5-toubun no Hanayome

Fuutarou Uesugi is an ace high school student, but leads an otherwise tough life. His standoffish personality and reclusive nature have left him friendless, and his father is debt-ridden, forcing his family to scrape by.

One day during his lunch break, Uesugi argues with a female transfer student who has claimed "his seat," leading both of them to dislike each other. That same day, he is presented with a golden opportunity to clear his family's debt: a private tutoring gig for a wealthy family's daughter, with a wage of five times the market price. He accepts the proposal, but is horrified to discover that the client, Itsuki Nakano, is the girl he confronted earlier!

After unsuccessfully trying to get back on Itsuki's good side, Uesugi finds out that his problems don't end there: Itsuki is actually a quintuplet, so in addition to her, he must also tutor her sisters—Miku, Yotsuba, Nino, and Ichika—who, despite the very real threat of flunking, want nothing to do with a tutor. However, his family's livelihood is on the line so Uesugi pushes on, adamant in his resolve to rid the sisters of their detest for studying and successfully lead them to graduation.

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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

Matsui Supporting

Uchida, Aya Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Nakamura, Shinichi Producer

Furukawa, Shin Producer

Udagawa, Sumio Producer

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Jul 19, 2024

Franktamas

Recommended

Technically one of the first SoL, Romance, Harem I've seen, so it is hard to really get a hold how to properly measure it.

As with a Slice of Life the WorldBuilding is not something that's needs an overemphasis, this time I do find it that they play fast and loose of how similar the twins look like. This doesn't break anything but creates a question as sometimes people easily mistake them and sometimes, they don't even notice that they look alike so must be siblings.

Characters are really nicely done; it is paced really well. The rate of us learning about each person is efficiently done, ... which radiates competence from and confidence for the story.

The plot is somewhat haphazard, but it does work in tandem with the character arc, so even if a lot of minor parts are shuffled over, all of the important elements remain in focus, which makes little mistakes negligible.

Somewhat of an example, but mostly as the entire media hinges on him, I'd highlight the MC.
His interactions with the world and the other characters are nicely done, his own actions are mostly competent and logical of a human so it always feels lifelike. When he makes mistakes, they are believable and well-reasoned, which just makes both the comedy/embarrassing and the romantic elements hit real.
That 'realness' of him that makes his interactions with the Quintuplets really engaging and entertaining.

In summary (again without anything really to compare) this does feel like a standard for SoL Romance stories. The characters are well rounded, believable, act by their logic, consistent and feeling real. Their actions are coming from their characteristics and they are well reasoned.
The whole story has the atmosphere that it very well could've happened, and this is the diary of it. Which goes phenomenally well, especially with its Slice of Life genre.

8.1/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Sep 13, 2023

BlackBusterMAL

Mixed Feelings

English.
An idea that would not occur to just anyone, although it is interesting, the truth is that I do not think they have done it in the best way. It is simple in its story, a high school boy needs money because he is poor, he gets involved as a tutor and gives himself He says that he has to teach a group of girls that they are sisters and quintuplets. The new or the strange will always be interesting to human beings, that is why this series will simply interest anyone, but will it really contribute something interesting? The answer is simpler than you ... think and it is no. This special thing, the truth is, almost doesn't add much, it only gives the story that aspect of the girls being sisters, the plot revolves around who the protagonist will marry since in a flashback they show us that one of these sisters was the one with whom got married
So the whole plot will revolve around this, that is why it is a simple harem teenage love series, a boy surrounded by girls who all like the protagonist but only one can stay with him. There will be interesting moments such as discovering who these girls are or what their goals, objectives and concerns are good at. At the same time, the truth is like any love series, it does not touch on controversial plots or different ones from what we have seen before.
If I would recommend it, the truth is that I wouldn't, or well it depends, if you like love series I'm sure you'll be interested in it without a doubt, also if you want to start this genre with the series you'll also like it, but for me the truth is no. I think it is the best of the genre and although it entertained me, it was not good, it only hooks you with the classic techniques of this type of series (romance).

Español.
Una idea que no se le ocurriría a cualquier persona, que aunque es interesante la verdad no creo que lo hayan hecho de la mejor manera es simple en su historia, un chico de secundaria necesita dinero porque es pobre, se mete como tutor y se da cuenta que tiene que enseñarle a un grupo de chicas que son hermanas y a su vez quintillizas. Lo nuevo o lo raro siempre será interesante al ser humano, es por eso que está serie a simple viste le va a interesar a cualquiera pero ¿en verdad aportara algo interesante?, la respuesta es mas simple de lo que piensan y es no. Esta cosa especial la verdad casi no aporta mucho, solo le da a la historia ese aspecto de que las chicas sean hermanas, la trama giran en con quien se casara el protagonista ya que en un flashback nos muestran que una de estas hermanas fue con quien se caso.
Entonces toda la trama girara en esto, por eso mismo es una simple serie de amor adolescente de harem, un chico rodeado de chicas que a todas les gusta el protagonista pero solo una se puede quedar con este. Habrá momentos interesantes como lo son descubrir quienes son estas chicas o en que son buenas sus metas, objetivos y preocupaciones. A su vez la verdad es como cualquier serie de amor, no toca tramas controversiales o diferentes a la que ya hayamos visto antes.
Si la recomendaría la verdad es que no, o bueno depende, si te gustan las series de amor estoy seguro que te interesara está sin lugar a duda, también si quieres empezar este genero con la serie también te gustara, pero para mi la verdad no creo que sea la mejor del genero y a mi aunque me entretuvo no se me hizo buena, solo te engancha con las clásicas técnicas de este tipo de serie (romance).

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Apr 2, 2024

agensi

Not Recommended

(spoiler free but also didn’t proofread bc this anime doesnt deserve anymore of my time me thinks)

as an anime this fails on virtually every front. the music is absolutely horrendus, the visuals are so anime uwu kawaii it has no texture to it, and camera work is the worst offender. often resulting in dead pans, the camera works as a sitcom with people talking while sitting with the camera just staring at them. so creatively bankrupt. the characters are extremely bland. they feel like a flanderized version of themselves by episode 2 its insane. theres 6 characters but it genuinely feels like theres 2 characters ... and 4 clones. the world is so hollow and un lived in. ofc this is a slice of life not an epic fantasy but dude theres barely ANY hints of larger problems within families, communities, and domestic social issues. the anime ends with literally zero pay off to anything. theres no answers to any naturally asked questions, theres no rewarding scenes, theres no real character work. i could ignore all the poor story telling if this anime had something to say with its production. editing, storyboards, animation, color, sound design, its genuinely all so bad. the budget for this anime mustve been 30 dollars dude

(miku my goat tho)

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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