Saraiya Goyō
| Saraiya Goyō | |
|---|---|
| Original title | さ ら い 屋 五 葉 |
| transcription | Saraiya Goyō |
| genre | His , drama |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Natsume Ono |
| publishing company | Shogakukan |
| magazine | Ikki |
| First publication | November 25, 2005 - July 24, 2010 |
| expenditure | 8th |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2010 |
| Studio | Manglobe |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Director | Tomomi Mochizuki |
| production | Makoto Kimura , Sachi Kawamoto , Takashi Kochiyama |
| music | Kayo Konishi , Yukio Kondō |
| First broadcast | April 16 - July 2, 2010 on Fuji TV |
Saraiya Goyō ( Japanese さ ら い 屋 五 葉 ) is a manga series by Natsume Ono , which appeared in Japan from 2006 to 2010. The Seinen series is set in Japan during the Edo period and revolves around the fate of a Rōnin who is embroiled in criminal machinations. It was adapted as an anime television series in 2010 and translated into several languages.
action
The Rōnin Masanosuke Akitsu ( 秋 津 政 之 助 ) is a good swordsman, but his gentle nature often gets in his way. Again he was fired by a employer and is looking for a new job. He also has to send part of the money to his distant family. But he does not want to accept the work of day laborers. There he meets the mysterious Yaichi ( 弥 一 ), who immediately seems suspicious to him. He works and lives in a brothel as the women's bodyguard, often hangs around the bar in Umezō and always seems to just enjoy life. Masanosuke soon learns, however, that Yaichi earns his living and that of his friends by kidnapping the children of wealthy citizens of Edo . At the same time Masanosuke becomes his accomplice, initially without intending to. Driven by his distress and attracted by Yaichi's mysterious character, he lets himself be drawn further and further into the group of kidnappers.
In addition to Yaichi, the host Umezō, the former thief Matsukichi and the geisha Otake are involved in the kidnappings. The always cheerful Okinu, Umezō's daughter, is also inaugurated. The group, in which everyone has their own specific task, is called the “five leaves”. Masanosuke, whose skills as a samurai might help them, is the fifth. Yaichi tries to get Masanosuke, befriends him, but doesn't want to reveal much about himself. Masanosuke is fascinated by his personality, he also kidnapped children because their families were doing badly. Therefore, he wants to know more about him and his past.
But soon Masanosuke falls ill and is sent to the elderly, the former leader of a gang of criminals in the country. Umezō used to be in his gang, but he got out with the help of the elder, and with him the Five Leaves put the kidnapped people under. Masanosuke recovered and witnessed how another former gang member was helped not by the elder, but from feelings of guilt by Umezō and finally by Masanosuke himself when another gang blackmailed him. When he is better, Yaichi picks up Masanosuke. As a result, he learns that the elder knows Yaichi: he used to be in a notorious gang and escaped when they were broken up by the police. Therefore, the elder Masanosuke warns not to trust Yaichi too much.
Yaichi suspiciously watches as Masanosuke befriends the policeman Yagi. But when Matsukichi tries to retrieve stolen seals for a craftsman friend to whom he still owes something and is taken hostage himself, Yagi's help comes in handy. Through him, Masanosuke can approach Matsukichi as a guard, free him and it is also Yagi who brings the seals back. Now Matsukichi owes something to Masanosuke in addition to the dealer and Yaichi. But Yaichi and Matsukichi are concerned that the police might now learn more about them. At the same time, Masanasuke's sister Sachi comes to Edo. She is fleeing an arranged marriage.
While Masanosuke learns of Yagi's past as a bodyguard, in which he was friends with a colleague named Yaichi who later died, Yaichi's behavior worries the rest of the Five Leaves; he withdraws and is especially annoyed by Masanosuke. At the next and last planned kidnapping, he suspects how Yaichi came to found the group: They shouldn't bring the kidnapped son back, but instead let him disappear for money. Finally, Masanosuke finds out that Yaichi was once the son of a wealthy family. His name was Seinoshin and Yaichi was his bodyguard. But when he was kidnapped, his family wanted to get rid of him, who was only adopted. The kidnappers took him into their gang, told him Yaichi had betrayed him too. In fact, they killed him. Seinoshin was in the gang for a while, but then betrayed them to the police in order to get revenge and began his new life as a Yaichi. Well, faced with a fate like his, he is desperate. When a member of the gang finds him and wants to kill him, he almost gives in. But when he learns from him that Yaichi had not betrayed him, he kills the attacker. Yaichi finds his way back to his friends, the Five Leaves, is now more open to them and wants to start a new life with them.
publication
The series was published from November 25, 2005 (issue 1/2006) to July 24, 2010 (issue 9/2010) in the monthly magazine Ikki of the Shogakukan publishing house , which is aimed at young men. The chapters have also been published in eight volumes. The last volume sold about 25,000 times in the first week.
Viz Media published an English translation under the title House of Five Leaves , the sixth volume of which reached # 6 on the Manga bestseller list. In Kana a French version was published and a Chinese in Taiwan Tohan.
Anime adaptation
Directed and based on the script by Tomomi Mochizuki , Manglobe made an adaptation of the manga as an anime for Japanese television in 2010 . The responsible producers were Makoto Kimura , Sachi Kawamoto and Takashi Kochiyama . The character design was created by Kazuto Nakazawa and the artistic director was Michie Watanabe . Most of the backgrounds were created as computer animation, while the characters themselves are implemented as cel animation .
The first broadcast took place from April 16 to July 2, 2010 after midnight (and thus on the previous TV day ) on Fuji TV in the Noitamina program block , as well as with up to one offset on Kansai TV , Tōkai TV , BS Fuji and TV Kumamoto . English versions of the House of Five Leaves were released on DVD in Great Britain and Australia, and a release with English subtitles took place on various video platforms. Kazé brought the series to France via streaming .
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Masanosuke Akitsu | Daisuke Namikawa |
| Yaichi | Takahiro Sakurai |
| Okinu | Ao Takahashi |
| Otake | Fuyuka Oura |
| Umezō | Masaya Takatsuka |
| Matsukichi | Yuya Uchida |
| Heizaemon Yagi | Hiroyuki Kinoshita |
| Go-Inkyo | Katsuhisa Hōki |
| Seinoshin | Keiko Nemoto |
music
The music of the series, mainly played with traditional Japanese plucked and percussion instruments, but also accordion or piano, was composed by Kayo Konishi and Yukio Kondō . The opening credits were underlaid with Sign of Love by immi , the closing song is all I need is ... by Rake.
reception
The Animania describes the anime as an unusual series, mainly because of the angular character design, which remains true to the original and in its "ugliness" clearly stands out from the Bishōnen - and Bishōjo aesthetics of most series. Also, contrary to the expectation of samurai stories, the plot offers few sword fights, but instead “ a psychological drama that illuminates the rugged soul life of its characters in its leisurely narrative flow ”. The fights shown are solidly staged and animated, otherwise the design is consistent and the music is appropriate. The work can be seen as a counterpart to the fast, colorful and extroverted Samurai Champloo , the first samurai series by the Manglobe studio, which was also set in the Edo period. The anime offers little for action fans, but for connoisseurs "a change from the usual anime knitting patterns" .
Web links
- Manga and Anime on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, September 27-October 3rd. Anime News Network, October 6, 2010, accessed February 5, 2016 .
- ↑ New York Times Manga Best Seller List, March 18-24. Anime News Network, March 30, 2012, accessed February 5, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c For a handful of ryo . In: Animania 08-09 / 2010, pp. 50-53.