Adaptation: Ysabet MacFarlane
What They Say
Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the world of Fruits Basket! Filled with character profiles, color illustrations, quizzes, stickers, behind-the-scenes with Takaya-sensei, and volume recaps through the entire 23-volume series, this collection also includes previously unpublished material.
The Review:
In terms of production value, Fruits Basket Banquet is disappointing. Some may like the fact that Tokyopop produced the 205 page book in the B6 size so that it looks just like another volume of Furuba manga. However, given the content within the cover, I think they did themselves a disservice not printing the book in a larger size. Because the games and poll sections incorporate numerous excerpts from the manga, a single page of Banquet often displays several miniaturized Furuba manga pages. Unfortunately, on a B6-sized page, it is difficult to read the text or even figure out the action of these mini-pages, which detracts f