I watched some of the hyped anime when they were still airing and the other anime like Kaguya-Sama, I left it till it has finished airing. The Quintessential Quintuplets is one of them.
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So now, first thoughts. After watching the first episode I already came to a general conclusion of what the anime will potentially be like. My first impressions were that this is a generic harem anime with, of course pretty girls that make perfect waifus, anti-social male protagonist and the pretty girls all having different personalities but have a common goal which leads them to meet and acquaint themselves with the male protagonist.
The first episode showed some insights to our characters and an introduction of them meeting each other along with some information of their backgrounds and personalities. Like many other anime, the first episode of the anime used the ‘Teaser Approach’ where we get a glance at the future of our main character and then the episode continues with whatever it’s about.
I have no problems with that kind of introduction and no complaints, genericity in my opinion is never bad. Nothing has to be original to be good but of course, being original would definitely improve first impressions.
With that said, episode one introduces the male protagonist, Uesugi Fuutarou being an underprivileged, anti-social and dense character. Pretty generic.
Then he meets our first female protagonist, Itsuki Nakano whom had their first fateful encounter. And well, of course! Uesugi’s dense character comes into play as their first fateful encounter features him rejecting her when she casually asks him to tutor her after she caught a glimpse of his results and realised he was smart.
Uesugi then offended her a second time by saying that she eats too much and may get *fat*! The episode then continues with more fateful encounters firstly by introducing Uesugi’s background of being poor and needing a job, Uesugi then found a job to teach a rich person’s daughter or so he thought.
The rich person was offering to pay 5 times the price which Uesugi thought was sketchy well, of course he’d think that and it turns out to be as true as it can be!
On that same fateful day, Itsuki Nakano was revealed to be a transfer student and of course she would end up in Uesugi’s class. Afterwards our male protagonist then realised he fucked up and that she was the transfer student that was the one about to go under his tutelage. Yes, that’s a very generic way to develop an anime. (Not a bad way though, A offends B and plot twist, A realised he/she shouldn’t have done that) this easily creates chances for character development and gives an anime direction depending on how the characters approach the problem.
Continuing, Uesugi tries to get an opportunity to apologise to Itsuki. As he looks for an opportunity, we get introduced to the other girls hanging around Itsuki that Uesugi assumed were her friends. A few of those girls approached Itsuki which gave us a rough idea of their personality (the Opening already somewhat did though)
Then he went to Itsuki’s house to begin his first day on the job and that was when he realised... his job isn’t to tutor a rich man’s daughter, it was to tutor a rich man’s daughters!
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The episode then follows with a small series of fan service and snippets to our waifus personalities, I mean I have to say they all make perfect waifu materials just by looks alone.
We also learn that all the girls are failures in academics and the only thing they have in common other than being identical in looks is their hatred for studying
So from the first episode I drew some conclusions.
Nakano Itsuki: first girl to get to know our boy, if anime wants to be generic she will also be the last girl to get with our boy, either that or boy will get together with all the sisters or even better, NTR to remove genericity jk, I hate NTR despite the many development opportunities it gives :P
Prolly a tsundere, maybe first girl best girl because she’s pretty hot, wait isn’t that most of the girls?
I like her tho coz I like tsunderes anyways, she seems to be the ‘maturer’ one among the rest but little is known about the rest yet since I’m only at episode 1
Nakano Ichika: Second girl to know our boy, seems to be a bit of a tease but also seems to be the most forthcoming along with Nakano Yotsuba, by that I mean she is really easy going with Uesugi and even teases him for having a thing for Itsuki
Nakano Yotsuba: Third girl introduced, immediately anyone can tell (if they watch a lot of anime) that she’s the cheery, easy going, ditzy girl of the group which generically has a clumsy trait which idk if she does in this anime (yet). She’s the one that helped introduce the other sisters when Nakano Itsuki rejected him as a tutor since she apparently bares a grudge now after Uesugi and her first encounter.
Nakano Nino: Very little information from episode 1 but seems to be a tsundere too, maybe not as much as Itsuki but idk (yet). She drugged Uesugi on his first day. talk about extreme. Baited him by giving him tasty cookies but drugged the glass of water just so that they didn’t have to study. dafuq man
She’s very pretty though. Pretty edgy too, who the fuck drugs their tutor, afterwards Itsuki was the one that takes Uesugi back so u can pretty much tell who the main heroine of the first episode was.
Still, for Nino I still don’t have any/much info about her (yet) and I wouldn’t want to draw ANY conclusions (yet) apart from the fact she DRUGGED HIM
Nakano Miku: quiet, soft spoken seemingly the antisocial girl of the group and according to my experience in anime, normally this is the one that gets the most love because anime fans don’t wanna be generic and like the girl that clearly is the prettiest and the most generic waifu material. She’s probably the most ‘different’ from the group since the rest seem to be very loud and sociable. My first impressions of Miku is that I can tell she’s the one all you fans out there will wanna protecc.
Those are my feelings from episode one and hell was I wron- correct.
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It seems the anime has a episode-by-episode approach as I like to call it. Meaning it features one character per arc like one character being the focus for 1 or more episodes straight and changing to a new character afterward, so on so forth. A very typical approach for harem anime with many characters.
Either way, that’s what I thought but what particularly interested me was that many other harem anime that supposedly focuses one girl usually has that girl clearly shown to be the main heroine appearing in every arc etc like Bunny Girl Senpai, we have Mai appearing in every girl’s arc but in this anime, the girls have a pretty equal amount of air time in each episode to allow us to understand all of them better while giving more insight on the main heroine of the arc. Uesugi apparently does end up with one of the girl according to teasers but I mean it’s also possible he marries all or something.
But I like the fact that no one is left out giving viewers the chance to guess who ends up marrying Uesugi or letting viewers pick the best girl of their choice!
After watching like the first episode and telling my friends I started watching the anime I heard that many people like Miku which hopefully I will learn why.
I mean currently my first impressions makes me fall for Itsuki first.
But it’s sort of dedicated to Itsuki in the first episode however the anime is still in introductory phase.
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As of now, episode 4 I realise that I like the anime even more because its approach is great. I said that each episode or two has a main heroine but that may very well not be the case since the girls all get quite abit of airtime each.
Sometimes, 2 girls can be the main focus in one episode, sometimes all the girls.
This makes it more casual and enjoyable to watch in my opinion. Because each episode has a problem that arises and with all the sisters having airtime, we get to see how each of them have their own unique methods to approach problems and attempt to resolve them allowing us to understand their character and personalities better!
This then allows for further development of character backstory or personal affairs which ultimately will get revealed and potentially solved by our Male lead.
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I’m at episode 8 and I would just like to address the art style.
It must’ve been difficult to actually come to a conclusion for the character design of the girls, since they’re quintuplets, they have to look the same but then as viewers we can’t really tell the difference so they gave the girls different hair colours, different voice actors and different looks. I’m actually pretty happy with the character designs, I mean sure even if they had the same hair colour you can tell the difference by their signature accessories and the way they talk but to prevent any confusion at all, I really prefer this art style! The animation is also very well done to be honest. In the manga it was much easier for them because there isn’t any colour so this approach was perfectly fine.
Another added measure which I am totally fine with, in fact I compliment the anime for is that they animated certain scenes where you aren’t supposed to tell the girls apart differently by making the girls in question look the same for example Nino letting down her hair and looking like Miku until she puts on her signature hair bands.
Another approach they did for the girls with different hair colours was just to maintain character, that was also a great touch in my opinion. An example would be Fuutarō mistaking Miku (Pinkish Red hair) for Yotsuba (Blonde) that scene emphasised that we are supposed to assume the girls all had the same hair colour and looks exactly the same. It was probably extremely difficult to come to such a conclusion and the artists really did a fantastic job!
I love the character design of all the girls making them unique in their own way!
The art style also consistently provides fan service because no matter how well dressed they are like Itsuki for example wearing a neat look with non-revealing clothes can still be seen as sexy and lewd or even Miku who wears a very casual and easy look can still be lewded. Well, it’s probably because of their spectacular figure or could be that the way they dress despite being casual or prim it still just brings out the sexy/cute/pretty look idk
Either way they are all unique in their own way like Itsuki with her signature star hair pins and I really love her hair style and colour. The red long hair with those cute bangs really look good on her. In school, she wears a white collared shirt with a red vest underneath a dark blue sweater or jacket (let’s just assume it’s the school uniform). The red vest pairs very well with the white collared shirt and it blends very well with her hair making her look extremely pretty.
She has the same blue eyes as her sisters and her figure is just ~damn
she also looks cute wearing glasses!!!
The colour blend of Itsuki’s uniform is just so good and makes her look very fashionable and beautiful.
Her casual dressing, at home or outside also portrays a very prim and proper look being very fashionable. That makes her look very mature and pretty
AND LETS NOT FORGET THAT CUTE LITTLE AHOGE ON HER HEAD OMG
Get me an Itsuki body pillow now!!
Then we have Miku, she has the most insouciant appearance out of the 5 and because of that, unintentionally displayed a lack of modesty at times for example casually taking off her stockings in front of Fuutarō and thinking that being half naked ain’t a big deal.
She, like the other girls also has a different hair colour and hair style. She has long reddish brown hair with long bangs shifted to the right, she has a very nice figure too like her sisters and her signature accessory is a pair of headphones which I’m pretty sure is Audio Technica (brand) headphones but I’m not too sure. Either way, the headphones really suit her personality in my opinion as she has a very introverted personality and well, music takes people places (idk if that’s a legit quote)
I wouldn’t be surprised if the quiet people are the ones that indulge in the larger assortment of music despite how ironic that may sound.
Being an introvert, Miku also rarely has expression except the occasional pouty face WHICH OMGGGG I NEED HER IN MY LIFE
despite rarely showing expression, she doesn’t look dull at all as her figure and dressing really fits her. She is usually seen in a light blue turtle neck sweater with a white collared top along with the school uniform on the outside and well, that just makes her look hot because I mean lighter colours can make someone more lewd (I hope people reading this get me) not to mention Miku wears kinda tight clothing and is also seen with short skirt and stockings making her look MORE lewd :3
But she’s a very innocent girl so pls (slap myself for trying to lewd Miku)
Nino is next, Nino like her other four sisters also has a relatively large oppai size (fan service is important in harems) I’d argue hers is the biggest but maybe it’s the way she dresses. She wears a very cute look, even more than Itsuki.
Itsuki to be honest dresses very kempt and mature. Nino on the other hand dresses very cute. She has long straight pink hair and wears a whitish-purplish long sleeve collared shirt with a long sleeved purple sweater. Honestly I think she looks very lewd too fml her clothing similarly to the other girls also looks very thin.
Nino has her signature butterfly ribbons that I feel pairs very well with her cute look, yea Nino is undeniably one of the cutest of the five with the other being Miku and maybe Yotsuba
Now we have of course, Yotsuba. Well, clearly she’s the cheery one and with her signature accessory being an ear shaped ribbon that somehow also helps give out a cheerful vibe!
Yotsuba’s dressing is also very fashionable, in a cute and childish way :3
She’s the open and happy individual of the group and the most easy going. I have a few people telling me they don’t like characters like these because they are ‘annoying’ but fuck them. Yotsuba is as praise worthy as all the other girls!
She also has an awesome figure like her sisters and she has a cute style like I mentioned.
Cute not like Nino but cute as in kiddy-like. However, despite what people think and say about her, she still asserts self-confidence which I like so much about her!
She has light orange hair and I must say the ribbon though doesn’t seem fashionable, suits her very well not to mention it changes shape when she’s doing certain expressions!!!
YOTSUBA IS CUTE IN HER OWN WAY AND NO ONE CAN SAY OTHERWISE
Last but DEFINITELY not the least, we have Ichika. Big sis. The maturest. On first encounter we can already tell she’s the most mature out of all since she’s very forthcoming and sociable. She doesn’t hold petty grudges or anything and of course dresses like a mature young woman too.
Being the seductive teaser she is, she dresses with a little more revealing look showing her cleavage etc
But it does suit her very well, not to mention she’s also the one with the shortest hair in the anime and it’s nice and pink :)
What I like about her fashion sense is in school, she has a thin jacket tied at her waist
She also wears relatively short but hers isn’t a short skirt and more like a mini skirt with slightly more length. She’s also the only one that doesn’t wear high socks or stockings and her dressing is pretty casual too
She wears pretty much the same top/collared shirt as Nino but with the dark blue school uniform instead and of course, her collar is not fully buttoned up to reveal her cleavage. Yea maybe her oppai is bigger than Nino but who knows mmm
She also has her signature single earring which is part of her signature appearance for a reason :)
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Now my final conclusion of the girls after watching the entire anime and also the revelation of my best girl. I really like all of them, they make perfect waifus but there has to be one best girl and that is Nakano ~
Here are my thoughts of the girls and their personalities after watching and also how I feel compared to when I first started.
Itsuki Nakano: I really liked Itsuki the first time I saw her, she’s a beautiful young girl and to me she’s the prettiest among the 5, the others are also EXTREMELY pretty but I felt Itsuki has the prettiest character design. Obviously when I said she’s pretty I meant her character design in the anime since the manga they were made to look more similar.
I love that Itsuki is a well mannered individual (well at least in table manners maybe because I really emphasise on table manners too) she’s also one of the maturer ones among the 5 with the other being Ichika and the best part is she’s mild tsundere :3
As I said above, I really love her sense of style and fashion throughout the entire series and personally, I like a girl that knows her manners, dresses well, eats well, plus points if she’s Super cute and pretty and a tsundere
One of the episodes (the fireworks arc) really made me fall for her even more because I realised that despite her being all well-mannered and mature, she cries pretty easily (when she got lost) and to be honest that part was very cute, it’s ironic how a mature girl would cry when she gets lost so I for personal reasons found that to be pretty attractive ehh.
The only thing I don’t like about her is that she’s too petty (at least with Uesugi) and she holds a grudge against him from when she first met him and got rejected when she asked him to tutor her. But I mean despite that being a lousy reason to dislike someone, it still helped with Itsuki’s development as a mild tsundere so no complaints :)
Itsuki also seems to be very sensitive (well no shit) and I love that side of her because I personally am also a very sensitive person and I feel that I can understand Itsuki’s feelings very well and that it’s very relatable.
She easily gets hurt and because of her stubborn nature, she tends to not forgive the other party so a particular episode REAAALLLY HIT ME HARDDD, it was the make up episode where Uesugi tries to make up with Itsuki damnnn that was sooo cute the way Uesugi approached the apology and the way Itsuki played along!!!
Basically Uesugi offended Itsuki and wanted to apologise so he pretends to mistake Itsuki for Miku and ‘accidentally’ says sorry to her then Itsuki plays along by asking why he’d say sorry to her then she continues to also apologise back while assuming the role of Miku and they just made up that way. Some might feel it ain’t proper or genuine but with Itsuki’s pride, it’s the only way and the best approach Uesugi could’ve thought of! NICE ONE!
Like Ichika said to Fuutarō that he has to be kind to deal with Itsuki and be firm when dealing with Nino
She loves to eat and I can kind of relate her to Saber from Fate because of that haha come to think of it, she draws so many resemblance to Saber, her ahoge, her appetite, her cute expression when eating KAWAII
Nino Nakano: This one’s interesting, at about episode 4 I came to believe she was the most extreme tsundere among the quintuplet and also has the bossy girl attitude, the famous bossy girl attitude whereby the character would be bossing others around and being proud etc.
But that isn’t bad, it’s cute in its own aspect.
Honestly it all comes down to perspective and preferences, some may find the proud girl attitude bitchy, some may like it.
The most typical proud girl attitude in anime would be where the bossy girl would boss people around but when you embarrass her, she’s gonna start blushing and go cray-cray on you
I know some, if not most of you actually like that.
Personally I’m totally fine with that, that’s the cute aspect I notice, that and also her tsundere trait is drawn pretty clearly where she keeps on trying to get in Uesugi’s way at the start and begins to accept him.
And P.S I like tsundere (not ashamed btw)
Nino also to me, has a pretty childish nature seeing that in the first few episodes she gets in Uesugi’s way alot however, slowly she warms up to him and even compliments him when he went out of his way for them, obviously she was blushing alot (classic tsundere trait)
Because of her ‘cunning’ nature, Ichika said that Fuutarō has to be firm when dealing with Nino, makes perfect sense.
Nino is actually VERYYY cute when she warms up to you or shows her tsundere side and ofc I love watching that! It feels heart warming when a hard core tsundere does something nice for you despite her ‘hating’ you and all that
She also seems to be kinda stubborn but in a good way as she actually works hard to prove herself right or at least try her best to.
She’s also precise in her timings and I myself can relate to that since I always complete everything on the dot either that or I don’t even bother accepting to do whatever.
Throughout the series we notice she’s always watching Uesugi from the background and when she lied to her Father in order for Uesugi to continue tutoring them, we slowly come to know that Nino is warming up to him, even before that at the fireworks festival, Nino compliments him which felt good because Nino is coming to acknowledge him despite how much she hates him. This means there is development though very mild but I like it.
Miku Nakano: Yes we have none other than best girl (according to everyone I know). I mean I understand why she’s best girl to so many people and I grew to like her too.
Even at the later part of the anime I liked her for the same exact reason I mentioned when I first watched the anime. She is the most ‘different’ from the sisters, the most unique.
Unlike her fashionable, posh and proud sisters that seem to be able to gain popularity at any place they’re at, Miku is introverted and very unlike her extrovert sisters with their many cliques of friends.
Miku is soft-spoken, she’s cute and even more so when she’s being quiet and expresses her ‘anger’ through making that SUPER CUTE pouty face with her cheeks puffed out!!!!
GOSH *flutter flutter* my heart goes each time she does that (ACTUALLY ALL OF THEM DO THAT AND IT’S SOOOO KAWAIIII)
Miku is so precious and she’s one of the few that really lightened up to Uesugi first!!
She also doesn’t care about superficial things like fashion or needing to have lots of friends etc.
However, what’s superficial can only be looked at face value in my opinion because not everyone share the same opinions of what is superficial and what is not.
Some may think makeup is superficial however others may think of makeup as something sentimental something genuine, deep and comprehensive.
I think makeup, looking exquisite and beautiful isn’t necessary (unless you’re a very well mannered individual then u’ll need a set of personal dress codes etc etc).
However, if someone does or does not dress nice but has a very nice personality, that’s good enough. Miku is that, she’s the shy girl that warms up to Uesugi and gets closer to Uesugi through the most genuine means and methods.
She’s also in my opinion one of the most innocent among the 5 which makes me like her even more
But if you want to know whether Miku is best girl, read on.
Yotsuba Nakano: She’s the ditzy one of the group! The cheerful happy girl that everyone loves, well maybe not everyone.
To be frank, I never liked this type of girls. I never liked them because I relate them to much to real life and personal incidents.
Remember the red head from Toradora! ?
Minori or something like that? Minori related too much to someone in real life and Minori portrayed the same type of ditzy girl attitude being cheerful all the time and truly caring about people she loves. But guess what, she ends up fucking up her love life because she just couldn’t bring herself to face fucking reality.
Minori broke down and cried so hard. And I cried too, because I feel her. Because I too saw the same thing happen in that anime in real life.
And I don’t want it to happen in this anime too. I don’t hate this type of character I think what suits more would be to say I’m scared of this type of character. I’m scared because they conceal their truest feelings behind a smile.
However Yotsuba she really changed that, I hated that character style so much because of Toradora! Yotsuba reminded me how much I enjoyed that personality before watching Toradora. Reminded me of the countless other anime with a character like Yotsuba, easygoing, loud, spontaneous and occasionally absent-minded, the kind girl that doesn’t know how to say ‘no’ or very much prefers not to say that. The girl that is brimming with positivity trying to help others despite it costing her time and effort, still happy when getting scolded, and wishing for the other's happiness earnestly. That kind of girl.
Ichika Nakano: I love the fact that she’s the most mature and teases Uesugi a lot, she also shows many other signs of maturity throughout the anime like having a job, not bothered by petty details and doesn’t really bother if indecency is committed if she trusts the other party.
That’s really mature and I really like it. She’s a carefree individual and like the other girls, has her own little secret. What I really like about all the girls is that they really help develop Uesugi more for example when Ichika was accidentally revealed to be an actress, during that episode thanks to Ichika, Uesugi learnt how to read situations better and understand other’s feelings better which I felt was good development for him.
Ichika clearly knows her figure is extremely sugei because of the way she dresses. She dresses pretty simply but you can clearly tell she is a pretty seductive individual through the way she dresses and teases Uesugi. That shows her maturity in a way too as she also teases her sisters and tends to be more understanding toward them. She also has shown maturity when she told Uesugi how to deal with the other 4 and openly conveys her feelings towards him unlike the others which kept quiet because she knows that he’s dense and all.
In generic anime where male MC normally has a flaw, in this case it’s being antisocial and eccentric then, whether the anime is a success will depend on how the anime develops the MC to improve on his flaws.
The only thing I really disliked was that each episode was pretty ‘rushed’ in the sense that everything was too coincidental and fast in a sense.
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I really liked the Opening used, it was actually sung by the girls themselves which made it very fun to listen to!
It used the cheerful cute tune with very happy singing which felt very uplifting!!!
Another of my favourite anime that had the Voice actors/the girls in the anime sing was Bunny Girl Senpai where the characters would sing the outro but it was a solo song with the same lyrics but sung by different girls depending on who the main heroine of the arc was.
The OP’s last scene showed all of the girls wearing wedding dresses and the lyrics was all of the girls singing ‘We are the brides!’
And before that last scene the ‘ending’ lyrics were ‘あなたが好きよ’ meaning ‘I like you’ well, I mean it’s a harem anime so the girls will all eventually fall for him but who will he choose? They play you so well :P
But despite that, the OP was in my opinion still really well done because the lyrics didn’t break character for any of our waifus and provided a form of fan service for us!
Like the OP showing many teasers like the scene where all the girls were wearing a wedding dress? Why u gotta do me like that that opens up sooo many possibilities for viewers haha but I’m actually very happy with that to be honest since I honestly don’t want him to choose one since they’re all so good!
Did you know the full length OP has more lyrics inside and the last part of the OP actually has all the girls singing ‘私は時とあなたに愛を誓います’ before singing ‘We are the Brides’ meaning ‘I will always love you’ and the girls were singing that together signifying that all of them will always love him!!! The TV Edit Opening didn’t include all these so I highly recommend listening to the full length one plus, there’s no harm and the OP is actually VERY WELL DONE and nice to listen to with an extremely cute style and features meaningful lyrics which just sounds great!
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The anime also threw in lots of ‘ship scenes’ whereby Uesugi would end up alone with one of the girls and there’ll be a glittery scene where the two of them would be exchanging glances or looking at each other something like that.
Like an example would be when Uesugi was trying to take Miku back from someone that mistook Miku for Ichika and was dragging Miku away then you’d see Miku shocked and begins to look at Uesugi with a glittery scene with flowers and brights colours HAHA
Very classic method to portray admiration or affection and I don’t know why but I find this hilarious and also enjoyable!
Hilarious probably because I don’t believe that when you meet someone you like/love you’ll envision them with a flowery pretty background, maybe because it hasn’t happened to me? Idk it just feels far fetched :)
Also, I’d like to commend the seiyus for doing such an amazing job fitting the roles for all the characters and bringing the most out of them!
Not to mention the Seiyū are coincidentally ALL my favourite Seiyūs!!!!
Inori Minase voicing Itsuki, it really brings out the cute yet mature side of Itsuki! She is also the voice of many lolis and for everyone’s favourite girl, Rem from Re:Zero! though Rem may or may not be my favourite :P
Itou Miku coincidentally voicing Miku!! Maybe the name was planned but it was perfect! The soft voice with little expression was Very Well Done!!! Miku is not exactly famous and voicing Miku Nakano is probably her most notable roles by far but she did voice Mori from Hande-Kun and Mori similarly to Miku is a shy girl type of character oh and Miku also voices Kokoro from BanG Dream, I got you BD fans though not many of you will know her :/
But what’s pretty dope is that Itou Miku likes the colour light blue!!! And well, Miku Nakano from the way she dresses (light blue shirt, blue headphones) just suit each other very well!
The next Seiyū is probably famous for way more notable roles. It’s none other than Taketatsu Ayana, the voice of Nino and also her other notable roles are, remember that loli Koneko from High School DxD? Kirino, the loli from Ore no Imouto? Kayano Kaede the green haired girl from Korosensei that could definitely pass off as a loli? Hotaru from Dagashi Kashi? Itsuka from Date A Live? Tsugumi from Guilty Crown (how’d I remember this wtf), Nakano from K-On (best girl jk), even the imouto of Kiritoc Suguha from SAO yea that’s all her!!! And if you watch Poputepipiku HAHA YEA!!!
This is probably her first tsundere role though but she meets my expectations, very well done bringing out the bossy girl aspect to its fullest!!!
Here’s another famous one, the voice of big sis Ichika being none other than Hanazawa Kana but I just go by her as HanaKana ;)
She has a very long history of voicing many notable characters as well but I don’t know a lot of them so I’ll name those that particularly interested me and got me to know HanaKana.
They are, Hinata from March comes in like a Lion :)
And well, everyone will know her, Tenshi from Angel Beats which can be related to Ichika.
Shy girl Shiemi from Blue Exorcist, Nanami? From Danganronpa XD, Saegusa from one of my favourite anime Irregular at Magic High even voicing countless lolis from all over the SEKKAI (if you know what I mean) she definitely did a good job voicing Ichika with so much experience!
Alright, here’s another Super well-known and talented Seiyu that voiced our ditzy Yotsuba!
Sakura Ayane or her stage name Ayaneru voicing MANY notable characters like Isshiki from Oregairu, one of my favourite ‘harem’ with dense male protagonist similar to Bunny Girl Senpai. Levi from Trinity Seven, Solution from Overlord and coincidentally she also worked with Ayana voicing in the same anime High School DxD as Gasper the trap
Yo! If y’all didn’t know, she voices Ururaka too! And well, Ururaka from BNHA is another cheery ditzy character that understands her faults like Yotsuba and wants to improve
As for our boy, if you say you know a lot about Seiyuus but you don’t know who is Yoshitsugu I’d say you’re jack shit. I don’t think I even need to name some of his notable roles since he can voice just about any type of character.
Good job Seiyuus
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I’m quite happy with the fact that the girl that started it all is someone among the quintuplets and Uesugi doesn’t know and the fact that it’s contradictory how the girl that changed him to what he became actually became the complete opposite. It’s also ironic how the girl that helped change him for the better ends up getting the favour returned as he changes her for the better
One/all of the girls started it and one/all of the girls will end up with him, the best part is we are left with our own opinions and that’s what I like. The anime allowed us to choose.
Yes when Fuutaro was revealed to be a wild boy and when that picture that was extremely precious to Fuutaro was revealed, that episode ‘The Photo That Started It All’ took me by surprise and hit me real hard that episode really played out very well like all the other episodes before it! Like I said before, the anime is ‘too coincidental’ but that isn’t bad at all!!!
I also missed out on another thing I like, the comedy!!! Seriously, I laughed and smiled so much watching this, smiled because the girls were being wayyy to cute, laughed because the girls were being too funny or Uesugi being very cheesy and densely hilarious haha, it was very fun watching the anime!
And as I said previously each girl got their own share of romance development which I felt was blended very well. Despite using a lot of coincidences to bring them together, I still felt it was a great touch and that it ended spice, humour and development for both the girl’s feelings and Uesugi’s
So with 5 waifus to choose from who did I pick as best girl ?
I mean it’s so hard, all of them are perfect waifu materials after all, they’re the *Quintessential Quintuplets*!!!!
Miku’s cute pouty face, all of the quints do that but hers is the best!
Itsuki’s cute appetite and getting embarrassed easily or being too sensitive at times!
Yotsuba, well Yotsuba just being Yotsuba is cute enough!
Ichika’s cute teasing
And Nino’s cute blushing and her mildly sadistic personality!
I’m not sure if I should be happy that the last few episodes, the camping arc which was where majority of the development for all the characters happened and the arc where the girls finally came true to their feelings and finally confessed as they contributed to a memorable and important scene
Or be sad that there was a major time skip with no explanation whatsoever and just jump straight back to where we started, the marriage scene with the bride, one of the five girls standing happily with Uesugi as the anime then ends.
That was when I recalled, the beginning of the anime where the marriage scene happened was the present. It wasn’t a time skip, Uesugi was reminiscing his past and how much fun her had with the girls, how he met them to the point where they conveyed their true feelings to him then we were brought back to the present and we are left to decide who he marries for ourself.
Personally I’d like to say he married them all and I wished that the anime would show a bride walking in followed by another but polygamy is against the law in Japan.
So I came to my own conclusion.
The most perfect in my opinion
The most perfect one I choose
Is
Nakano-san
After all, they can’t be the Quintessential Quintuplets without each other, they each fill each other’s flaws to make them perfect.
The last episode really touched my heart, having to pick one was very painful for me. I’d rather he migrate and marry all of them to be honest but it can’t be helped.
The campfire scene, I highly predicted exactly what would have happened, that all of them will hold his hand at the last second that the legend will happen where those that hold hands when the campfire just ends will end up together forever. That scene was the part that made me tear up when I realised that it was already decided who he’d be with before everything even began. That I totally forgot about the 1st episode.
The last episode where all the girls confessed together. I really disliked the way the last part was also very misleading and gave off so many weird hints like the attendants being shocked and saying ‘It must be some kind of mistake and how did this happen?’ Also, the multitude of wedding dresses in the closet, the campfire legend and even their Mother saying they should share everything. Also, the girls believed that they can tell each other apart because of love. Assuming he at that point could tell them apart well it’d mean that well, he loves them all. I would love for it to be a harem ending and I even had no choice but to read the manga thinking it would be revealed but I guess I give up since I don’t really enjoy reading still, I completed over 30 chapters that happened after the anime including the chapters the anime covered. Then thinking back, maybe the anime teasing us viewers isn’t that unexpected considering how much the manga teases us!!! You can find sooo many short lines that teases us readers like ‘Who’s this cute girl’ or when I read till volume 2, ‘And in volume 2 too... You won’t be able to advert your eye from the quintuplets cuteness’ etc. Come one man... I already know they’re extremely cute alright, no need to tell me that!
I feel emptiness in my heart
But I think my role is over. I love all 5 of the girls and Fūtaro too but will stop here.
Thank you Itsuki, Nino, Ichika, Yotsuba, Miku.
I’ll miss you, all of you
P.S to the bride, you looked so beautiful I hope you don’t forget your sisters and that you and Uesugi will love each other till the end of time. And to the sisters, I’m sure you can find happiness be it through a harem or anything.
I wish all of you happiness. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to find a corner to cry out the emptiness I feel
This review was written on 04-22-19 and may be outdated. I may have changed my rating due to various reasons.
