5-toubun no Hanayome ∬

Through their tutor Fuutarou Uesugi's diligent guidance, the Nakano quintuplets' academic performance shows signs of improvement, even if their path to graduation is still rocky. However, as they continue to cause various situations that delay any actual tutoring, Fuutarou becomes increasingly involved with their personal lives, further complicating their relationship with each other.

On another note, Fuutarou slowly begins to realize the existence of a possible connection between him and the past he believes to have shared with one of the five girls. With everyone's feelings beginning to develop and overlap, will they be able to keep their bond strictly to that of a teacher and his students—or will it mature into something else entirely?

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Nakano, Miku Main

Itou, Miku Japanese

Nakano, Nino Main

Taketatsu, Ayana Japanese

Nakano, Itsuki Main

Minase, Inori Japanese

Nakano, Yotsuba Main

Sakura, Ayane Japanese

Nakano, Ichika Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Uesugi, Fuutarou Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Uesugi, Raiha Supporting

Takamori, Natsumi Japanese

Uesugi, Isanari Supporting

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Nakano, Maruo Supporting

Kuroda, Takaya Japanese

Revival's Manager Supporting

Toriumi, Kousuke Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Furukawa, Shin Producer

Ogura, Mitsutoshi Producer

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Mar 25, 2021

Ronsuma

Recommended

:: This review was written after watching all 12 episodes and may contain some spoilers ::

Before I can begin my review, I think we should cement the fact that normally season 2 of harem shows go down the gutter, no matter how good the first season is. That is what I felt during the beginning of the season. Each episode felt like a chore to watch, but as the story progressed, something magical happened. I actually started having fun watching it. I started looking forward to what it had in store every week. I think that is where The Quintessential Quintuplet's profound strength lies, although ... being generic, it adds special ingredients to spice up the show allowing it to shine brighter than others in its legion.

:: Story ~ 8 out of 10 ::
This season gives each girl enough time to shine, unlike the first season, which primarily focused on ahem ahem… Miku. Personally, I was constantly in turmoil which girl to cheer on, each time I got anchored on one, next episode changed my perspective. The waifu wars was real with this one haha. BUT, if I were to choose one, I would go for Nino. I feel like she was the highlight of this season. I mean, her confession scene was so adorable! The whole season as a whole is very well done, I really have no complains whatsoever!

:: Art & Sound ~ 10 out of 10 ::
I saw a lot of people complaining how the art style has seen significant degradation from the first season. I think that's balderdash. The art feels much more clean and refined, which looked kind of gritty and grainy in the first season. And those sick transitions in the opening wins my heart every time. The music also saw a significant step-up! The OSTs are so so adorable, and I have been jamming to the opening ever since it came out on Spotify! All in all, I can confidently give this section of the anime a perfect score.

:: Characters ~ 9 out of 10 ::
I mean, you can't hate any of the characters in this show can you? Well... maybe except Ichika. I although felt bad for her—she lost the waifu wars even before she could try—but I didn't like her ways of trying to win Fuutaro through subterfuge. Even then, I cannot "hate" hate her, cause in the end of the day, nobody wants to let go of the person they love (except maybe Yotsuba). Coming back to the topic at hand, all the characters are chic and sweet with Nino being the best girl though!

:: Enjoyment & Overall ~ 9 out of 10 ::
If not evident already, I thoroughly enjoyed this show. It is in the top three of the season for me, the conglomeration of charming characters, excellent art and music and good enough story telling, provided me a lot of joy throughout its airing cycle. If this has been in your PTW, I think you should certainly start with it!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Mar 25, 2021

NextUniverse

Mixed Feelings

(TLDR at the bottom, and as always, thanks for reading)

I was originaly going too rite liek this and give QQ (not china app) a 3/10 becuase it reminding me to much of Nisekoi (very bad cartoon) and STFU NINO, BRUH.

But then I actually gained the brain cells to notice that it was time for me to be a mature reviewer of myanimelist.net and thus, constrained myself from writing such vile, such lazy parody of a review.

In seriousness, I just found a liking to The Quintessential Quintuplets 2 which is surprising because ridiculous stories like themselves tend to get the worse side of me. I guess ... being a lenient person has its benefits. More truthfully, the story execution just gave me a reason to stay. I don't usually tend to enjoy a lot of harem anime because they feel like a distorted version of romance bent and shaped so much to the will of the story that no character or plot holds any real value anymore, it just becomes a superficial but hollow inside. I am glad to say that this wasn't the case with The Quintessential Quintuplets, or at least, it wasn't exactly as I described some harem anime.

Before I start, important questions must be answered immediately. Which will serve as some meaning later on in this review.

Which team am I on?
Team Miku. I am a simple man. I love the sweetheart. This is coming from someone who has dead emotions too. She is one of a kind cinnamon bun. The amount of times she makes me squeeze my pillow is amazing. But enough about me.

Which character do I hate?
Nino. Think of it like this. Taiga, but has pink hair and is taller.


Narrative:
Very simple narrative, I would like to assume people reading this are already completed with the 1st season. In which case this season starts off from that point. I will tell the honest truth now. I don't remember a bloody thing from the previous season, I watched it quite a while back anyways. Though, the continuation from the previous season felt really smooth getting into the details of what is the be of this 2nd season. No unnecessary time was taken for the sake of it. So I give props to that. It also manages to converge the two parts of the 1st and 2nd season without any hint of awkwardness, excluding nerfed animation.

What really gives the story its good quality is how it differentiates from other harem anime similar to it, and that is the race to Fuutarou.

Like every harem anime similar, there has to be some kind of battle to who can get out with the MC the fastest, some are more explicit with making the race more obvious. But Quintessential Quintuples takes the cake for me. Admittedly, I am not widely into the genre, but I would like to believe that this is one of the few stories that actually knows how to make a good race to the MC. These sisters are willing to use their appearances to their advantage by manipulating Fuutarou into thinking things that don't correlate to the person behind the facade. They are also willing to physically go as far as changing themselves in terms of school grades, family relationships, and other miscellaneous. It is interesting to watch really, I wouldn't have guessed that such writing skills actually existed for harem anime. To be fair, you could argue that this is quite superficial in that the use of sisters, especially for this story is one that allows for shortcuts. And well, I suppose you could say that. I don't have many counters for that. However, the idea has been taken and has been used in a substantial way even though there are some arguably cheap shortcuts used. Problem with that? I wouldn't say I find that too bad, but it can easily get static for the sake of moving the plot forward. That doesn't happen too much with this one though, I will give it that. Not the best, but decent writing honestly.

As for characters, we don't like Nino so we can skip her out of the review…

I guess Nino does have some good points that need talking about. She actually has one of the best developments in the show, and I could argue the best. You would think tsunderes like her would stay static for the sake of binary diversity, but she changes for the better in some sense. Whilst maintaining her character she also manages to implement a sense of reality in herself, which leads her into actions you might have seen coming, but not as early as you thought it would. She has a surprisingly logical rationale when talking to others about some points too. I just wouldn't have guessed for her to be this much better honestly.

Ichika is a sly lady, who likes to mess up with others' attempts at getting closer to their goals. I quite like how she plays if I am honest, even if it is a dirty trick or two. I don't usually see characters like her a lot, but it is probably because this story has the interchangeable sister theme going on, which allows easy tricks like misinformation to happen. Good character overall.

Miku is another interesting one, if I could put it into perspective, she would be like every "girl chasing boy" anime, but, in this story, there are her sisters to worry about alongside. It makes for an interesting path for her honestly. When she tries her best, whether it be for simple day to day activities to powering through studying, there is some kind of foil she has to beware of. How she goes around this is well, keep trying for her side. I can't dive too deep into her character.

I don't have much to comment on Yotsuba and Itsuki, they don't have as much importance as the other three in this season. Yotsuba feels a little like those characters who constantly lie to themselves in the name of keeping the stability of the sisters and Fuutarou higher rather than lower. Quite a classic trope but she prevails with it. Not a problem with how she is used in the anime really. Itsuki is the same old in my opinion, she is the least interesting in my eyes and doesn't really do anything to better her own character. Shame, but who cared about her really.

I swear I don't like Fuutarou. He doesn't develop and is still the dense dude he was from previous seasons. How can this dude not tell who is who by now is beyond me. But hey, some misunderstanding just had to exist for the sake of it now. But his character is unbelievable and just ridiculous. I can't give him the benefit of the doubt or tell you that you will like his character.


Audiovisuals:
They are nerfed in comparison to the 1st season. I can't say it was appalling but it was generic for the most part, you can certainly find something better in this day and age. The animation was decent for the most part. I have nothing to complain about.

Audio is the same really, generic OST, OP and ED. Don't get me wrong though, they were good to listen to but it for sure doesn't match up anything of 10/10 in my opinion.


Enjoyment:
Now. Why I answered the important questions above was simple. This is really enjoyable when you are on someone's side. I liked Miku, so I went with her. I had moments where I was like "well, damn." and "wooooo yeahhhh" just because I would have wanted the best for the character I choose. I think that is an interesting way to go around enjoying the anime in an external sense. With the quality of the race being that much better, it is actually really fun to just watch what happens next to your favourite girl in the series. Harem anime needs to take notes on this on for real. Other enjoyment factors come down to general comedy moments, they aren't anything that will get you wheezing but they get the job done well enough to be fair. It is fun overall.


Overall - 6.4 (6)
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TLDR Review:
Story - 6: Good writing for the race to Fuutarou, even if a lot of shortcuts were taken.
Visuals - 6: Fine, standard, everyday animation.
Audio - 6: Same as visuals.
Characters - 7: They are all good characters, apart from Fuutarou
Enjoyment - 7: Now that's a fun race.
Overall - 6.4 (6)
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I can't really say I have anything to say other than this is a good surprise. I was legitimately going to give this a low ass score if it took the Nisekoi way around of telling the story. Glad to say it didn't. I would recommend you keep watching this but this isn't a high recommendation regardless. I mean. This is just fine rather than exceptional. Still good I suppose.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Apr 16, 2021

Sae_is_Bae

Not Recommended

Quintessential Quintuplets more like Quintessential Trash

This anime is bland, boring and forgettable. On and on the mc is in a "will they won't they" plot, with 5 other cardboard cutouts as "characters" that can be summed up in my opinion as simple archetypes.

The show doesn't even really know what character to spend time on resulting in a mess plot-wise. The mc's backstory is also quite generic and doesn't really inspire much interest to care for him. Quintessential Quintuplets offers nothing in terms of development with the cast, opting for using them just as obstacles for progression with the basic setup. This anime serves as ... nothing more than a harem fantasy showcase.

The art style and sound design are okay but nothing special that can make it stand out. Overall this show was terrible and I would not recommend wasting time watching it.

1/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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