She is a lively and happy high school girl who doesn't look like she is suffering in anyway. After her mother died, she lived with her grandfather, but had to move out after a few months because he is planning to have his house renovated. Tohru lived in a tent for a while before Yuki and Shigure found her in her tent. The Sohma cousins decided to let her live with her because they need someone to clean at first, but things turned awry when she found out the Sohma family secret. Aside from the fact that 13 family members in the Sohma family turn into the animal they are possessed with, she discovered that their secret is so much darker than she had imagined. Her presence in the Sohma family was so great that it changed the way they lived forever.