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Ayame Sohma is an eccentric, flamboyant man with a very striking and outgoing personality, and is sometimes mistaken as a woman. At age 27, he is totally independant, owning and running his own fashion shop with his assistant (and later, girlfriend), Mine, selling flamboyant, eccentric (and sometimes fetishy) outfits to men and women alike (though mostly men).

He is also cursed to turn into a snake whenever hugged by the opposite sex.

As the outgoing, independent snake, he seems the perfect foil for his brother, Yuki, the silent and antisocial rat, though the two have more in common than either of them realizes. When they were younger, Ayame coldly refused Yuki's plea for help by slapping his hand away, but at the present time he wants to make up for that past mistake, and be more of an older brother to Yuki. Yuki, however, becomes easily annoyed with Ayame's personality and constant striving to be closer to him, and pushes Ayame away coldly. Throughout the series of Fruits Basket, Ayame is trying to get Yuki to like him through various means, and in the end Yuki does admit that Ayame has some qualities that he admires. Yuki and Ritsu (the monkey) both admire him for one thing: his extreme, sometimes (okay, most times) overwhelming confidence in himself. Ayame is the type that will do what he wants, and not care what anybody else thinks of him. He does succeed a bit in getting Yuki to like him, after waltzing into his parent-teacher conference and telling his mother that Yuki could be or do whatever he wanted to, and she couldn't say anything about it. Yuki actually thanked Ayame after that, proving that his efforts have paid off, even if only a little.

There is one exception to that rule: Hatori Sohma. Hatori is the only person that Ayame will listen to, because Ayame admires Hatori a lot. He sees many qualities in Hatori that he himself does not have, and because of that, respects him so much that Hatori can even keep Ayame "in line". Along with Shigure, Ayame and Hatori make up the "Mabudachi Trio". Ayame and Shigure are very similar in personality, and share an evil streak, playing pranks on Yuki and Kyou, such as pretending to be lovers in order to annoy them. In fact, Ayame expresses his love to everyone, though none of the others know if he is just being irritating, playful, or serious. The only person that he actually is serious about (according to canon, anyway. X3) is his assistant, Mine. She was with him through many hard times, providing companionship that he couldn't have lived without, and eventually he even confesses his love for her, thus breaking the Jyuunishi Curse.

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