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5/2/19The Fruits Basket Reboot Does A Classic Manga JusticeFruits Basket is where a lot of tween otaku picked up their first few otaku-isms: baka, neko, kawaii desu. A late…ByCecilia D'AnastasioPublishedMay 2, 2019
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