After a family tragedy, high school student Tohru Honda is forced into homelessness and to start living in a tent. She is soon discovered by the Souma family, whose land she inadvertently moved onto. Things start to look up when they kindly offer to take her in, but she soon discovers they have a well kept secret – when hugged by a member of the opposite sex, they transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac! A complete anime adaptation of the manga written by Natsuki Takaya.