Sesshomaru looking at his daughters and he’s able to see Rin’s warmth and smile in Towa🥺 I think it’s unrealistic that we’ll get Sesshomaru straight up telling his feelings, but we might get little glances here and there that will lead up to how he truly feels about Rin and his children. And maybe a comment from Jaken here and there since in the preview it shows he’s alive and well, so we should DEFINITELY get more clues to this puzzle, if not tomorrow then definitely in the upcoming weeks

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk 😁

How come no one is talking about how when Rey kisses Ben how he IMMEDIATELY wraps his arm that was on her stomach around her waist and holds her tight. So tight. Like he knows that this is the first and only time he will get to hold his soulmate in his arms❤️❤️