Quintessential Quintuplets [Manga]

Oh yeah, it definitely is. But hey, at least this will make coordinating with their lessons easier!

Finally caught up. I hipsterishly tried to resist, but the Church of Miku got me.

I'm way behind because I'm following the official releases and volume two isn't out physically yet, but so far if I had to rank the girls I'd go:

• 1/2 - Itsuki and Yotsuba
• 3 Miku
• 4 Nino
• 5 Ichika

I know that at the point I'm at Nino is considered unlikable but where I'm at in the story Ichika's the most boring of the five.

Surprised you like Itsuki, usually first girls aren't well liked.

I mean aside from Nino she's the closest to a tsundere (Though they all have tsunderelike traits.) and I am a big fan of the tsundere archetype. That said, she's about even with Yotsuba to me and if Miku continues to improve she might overtake one of or the both of them for me eventually. I hear Nino gets better too though so it might ultimately be hard for me to choose a favorite.

I like Itsuki as well. She's up there with Miku and Nino. She doesn't have as much of an arc as the other girls, but I seem to remember some focus on her and her appearances outside the sister congregation.

Nino I don't think she was meant to be likable in the beginning, considering how hostile she is, but I think she brings in some needed conflict. She also has one of the best moments in harem series in chapter 60. Didn't hear her confession because of the wind? Screw that lazy status quo trope! Just repeat it. And even if she's very embarrassed about it, she still stares him down. Sort of.

Yeah, that was great. I do like how the series handles stuff like that. Like Uesugi's apology to Nino in the bathtub, which I think will be coming up very soon. He doesn't just let the misunderstanding stew for wacky hijinks.

I do hope the fact that there is an actual childhood promise-type thing in the series doesn't put people off. Hopefully not, though it did make me roll my eyes when it was first introduced.

I hope there isn't. Childhood marriage promises just build on the same tired cliché as first true love, and those completely disregard how people interact later on. It's not as bad as claims of unconditional love, though.

So, at the beginning of the series, Fuutarou needed some prodding before thinking they're sisters. Now in chapter 70, classmates can't even begin to figure out which one they're looking at. It's kinda like I've mentioned before, there's something weird about the consistency regarding that.

Edited by AnotherDuck on Jan 24th 2019 at 4:54:31 PM

Is there a childhood marriage promise? I know he's met one of the sisters in the past and which one he met is also a mystery but I haven't heard anything about a childhood marriage promise.

It's not a marriage promise, but I'm talking about the photo. When that was revealed I immediately braced myself for the childhood marriage promise cliche to take over the story, but fortunately it really hasn't.

I hope for that to be someone who's not chosen.

Well, there are already some theories as to who the modern-day Rena is. It's almost certainly the same sister as before, for one, and circumstances suggest it's probably not Nino or Yotsuba.

Yeah, I have some theories as well, based on how they act. And some based on tropes. But I since I've been accused of spoiling stuff just because I was right a few times, I don't really like to reveal what I think.

I feel like Rena was either Ichika or Itsuki, and (Scrambled Eggs) the girl who kissed him at the bell was Miku, almost 100% certainly.

Ok, chapter 35.

Man, the Bonfire arc got extremely romcomy. It was funny but also kind of eye roll worthy. But I get the point of it was to raise those affection flags. But Fuutaro felt especially bland because of it.

So we've checked off Miku, Ichika, and Nino (even if it was a disguise) for the flags. Weirdly, Yotsuba has very few flags right now. And Itsuki is kind of in the grey area.

The story feels weirdly disjointed; so he's met one of the girls in the past who became his inspiration and we know he married at least one of them. It's so in your face that whoever it ends up being is going to feel extremely contrived.

Chapter 71 was interesting. Mostly liked it because ponytail Nino. That's just so surprisingly refreshing. She also keeps saying stuff that embarrasses herself. That seems to be a recurring theme with her. Which is a great trait, since it balances her so well, and most importantly, it's something a lot of other harem girls have extreme trouble with.

There's also that other character who only goes by the name of May. She's probably going to be fun.

Oh man, I see we're back on the Nino offensive here. Which I like; I like Nino a lot and her openness is a big part of that. I still think she's probably gunning her nitro too early in the race, though.

TIL Miku has her own subreddit. Of course, most of it's lewds.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MikuNakano/

Does it really have to be one of those "Oh it HAS to be the same person as in photo" or "It can't be one of those who admitted it earlier?" I mean, I don't think all romantic comedies are identically written

Either way, lol at chapter 61 since father seems so ready to murder him on "accident"

It doesn't have to be, but circumstances make it unlikely for some of the girls to be the "Rena" who showed up on the boat. Namely, it's definitely not Nino because she was pissed off at him at the time, and Yotsuba is bad at disguises, so it's probably not her either.

Yeah yeah, but why are we assuming the person he marries is "Rena"? I mean it could turn out to be one of those "move away from past" narratives xP

That said, I would genuinely be surprised if it was Ichika or Yotsuba who marries him. Mostly because Japanese seems to be biased against former's character type and in case of latter, I don't remember many cases of the "silly one" being the final love interest in harems or romantic comedies

Edited by SpookyMask on Feb 1st 2019 at 6:07:38 PM

I keep thinking Yotsuba is going to be the secret boss or something for how conspicuous her lack of romantic development has been.

And Nino's openness is very refreshing I admit, but everytime I see her I keep thinking "Stop, you're blowing your load too early"

The only reason to assume "Rena" is the bride is because that's one of the more defining moments of Futaro's life, I think, and it has strong emotional resonance for him. And while the series does a good job subverting a lot of tropes, I don't think it'll go that far.

Though, that said, it already has kiiind of wrapped it up? With Futaro losing the charm case, that is, and deciding to prioritize his present with the sisters over some connection to the past, which is what Rena wanted him to do. (Speaking of, dressing in a disguise to shake Futaro out of a previous connection that's holding him back is something that comes up later in Scrambled Eggs, with the "Itsuki" that we had confirmed was Miku, and the "Itsuki" at the bell, who I'm 90% convinced was Itsuki as well.)

^Yeah, same. From the cover patterns we have at least another four volumes to go here!

Edited by RedSavant on Feb 1st 2019 at 11:13:49 AM

Thing about that though is that Istuki in present hasn't really shown much of interest in him so it kinda would come across as "Huh, it HAS to be Itsuki because she is first character who appeared in the comic"

Like, I completely agree that "Rena" is Itsuki, but if Itsuki ends up marrying him, it kinda comes across as "Hey we don't need to build up their relationship because she was that person all along plus it has to be the first person"

Either way, I do have noticed that romantic comedies that tend to be good are never super predictable in the end, but they also aren't lazy <_< Like, in good romantic comedy, once you learn what happens, you will come across with feeling like "Yeah that makes sense" and not "Ah, that is a cliche"