Fruits Basket Volume 7 by Natsuki Takaya

Title: Fruits Basket, Volume 7 
Author: Natsuki Takaya 
Type: Manga 
Genre: Shoujo 
Series: Yes, Vol. 7 of 23 
Pages: 198 
Copyright: 2005 
Publisher: TOKYOPOP Inc. 
Rating: 4 out of 5

Summary: from Good Reads
Tohru and company have been having a lot more fun ever since Kisa came to visit. Now it's time for Tohru to meet another member of the Zodiac - the skillfully sarcastic grade-school student, Hiro! One way or another, this tyke will have to deal with his resentment of Tohru and his affection for Kisa. Where will he find the answers? In the fabulous 7th volume of the super-popular Fruits Basket, of course!

Feelings:
I enjoyed this volume of Fruits Baskets. The artist was injured and took a break between this volume 6 and this one. She was unable to draw during that time. I didn't think I saw that much of a difference in her art but she does say she thinks her handwriting got worse. We don't really see that so it isn't a big deal. 

Hatori Sohma is on the cover of this volume however, he really only shows up in a flashback. I understand that each character is getting a chance to be on the cover but it seems like an odd choice for this volume.

In the last volume we found out something about Kyo that he finds devastating, this volume doesn't deal with that at all. We have moved on to a new member of the Sohma family and a younger member who has some real issues.  

While I am still enjoying the story this volume was largely about back story for Tohru's mother and that helped us get to know Arisa Uotani better. I would still recommend the series.