Worst and Best couples in Fruit Basket in my opinion.
So, I finally finished watching the anime, it was an amazing journey. The story feels like every single part is connected to the other, especially I realized it during Yuki and Kyo's character arc. There is a reason why characters are behaving in a certain way throughout the series. Every character is complex and well-written.
Kyo-Tohru was great, I am skipping them in my ranking because they are most loved couple of the show, no-doubt they are perfect.
1. Haru-Rin
Hands down, the best couple in the show after Kyo-Tohru. Haru was really the kindest of the kind soul in the entire show. At first when they were introduced, I didn't got a good vibe from them, especially Rin seemed annoying. But like I sad no character is hollow in Fruit-Basket, her backstory made things make sense. We got to know how much she cared for Haru.
2. Hiro-Kisa
Hiro seemed like a spoiled brat when he first appeared but ngl this kid won me over when we got to know how much he really cared for Kisa. The cutest couple in the entire show, how he used get jealous of Tohru and Haru, how Kisa got jealous of Rin, swooooooooooooon.
Worst-couples (imo), EDIT: could have been better
Yuki-Machi
Well, Yuki was my favorite ,not because he is an outwardly good looking character but because of his personal development throughout the show. We get to see his internal monologues, how he tries to come out of his reserved personality, accepts the reality and moves forward in life. Yuki-Machi was the worst ship, it felt forced and tbh there wasn't even a bit of chem between them. He had way more chem with Haru, (loved their time together).
Yuki-Tohru was really good, their relation was natural and didn't seemed a bit forced. We saw him getting jealous of Kyo at times but all of a sudden he calls her Mom. I mean it could have been a platonic relationship as well, how he feels at home when he's with Tohru but the author decided to give it a name, she caught me off-guard with this one.
Worst-couples (imo)
1. Hatori-Mayu
Mayu having a crush on her best-friend's potential husband didn't made any sense to me. It implies that if by any chance Kana gets out of the picture Hatori would marry her best friend.
Hatori was 27, idk why people in their late 20s are treated as old folks in the show but he was still young and could have found a better person in his life at some point. The author did forced them just like many other couple as the show approached its end.
2. Kureno-Uotani
Didn't seemed real at all, I mean just 2 meetings, really. It didn't made sense why Uotani was so desperate to meet him and same goes to Kureno. See, I don't mind problematic ships so their age gap isn't the issue at all, but it didn't seemed natural just like Yuki-Machi. At some point I even sensed some chem between Kureno and Akito. Btw Kureno was my fav character next to Yuki.
I don't like underdevelopments or behind the scenes developments so this is the reason I didn't liked these couples.