Fruits Basket 8 - To erase with your own hands what you love
Damn, this episode was heavy. We know the cliffhanger of the last episode. Tohru went to the Souma house and got her little talk with Hatori. He says that normally her memory would be erased, but instead of ordering so, Akito even permitted her to live with the cursed ones. She should leave. The Souma family is dark, it’s mysterious and cursed. Tohru is shocked by what he said, and Momiji shows her the garden.
They talk a bit about Hatori. His left eye is almost blind. He had a lover, Kana. She even found out about the curse, but she smiled and said she didn’t care. They were even planning to get married. But they needed permission of Akito. Akito got mad, so mad, that he hurted Hatori’s eye. But even so, Hatori didn’t blame Akito. Kana blamed herself. She got ill, even so ill, that Hatori erased her memory. To erase what you love the most is the most difficult thing ever, but even so, Hatori couldn’t watch her torn into pieces. Kana left, Hatori cried. Somehow it made me think of a song: Beauty of the Beast from Nightwish. After listening that song, you can understand Hatori’s torn soul even more. Yes, his soul is torned, but he doesn’t express himself, so he stays cold, so he has nothing left to be sad about. So his dream of Kana won’t melt away. 
Tohru started to cry as well, for the sake of Hatori. Because the one that needs kindness the most, is Hatori self. He was just worried about her, and she thinks it’s all too sad. Momiji leaves to get her something to drink.
Hatori comes in the screen. He has heard all what she said, and he apologizes because he was out of line. Everyone in the Souma family is precious to Tohru, and she would never give it up. Kana must have thougt the same way. Tohru trips, and Hatori caught her, and transformed in this: 
Cute, isn’t he? He was supposed to transform in a dragon, but in the English culture it’s a seahorse. In the Japanese culture, it’s a baby dragon. Only some creatures are allowed to become real dragons. Tohru freaks out as well, because she doesn’t know if Hatori needs salt water or fresh water.
In the time that Hatori passed out, we get a flashback about his memories with Kana. She was his spring. He fell in love, she fell in love with him. And she found out. And even so, she wanted to be with him. He felt like he was forgiven for something, and the dream continued. He was just happy.
The end of the dream. Akito was informed that they would marry. Akito got so mad, that he smashed a vase in Hatori’s eye. 
Akito kept yelling at Kana that it was her fault if Hatori’s eye got blind. She was useless, she couldn’t get rid of the curse, she is useless, it’s her fault. If someone yells this at you, you even can believe it. And that’s the point when Kana’s soul got torn into pieces. Akito forced Hatori to erase her memory. But even so, it was done in a soft, manipulating way. It’s too scary to see.
Shigure comes by to pick Tohru up, and Tohru keeps wondering if it’s right for her to know about it. She saw Akito, and she was just scared as well. It was nice to see. This episode was so much drama, after seeing it so many time, it can still make me cry.
