5-toubun no Hanayome Movie

This anime really surprised me. At first I didn't think it was anything special. I have seen a lot of romance anime, so I thought I could predict who he ended up marrying. I was sooooo wrong! This anime was different from a lot of harem romance anime. A lot of the time, the guy doesn't end up with anyone and its up to interpretation. So I really really appreciate that he ends up with one of them. I really thought he was gonna end up with one of them the whole time, but nope! He ends up with the most unexpected one! So great! ... The only other time an anime has caught me off guard was Shuffle. Cus he too ended up with the most unexpected one. Just wow.... I definitely recommend this one! It's not a waste of time. This movie was absolutely beautiful. <3

The Go-Touban series has always focused more on the sisters and their relationships with each other than it ever does with the actual romance plots. Each of the girls has gotten sufficient development over the series (although some are better developed than others), and that's still the movie's main focus and where it excels.

However, this had no right being over 2 hours long - a sign of poor planning and shoddy editing. Additionally, the animation & art, while colourful, is somewhat lacking for a movie production and ends up looking incredibly mediocre.

The sound design & soundtrack, however, are reasonably satisfactory, and the VAS have ... yet again done a great job at handling their individual performances.

It's a satisfying and tender conclusion to the series, but one that is otherwise overlong and bland.

To be fair, I didn't know what I was supposed to expect after being disappointed with the manga's ending. However, I still wanted to watch the movie to close the cover on this franchise because I do enjoy the franchise and characters as a whole. There is a quote that Glass Reflection says often that always sticks with me, and that is that the ending is paramount. How a series ends can heavily dictate how you will remember a franchise and your overall impressions of it.

I can go on and on why this show does not do every quint justice in terms of romantic ... development with our male lead, but if you read the adaptational source, you fully know what I am talking about. The film does not change anything, and while its probably for the best that they didn't stray away from the accuracy of the manga, it also reignited my frustration on just how poorly written the conclusion of Quintuplets went about.

Whether or not you're a fan of x quintuplet, I think that when we all first got into this franchise we were all under the impression that Uesugi was to choose one of the five sisters as a bride. This was how the story was marketed, and was the ultimate vision and mystery that captivated us and drove the very core of this show. What if I were to tell you that by the end of the movie, not only does not all of the quints get equal amounts of romantic progression with the male lead, but also it became a scenario where it was only realistically four choices? My problem isn't so much the final choice Uesugi went with, but the how illogical and unreasonable the choice was because it showed very little supporting evidence as to how we got there. There needed to be more time, but it was clear the author was desperate to wrap things up which also made the film follow suit. Overall, I can't say this film does the manga any better, but just that it finally puts a visual adaptation conclusion on one of the most popular wholesome harem series.