Raine Violet asked Julie Abe:

Hey, sorry, my little sister has a question about your books. Here's her question that she typed herself: "do you like fruits basket? because some of the characters names are in fruits basket." To elaborate, she noticed that many of the characters have the same names, such as a character named Kyo, one named Toru, and one named Soma.

Julie Abe Hi Raine (and to your little sister), I've watched some of the Fruits Basket anime and it's a lot of fun! The names are coincidental as I chose names that pronounce similarly in English and in Japanese, but you have a very clever eye! Thank you so much for reading, and my apologies for the delayed response.

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