Fruits Basket/Heartwarming


 * Tohru Honda is responsible for several of these:
 * Another Tohru example: At the end of the manga,
 * Kyo and Yuki retrieving Tohru from her relatives-from-hell... Also the scene where they race back to the house after realizing they're leaving her alone for New Years.
 * When Kisa, the Cute Mute,
 * There's also the part where shy little Machi Kuragi
 * Again with Machi,
 * During Hatori's flashbacks of Kana, one of the things that leads fans to 'aww' in the middle of the sadness is
 * Hell, the entire last chapter is made up of Crowning Moment of Heartwarming and Tear Jerker amoments. From "You sure picked an odd place to get embarrassed" to "This is the key to my new apartment. You can come by any time" [...] * pretends to throw key out window* "YOU LIAR" and "When you go, will I have to come with you?" * blush* "You cunning child".
 * When Kagura confesses to Kyo that
 * In Volume 16, when
 * Ayame isn't immune to these, either. Him interrupting Yuki's Parent-Teacher conference, effectively rescuing Yuki from their controlling mother.
 * Ayame, normally so flamboyant, so outspoken, says sincerely and gently to Mine, when
 * A non-Tohru example, toward the end of the manga when
 * Toward the end of the manga, there was speculation about who would be on the final cover, just Tohru or Tohru with the Sohmas or her friends or some other combination. Turns out, it was none of those, it was Tohru's mother.
 * Rin immediately stepping in to defend Tohru after Kagura slaps her (for not admitting her feelings to Kyo), showing just how far Rin had come since she was first introduced.
 * It's anime-exclusive: near the end of the last episode, when Akito is about to hurt Tohru, ranting about how the Sohma will be happy he's gone when he dies
 * Hiro and his mother Satsuki gets a joint one in chapter 118
 * There's another one before his curse breaks: Satsuki asks him if he wants to hug his sister, but he declines because he's scared of turning and hurting her. Satsuki reassures him by telling him that if he turns, she'll just hug the both of them tightly.
 * Kyo, who hates leeks, making Tohru leek soup when she was sick. Also anytime he lets the jerk part of his Jerk With a Heart of Gold status go and acts nice, especially when he's around Tohru who he falls in love with.
 * In the final book,
 * At the very end
 * "You did good."
 * Kyo's obsession with beating Yuki is typically hostile, but he expresses blatant worry at times when Yuki is vulnerable. When Yuki collapses from an asthma attack Kyo abates his fight with Haru to see if he's ok, and when Yuki is confronted by Akito Kyo can be seen watching from afar with a frown on his face. This shows that while Kyo's resentment and jealousy drive their relationship, he does care for Yuki's well-being deep down, or at least does not want to see Yuki hurt by anyone other than himself.
 * When a young Kyou and Kazuma were walking in the neighbourhood together, other Sohmas started bad-mouthing them. Kazuma's reaction? Lifting Kyou on his shoulders.
 * Also, later on, when he calls Kyou "his son". Almost his entire life, Kyou had been conflicted about whether he was worthy to call Kazuma his father.
 * Tohru's grandfather, whenever he's not a Cloudcuckoolander. Chronologically, first by his immediate acceptance of Kyouko, who was shunned by the rest of the family. He takes care of Tohru while Kyouko grieves and after Kyouko's death and also visits her grave. Furthermore, it is hinted that his weirder tendencies such as calling Tohru Kyouko-san are just an act. Kyou calls him out on this being in very poor taste, but then her grandfather says that in that way, he kept Kyouko alive for Tohru.
 * Despite having been rivals their entire lives and possibly pitted against each other by their mothers, Machi and Kakeru seem to actually get along quite well. Particularly evident when Machi brings Tohru a present, and Yuki asks her if that's something she likes, because Kakeru had told him earlier that if he doesn't know what another person likes, he just buys them something he'd like. When she asks him how he knew, he just replies, "Like brother, like sister."
 * Furthermore, Yuki's kindness towards Machi. The very fact that he asks her what her opinion is on things even when they're trivial like what colour she'd like for her pen.