Yuki
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Yuki Sohma Fan Club !! Yuki, attractive and popular, is the heartthrob of his high school. Even though he is often encountered by a Yuki fan club run by the crazy girls who love him, he does not accept any girl's crush on him or let any girl hug him. However, he confesses his love for Tohru Honda in volume 11 and end of 10 in the manga series, though it was later revealed that his love for Tohru was not romantic, but actually more along the lines of thinking of her as a maternal figure in volume 14, he realized he did not see her as a woman the way Kyo did. This is possibly a result of his distant relationship with his real mother (see below). Eventually, he falls in love with fellow student council member Machi Kuragi, who accepts him completely (even Tohru saw him as a prince, while Machi did not). Yuki in animal formAs a child, Yuki was traumatized by Akito Sohma, the leader of the Sohma family. When Yuki was younger Akito Sohma was cruel to Yuki. He told him terrible things that he could never forget, like that he was the most hated member of the family, and that if it weren't for him he would have no reason to exist. These statements were seemingly confirmed by the behavior of the rest of the family; Hatsuharu proclaimed he hated Yuki, despite the fact he had never met him before, his brother, Ayame, brushed off his cry for help, and Kyo always hated and blamed him. Everyone else in the zodiac did not speak with him, though that was probably not an intentional snub on their part. On top of being mentally abusive, Akito was often physically abusive as well, and sometimes would lock Yuki away inside a dark room to torment him. As a result of the combined abuse, Yuki has terribly low self-esteem, and suffers from self-hatred and an inferiority complex. Yuki's worst enemy would be Kyo Sohma, the cat of the zodiac. Hatsuharu Sohma felt animosity towards Yuki during part of their childhood because of the story often told to Haru about the rat taking advantage of the stupid cow, which made Haru develop an inferiority complex towards his older cousin. However, after... actually meeting Yuki face-to-face Haru was able to see Yuki's extreme kindness and the two became close allies. Yuki also feels a close connection with his cousin Kisa Sohma, as Kisa was teased because the children in her class thought she was different from others. Until Tohru Honda touched her heart, she couldn't speak and didn't go to school. Likewise Yuki, despite his popularity, rarely interacted with anyone on a personal level and was extremely private and introverted. Until he met Tohru, Yuki was afraid of becoming close to anyone because of an incident during his childhood when his secret was discovered by his friends during a game of tag, when Akito ordered Hatori Sohma to erase the children's memories, thus leaving Yuki alone and without friends. After meeting Tohru, Yuki started warming up to other people and becomes much more social, and while his fan club still exists, he begins to pursue his own love interests. Yuki also appears to have respiratory problems, due to his weak broncal tubes, and gets regular checkups from Hatori to monitor his condition. In his childhood these asthma attacks were apparently frequent, though they appear to be less so in the present. Still, he has to take extra precautions because he occasionally has attacks, which could cause him to transform in public. Throughout the manga, the attacks are less and less frequent. After Kyo was freed from the curse, a series of events was triggered and the rest of the cursed Sohma family members became free. Yuki is the last Sohma member to be freed, noticing this as he was talking to Machi. The god spirit had taken the rat spirit, with the god thanking Yuki for keeping his promise for a long time. Perhaps Yuki was the last one to be freed because he was the rat, the first of the Jyunishi.
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