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[46] Other media[edit] An official guidebook was released on November 22, 2022. It includes detailed information about the series' setting, story, characters, and features an interview with Ishiguro. [47] Reception[edit] Manga[edit] By December 2018, the manga had over 130,000 copies in circulation. [48] Heavenly Delusion ranked first on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019 ranking of Top 20 manga series for male readers. [49] Heavenly Delusion was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 24th and 25th Japan
Media Arts Festival in 2021 and 2022, respectively. [50][51] The manga was awarded the French Daruma Award for the Best Screenplay category at the Japan Expo Awards [fr] in 2023. [52][53] Reviewing the first volume, Anime News Network praised the narrative of Heavenly Delusion for its focus on Kiruko and Maru's appealing relationship and Ishiguro's character designs. Furthermore, they felt
that while the volume explores the mysteries behind Kiruko, there were still too many mysteries the plot would explore in the future. [54] The French website Manga News found the premise captivating due to the mysteries it shows. [55] Sigue en Serie also commented on the mysteries of the series, which would motivate readers to move quickly to the next volumes in order to understand more the plot through the two parallel storylines. [56] By the third volume, Manga News noted that the events
from the both storylines have been connected especially from Tokio's point of view while the duo's journey was noted to be more comical than tragic in contrast as a result of how Ishiguro writes the chapters.
Yōta attempts to run away
with Hina. However, she willingly surrenders. 10"Days That Pass By"
Transliteration: "Sugisaru Hi" (Japanese: 過ぎ去る日)Akira Takamura[40]Jun Maeda[40]December 13, 2020 (2020-12-13) After Hina's departure, Yōta attempts to move on with his life. While he is at school, Yōta encounters Hiroto, who claims to be a new transfer student. He then hangs out with Yōta and his friends. Several months later, however, a frustrated Hiroto calls out Yōta for not understanding why he befriended him. Just as he is about to leave, Yōta catches up with him after he realizes Hiroto was recreating the days he spent with Hina. Hiroto reveals that Hina is alive and he knows her location. That night, he takes Yōta to the Yamada Sanatorium where he gives him a false identity as a research assistant that is good for two weeks. Inside, Yōta meets Shiba, a visiting researcher, and she takes him to see Hina. There, Shiba reveals that cranial surgery was performed on Hina and she has an extreme fear of men.
Not content to rely on facial expressions, though she does them well, Takaya is particularly apt at using shading and shadows to indicate character's mental states . The details of character's emotions—the disparity between Tohru's private emotions and her public front, the punishing intensity of Kyo's feelings for Tohru—are not only discernable but tangible, all without a word being spoken. — Carl Kimlinger, Anime News Network[112] In Manga: The Complete Guide, Jason Thompson gave the manga three and a half out of four stars. While finding the
series to be "surprisingly sad" and praising the well-defined characters, he felt the series was "neither particularly well drawn nor incredibly witty". As a whole, he considered it "a fascinating manga, like a sweet, melancholy dream. "[115] A factor in the success of Fruits Basket in English-speaking countries was that the books were being sold in bookstores, rather than comic book shops, which are considered to be a predominantly male domain. [116] Anime[edit] The first Fruits Basket anime adaptation has also
been well received, ranking third in Anihabara's list of top televised anime series in Japan for February 2002. [117] In the June 2002 issue of Animage magazine, the series was first in a list of the best twenty anime series in Japan. [118] In 2001, the Fruits Basket anime won an Animage's Anime Grand Prix award.
