The sisters become a perfect backdrop for examinations of who we are versus what we become: five literally identical girls who developed in different ways, with different talents and goals. The Quintessential Quintuplets initially presents itself as a sweet love story with a simple but intriguing mystery: which sister will win Futaro’s heart? But that question relies on answering a second one first: who are these girls, really? The Nakanos consider themselves five-fifths of a whole-great for report-card loopholes, less great regarding questions of identity. They all have it in them to succeed in any way they want, provided they want to. Because there’s another thing we can read between the lines early on: each of them is exceptional in a different area, from athletics to a genuine love of studying history. His obliviousness to his status as a love interest comes from his hyperfocus: initially on making money, then on genuinely caring for all the Nakanos and wanting them to succeed.
But Futarou isn’t especially fixated on those. The show’s central love story eventually spins out from a few rounds of pranks, identity switching, and the occasional harem-anime antics. The first half of the 12-episode season is spent winning over the Nakanos to the idea of improving their grades, but there’s always an undercurrent of something more…again, in varying degrees. But the quintuplets-big-sisterly Ichika, aggressive Nino, shy Miku, energetic Yotsuba, and strict Itsuki-have differing opinions on whether this should even be the case. As the show begins, Futarou is given a promising opportunity: get paid handsomely to tutor the five daughters of the wealthy Nakano family, all of whom are doing terribly in school. Our protagonist is Futarou Uesugi, a brilliant but poor high schooler looking after his devoted little sister and irresponsible dad. But, owing to the fact that the girls in the running are identical quintuplets, we have no idea which one she is.
We even see the bride at the altar in the first episode. And, most importantly of all, our hero will marry one of these girls. Second, rivalry between the girls has been replaced with character development and understanding. First, our guy isn’t nearly as useless as others in his situation tend to be, though he is oblivious for a while. Each maintains a certain amount of unresolved romance with said guy and rivalry with each other, while he does pretty much nothing about it.įortunately, Haruba’s manga-and the anime that came from it-have differences where it counts. Guy finds himself unexpectedly entangled with multiple girls, each with a unique look and personality that someone in the audience will like. While trying to do so he meets four other girls.At first glance, Negi Haruba’s The Quintessential Quintuplets carries the earmarks of pretty much every other harem series. They argue but when Uesugi realizes he is to be her tutor, he tries to get on better terms.
A second season by Bibury Animation Studios is set to premiere in January 2021.įuutarou Uesugi is a poor, antisocial ace student who one day meets the rich transfer student Itsuki Nakano.
At the very beginning of the story, it is indicated Futaro will marry with one of the Nakano quintuplets but the identity of the bride is unknown until near the end of the story.An anime television series adaptation produced by Tezuka Productions aired from January to March 2019 on TBS and other channels. The series follows the daily life of a high school student Futaro Uesugi who is hired as a private tutor for a group of quintuplets, Ichika, Nino, Miku, Yotsuba and Itsuki Nakano, who perform poorly academically. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 2017 to February 2020. "Five Equal Bride(s)") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Negi Haruba. The Quintessential Quintuplets (Japanese: 五等分の花嫁, Hepburn: Go-Tōbun no Hanayome, lit.