The fifteenth overall installment of Fruits Basket Another and the opener of its third volume, this chapter brings Sawa Mitoma to the Sohma cottage and moves her closer to Shiki Sohma, unveiling that the two had already crossed paths as children.
Sawa reaches the Sohma family's cottage, and the shared time there draws her and Shiki nearer to one another. As they spend the days together, the story discloses that the pair had actually met once before, back when both of them were young.
The trip to the cottage sets the stage for the volume, placing Sawa among the family for an extended stay. Her closeness with Shiki grows through their continued company. The chapter's central reveal is that the two are not strangers at all, having encountered each other in childhood, a link that reframes their present bond.

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In Fruits Basket Another Chapter 9, Sawa Mitoma arrives at the Sohma family's cottage, and her time there draws her closer to Shiki Sohma while revealing that the two had actually met once before as children.
Fruits Basket Another Chapter 9 reveals that Sawa Mitoma and Shiki Sohma are not strangers, having crossed paths once before when they were both young, a discovery that reframes their present bond.
Chapter 9 is the fifteenth chapter overall in Fruits Basket Another and opens the manga's third volume, following the second Bonus Manga and leading into Chapter 10.
Sawa Mitoma and Shiki Sohma share the cover of Fruits Basket Another Chapter 9.
Fruits Basket Another Chapter 9 is 38 pages long, written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya.
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