[Reading] House of Five Leaves

[yuuago]

I borrowed the first volume of Natsume Ono's House of Five Leaves from the library. Whoa, I'm really enjoying it a lot!

The premise: A ronin who is a skilled swordsman but lacks confidence and assertiveness has difficulty finding employment. Reluctantly, he agrees to work for a charismatic gang leader.

I'm getting really drawn in; I like the characters very much so far, and the art is very pretty. The library has up to vol 04, so I'm looking forward to reading the rest ASAP. (Unfortunately, there are 8 vols in the series, so I'll probably have to ILL the rest, aughhhhhh)

...Anyway, I enjoyed it very much, and while I'd hesitate to recommend anything based on one volume, it's very good so far.

Comments

[hokuton_punch]

That does sound very interesting! I feel like I've heard it recced around generally - I should give it a chance...

[hebethen]

There's also an anime adaptation! IDR how much it covers of the manga, though.

[hokuton_punch]

Ahh, maybe that's what I've seen recced? I should look into that, too! (Ah, for infinite time, though ;______; )

[yuuago]

Hopefully you will enjoy it if you get around to it! It really is very pretty. (And oooh, TIL there's an anime. :O)

[allekha]

I watched the anime a while back and enjoyed it, but I've never read the original manga - maybe I should check it out as well.

[yuuago]

If you liked the anime, you probably should! Maybe I'll try the anime out after I'm done with the manga. :D

[eggsbenedict]

It's such a good manga! Glad you're enjoying it. :D

[yuuago]

Definitely enjoying it! Probably enough to go to the trouble of interlibrary loaning half the series! xD We'll see.