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HATORI-SOHMA’S 700+ G I V E A W A Y!
Jeez, guys! I never thought I’d hit 700 on this blog; that is such an accomplishment- I want you guys to know that I just adore each and every one of you so much. The friendships I’ve made here are ones I’ll cherish for forever. I wanted to do a little something nice for you guys. I previously did a Follow Forever for 650+, but today- today is a giveaway!
There will be TWO winners! They will be chosen at random using random.org. Each person will win a Fruits Basket phone case, made by the ever lovely @tionnedawnstar over at Elliott’s Closet. These will all be purchased by me with my own money!
This begins today, on November 1st, and will run until 11 PM (EST) on November 30th. I will be messaging the two winners privately after announcing them. If you win, you may pick whichever phone case you’d most like to own (see above, or visit the Etsy store itself), and I’ll need you to give me the model of your phone so I can buy the correct case for you!
Now, the rules:
1) You muse be following me! I will be checking, guys. I’m also going to politely ask that you don’t simply follow for the giveaway, then try unfollowing immediately afterwards. This is for my long-time followers on here. Thank you!
2) You must be alright with giving my your address. If you are under 18, please ask your parents. I will be purchasing each case from Elliot’s Closet, and having it mailed directly to your address.
3) Reblog as many times as you’d like. I don’t mind. Likes don’t count, but feel free to like this post to save it. No giveaway blogs! Don’t cheat!
4) Make sure you CHECK that Elliot’s Closet has your phone model available– it would be awful if you were to win, yet none of the cases fit your phone. They have a big selection, though! They do also ship internationally, so keep that in mind.
Here’s their current selection:
5) Lastly… Have fun! Don’t be upset if you don’t win, I’ll do another one of these around Christmas as well! You’ll have another chance again later! If the winners do not contact me after a few days, I will select new winners.
That’s it! Alright guys- I love you a ton! Good luck!
One of my favorite Etsy sellers updated her store a few months ago- and I just now realized! It’s been awhile since I’ve been on there, but look! All new Fruits Basket phone cases available for purchase! Not only does she draw all the art herself (I, myself, commissioned a Hatori from her back in January!), she also prints these on the cases herself as well. She’s incredible!
She has added: Kureno, Ritsu, Hatsuharu, Rin, Kagura, Kisa, and Hiro now!
Previously, I made a post about the first four she had posted, Kyo, Yuki, Momiji and Tohru, and I was able to encourage her to make the Mabudachi Trio as well! My post about them here. All the zodiacs are finished, guys, please go support her purchase your favorite zodiac member from her! The cases are such great quality and it’s always nice to support an artist. They’re so reasonably priced and they come in nearly every make and model to fit your phone. I can’t stress enough how awesome these are. Go, go, go!
The artist’s personal Tumblr is here: @tionnedawnstar. Go let her know how much you love her designs! She’s great! ♥
I’ve been meaning to make this post for about a year now! (Ignore my laziness.) I’m an avid collector, so of course, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that I collect quite a bit of Fruits Basket merchandise in my spare time! I wanted to post an update of my current collection- the above pics are only a tiny bit of what I own, below cut is all of it! Just a fair warning, I own a decent amount of GE Animation stuff- all of which can be bought easily though Amazon, eBay, etc. However, most of this is furoku– for those who don’t know, furoku is basically paper goods and other fun trinkets found in Japan!
Usually, these goods come as special extras when purchasing the magazines in which the newest chapters of manga are published. Which means, most of the things I own were not sold, they came with subscriptions to Hana to Yume magazine, and these were produced to promote the newest chapters of Furuba back when it was still being written. I will provide links where I can for items so you can purchase your own, but unfortunately, that may be few and far between, as these things are exceedingly difficult to get your hands on. I was only able to procure them myself because I have a few collector friends in the industry who found them in storage! I lucked out. Alright, let’s go!
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Of course, to begin, the special edition/collector’s edition DVD release of Fruits Basket. You can purchase this here, but there are cheaper options available from Funimation. I really recommend this version if you can get your hands on it, however, it comes with tons of special features and a booklet with some pretty interesting facts about the zodiac members, zodiacs in general, and a few interviews with the voice cast! It’s a nice collector’s edition! It out of print, however, so it is pricey! If you ever see it for under $60, I would jump on the chance!
Next, volumes 1-23 of the manga, plus the Banquet book, the Cat Fanbook, a Fruits Basket journal, and a special edition preview of some of Natsuki’s other work that was packaged with the final volume of the manga when released. These can be purchased off eBay, Amazon, and any used bookstores.
It is out of print, like the above DVD set, so it may be tricky, but shouldn’t be too hard to find. I bought a few of my missing volumes off here on Tumblr, there are always sellers (particularly students trying to make some money for college), so supporting them and buying them privately though Tumblr is always a good choice!
Above are some furoku items, it seems to be a bit of stationary, maybe some party favors? It is a few sheets of three different types of designs, and then three little baggies, which I can assume are for party favors- but I can’t be too sure! Super cute, either way!
Awesome update from @bughammer:
“The little baggies from the first furoku post under the cut – those are likely envelopes as well! Japanese mailing envelopes tend to have little blocks of space for the equivalent of zipcodes [or if not, at least the numbers found in JP addresses] and these baggies have them too, with what looks like from and to forms below them?”
Thank you, mom! ❤ You’re the best!
Furoku again; these are definitely stationary and little pieces of paper to write letters on! They come with their own little yellow envelopes, and stickers to seal them. The designs are adorable, and as you’ll notice, mostly use the anime art- but some have the manga art- which really excites me! It came with about 30 envelopes, and 15 of each type of stationary!
The above is more furoku; this time, it is a little, limited edition pin of cat!Kyo, and something called “Puchi Clips”? It has one of each zodiac member on them; you can punch them out of the cardboard and I believe you can place them like little paperclips, or bookmarks at the tops of your pages, so you have little zodiac members peeking out of your journals? I’m not sure- if anyone knows, I’d love if you could educate me!
These are my personal favorite- more furoku items. With these, they came, I believe, a random one in each subscription to Hana to Yume? I believe it was one per magazine, I was able to get my hands on a Yuki and a Kisa! They are tiny, little hand-painted porcelain replicas of the zodiac figures Shigure is painting towards the beginning of the manga. They are adorable, I’d kill to find more, but I’ve yet to find any of the other zodiacs!
The two postcards are more furoku items- just postcards with the art from the anime on them! The Yuki key-chain is from GE Animation, it can be purchased here– along with a Tohru, Kagura, and Shigure.
The above clear bag is another furoku item, and one of my favorites, as I keep most of my Fruits Basket items in it! It’s an adorable, durable little pouch, I love it! Below it, is a thin, pencil board (shitajiki), with art from the official Fruits Basket art-book. The pencil board can be purchased here!
Speaking of the art-book, here’s mine! It’s gorgeous, the art is incredible and a MUST-HAVE for fans of the series. It can be purchased here for an exceedingly low price (it will take a month or so to receive, after all it is coming from Japan), or you can download it for free here. However, I do suggest buying it! 😉 The download link is safe, I’ve downloaded it myself quite a few times for various laptops for graphic-making purposes!
Plushies! From left to right: Mouse!Yuki, RatCostume!Yuki, Shigure, Ayame, DogCostume!Shigure, and giant Cat!Kyo. I was unable to find a listing for RatCostume!Yuki, but here’s a regular Yuki that I don’t own. I tried, I’m sorry guys! The plushies are super hard to get a hold of.
Fruits Basket tea sets: I’ve made two posts about where to buy these, and I encourage you to support the artists! Here’s post one, and here’s post two.
A simple bookmark I purchased from Barnes and Noble forever ago; I had a matching Yuki. No clue where it has run off too. I tried to find a link for you guys, but it’s nowhere to be found. 
Hahaha, a fan-made Hatori/Tohru doujinshi! @catsarefoolish pointed this out to @thehappyonigiri and I because of our ship, and after arguing with Julia for a few minutes, she agreed to allow me to buy it. It’s great- I wish I had a purchase or download link for you guys, I’ve searched everywhere to no avail.
More furoku items! Just cute little pieces of stationary again, this time, featuring: Momiji, Hatsuharu, Kyo, Yuki, and a rice-ball! Very cute.
Three little cute pieces of furoku again, what a surprise! The first is a key-chain, with little clear, plastic photos of Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru. The next is a pocket mirror, a very peculiar one at that, but still adorable. Lastly, a little rolling stamp! It is shaped like Kyo, but when you roll it along a piece of paper, it shows a pink design with the main trio, and the title of the manga! Cute!
Just a few clothing items: A Tohru Honda shirt, a Kyo beanie, and a Yuki hat. I couldn’t find the Tohru shirt, but I did find a Kyo! No luck on the Kyo beanie, but here’s the Yuki hat!
Furoku pin sets! Again, there was only one pin placed randomly in each Hana to Yume subscription, I’ve been able to get my hands on Tohru, Hatori, Momiji, Yuki, and Shigure. These are hard to find, but not impossible. Here’s a listing for Yuki and Tohru! Go jump on the chance, guys!
Lastly, a Hatori phone case I commission from this lovely artist. I’ve made two posts on her work: post one, post two. Please go support her, she’s incredible and was a complete joy to work with!
That’s it for now, but I’d to get my hands on some more stuff- I should soon, I’ll update you guys when I do! ❤
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