Akitsu Masanosuke is a timid ronin on his way to Edo from the countryside when he accidentally encounters a playboy named Yaichi, who asks him to be his bodyguard. But it turns out that Yaichi is actually the leader of a group of bandits called the "Five Leaves," and he's hoping that Masanosuke will join them. Masanosuke is reluctant to help them, but as grows closer to his eccentric new companions, he learns to relate to them and grow as a person in the process.
I started to watch this anime having very low expectations, but I was wrong, this is a great anime, good story, it does not have a lot of action but the characters are quite deep, with a lot of background. And even though the character drawings are not the best I have seen the background drawings are very detailed and animated. The way the story progress is very interesting and makes you want to see another episode... in 3 words: I love it.