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Its almost time to revisit this quote by Yuki; the famous “how to love yourself” quote in which Yuki tells us that rather than loving one’s self first, one needs to be loved before they can love themselves. I know this quote hits home for a lot of fans and it espeically did for me way back when I first saw it. It was beautifully said and made so much sense to me.

But I got older. Summer after high school, when Fruits Basket was now just an innocent memory of my past, I has gone through a lot of changes including a rough breakup. Therefor, in the process of trying to get over it I was taught new lessons through songs and social media. They told me to love myself, put myself first, only my approval matters. And so I figured Fruits Basket had it all wrong. Silly me using a manga to guide me through life. Because loving myself turned me into the best version of myself.

Or so I thought. Suddenly, I’m a little older, it’s 2019 and Fruits Basket is back in my life and I revisit 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 again which gets me thinking...

You see, it is true that loving myself helped me to grow but were other people not there helping me along the way? I told myself so many times in the mirror that I was beautiful but didnt it feel even more special when I heard someone else confirm that? I told myself in the mirror I was intelligent after rough college study nights but did it not feel even more assuring when guidance councelers looked over my transcripts and confrimed that title? So now, as I have grown into my best version of myself, I can say with confidence that Fruits Baske was right! You do in fact need others to love you! We live in a world today of social media celeberties who will try to convince you otherwise but I will tell you that no matter how much praising you do for yourself, 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 will ever feel as good as support from people around you. Dont get me wrong, self love is very important, but I feel 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿. Yuki almost had it all right but its not about which one comes first. Bottom line, you need both; self love and love from others.

Look what happened to someone who only had one:

Tohru made it loud and clear that she loves the person Kyo is. Yes, Tohru accepted him. So why didnt a “happily ever after” follow? Becauae Kyo didnt believe he was worthy of love, and thats an understatment. That is what slowed down a lot of progression in their relationship. (Ofc I do take into consideration other factors about the curse too). This is what I love about Furuba! Tohru’s love didnt solve everything! Its so realistic. Kyo let those dark thoughts take control of him so much that it didnt matter when Tohru said she loved him. He needed to love himself in order to be in any kind of serious relationship with Tohru. Once he believed that he was worthy of Tohru’s love, only then could he focus on making things right with her. Kyo showed his love for self by telling his father he would not go into the isolated room. Kyo was ready to really 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 his whole life with the girl he loves because he deserves to. Because he is worthy. And by the end, once he knows Tohru loves him and once he knows that he has every right to accept her love, their happily ever after lasts an eternity ✨