Top 16 in Top 20 best shoujo manga for girls.
Fruits Basket written by female mangaka Takaya Natsuki. The manga won the award for Best Girl Comics in 2001, so it was quickly turned into an anime that same year.
The series tells the story of Honda Tohru, an orphan girl who lives alone in the forest, allowed by her two friends Sohma Yuki and Sohma Shigure to live together in their rich house. Here Tohru accidentally discovered the secret of the Sohma family, 13 random members of this family, holding the zodiac of 13 animals, cursed to turn into beasts when hugged by a person of the opposite sex or confused, shy. Each person who has this zodiac sign has a special conflict with the person who is in the zodiac of other animals. Tohru, with his carefree and pure innocence, gradually cleared away the dark clouds, mended relationships, and the couple's love began and flourished from there.