Despite Kyouko Honda's tragic death, her vivid memory lives on, providing guidance through times of hardship to her close ones. However, Kyouko was not always the wise and radiant person that she is fondly remembered as in the present day.
Feeling deserted by her own family and rejected by society, a young Kyouko abandons stability for a life of delinquency, jeopardizing her education and future. Fortunately, her descent into despair is interrupted by a fateful encounter with her husband-to-be Katsuya, who has recently started his teaching internship at her school.
With a composure surprisingly unaffected by Kyouko's tantrums, Katsuya quickly wins her over through his gentleness and attention toward her—sincere gestures that she has never received before. As the two grow closer together, Kyouko opens her tormented heart to him and, along with it, a door to new horizons.
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KanpaiGuren
Saw this film in the cinema a few days ago. Seeing as there's no reviews yet, I would like to leave a quick review. The first half of the film is a recap of major Tohru and Kyo moments throughout the 3 seasons of the anime. While I love these moments, I didn't feel as much emotions due to the rapid fire recap format. Overall, it was okay and I can understand why they felt the need to add it since without it the film would definitely be less than an hour long. The second half of the film is where the real film starts. Tohru's parents'backstory was beautiful and tragic. It was on par with the best flashbacks in the 3 seasons of the anime. Tohru's dad was such a cool dude and I loved seeing how Tohru's mom became a better person and great mother through her experiences with him.
The animation, while nothing groundbreaking, was good like the TV series. The amazing OSTs from the show make a return and brilliantly bring out the emotions of each scene as always.
In conclusion, it was worth watching in the cinema because of the second half of the film. I would strongly advise you to have a box of tissues nearby when watching as there are plenty of tear-jerking moments throughout the film.
Overall, I would give this film an 8.5, which is the same score I gave for Season 1. Season 2 is a 9 while the final season is a 10 for me. Thanks for reading!
eff-fume
Considering the excessive amount of love Furuba as a franchise has been receiving, it would almost make me think most people haven’t watched an actual great piece of fiction and especially not one that handles abuse. Which would be a wrong assumption to make, considering HxH and Sangatsu are also in the Top 100 which make a way better case for themselves. To forefront, my feelings towards the franchise have developed negatively. I think it doesn’t present abuse in any nuanced ways, and even goes out of its way to forgive abuse without an attempt of amends from the abuser’s side. Not just only that,but the many couples in the franchise are cursed with a ridiculous age gap, imbalance of power dynamic, or both at the same time but since all the characters are so 2-dimensional, a normal viewer doesn’t seem to be inherently bothered by these issues.
This movie is not an exception of that. Aside from 1/3rd of the “film” being just recap of Kyo’s and Tohru’s relationship, the rest is about a middle school girl that has been ostracized from her family as she entered a rebellious gangster phase and persuades a romance with a way older man. It cannot be concluded from the film itself if she was ostracized because she became a gangster or she already was and therefore became a gangster and therefore the ostracization intensified. Either way, she meets Katsuya, 21 years old at the time, as her “teacher” – meaning imbalance of power – and then he grooms her into a relationship. The actual romance between Katsuya and Kyoko isn’t showcasing any abuse, it does actually look healthy as far as it is shown. The characters in Furuba aren’t really that deeply written so we stay at a comfortable sea level. However, that doesn’t mean grooming didn’t occur. If you do some basic math, you can determine that they married when Kyoko was around 15 years old and birthed Tohru when she was around 18. I have my reservations about this. Child brides, huge age gap… We love to see those.
It is fairly common in real life for adult men to “rescue” young girls from their toxic households into a “better” life to then later become very controlling abusers themselves. Usually, those men are way older and are making use of their assets like money and housing to keep the relationship in control. And since the original support system of the girl (family) is out of the picture because they are awful people and will not try to reach out and help her, they can do whatever they want. The same pattern occurs here, the difference being Katsuya never becomes a control freak or abuser and is “hot”. This is a very common trope in shoujo unfortunately and showcases the way toxic masculinity is rooted deeply in our society. Adult women will write stories about older men saving way younger girls and gifting them unconditional love. I assume it is the desire for a man that has assets and is accomplished loving you for the way you are, no matter how miserable, completely ignoring the youth, power and innocence aspect he gains from such a kind of relationship. Wish real life was this way, but it isn’t most of the time. It is a really questionable choice for a story, especially considering how often it happened in this franchise.
And that is my main concern with this story. They kinda live together, it is happy go lucky, Kyoko has no other emotional support system besides Katsuya until Tohru is born, more or less. Eventually Katsuya dies from a basic cold (that was odd) and Kyoko has an intense mental breakdown. I have to admit that these scenes were rather enjoyable and got to my most basic emotional vulnerabilities. The voice actress also did a decent job delivering the emotions here. She eventually releases herself from her slump because she has Tohru to take care of, and then the film ends with her death again looping back to Kyo and Tohru being happy again. Kyoko’s wish was for someone to make Tohru happy, so she got this, I guess.
Overall, the film is mostly filler and presents a one-dimensional romance with heavy problematic undertones. It is audiovisually completely unimpressive and the music, just like in the TV show, is way too loud too many times.
Characters were very depthless especially Kyoko’s parent household.
I did enjoy the more emotionally heavy scenes. I didn’t hate my time with it necessarily, but it was disappointing just like the rest of the franchise. And we as a society really need to let go of these toxic aspects that have been ingrained in all our souls since birth.
bagwsp
I have to deduct several points on behalf of whomever shoved 33 minutes of footage from the 3 seasons into a poorly edited and haphazard mess. I feel sorry for everyone who's been baited into buying a movie ticket for this, when in reality it's a decent OVA with a bunch of rehashed footage in the front to make the runtime movie length. Given this is titled "Prelude" I find it very dangerous for people who decided to start this story here. There's massive spoilers to the main story without warning in the recap, and it entirely expects you to know so much context before seeingit.
This is a poor excuse for a cash grab, even by Japanese Marketing standards.
This is a shame too, as the OVA is actually a nice story once you finally get to it.
sonu711
TLDR; 10/10 movie must watch after the series! I really loved the movie, it was great as expected. This movie's first 25 minutes contained recap which was placed at really good place, it showed how Kyou and tooru slowly got together and also helped me because I watched the final almost almost 9 months ago and didn't remember that much. The next part was about Kyouko and katsuya's story. Kyouko's story was saddening from the beginning, I really loved her character because she was so relatable. Kyouko was introduced as a hot-blooded person but that wasn't everything, when Katsuya was introduced he saw heractual nature when she saw her crying, she just needed people to love her back but she wasn't given that. Katsuya and Kyouko had a relationship which made me very happy. Both supporting each other, Kyouko slowly developing as a normal person as time went and her going through multiple emotions throughout the movie all were so good!
A small part of Kyoru also made me smile and the kiss was also very cute XD.
This movie always stuck to it's theme which i liked very much and the pacing of movie was also very good (except that it was very small)
I also liked how many of the scenes were shown again but in a different time, especially Tooru getting hit by the table and getting a nosebleed.
This movie had multiple stages of showing different kind of emotions at different times, it made me cry, it made me laugh and gave me some emotions that I cannot express.
Small tooru was also very cute, wish I could get more of her! An extra thing I liked that Tooru's name was given by her father Katsuya, "when salt is added to sweet things, it gives it even a better taste, he wanted tooru to grow up a person like that" -Kyouko Honda
Music and art was also great too. I watched this movie raw so maybe I'll watch it again sometime in not so far future.
an 10/10 overall
zeroslut
TBH. It sucked. Personally, I don't like pedophilia, age gap too big, stop normalizing and romanticizing it. She was 14 going on 15, and he was 22. Could've been more comfortable with maybe an 18 year old and a 22 year old but still the teacher-student love groom trop was weird and I don't fuck with it. After 30 minutes of recap, the movie was maybe 40 minutes long and the same boring trope you see in like every romance. They rapid fired all of the scenes, could have added more intricacy and development into the plot. Very surface level character trope, with Kyoko beingthe brooding, lonely, sad adolescent, and her teacher is the only one who empathizes. Went no deeper, they definitely could of. So much opportunity they did nothing with.
It was supposed to be a prequel, but so much of it was recap and present events that it didn't feel like so. Wasn't worth the time and money, wish I got more of the movie and more plot.
Symphony1shark
It was so much review (Like, over half an hour of review of scenes from the anime out of order), very little plot, and then the plot that was there didn't advance the series much at all, and made me dislike characters that were well written before. I wish that I didn't see it actually. I would have had higher praise for the series as a whole if I didn't watch this film. I felt more uncomfortable about the main relationship of the film than I did before. Overall, I think this series had a better ending when it ended with the main series. Thismovie is useless to watch, and I wouldn't reccommend anyone to watch it if they care about the show.
Natsuki_SanJuan
I never expected in my entire life to have an opportunity to get to Japan for the first time in my entire life. I considered myself, one of the luckiest people on the whole, to get a chance to see this film. And in the end, it was worth it. I'll just make a quick review of this film. Fruits Basket ~prelude~ is a new film made by TMS Entertainment, from a new story of Natsuki Takaya, and covered some chapters that didn't include in the final season. The story covered the summary of the three seasons, the story arc of Kyouko and Katsuya, and theaftermath story of Kyo and Tohru after the events of the final season, written by Natsuki Takaya, respectively. We all know that having a recap from a show is entirely useless. But some recaps are bearing to watch and they can find it enjoyable. This is one of those shows, that had some recaps. But do you think it was worth it?
The first act of the film was the recap of all the seasons of the TV series. I think it lasted half an hour or less? Well, watching this recap made me remind the recap version of the entire Clannad series. It was pretty good for a recap, even the pacing was like a rapid-fire. I certainly felt some emotions, but it's not the same feeling as I felt from the TV series. The execution of this recap is better than Orange Mirai movie, in which the recap from that movie was poorly executed. I understand why they had to condense it. Because the movie will be short if they didn't include the recap. Overall, it was a good nostalgia for those who cherished the TV series. Guess who was the narrator for the recap? Just wait and see.
The second act of the film was the arc where the real magic starts. The story of Kyoko and Katsuya. For those who are saying this is a controversial story, may I remind you this was written way back in the 1990s. Well, it's your judgment if you find this pretty bad. So back to the topic, this story is one of the most beautiful, yet very tragic stories I've ever seen. I read this part from the manga but seeing this on the big screen made my heart flutter but at the same time, my heartaches. It's because I knew where this is going. Katsuya is a cool teacher to his students, especially Kyoko, But seeing him make Kyoko turn from a violent and problematic student to a better person and a better mom to Tohru was very heartwarming and touching. You may need a box of tissues for this.
So the final arc is the aftermath of the TV series and it's written by Natsuki Takaya. In the final act, I'd got to see again the main couple of the series, Kyo and Tohru, the epilogue of their arc. I didn't expect what happened in this arc but it was so lovely. Seeing those two being together made me tore a bit, after those many struggles they had faced, as they sought many answers. In the final episode of the final season when the two held hands like an old couple, I got to see it again but from a different angle. Although the final act was not as long as I was expected, It's still pretty solid and worth the wait.
The animation and the sound were still the same from the TV series, but they added a few details, especially the beach scene from Kyouko and Katsuya's story. The art was very stylish and sparkling. The amazing soundtrack from the TV series brought back the rollercoaster ride of emotions in every scene. Just like the emotions that I felt from the TV series.
Overall, I would give this film a grade of 9. While the previous seasons were very amazing, I wished this film could be longer than its initial time run. I hope many people watch this film on the big screen because it was an amazing experience. If you're going to watch this, kindly bring a box of tissues. Because most of the parts were tear-jerking. Thanks for reading and once again, hands down to Fruits Basket and Natsuki Takaya. It's a two thumbs up for me.
GroktheDestroyer
Fruits Basket: Prelude is something I can’t truly call a movie. The runtime is just shy of 85 minutes long. The first 35 minutes is entirely made up of recap of the last arc of Kyo and Tohru’s relationship. There is nothing new being presented here, it is the same (brilliant) material we’ve all seen before, just presented in a far inferior way. A nice trip down memory lane, perhaps, but that’s the nicest thing I could say about it. It’s truly a waste of everyone’s time to have this in front of the “movie”. Hilariously, Fruits Basket: Prelude itself seems toeven acknowledge that because only after those 35 minutes do they show the title card, as if to say “Okay guys, the movie’s starting now!”
Kyoko and Katsuya’s relationship:
Let me be clear: the relationship is unapologetically, textbook grooming (and yes, the movie romanticizes it anyways). Unapologetically becomes abundantly clear as Katsuya says (as close of a paraphrase to the actual quote that I can manage) “I fell for you after that first meeting between us. But you were only in junior high, so I had to wait.” And wait he does, as he uses his position of power as a teacher (sorry, only a “student teacher” as he’s extremely quick to point out) to take advantage of a 14 year old girl who is going through a period of extreme emotional trauma and stress. Just ripe for manipulation! This relationship could have been portrayed far better but this part of the movie was extremely rushed: about 30 minutes of the only 50 minutes of movie
What was done well was Kyoko’s relationship with parenthood and what it meant for her to take care of her child, both before and after Katsuya’s death. The only little bit that I could say grew my appreciation for this series as a major Fruits Basket fan. But that simply isn’t enough.
Finally, insert brand new 2 minute scene between Kyo and Tohru after the series. Roll credits.
This isn’t a “movie” and what’s presented isn’t even done well given that. This is bad.
marsies
I'm a huge fan of the anime and manga, so I am very disappointed to say this movie was nothing more than a cash grab. I was expecting a fair amount of new material, but was surprised to see that the first third of the movie was just a recap of the show. They chose to showcase only the most emotional moments of the show out of context and one after the other, only serving to cheapen some of my favorite scenes. The recap was then followed by Kyoko's backstory. Aside from the obviously questionable content, it was poorly animated and riddled with distracting CGI.Finally, at the very end, we get the new content we were promised, but it was only a short scene.
This "movie" could have easily been an OVA for Kyoko's backstory. Instead, they chose to waste our time with a lengthy recap to get it to the 88 minute mark so it could be released as a movie. I'm shocked that other fans are praising this movie, as I was expecting better from one of my favorite series.
Sachoza
Recommand watching this after the anime, has it contains spoilers from the original serie. But this is needed to give the movie a round finish/red thread towards the main story of this movie, which is how both mum and dad of Honda met, their back story and how it all went from the moment they met, fell in love and gave birth to Honda, aswell how her life continued after the ending of the serie. It would be kinda awkward to jump straight to the story of the parents without actually knowing whats been shown in the anime. Be aware you will cry. The same amountof tears you will release when you watched the anime. ❤️
I also may comment on some reviews complaining about pedofila consider the father was "adult" and the mom was "kid" /teen/not adult when they first met and started dating. Which I do believe people haven't paid attention to legal age in Japan was 13 years old (recently been increesed to 16), and this anime was a remake of the original anime/manga which was created back in the 90s beginning 2000, so the colture and rules kinda play along with that.. If they weren't following the orginal, the story of the familytree and fights within family wouldn't have made sense and the whole anime would have needed to be rewritten...
If this is something that really bothers you, then don't watch it 😅
Besides, the father was a student too, just older student when they first met so you can imagine the timestamps along with the anime.
Also may add the animation was magic and fantastic!! Love the way they made the ocean!!!
etanmess
this is one of the best tv shows i have aver watched and that i will ever watch the artistic talent and creative skill it took to create something so amazing is practically impossible it was a one in a thousand chance that a franchise so constantly good exists. each character is written with a mastery of writing skill making them all entertaining and memorable. the story is the most beautiful heartfelt romance all anime fans are looking for in the sea of shit that is the seasonal releases now beautifully built and crafted so that nothing is given to you and at thesame time everything is given to you which is kept up across 63 episodes 1 films and 23 volumes. in conclusion Fruits basket: Prelude is a masterpiece among masterpieces 10/10.
Hail_Lelouch
The prequel movie about the Honda couple was emotional, romantic and leaves a lasting impression along with the flashback scenes of Tohru and Kyoko. The story of Katsuya and Ryoko was heartfelt, and quite romantic. The animation was solid and on par with the prior season’s quality. Fruits Basket – Prelude – did get me to tear up twice. It hit all the emotional notes as the original, and Kyoko’s story in retrospect to nearly all other characters is truly one where you can’t help but root for her. It also made me reflect on my own ways of expressing grief, and when a filmcan get you to do that I think that’s something special.
Overall, the film is an excellent way to preserve the story of Kyoko and Katsuya. For long term fans of Fruits Basket, this is just a cherry on the cake.
My Rating : 10/10
Ice__Cream
Here's a short review of Fruit Basket Prelude:- This story is about Tooru's parents and how they meet and get married If you loved the anime you have already made an attachment with it No doubt you will love it The first 30 minutes are recap of the last season which revives the emotions and then the real story starts. Just like the anime, it's filled with emotions and love. This tells how Tooru's mother's story in her younger days, how she a delinquent who didn't care about anything and turned into a loving mother and loving wife.BUT I think Tooru's father Katsuya's death felt cold it could be made more sacrificial. Overall It's a Great work worth your time. Must watch after completing anime
cooldogmom
Most of the film was a recap of what had already happened during the 3rd season. We assumed the other half with the information given during the entire Fruits Basket series. Nothing new was really said, except we got visuals for it. Baby Tohru was the cutest though. I will say I'm a little disappointed. We did get more insight on Kyoko's relationship with her parents, same with Tohru's dad. There were some uncomfortable scenes due to the large age gap, it was basically grooming. I mean Kyoko (Tohru's mom) was in junior high when she met Katsuya, while he was an adult. I thinkhe was 21. I did cry through most of it though. This was probably best suited for someone who hasn't seen the anime and wants a general summary of everything that happened. Someone else said this and I agree, I wish I hadn't seen it to be quite honest. Again, it did make me cry but I was disappointed in the relationships and the film. And as another user said, it made me dislike some characters. There was really no point in the film. I'm surprised it has such great ratings. This is coming from someone who LOVES fruits basket. Take it as you wish.
Misakiiww
This movie is so beautiful, heartbreaking and wholesome. I cried so many times, but the movie also made me smile like an idiot. The art style is top tier and the storyline is good. Also the soundtrack is really fantastic. Masterpiecewrite more, but i have no idea what to say any more than this tho lol
Waternimf
The first part was more of a recap from Kyo's point of view, but still a recap. It didn't show anything new. I'm not even sure why they added it. Might be for those who watch it without ever having seen the series, but I wouldn't recommend doing that. The second part I enjoyed tho, it was fun to learn more about Tohru's mom and seeing her meet her mysterious dad who we never saw during the whole series. I liked the story even though it was sad as well. After this movie you understand a lot more about Tohru's family. Aside from the recap this was anice movie to end the series with.
Or well.. there might be a sequel?
annatiurma
is there any realm that katsuya and hatori are brothers or father and son? 😂 hahaha they really look alike. imagine if katsuya still alive and meet hatori at kyo-tohru's wedding that would be hilarious. it's a very good decision they made kyoko-katsuya's story into a movie, so they got enough screentime about their story and we can see it fully about how beautiful their love is . wufff p.s; need papa katsuya in my life asap. ehe. but kyo still my real love EHEEEE im waiting for fruit basket another in anime. onegaishimasu >.< p.s2; MAL keeps asking me to write more but i said enough kyaaaa
whiteflame55
I'm not sure if this was the perfect thing for me to watch right now or the worst choice I could have made. Suffice it to say that I've had a very troubling turn in my life that elements of this movie really resonated with, both by providing much needed catharsis and by rubbing the sore spot raw. I found myself blubbering pretty hard towards the end. Fruits Basket has always been very affecting and certain scenes from S2 and especially the Final Season have made me tear up before, but not like this. Part of why this hit me harder was just how wellit was portrayed. It's a movie depicting the life that Tooru Honda's mother Kyoko lived before she had her, and it shows us a good deal about her husband who was never portrayed in the original series, Katsuya. We heard enough over the course of that series to know the basic gist of how Kyoko lived before she met Katsuya, and some bits and pieces beyond that. That moment isn't what hit me the hardest, but rather, what came after. This movie played with a similar theme to some of the best parts of Clannad: After Story, and though it didn't get the time to flesh them out like that series, it's still heart-rending, especially given how well we've gotten to know Kyoko over the series run. It's beautifully done, and the animation is the best it's ever been for this series.
That being said, I don't want to be too effusive. The first 30+ minutes are spent rehashing some of the story of the original series, which is a lot for a 80+ minute movie. There are stand-out moments, and the romance between its leads feels genuine and loving, but nearly everyone else in the story is faceless (quite literally in many cases) and Kyoko's parents are frustratingly simple, even if we get some insight into her mother after the fact. It's not up to the standards of the original series in terms of the impressive cast, but it matches it in almost every other way.
KellieMaria
This movie is exactly what i wanted from this series. Yes the first half an hour was a recap but the recap made me cry 10x harder. If felt so full circle after watching this. I didn't even think we'd get anymore after the series so this was so amazing to watch. Especially since i didn't think I would care too much about Katsuya and Kyoko's relationship. The only "bad" thing about this is Katsuya is so much older than her. And i mean like 8 year difference and she was 14. But in no way did this ever come off creepy to me. Ifeel like some people may have a problem with this age difference but I didn't. So in conclusion, it is a must watch and a real tear jerker.
