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Kagura Sohma (草摩 楽羅 Sōma Kagura) is a fictional character a bit older
than Tohru Honda in the manga and anime series entitled Fruits Basket. Typically sweet and caring, Kagura transforms into the boar of the Chinese Zodiac whenever she is hugged by the opposite gender or her body comes under a great deal of stress. Kagura's deceptively kind,
shy and sweet-looking demeanour also hides her rather violent alter-ego. She is swift to snap Kyo Sohma back in line in her violent ways. Her violent temper is second only to Hatsuharu Sohma's "Black" alter-ego.
Role in the story
Since she and Kyo Sohma are both part of the zodiac, and they can hug without transforming, Kagura believed they are meant for each other. She can
be outrageous and impulsive with her actions, so she initially is very audacious with her declarations of love for Kyo. Kagura
claims that Kyo promised to marry her when he was a child, but he claims that she forced him to do so. However, Rin Sohma questions what Kagura calls "love" for Kyo and Kagura later realizes that perhaps that her feelings in the beginning were
more so out of pity than true love. When she was little, Kagura began playing with Kyo because she was relieved that there
was someone who was less fortunate than her. On the day when Kagura took Kyo's beads away and first discovered Kyo's "true
form", she ran away in fright. She realizes now how she must have hurt Kyo's feelings very badly. She reveals to Kyo that
the reason why she "loved" him was because she wanted to feel better about herself and believed she could wash away the selfishness
by loving him. Kagura ends up apologizing for being so selfish and appears to accept the budding relationship between Tohru
and Kyo at this point.
Kagura lives with her mother, who is rather protective of her daughter, especially since Kagura's father was less than
pleased with Kagura's curse and her mother for bearing such a child and left them. Kagura's cousin Rin has also lived with
them for quite sometime, though Kagura's mother has noted Rin never seems to attempt to make their home hers. While Kagura
always considered Rin her friend, the two were not as close as Kagura thought. The two have since become closer after Rin
began to live at the home of Kazuma Sohma as she recovered from a recent incident.
Oddly enough, Kagura is one of the few members of the Jyūnishi who has never been hurt by Akito directly or indirectly
(Ayame Sohma and Ritsu Sohma appear to be the only other ones). It is especially unusual because of Akito's tendencies to hurt the female members of the
Jyūnishi (ie. Rin and Kisa Sohma).
She seems to be close to Yuki Sohma, and calls him "Yun-chan."
In chapter 114, Tohru tells Rin about her feelings towards Kyo, and Kagura gets rather angry. She runs up to her and slaps
Tohru; she slaps her so hard that Tohru is knocked unconscious. She then tells Tohru that she should go and tell Kyo her feelings.
After that Rin then attacks Kagura, but Kagura hugs her, and apologizes to Rin. Though Kagura refuses to apologize to Tohru
as they have "spoken through their fists" as she puts it.
