I am getting seriously behind so I rushed to finish this series and dropped the Tatami Galaxy which will get a brief along with K-ON!! next post. Sarai-ya Goyou or House of Five Leaves is a samurai period type anime, so if that is in your interest zone, pay attention to this post.
As stated, Sarai Goyou is a samurai period type anime taking place in Edo. As far as being an action anime...it definitely is not. On the contrary, I would place it under the drama category and definitely an anime for the more mature of audiences. There is not a lot of flashy movement or amazing animation, but the plot and motion behind the scenes of the characters is quite intriguing.
As the last paragraph was not a synopsis, I will give it here. In this anime, we have the typical cowardly samurai, Akitsu Masanosuke, as the main character paired with a strong willed and mysterious white haired man, Yaichi, and his organization, the Goyou or Five Leaves. Since Akitsu is such a cowardly samurai, we find him jobless and approached by Yaichi who takes a keen interest in him. His organization makes money by kidnapping people, something that Akitsu does not particularly feel is right. However, he finds himself drawn to this strange white haired man. As the series continues we learn more about their pasts and those of the other people in the organization.
If that synopsis sounded boring...well, this is not an anime for you. The other reason is that I find it hard to briefly summarizes animes without giving too many spoilers. In any case, Sarai-ya Goyou is a tough anime for me to place. While expecting a lot of action as a samurai anime, there is instead a lot of drama. While expecting clean and pure fighting type animation, there is an almost artsy and dark animation style. Truly, it is an anime for the curious and for those whose view of anime is that of an art form.
Onto music, I would place this as having the best score of the season. Perhaps I am biased as I am a sucker for a good bit of accordion or accordion-type instrumentation, but the musical score is definitely solid. While it tends to intrude a bit more than most animes, it comes in at exactly the right moments to help in furthering some point or relating certain scenes. On the other hand, the OP/ED are a bit bleh. The ED in particular I found did not fit at all and the OP was a bit mediocre in animation and in sound. However, all in all I would say that Sarai-ya Goyou ended up a decent anime with a good solid plot. Next up is a dual post on K-ON!! and the Tatami Galaxy.
Overall: 8/10
Amongst drama anime: 7/10
*Note: You can stream Sarai-ya Goyou from the Funimation website and Hulu.com
--CsMiREK
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