Frankly, after actually reading the manga, I think Yotsuba should've won. I did not hold this opinion while I was watching the anime - I thought it should've been Ichika. These are the only nice and pleasant girls of the bunch.

Except for Yotsuba (and maybe even Ichika, after all) all the other girls were extremely nasty to MC. And it was totally unnecessary. I don't believe that everyone deserves forgiveness "just because." The most extreme example obviously being Nino - who from being the quintessential hater completely turned the table and became Fuutaro's simp. But at the beginning of the story, her behavior is infuriating and reprehensible.

I also have to attack Miku, here. Just because she's the most favorite character. Maybe it's because the anime community is very young and most here haven't been in real relationships before, you'd think she's cute... But in reality, Miku is just an unapologetic bitch. Dating someone who gets angry all the time and starts pouting and being passive-aggressive is the worst position to be it. Better just be single.

I also like it how the Yotsuba ending had somewhat of a christian angle. As in, she didn't want to stomp on the other girls like Ichika and Nino, but she just steered clear from all the drama. Although I also appreciate Ichika's aggressive manner, one could also admire Yotsuba for the lack of it.

Oct 31, 2021 3:57 AM

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I was perfectly okay with Yotsuba winning before I saw how the story wanted to reach that conclusion. How it happened and what happened after is what ruined the series, and it should have been handled better.

Oct 31, 2021 4:58 PM

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First of all, i'm alright with Yotsuba. Especially from Futaro's standpoint she makes sense. She was his childhood love. His promise to her was what made him who he was at the start of this manga and he really only ever thought of the girl from back then.

That said, Yotsuba being the girl from Kyoto 5 yeas ago came way too late and kinda out of left field.
At least to us, the readers, she doesn't feel like she should be the one that wins. She was more like a comic relief and a background character for me til then. And she was too indifferent towards Futaro for 2/3 of the story.

Ichika wouldn't have made sense at all cuz she was the big sister type, teased too much and was too evilly cunning in the middle. I really hated what she did in and around Kyoto.

Itsuki felt like the main heroine at the start. She was the first of the present time Quints that got introduced. But she never seemed to have any romantic feelings for Futaro.

Miku or Nino make the most sense imo.
Miku loved the present Futaro first, the longest and had the most character development. I'm pretty sure most people rooted for her either all the way through or at least until Nino threw her hat into the ring.

Nino was a ***** for the first half but did an adorable 180º in the 2nd half. Her bold and aggressive behavior to make Futaro hers was cute and admirable.
Her crying at the wedding really showed how much she loved Futaro.

I voted for Nino btw.

Oct 31, 2021 7:26 PM

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Anyone except Yotsuba, don't @ me

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Nov 4, 2021 1:07 PM

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Manu_99 said:
In my opinion the Miku ending could have been the most natural option, Miku was the first of the sisters that started to have interest in Fuutarou, followed what he said and helped him to approach the rest of the quintuplets in order to simplify his work, I think she had the most true feelings

Yotsuba and ichika loved him years before miku. In my opinion miku is the worst choice.

Nov 4, 2021 1:09 PM

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Harem ending. No I will not elaborate

Jan 6, 2022 3:12 AM

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Only Miku. She has the best character (by improving confidence) and skills (by mastering cooking) development - that perfectly suits the manga about teaching and learning. And Miku fulfilled Fuutarou's mother's will of managing a confectionary shop. Ofc with Nino, but Nino was the best cook and confident girl from the very beginning.

And yes, Ichika and Yotsuba loved Fuutarou when they were little, but Miku was the first girl who fell in love with present Fuutarou. She also gave him (as the only) valentine's chocolate, Fu recognizes her as the first of all the sisters and she supported him the most in the whole process of teaching quintuplets.

What did Yotsuba do? The most important argument for her is the power of youthful love. And author's hints and will. But when Miku didn't do any problems toward Fuutaro, Yotsuba knew that Fu is that boy from a few years ago, but despite that, she was taking part in sports activities. Even her progress in learning (the worst grades) or character development (choosing sports university? do you have any ambitions?) sucks. Yotsuba was also kind of a b.ch because she realized with Ichika, Miku, and Nino's feelings and she decided to hide her true emotions (and identity towards Fuutarou).
Unlike her, Miku accepted Ichika (her proposition to dance together with Fu by the bonfire and their talk about valentine's day) and Nino (her decision to compete in the field of cooking despite her shortage). And finally: throughout all the chapters, Miku has the most romantic scenes with Fuutarou.

I'm still waiting for the alternative ending with Miku (second Ichika, third Nino).

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Jan 16, 2022 7:34 PM

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They all suck dick i hate all the characters except maybe Itsuki and Ichika so i don't care who wins.

Jan 23, 2022 2:38 AM

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Zaphkiel_El_Rem said:

I would say that this is certainly not the case, and that Negi had planned Yotsuba as the winner from the very start. Ten months ago, around chapter 81, there was a fan that basically made a 57 page thesis compiling the clues and foreshadowing that predicted Yotsuba as the bride. I highly recommend any fan of the series to check it out:
https://www.reddit.com/r/5ToubunNoHanayome/comments/bev4p7/my_yotsuba_theory_on_the_subject_of_ribbons_and/

Everything in that link is a poorly convieved conjecture and has been disproven multiple times.
It only gained traction because of the ending's confirmation bias.
Negi himself admitted he had multiple candidates to win and only rolled the dice close to chapter 113.

Idkwhatoput02 said:
Tbh i really think that yotsuba deserve it since she's been really nice to all of them hate me or whatever i love yotsuba to be ended up with futarou

zaphkiel88 said:
Yotsuba deserved it because she has been nice to him from the beginning, and it was the obvious answer for a romcom manga

Ashes_ said:
But I'm not really unhappy tho cause Yotsuba was really nice from the beginning. She was always neutral to be exact, but is that really what you want from the main heroine? Idk.

Rima_Smile said:
When I first started the manga, I was 99% certain Itsuki would be the one, since she was the one introduced first (usually the first introduced is primary) and her personality screamed harem primary love interest. Then I quickly shifted to team Yotsuba because I feel she was a better match for him personality and emotionally-wise, and honestly I was really annoyed at the other girls for being unreasonable and spoiled when he was hired by their father to help them. Yotsuba seemed to be the only one who was genuinely trying from the get-go.

First of all there's no such thing as "deserving" when it comes to love. You can't rack up some imaginary points and win someone's feelings because you have the most.
Second, you are aware Yotsuba was "nice to him from the beginning" because she was the only one who knew him already, right? And it was her crush. Of course she was nice. He was an asshole to Itsuki the day before, Miku caught him stalking them and he lied in Nino's face to get into their apartment. Gee, I wonder why they were apprehensive?

Rima_Smile said:
Yotsuba seemed to be the only one who was genuinely trying from the get-go.

Like when she slept through the very first tutoring session? lmao

removed-user said:
Actually don't have a problem about the manga ending, some people said it's too rushed but in my opinion Negi purposely doesn't add too much romance development to Yotsuba and Fuutaro as an element of mystery, as we know Negi is a mangaka who likes to mix elements of Romance and Mystery. He is also the one who breaks not always first meet girls always wins and the main heroine, here we can see Itsuki just like side characters. Honestly Yotsuba is not my favorite girl but I accept her as the winner considering that only she can accept Fuutaro from the start.

5Toubun is neither romance, nor mystery.
For a romance story you need to actually develop the relationship between the couple which is completely absent.
For a mystery story you need to actually explain "who, how and why", which again doesn't happen.
It's a complete failure in every aspect.
And Yotsuba IS the "first girl". She met him first and apprently won because of it.

Mercy_maya6 said:
Who cares just allow the losers to move on with their lives, you mean to tell me the other girls don’t have anything to do than go on their sister’s honeymoon with the guy that rejected them 5 years ago???

Right? I honestly believe Negi is a psychopath. Making the losers go through that horrendous quintuplet game at the wedding, making Nino cry because she's still in love and then haul them on a honeymoon?

Crystal_Star07 said:
Idk why people don’t like Yotsuba and thinks she didn’t deserve to win. She was the most selfless and kindness one. I actually would have been fine with any of them except ichika. She was the most selfish and tried to sabatoge her sisters.

Yotsuba's "selflessness and kindness" has nothing to do with actual selflessness and kindness.
She was only doing that out of guilt to make herself feel better.

Figura4 said:

Yotsuba, as I said, once you know the story of when they’re kids, and how they met. Everything fits.
Yotsuba always helped him, and she always sacrificed herself for her sisters

Anyway, I liked the end of the manga. I liked the detail of the honeymoon, all together, and I liked how Fuutaro accepts them and recognizes all of them without mistakes. To recognize them requires love, as the grandfather said of them, and among all there is love.

You conveniently forgot how Yotsuba was the biggest troublemaker and how she never put effort to go above the minimum requirement to pass. And actually, every other sister helped Fuutarou more than her, like for example, Ichika renting the apartment so he could still tutor them.

Fuutarou recognizes the other 4 without mistakes. Yotsuba is the last one, so the recognition isn't required. He never once tells her apart from her sisters in the entire story.

Jan 23, 2022 2:52 AM

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BlueSnow93 said:
First of all, i'm alright with Yotsuba. Especially from Futaro's standpoint she makes sense. She was his childhood love. His promise to her was what made him who he was at the start of this manga and he really only ever thought of the girl from back then.

First of all, Fuutarou never loved the Kyoto girl. His first love was Takebayashi and he himself says he feels "respect and admiration" for the Kyoto girl, because she put him on his current course.
Second, have you missed that one of the main points of the story is Fuutarou changing thanks to the quintuplets because that promise turned him into an emotionless loner who only cares about studying?
Thrid, he says goodbye to the Kyoto girl by chapter 50 and doesn't care about finding out who Rena was. The only times he thinks about her is when Itsuki tries to bring it up. Shows how much he "loved" the Kyoto girl, right?
Fourth, the Kyoto girl is a combination of Yotsuba and Ichika.

Jan 23, 2022 4:31 AM

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First of all, te arde?

Then, even if I admit the ending disappointed me I would dare to say the problem isn't really Yotsuba, but rather the execution of the festival arc. Again when Negi does the quints perspective it ruins the flow of the story, because it's so damn slow and repetitive, so when the same three days are repeated 5 times it likely killed the climax. In this aspect the anime did it better as they comprised the 5 chapters of the final exam in one episode they did it great. The festival arc has other problems that i don't want to analyze now

If you think logically you are going to see that Negi resolved every character at the end:
-Ichika learned that she can't supress her feeling for the sake of "being the elder sister" and now know how to deal with those feelings
-Nino learned that things don't always go as someone wants them to do, not to throw a tantrum when they don't and learned that people change and you can't blame them for that
-Miku learned how to respect herself and fight for herself. She learned not to depend on anyone for the things she has to do herself
-Yotsuba learned to let go of the past and overcome the sense of guilt because of the action of the past. She learned that she can't do everything to make everybody happy and now accepts that sometimes someone has to be sad for her to be happy
-Itsuki learned that can't always be so diffident to people, otherwise she loses good opportunities and that she has to be confident about her dreams
-More important than others, Fuutaro learned many things: to let go the bad influence of the past, to be sociable, to not sacrifice everything that it's fun in order to achieve his dream, to try new experiences instead of staying on the same things he already know, to cherish friends and close ones and show that you care for them, to value the relationships he has with people and that his worth is not decided by only his achievements

Jan 23, 2022 7:02 AM

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@cbq07 Please don't quote me for things I never said/posted XD

Feb 2, 2022 3:27 AM

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Miku was the first one to express her feeling and trys to get futarou love in a meaningful way miku should have won.

Sep 10, 2022 12:51 AM

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As much as I want to be bias about Miku, who is my favorite quint, I have to admit Itsuki seemed like the most logical choice while I read the manga. But then again each one of the quints would have equal chance to win, if Yotsuba was not given a headstart, because she met him first. I don't mind the ending personally and I think Yotsuba is a nice character, but for me it was a bit boring and less exciting ending, because Yotsuba was a supporting character most of the time which she is good at. While Fuutaro's relationship with the other girls has more dinamic to it and seems more thrilling.

Nov 11, 2022 12:11 AM

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Congintive said:
Tbh, harem ending was the best option because even if u exclude yots and ichika it would have been the best ending.

If not than either Nino or Miku but can't really decide b/w them both are too fucking precious to me yots winning was bullshit and will always be genki girls should never ever win.

But why? Why can't genki girls win, I am team yotsuba and i felt like genki girls are always the cutest and wife materials, instead of shoving their love to your face, she slowly let Fuutarou realize it on his own that she is the best girl.

Nov 11, 2022 8:24 AM

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WigglingWiggle said:

It is not that genki girls can't or shouldn't win, it is (in this show specifically) simply an issue with build-up and pay-off.

I can't say much about the manga, but in the anime Yotsuba was the least important of the quintuplets, had the least character development and the least relationship development with the protagonist yet she won in the end. That's just wrong.

Miku and Nino were set up as the most likely winners.
Ichika was initially also set up as a potential love interest but in S2 all her chances got annihilated.
Itsuki went from disliking Fuutarou to being friends.

Yotsuba had... nothing really, they basically started of as friends, stayed friends-only until the end and then suddenly they were a couple...

Dec 17, 2022 3:34 AM

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Definitely Ichika

Mar 10, 2023 4:19 AM

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I really enjoyed the series but i feel like I don't want to get into one of those ever again.

Best case scenario your favorite girls. Leaving the rest forever lonely . Wich sucks . Or have them get together with some other dudes . Wich also sucks. There really is no winning in this genre unless an author actually has the courage to pull off the harem end.
Wich i don't think would be that controversial of a choice really.
There is just no winning here.

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