Reviews

House of Five Leaves, Vol. 2 by Natsume Ono

zafi's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

quietweather's review

3.0

Confusing and slow

pheebabeeba_'s review

emotional mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I absolutely love the art style of this author. Very expressive and simplistic. The pacing was quite slow, so I had a tough time getting into it. Once I did it was very good. I liked all the gang members of the Five Leaves.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

antivancrowe's review

4.0

Character 3.5| Setting 3| Plot 3| Art 5| Enjoyability 3.5

Overall Rating 3.6

Ono gives us more of a character study in these novels than an actual plot, which I'm fine with. I'm having trouble telling a couple of characters apart and it's getting easier as I read more, but boy was I confused earlier.

Slowly, I am learning more about Yaichi, but I can tell he's gonna be more plot-relevant.

I'm interested in where this is going.

misssusan's review

4.0

Okay cool, the first volume wasn't a fluke. I'm really fond of Masanosuke with his social anxiety and straightforwardness and how that dynamic plays with the rest of the cast. Masa, what are you doing noticing we care about each other, that's not how this game is played! We are all pragmatic thieves and you ought to keep such observations to yourself. What a good cast. Ume comes off really well this volume with the revelation of his backstory; I approve of this trend of secretly good people. My fondness for Masa extends to being interested in his interests so I'm curious about Yaichi too. That's a pretty good trick for getting readers invested in an enigmatic charismatic character who has yet to do much, I'll keep it in mind. Craft a likeable main character and people will want what he wants! I'm glad my library took its sweet time getting this volume, now I have like five more already out to look forward to. 4 stars

ainiali's review

4.0

Masa is now on the fence about the job they're doing. He doesn't want to be involved with anything dirty but on the other hand, he also needs the money from the job or else, he would need to start doing hard labour job, which he knows he won't cope up with. I still enjoy it as the story progress. We got to see more of the secondary characters like Matsu, Ume, Otake, Kinu and Yachi & learned of their background story in this volume. And we also learned that these 5 people have their own reasons to be in the Five Leaves.

ari767's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

jjamy55's review

3.0

Loving the artwork very much! Plotwise, this time revealed a backstory about one of the members, the baldy, whom I adored. It's getting more suspense and I wanted to know more about the characters.

noysh's review

3.0

The second volume, our main character gets more deeply involved in the lives of the members of the Five Leaves gang. We learn a little bit more about all of their various backstories by the main character's inquiries into their past lives. Each of the characters' reason for being involved in the gang are, as one could imagine, complicated.

softreflection's review

3.0

Confusing and slow