House of Five Leaves Episode #01 Anime Review It’s the days of the samurai and a very timid ronin now finds himself employed by a gang who deals in some unsavory things. What They Say: Masterless samurai Masanosuke Akitsu’s life is changed after a chance encounter with Yaichi, who offers the timid swordsman a bodyguard job and invites him into the mysterious world of the Five Leaves. Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers) Based on the manga by Natsume Ono, House of Five Leaves is originally known as Saraiya Goyou and originally ran for twelve episodes. Ono gained some popularity in the years before this for her manga Ristorante Paradiso which has a distinctive art style to it and was adapted into an anime itself. The original source material for this has been running since 2006 and wrapped up in 2010 with eight volumes, just as the anime itself finished up in the spring of that year.