fuzzyirulz

I read a few volumes of the manga House of Five Leaves before watching this anime, so I felt that this anime was enjoyable since I liked reading it. So I recommend you read a bit of the manga to get feel for this anime.

Story - The story starts off slow because it's slow in the manga too. The anime starts picking up near the end where flashbacks start explaining everything. So lay back and relax as you watch this. When everything pieces together in the end, you'll see how everything became so complicated, could've been simply avoided. But complexity is what gives us a story in the end.

Animation - I like the art style of this anime because it's unique. I also really like the expressions on the characters' faces. Especially the eyes.

Sound - I really liked the opening song because of the lyrics. The ending song is pretty catchy and funky which is kind of weird for an anime like this one. I don't know much about voiceacting, so I won't comment on that.

Characters - Our protagonist, Masa, is shy and seen as useless. It may irk you because of how much of a coward he is, but it is his personality that drives this story. If he wasn't the character he is in the anime, then he wouldn't be able to calmly observe, come to a conclusion and support the other characters. I'm actually pretty surprised how observant Masa is, I didn't expect him to really observe much because of how oblivious he is towards reading the mood... 

Yaichi is a really mysterious fellow and he's another reason I kept watching. I wanted to figure out his character like Masa (and probably everybody who Yaichi encountered) did.

I won't mention the other mysterious members of the Five Leaves since I'd probably spoil something. But what I can say is that their motives is what gives me an understanding to their character. 

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This is my first anime review, so sorry for not explaining well > . <