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Kagura from Fruits Basket
Jan. 8th, 2004 11:12 amShe's... hm. It's hard to describe Kagura at first. She's definitely different from your typical anime heroine. She's insanely strong, prone to fits of temper that can literally level concrete walls, loves one boy with a loyalty that's sometimes frightening, and yet is also under the curse of the Sohma family. It's interesting, but once more, the females that also suffer under the curse and Akito are often hated. Or worse, ignored. For Kagura, I don't find that too surprising. Her personality is pretty strong and it for fans weaned on 'Stalking Relena', it's hard not to draw comparisons, especially when there's Tohru... or several nice, pretty boys ripe for picking. ^_^
But I really, really, really like her. For those who have read Volume 12, you'll know why. It's... perhaps because I'm a sucker for unrequited love. Unrequited love in this huge, huge way where we see that she will never, ever get the one she loves. She will always be watching that person from the sidelines, and possibly watching Kyo and Tohru (or Kyo and any-one-of-the-Sohma-males) enter into a relationship she desperately wants but can't have. That's the sort of storyline that picks at me strings. It helps that Kagura is just... so... alive. She exerts this exuberance that's on the same level of Momjii, which may be why I like the two of them so much. Perhaps the depressive nature of the curse makes Kagura particularly appealing.
But that's just to me. ^_^ And I love how she loves Kyo. Even though it's sometimes hard not to be cynical about love and all it's shades and branches, but it's even harder not to just stare wide-eyed with admiration and adoration for a girl who knows exactly what might happen in her love for Kyo, and knows inwardly that he doesn't love her in that way. Fanfiction galore. XD
Why does unrequited love attract me so much? *cheeky grin* Only those who have suffered the ailment will know the symptoms. I'm sure most everyone out there has gone through a period of angst-filled crushing. ^____^
Ja!
But I really, really, really like her. For those who have read Volume 12, you'll know why. It's... perhaps because I'm a sucker for unrequited love. Unrequited love in this huge, huge way where we see that she will never, ever get the one she loves. She will always be watching that person from the sidelines, and possibly watching Kyo and Tohru (or Kyo and any-one-of-the-Sohma-males) enter into a relationship she desperately wants but can't have. That's the sort of storyline that picks at me strings. It helps that Kagura is just... so... alive. She exerts this exuberance that's on the same level of Momjii, which may be why I like the two of them so much. Perhaps the depressive nature of the curse makes Kagura particularly appealing.
But that's just to me. ^_^ And I love how she loves Kyo. Even though it's sometimes hard not to be cynical about love and all it's shades and branches, but it's even harder not to just stare wide-eyed with admiration and adoration for a girl who knows exactly what might happen in her love for Kyo, and knows inwardly that he doesn't love her in that way. Fanfiction galore. XD
Why does unrequited love attract me so much? *cheeky grin* Only those who have suffered the ailment will know the symptoms. I'm sure most everyone out there has gone through a period of angst-filled crushing. ^____^
Ja!
