Kisa Sohma

Kisa Sohma (草摩杞紗 Sōma Kisa) is a member of the Sohma clan in manga and anime entitled Fruits Basket, transforming into the tiger of the Chinese Zodiac whenever she is hugged by the opposite gender or her body comes under a great deal of stress.

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Kisa is extremely shy and introverted. This is due in great part to the teasing she received at her school. Like many of the cursed Sohmas, because of the curse, Kisa has some unique physical features, noticeably her yellow-orange hair and golden eyes. At the beginning of the teasing, Kisa remained strong and ignored the mockery. In the story, Momiji Sohma reveals that when the first insults failed, Kisa's classmates ignored her only. Eventually, they would stop ignoring her just long enough to quietly giggle and laugh at anything she said. As a result, Kisa withdrew into herself and locked away her words. Tohru was able to understand Kisa's problem and helped her to get better.

Kisa Sohma in school uniform

One of three girls in afflicted by the Sohma family curse, Kisa is able to hug or be hugged by the opposite gender if they are also under the curse. Before Tohru Honda came to be involved with the members of the Sohma family, there were two main people in Kisa's life. Kisa is most often seen with Hiro Sohma, representing the ram of the zodiac. Hiro loved Kisa, but made the mistake of telling Akito. Akito ended up beating Kisa, inflicting wounds that took almost 2 full weeks to heal. As a result, Hiro, not wanting to get her hurt anymore, stopped consorting with Kisa conveniently time with the beginning of Kisa's school torment. After Tohru won over Kisa's heart and loyalties, Hiro was extremely jealous. Kisa, loving them both, was confused by his behavior but still believed in him. Though it is not overly pronouced in either the series or manga, Kisa is also very close to Hatsuharu Sohma. They have a very close brother-sister relationship. When Kisa finally ran away from home, it was Haru, along with her mother, who searched for her.

Kisa was having trouble at school when she finally met Tohru. On edge, the minute Tohru tried to pet her in tiger form, Kisa bit her. After Tohru revealed not only the problem to Kisa's mother in front of her, but also that she understand what Kisa was feeling, Kisa attached herself to Tohru's side. Kisa sees Tohru as her "onee-chan", literally meaning "big sister". After the few days that Kisa stayed with Tohru at Shigure Sohma's house, she realized that people did love her for who she was and she was able to start speaking again. She realized that she had to be strong and face her problems instead of running scared from them.

Kisa is the second youngest Sohma under the curse, losing to Hiro by one year. Of all the cursed Sohmas, Kisa is probably the most gentle and least confrontational.

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