If we're ever in the same place I'll run the videos or manga by you ... it's an elucidating study.
The main idea is that centuries ago the Sohma family was placed under a curse: whenever they come into contact with a member of the opposite sex who isn't also a Sohma, they transform into the animals of the Chinese zodiac. The family keeps itself alive by arranging marriages between cousins, but for the most part they isolate themselves from the outside world.
The plotline revolves around the relationship between Sohma Yuki, who is the Mouse of the zodiac, and a socially outcast girl named Honda Tohru who comes to live with the Sohmas after the death of her family. Gender fluidity is one of the primary themes of the series, and the lifestyle changes Yuki has to make to preserve his secret are painfully familiar.
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Date: 2005-03-05 04:29 pm (UTC)The main idea is that centuries ago the Sohma family was placed under a curse: whenever they come into contact with a member of the opposite sex who isn't also a Sohma, they transform into the animals of the Chinese zodiac. The family keeps itself alive by arranging marriages between cousins, but for the most part they isolate themselves from the outside world.
The plotline revolves around the relationship between Sohma Yuki, who is the Mouse of the zodiac, and a socially outcast girl named Honda Tohru who comes to live with the Sohmas after the death of her family. Gender fluidity is one of the primary themes of the series, and the lifestyle changes Yuki has to make to preserve his secret are painfully familiar.