A Banquet for All | Fruits Basket Roleplay

[Cello]

Would anyone be interested in a Fruits Basket roleplay? I've made an Interest Check in the Casual section already for this concept so if you'd like to know a little more then please feel free to click here.

The roleplay is based entirely off of the Manga (since the anime is quite vague and not as good in my opinion), but I am more than encouraging to people who are interested in the concept but haven't read the manga or seen the show. Especially since the Roleplay will include a whole new cast of characters made up of our OC's.

In the Interest Check I have listed it as a High Casual to Advanced roleplay, but the thread isn't gaining a whole lot of interest unfortunately so I'm thinking of changing my preference to just casual to attract a more wider variety of roleplayers.

I've never been a part of a roleplay for Fruits Basket, and I rarely even see them. The Manga is one of my all time favorites and just hits me with a wave of nostalgia every time I re-read it. I am positive that there is a fanbase out there so I'm hoping we can find a good group of roleplayers to share this experience with!

Thank you for your time~

[cara214]

This sounds cool. can I join?

[Cello]

Yes of coarse :)

[Genkai]

What sort of plot are going to have? Fruits Basket is rather "slice of life" in nature and conflicts, so is there anything you're going to do to spice things up? It's hard to see slice of life roleplays take off in advanced (for example) because of the slow pace that involves and the conflicts being mostly personal. With the use of an all OC cast, are you going to narrow the focus down to any sort of select people, since including everyone (13 people who can transform) might be a bit ambitious and cluttered?

[Cello]

@Genkai Thank you for the question, but I'm going to have to answer that later when I get home from work. Sorry that I can't give a more detailed response at the moment.

[PhunkyPhoebe]

Hey! I'm still interested in this!

[Cello]

@PhunkyPhoebe That's great to hear! Hopefully we can continue to gain interest.

@Genkai Sorry for keeping you waiting on a response for so long. So in terms of what I intend for the plot, I really don't want to enforce too much of a story because I'd very much like the roleplay to progress based on the interactions of our characters (Which is why I would prefer a smaller group than a larger one, as you say). At the same time, I do have some ideas in mind that could act as somewhat of a catalyst for tension between characters.

One idea I have relates to a schism inside the Inner Circle as to who should rightfully head the family. There would be Jin Sohma on one side, the strong minded entrepreneur that intends to raise the families wealth and power. He's fearful of the curse and tends to be quite harsh towards members of the Zodiac, but he is willing to grant them freedom in the hopes that they will support the growth of the clan.

The other side of the Inner Circle would be those who are more aware of the particulars of the Curse and how the Zodiac Spirits are bound to one another forever. They wish for Jin to respectfully step down from his position as head of the family to make way for the unborn child who is God. They practically worship the Zodiac members and treat them as if they are better than everyone else, keeping them inside the Inner Circle.

So essentially you'd have two groups in the Roleplay. The Zodiac members who stand behind Jin; who grants them the freedom to be their own person even despite being hard on them. And then the Zodiac members who remained in the Inner Circle and are respected and revered but are under the strict supervision of those in the Inner Circle. They'd be able to leave the compound but they'd be unable to form bonds with anyone from the outside world as easily as those who follow Jin without being scrutinized by their elders.

I hope that from this concept a lot of tension between characters will develop, as well as make room for many interesting relationships between regular people and members of the Zodiac. Those who are on Jin's side are still mindful of the curse, but they aren't being taught to fear it and resist human connections. Whereas those in the Inner Circle are taught that the Curse marks them as different and people won't accept their differences. The Cats role in this story is essentially the same as in the Manga, except whoever decides to fill that role can decide which side their character falls on. I also think this could lead to some interesting development, especially when the one who takes the role of God is born; will some who are loyal to Jin sense their connection to God and abandon Jin to be with the child?

The problem so far that I'm having with this premise is that having two sides to the Sohma family, as well as outsiders and maybe even non-zodiac Sohma members, is that we're not looking for an exceptionally large cast here. In fact our interest has been incredibly low. So if we were to go with this idea, it would have to be scaled down to really only accomodate for 4-6 roleplayers. I mean if we have 6 roleplayers and each have 2 characters then that's 12 characters to work with right there, so that'd be enough. But at this rate I don't know how much interest we will get and I certainly know that not every roleplayer is comfortable with multiple characters.

I hope this answered your question for what I intended for plot. It's not a very confronting situation, but it would hopefully set the scene as to how our characters act towards each other and to outsiders.

[Genkai]

Thanks for getting back to me and explaining more of what your vision entails. I don't think I'll be joining but because it's a close fandom to my heart, I do wish you plenty of luck in getting it off the ground. It's a busy time for people, don't get discouraged. :)