Fruits Basket vol. 16 / Natsuki Takaya / 190 pgs.

This volume delves into Tohru's parents' past.  It had been hinted at before that Tohru's mother was a bit of an outcast and a miscreant.  I was a little wigged out to learn that Tohru's parents met while her mother was a middle school student (ie about 14 years old) and her father was a student teacher.  They are at least 8 years apart.  At least they didn't start dating until after his student teaching job was finished.