Fruits Basket — (2019) (dub) Episode 3

: Tohru offers her mother’s wisdom: kindness is something humans must actively create and practice. She also shares the "pickled plum" analogy—just as a plum sits on the back of a rice ball where the rice ball itself cannot see it, people often fail to see their own greatness while easily spotting it in others. English Dub Cast

Fruits Basket (English Dub) | E3 - Let's Play Rich Man-Poor Man! Crunchyroll• Mar 1, 2022 Fruits Basket (2019) (Dub) Episode 3

: The "pickled plum" analogy serves as a central lesson about how we often underestimate our own value because our strengths are not visible to us, even if they are clear to everyone else. : Tohru offers her mother’s wisdom: kindness is

: Despite their outward differences, both Kyo and Yuki are envious of the other’s traits; Kyo admires Yuki's "perfection," while Yuki envies Kyo's ability to be social and "outside the cage". Crunchyroll• Mar 1, 2022 : The "pickled plum"

: Yuki takes Tohru to his "secret base," a private vegetable garden. During a typhoon, they work together to protect the plants, and Yuki confides that he feels trapped in a "cage," struggling to interact with others.