Elaina Sohma

Unnamed Parental Grandmother †

Katsuya Honda (Maternal Grandfather) †

Elaina Sohma (草摩 , *Sōma*) is the protagonist of Fruits Basket Beyond series. She is the youngest daughter of Tohru and Kyo Sohma and the last zodiac reincarnation, cursed by the spirit of the Cat, an animal who would have been part of the Chinese Zodiac had the Rat not tricked him into missing the ceremony.

## Appearance

Elaina is a petite young girl with fair skin and elongated canine teeth. Her hair is long, black and reaches just below her waist, turning a vermillion-orange color as it passes her elbows, and bangs reseambling her maternal grandmother, being long and “M-shaped”, and covering her right eye, though she often wears a small pink ribbon to the right of her head, to keep her hair out of her face, making it side-swept. She has a pair of grey-brown eyes with long eyelashes, the pupils of which can appear slit when she is feeling strong emotions.

Her school uniform is a classic naval-styled Japanese school uniform. The uniform has a blue mini-skirt with pleats and ruffles at the hem, and a white and blue top with a jacket. She wears blue socks that go up to mid-shin, and brown slip-on shoes. This is the outfit she is most commonly seen in, although she is known for wearing her kimono.

She wears a set of Juzu beads, or Buddhist prayer beads, on his left wrist that are red and white (black and white in 2001 anime) in color, all the way around and every other turn, and occasionally the bamboo gag Shigure Sohma gave her, which is secured around her jaw with a strip of red cloth when she rarely gets angry.

## Personality

Elaina is a very timid and polite girl, often adressing people with the titles, 'sir' and 'lady' at first. She often shows a calm yet incredibly warm attitude towards others, helping them as much as she can. She often attracts unwanted attention due to her appearance and has a hard time standing up for her-self like her mother, she is usually saved by Karma, apologizing to him as they walk away. She seems to be quite cheerful as she's smiling and happy most of the time. Elaina can also be quite carefree and reckless, as seen in her soccer match. Another sign of her reckless nature is shown when she doesn't wear her Juzu bracelet.

Elaina is quite playful and to a certain degree, childish. She even left to visit the city just to cheer on her brother and friends on Field Day, solely because she was curious of their school. She seems to be indifferent to certain things. For example, when Elaina felt a malicious force coming from the opposing team, she was not especially worried. Though playful, she can be quite serious at times. When it came to winning the soccer match, Elaina cast aside her smile, adopting a serious persona in which she stated she would lead her team to victory, taking charge and giving out orders.

She is intelligent and very knowledgeable. Mapping out the whole country-side incase she ever needed to know. She can still be spontaneous and "very ditzy". Although she appears rather friendly she prefers not to make to many friends, due to her fear of the curse. She hides her concern with her childish attitude and serene presence so she doesn't cause anyone to worry over her. After learning that she still carried to curse of the Cat spirit and all the trauma the past cursed cats went through, she temporarily lost her kindhearted, outgoing, and innocent demeanor. Upon discovering that the curse was growing stronger, she becomes a very frightened shell of her former self, causing her to be more negative about things, and messy when she is alone. During her whole crisis she masked her pain, though her parents could still tell something was wrong.

However, after she is released from the curse, along with her consciousness somehow being released from her body, she regains her original honest good nature and cheerfulness in response to no longer being affected by the curse. However, there is a noticeable change in her behavior towards seriousness, because of a combination of lingering darkness, guilt, sadness, and regrets hanging over her as she worries about the consequences of her past, and the future of her family.