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Fruits Basket: Prelude (2022)
Hardly a movie
If you were thinking of bringing a friend to this movie that was not previously familiar with Fruits Basket, you better cancel your plans.
This is a glorified OVA with a boring, confusing, 30 minute recap of Kyo and Tohrus relationship just tacked on at the beginning to fluff out the run time. This section of the film was so jarring that many patrons in the theatre even laughed out loud at the serious moments. It was so awkward and out of place. They didn't even have the decency to explain the rules of the animals curse. A waste of money truly.
Even disregarding the irrelevant recap, the "film" itself was very underwhelming. Tohrus mother, Kyoko, is the protagonist. In itself her story could have been very interesting, but the way it was written was frankly boring. Rather than writing a plot where characters actually act and do things, we get repetitive voice over that tells us the character's every thought and feeling. She does not do anything, things just happen to her until she dies a violent death.
I can't even properly address the fact that this movie glorifies and romanticizes grooming. Yes its Fruits Basket cannon, but that doesn't make it any less weird.