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The Strongest Tag - The Cursed Electric Wave Brother and Sister

EpisodeEp. 18

The eighteenth entry of the 2001 series sends the Prince Yuki Fan Club to Hana's home in search of the source of her wave powers, only to run into her curse-slinging younger brother Megumi and leave far more rattled than they arrived.

Air Date Jp: November 1, 2001
Air Date Us: March 25, 2003
Director: Justin Cook
Opening Theme: For Fruits Basket
Ending Theme: Chiisana Inori
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Summary

The Prince Yuki Fan Club makes for the Hanajima house hoping to expose the secret of Saki's Electric Wave abilities. Instead of answers, they find Megumi, her younger brother, whose own gift for cursing people turns the visit against them.

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Key Events

Motoko Minagawa, Minami Kinoshita, Mio Yamagishi, and Mai Gotou set up what looks like an interview to probe how Saki sends and receives her waves, though their real aim is to dig up a weakness and use it to pry Tohru away from her. Welcomed into the residence and led to Saki's room, the group meets Megumi Hanajima, who explains that he can lay a curse on anyone once he knows their name. Saki soon deduces that the club is only fixated on why Tohru spends so much time with Yuki, unsettling them further. Megumi warns that love brings both joy and hurt and cannot be forced onto others, then appears to curse the visitors by reciting their names, prompting a hasty retreat. Saki closes by admitting that Tohru is her one true weak point, since she is always guarding her.

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Notes

This is the 2001 telling of a story the 2019 series revisited as "I Never Back Down from a Wave Fight." The script adapts Chapter 29 of the manga.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why does the Prince Yuki Fan Club visit Saki Hanajima's house?

The Prince Yuki Fan Club visits the Hanajima house under the guise of an interview about Saki's Electric Wave powers, but their real goal is to dig up a weakness they can use to pry Tohru away from her.

Who is Megumi Hanajima?

Megumi Hanajima is Saki's younger brother, introduced in this episode as someone who can lay a curse on anyone once he learns their name.

What does Megumi do to the Prince Yuki Fan Club members?

Megumi warns the fan club that love brings both joy and hurt and cannot be forced onto others, then appears to curse the visitors by reciting their names aloud. The group flees the house in a hasty retreat.

What does Saki admit about Tohru at the end of the episode?

Saki closes the episode by admitting that Tohru is her one true weak point, since she is always watching out to protect her.

What manga chapter does this episode adapt, and what is its 2019 counterpart?

The episode adapts Chapter 29 of the Fruits Basket manga. The 2019 anime later retold the same story as "I Never Back Down from a Wave Fight."

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