Shigure Sohma
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| Shigure Sohma | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Age | 27 |
| Height | 178 cm (5'9") |
| Blood Type | AB |
| Sign | Scorpio |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Animal | Dog |
| Seiyū | Ryoutarou Okiayu |
| Voice Actor | John Burgmeier |
Shigure Sohma (草摩 紫呉 Sōma Shigure?) is a fictional character in the manga and anime series entitled Fruits Basket. He transforms into the dog of the Chinese Zodiac whenever he is hugged by the opposite gender or his body comes under a great deal of stress. Shigure is one of the oldest members of the Sohma family.
Shigure's name is derived from the tenth month of the Japanese lunar calender, Shigurezuki, or "Autumn showers month".
Shigure repeatedly uses his favorite phrase "Que será, será. Whatever will be, will be. What won't happen, won't".
[edit] Role in the story
Shigure is laid-back and anything but solemn. He is somewhat of a pervert, and as a writer of both romance novels and academic books, Shigure loves to drive his editor, Mitchan, insane. His most famous and well-celebrated pen name is Karitani Noa, which he usually uses for his romance novels, such as 'Summer-Colored Sigh,' which he showed to Saki Hanajima, Arisa Uotani and Hatori Sohma (the latter showing only in the manga). They give very different reactions, Hanajima asks if a sequel will be coming out, while Uotani says it is unexceptable to write that 'smut' and Hatori comments that it's sick. In the future shown in chapter 136, Shigure has given up writing and has married Akito.
Shigure's best friends are Hatori Sohma and Ayame Sohma. This trio has been friends since their childhood. Together their nickname is the Mabudachi Trio. While Ayame and Shigure get along very well, it's less certain how Hatori, who is always exasperated with them, became their friend.
Occasionally, Shigure shows that he has another side to himself. He can be surprisingly mature, thoughtful, and gives rather sage and insightful advice to Tohru, Kyo, Yuki, and other characters, acting like an actual "adult". Only in the manga is it revealed that he is also quite cunning and somewhat dark-humoured. It is also speculated and revealed in the manga that Shigure is actually using Tohru Honda to break the Sohma curse. This is not true in the anime.
In chapter 130, he is freed from the curse.
[edit] Relationships
Shigure has previously dated Mayuko Shiraki (Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, Uotani and Hanajima's classroom teacher), though nothing came of it and the relationship began probably because he pitied Mayuko's loneliness. He continues to antagonize her by appearing and interfering with her life, even though his machinations have brought her closer to Hatori Sohma, for whom she has strong feelings.
Shigure also might have had a sliver of a relationship with Rin Sohma. Mayuko could have hinted that in the character page in the thirteenth manga novel saying Rin had the "hots for Shigure" or something similar. It is later revealed that Rin's interest in Shigure stemmed from her belief that he knew how to break the curse; she had offered to give him free use of her body in exchange for the knowledge to free Hatsuharu from his curse. Shigure rejected the notion, though Rin remained suspicious and continued to snoop around his house.
He is also noted for having an affair with Ren Sohma, Akito Sohma's mother, on the basis that Akito had chosen Kureno Sohma over Shigure. Akito, angry that he would have an affair with the person she hated most (her mother), kicked him out of the main house. In truth, it appears that Shigure actually loves Akito and has since they were both very young. His manipulations not only appear to be for the purpose of breaking the Jyūnishi curse, but also to get closer to Akito. Shigure also states that he slept with Akito's mother, Ren, because she looked like what Akito could have been, had she been raised as a woman. In chapter 132, he confessed his feelings to Akito and kissed her.
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| Tohru and Friends |
| Tohru Honda | Kyoko Honda | Arisa Uotani | Saki Hanajima |
| The Sohmas |
| Akito Sohma | Yuki Sohma | Kyo Sohma | Shigure Sohma | Kisa Sohma | Hiro Sohma | Hatori Sohma | Ayame Sohma | Kazuma Sohma | Ritsu Sohma | Isuzu Sohma | Kureno Sohma | Momiji Sohma | Hatsuharu Sohma| Kagura Sohma | Ren Sohma | Akira Sohma | Momo Sohma | Satsuki Sohma |
| Others |
| Mayuko Shiraki | Mine Kuramae | Kakeru Manabe | Machi Kuragi | Kimi Toudou | Naohito Sakuragi | Mitchan |
