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Shall We Go and Get You Changed?

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The third episode of the second 2019 season follows Yuki and Tohru to Ayame's dress shop, where the mismatched brothers pick apart their strained bond while Mine gleefully dresses Tohru up.

Air Date Jp: April 20, 2020
Air Date Us: April 20, 2020
Opening Theme: Prism
Ending Theme: Ad Meliora
Manga Chapters: Chapter 36, Chapter 47
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Summary

After Ayame turns up at Shigure's and leaves an impression, Yuki agrees to visit his brother's shop for the first time, bringing Tohru along. The trip becomes a chance for the two siblings to circle their difficult history, with Ayame owning up to how absent he was during Yuki's worst years. What begins as an awkward errand slowly loosens the knot between them.

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Key Events

Ayame tears Yuki's shirt by accident and, while repairing it, embroiders the thing far beyond necessity just to flaunt his skill, then invites Yuki and Tohru to his boutique. At the shop the brothers talk about the parents who mistreated Yuki and tried to run his life, and Ayame offers to stand in for them at Yuki's upcoming conference, admitting he regrets failing his younger brother in childhood.

Ayame likens the two of them to oil and water, opposites who define each other, and confesses that his own bouts of self-doubt feed his drive to create something real, which is why dressmaking gives him purpose. Yuki, for his part, resigns himself to his brother's theatrical nature. As they speak, Ayame's assistant Mine slips Tohru into a frilly dress, Yuki tells her she wears it well, and Ayame, delighted that Yuki's flair for fantasy has stirred, races to phone Hatori with the news.

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Notes

The episode weaves together chapters thirty-six and forty-seven, both centered on the friction in Yuki and Ayame's relationship, under Caitlin Glass's dub direction and a script by Bonny Clinkenbeard and Jeramey Kraatz, with Prism and Ad Meliora bookending it. Its title comes from a line of Mine's, who makes her debut here. The anime lengthened the display of Ayame's fetish designs and gave a more exaggerated cast to Mine's reaction on seeing Tohru.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What happens in the Fruits Basket episode Shall We Go and Get You Changed?

Yuki and Tohru visit Ayame's dress shop for the first time, and the estranged brothers work through their difficult history while Ayame's assistant Mine dresses Tohru up in a frilly outfit.

Why do Yuki and Ayame have a strained relationship?

Ayame admits he was largely absent during Yuki's difficult childhood, when their parents mistreated Yuki and tried to control his life, and he regrets failing his younger brother during that time.

What does Ayame offer to do for Yuki in this episode?

Ayame offers to stand in for their parents at Yuki's upcoming school conference.

Who is Mine Kuramae in Fruits Basket?

Mine Kuramae is Ayame's assistant at his dress shop, and she makes her debut in this episode, gleefully dressing Tohru up in a frilly dress.

What manga chapters does Shall We Go and Get You Changed adapt?

The episode weaves together chapters 36 and 47, both centered on the friction in Yuki and Ayame's relationship, under Caitlin Glass's dub direction with a script by Bonny Clinkenbeard and Jeramey Kraatz.

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