The story focuses on a student named Toru begins to live with various family members of the peculiar Souma and gradually gets to know the whole family.
The family suffers a curse Souma why if you are hugged by someone of the opposite sex or encounters he / she becomes an animal of the Chinese Zodiac. The opening theme is "For Fruits Basket" and ending theme "Chiisana Inori; Small Prayer" are both performed by Ritsuko Okazaki