: The "pickled plum" analogy serves as a central lesson about how we often underestimate our own value because our strengths are not visible to us, even if they are clear to everyone else.
Fruits Basket (English Dub) | E3 - Let's Play Rich Man-Poor Man! Crunchyroll• Mar 1, 2022
[Rewatch] Fruits Basket (2019): Episode 3 Discussion : r/anime Fruits Basket (2019) (Dub) Episode 3
: Yuki takes Tohru to his "secret base," a private vegetable garden. During a typhoon, they work together to protect the plants, and Yuki confides that he feels trapped in a "cage," struggling to interact with others.
: Tohru offers her mother’s wisdom: kindness is something humans must actively create and practice. She also shares the "pickled plum" analogy—just as a plum sits on the back of a rice ball where the rice ball itself cannot see it, people often fail to see their own greatness while easily spotting it in others. English Dub Cast : The "pickled plum" analogy serves as a
Most of the original 2001 voice cast returned to reprise their roles for this 2019 reboot. : Laura Bailey Yuki Soma : Eric Vale Kyo Soma : Jerry Jewell Shigure Soma : John Burgmeier Arisa Uotani : Elizabeth Maxwell Saki Hanajima : Jad Saxton Key Themes
: Despite their outward differences, both Kyo and Yuki are envious of the other’s traits; Kyo admires Yuki's "perfection," while Yuki envies Kyo's ability to be social and "outside the cage". During a typhoon, they work together to protect
: Kyo admits to Tohru that he is jealous of Yuki's natural talent in areas like martial arts, which Kyo worked hard to master but was surpassed in.
: The "pickled plum" analogy serves as a central lesson about how we often underestimate our own value because our strengths are not visible to us, even if they are clear to everyone else.
Fruits Basket (English Dub) | E3 - Let's Play Rich Man-Poor Man! Crunchyroll• Mar 1, 2022
[Rewatch] Fruits Basket (2019): Episode 3 Discussion : r/anime
: Yuki takes Tohru to his "secret base," a private vegetable garden. During a typhoon, they work together to protect the plants, and Yuki confides that he feels trapped in a "cage," struggling to interact with others.
: Tohru offers her mother’s wisdom: kindness is something humans must actively create and practice. She also shares the "pickled plum" analogy—just as a plum sits on the back of a rice ball where the rice ball itself cannot see it, people often fail to see their own greatness while easily spotting it in others. English Dub Cast
Most of the original 2001 voice cast returned to reprise their roles for this 2019 reboot. : Laura Bailey Yuki Soma : Eric Vale Kyo Soma : Jerry Jewell Shigure Soma : John Burgmeier Arisa Uotani : Elizabeth Maxwell Saki Hanajima : Jad Saxton Key Themes
: Despite their outward differences, both Kyo and Yuki are envious of the other’s traits; Kyo admires Yuki's "perfection," while Yuki envies Kyo's ability to be social and "outside the cage".
: Kyo admits to Tohru that he is jealous of Yuki's natural talent in areas like martial arts, which Kyo worked hard to master but was surpassed in.