Character: Ritsu Sohma
Series:
Fruits BasketAge:20-21 (unversity student)
Canon:Fruits Basket (commonly known as Furuba) is an average shoujo series. Published in a magazine with a prerequisite girly name, it features high school romance! Drama! Action! Adventure! People who are cursed to turn into animals from the Chinese Zodiac when hugged by members of the opposite sex! Wait. What?
Ritsu Sohma is the Monkey of the Zodiac, who appears to be a reserved, thoughtful woman who dresses in traditional Japanese clothing. In actuality, Ritsu is not only male, but he's an over-timid, over-apologetic, over-reacting university student who spazzes and flails at every small fault, even if it's not his. It runs in his family, and in fact, Ritsu grew up wishing that he could stop being a person his parents had to apologise for. Dressing in woman's clothing calms him down, due to the thought that women do not need to be as assertive as men, though it really can't do anything about his gullibility. He dislikes offending people, and in fact, in his quest to be as non-offensive as possible, Ritsu ends up being far more annoying than if he quieted and accepted the fact that sometimes these things. Just. Happen.
At the moment, Ritsu's idol is the beautiful, confident Aya-nii-san, also known as Ayame Sohma, with whom he wishes to take confidence lessons. Also, as a note for the app, the Jyuunishi seem to have the ability to understand or communicate with their cursed animals.Sample App:Aya-nii-san, I am so sorry. I know you stress confidence and being assertive, but when the purple gorillas dropped down from the trees and began to drag me away, I was just so startled that-- I know it's not an excuse or anything! I am so, so sorry that I just couldn't tell them no when they put me in the burlap sack -- AND I'M SORRY GORILLA-SAN IT'S A VERY NICE SACK, DON'T GET ME WRONG! THE BURLAP CHAFES IN JUST THE RIGHT WAY THAT ONE WOULD EXPECT FROM FINE, UPSTANDING GORILLAS
or do you prefer to be called guerillas? SUCH AS YOURSELF AND I'M SORRY, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTINUE SWINGING ME AROUND!
Gorilla-san, I just don't know what you would want with a worthless human like me, especially since I'm not even fit enough to be kidnapped by appropriately coloured gorillas - N-NOT THAT PURPLE ISN'T A VERY NICE COLOUR! IT IS, AND I'M SORRY, IT LOOKS NICE ON YOU AND I'LL APOLOGISE TO ALL THE GORILLAS WHEREVER YOU'RE TAKING ME! OF COURSE, I'LL APOLOGISE TO EVERYONE ELSE AND THE WHOLE WORLD AND THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IF THEY'LL TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN, AND FEEL FREE TO COLOUR ME PURPLE AS WELL!
. . . ah! Okay, yes. Yes, I see you've found what everyone always referred to as my weakspot. I'm sorry for asking, but could you please refrain from repeatedly poking it, Ms. Gorill-ah, Mr. Gorilla? I'm sorry. I-I'm sorry, I should have known better. It's just a small thing, I know, and you've given me this lovely laptop, and the ah, means of transportion really
isn't that bad -- NO, NO IT'S WONDERFUL IT REALLY IS! P-please don't apologise to me, I should be the one groveling-- no, kissing your feet--no, I would be GLAD to do anything that you ask of me, Mr. Gorilla!
. . . except t--
ETA: Aya-nii-san, I'm sorry to ask, but could you possibly please send help? I know you can't possibly sacrifice the time, or manpower, or the resources to look, and once again, I'm sorry that I have to ask, and it's all my fault for getting in this mess in the first place, but I seem to be in the middle of what looks like a nest of purple gorillas and it seems as though even I can't get out of this one.
I'm
sorry!