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'history'

Around 3 years ago, back in the good old days of the anime subforum, a thread began floating around titled "Let's Talk: Akito Sohma". Started by a regular Fruits Basket fan, the thread surrounded the initial and infamous question, "So what's the deal with Akito? Why is he/she so mean to the other Juunishi?" From there, fans, skeptics, and critics alike flocked to the thread to defend, accuse, and question Akito's motives.

It gained a lot of popularity, before eventually fading into the depths of the anime subforum to be lost forever. That is of course until the lovely C chan, Ahiko, and myself brought it back. Brand new thread, moderators, and attitude.

Then gaia ate it.. again. And thanks to school and work, we left it that way for some time.

But we're back! After some exciting plot twists, new revelations surrounding our celebrity, and with only one chapter left in the manga, we're giving this thread our all!



'introduction'

Who is Akito Sohma?

Akito is the head of the Sohma family. As God to the Juunishi, Akito does not have a zodiac form. Possessive and quick-tempered, yet beautifully tragic, she is an enigma.


Let's Talk: Akito Sohma

Got a question about our star of the hour? A complaint? An opinion you'd like to express to the Fruits Basket community? Do you want to declare your unwavering devotion for her? Or utter distaste for her? Have some fanart or fanfiction you'd like to share? All are welcome here at Let's Talk: Akito Sohma.



'rules'
-Literacy is key. This is a thread for intellectual discussion.
-Common courtesy. Be polite, be respectful, and act mature.

A comment like:

"Why do you lykE Akito? She's so mean!1! She hurts the other girlz! Im glad she going to die soon!"

Will probably get you laughed at.

-Stay on topic, the topic of course being Akito Sohma.
-Please add appropriate requisite labels to the top of your post before posting any fanart/fanfiction, as well as spoiler warnings for those who haven't read past chapter 97.



'disclaimer'
-People are going to argue, it's inevitable when discussing a character like Akito. I am not a peer mediator, work it out, ignore it, or get over it.
-We are het, yaoi, slash, yuri friendly.
-We are not responsible for spoilers. There will be spoiler warnings, it's at your own discretion whether or not to read on afterwards.

'Media'

'portraiture'
favorite screencaps/manga scans/images



'lyrical'
note-worthy quotes

"I am well aware of when my glass if half-empty"

"All of them ..
.. will live and die with me.
All of the juunishi will live ..
.. in the same home, following the same path.
No one comes in ..
.. no one will be stolen away.
Always remaining the same.
A happy future.
An endless banquet.
Unchanging."

♥

"What .. .. is your place in the zodiac? What are you?"

"To them ..
.. I am the closest thing ..
.. there is to GOD.



'fanart'

Artist: I can't remember.



'fanfiction'

So then, why do you love, hate, or otherwise feel the way you do about Akito?

I suppose, since the whole reason she's portrayed as a male is because Akito's mother, Ren, was jealous of Akira's love for his daughter (which you don't find out until chapter 97).

Akito's mom sucks, end.

Everything goes down hill with Akito once it's revealed she's a female. She turns into suuuuch a wuss. I mean, it's nice to see the gentler side of her, she's much kinder, deeper, more insightful after she comes out, but geeze, like, non-stop Tohru a**-kissing.

I miss my edgy, villianous Akito.

And I think Yuki x Akito would have been cuter than Shigure x Akito.

[edit:] If I remember correctly, the only reason Akito is treated as a male in the anime (with no effeminate characteristics) is because up to.. whatever point they'd gotten to in the manga, the only time Akito was ever associated with any gender was one occasion when she spoke about herself using a male connotation.

Kind of like le - masculine, la - feminine.

Wow, I wonder how he concocted that scenario. Then again, way back when, when they first released a preview of the cover of chapter 97, I thought transforming into a girl might have been part of Akito's curse.

I think in the long run I would have preferred Akito being a hermaphrodite, actually. It still stings a little right he heart re to refer to her as a girl.

*squeezles you whee * As wierd as this may sound, being a hermaphrodite, I think, would have been totally appropriate, I mean.. feminine body structure with no sense of feminine frailty (minus the constantly being sick) is Akito in a nut shell.

I would have even settled for Akito being a strong female, but as soon as it's revealed, it's like she completely falls apart and just cries her a** off all the time. Like I said, I can appreciate her gentler side, but it engulfs her completely once the secret it out.

And Tohru, ugh, I still don't like her, but I can stand her. One of the reasons I liked Akito so much is because it seemed as though she would never succumb to Tohru's kindness, and I never thought they'd establish as close of a relationship as they end up doing. Makes me sick.

I know I know! I missed this thread terribly. I payed mucho gold for the banners w/tip and everything, even though Mentha insisted I don't. I stressed the importance of this thread to the guild, for without this thread ::Welcome to Sohma House:: never would have come into existence.

I can't wait whee ! I've got some Machi x Yuki & Haru x Rin bitching to do.

I definitely think it would've been much more interesting. I'm sad to hear now that she's falling apart. Not that personally I don't believe in Tohru, but to make it *that* easy and for her to fall apart so suddenly and so *MUCH* I don't really buy. Like C Chan said, it shouldn't be that she can say one paragraph and solve years of issues. It'd actually make more sense if it was like a progression of things because that's kind of how things happen in real life too when you meet people. Maybe something bothers you for a really long time, but then you just meet one person that kind of makes you think about things in a different way, but it's not instantaneous, it's a progression through hanging out with them and little things.

Like you just talk about things and maybe they say one thing that makes you think a little bit differently and you gradually get more comfortable with being around them, etc. etc. But one moment doesn't necessarily do anything by itself. It's pretty much one significant moment and then a progression of little moments that kind of "continue" and "encourage" what may have been started.

The same can be said of bad influences too. Like if you had a friend who just got you to experiment with smoking once, but didn't after that, you might not necessarily become an addicted or anything. Maybe after that one time they're like "Okay, that was stupid, I don't wanna do it again either" or they have a conscience and don't want to pressure you to do it. But if you have a friend who repeatedly does things that aren't really all that great, then they can really have a prolonged negative influence on you and maybe send you down the wrong track. These are probably some really horrible analogies, but I honestly can't think of something better at the moment and I'm hoping I'm getting my point across at least. XD

Definetely :C Akito’s much too complex of a character to have been disected and exploited so easily. And of all people to do it to Akito.. I’d have preferred it to be someone closer to her, like Yuki, or Kureno, Shigure, or even Hatori.

I can understand Tohru maybe giving Akito a new outlook on life, but I hate how she tried to relate Akito’s problems to her own experiences. I JUST CAN’T STAND IT WHEN SHE DOES THAT.

I can only imagine how frustrating that must be in a real life scenario.. for someone to say, “I understand what you’re going through,” when they haven’t the slightest idea. No wonder Akito opened up a can of whoopass on her so often. She practically insulted her to her face.