Tohru Honda Was An Orphan When One Day Fate Kicked Her Out Of The House And Onto Land Belonging To The Mysterious Sohma Family. Everything Goes Well Until She Discovers The Sohma Family's Secret, When Hugged By Members Of The Opposite Sex, They Turn Into Their Chinese Zodiac Animal! Natsuki Takaya ; [translators, Alethea Nibley And Athena Nibley ; English Adaptation, Kelly Sue Deconnick & Jake Forbes]. First Published In Japan In 1999 By Hakusensha ... Tokyo--vol. 1, T.p. Verso. Translated From Japanese.