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Yeah, Nino's big problem is that she's super open about liking Fuu, but nothing's come of it because he doesn't actually reciprocate. That's going to need to change if she wins, and it'll have to be a big dramatic change because having the winner just wear down the guy doesn't make for a satisfying end.
40 below keeps the riff raff out.
Nino is doing just fine, and Fuu doesn't love anyone at the moment. He's varying degrees of interested in them, but I think Nino's in the best position. Ichika's been sunk, Miku has regressed, and who knows what Itsuki and Yotsuba are up to right now.
Fuutarou needs someone to wear down his barriers, just like he did for Nino, incidentally. I'd find that satisfying. A girl who wants to prove she's the one for the guy she loves. It's more interesting to me than someone who thinks she needs to change to win the guy over.
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." —Supposed final words of Union Gen. John Sedgwick
Red Lagoon
Nah, more she push, more Fuutarou will steel himself. Nino already lost her momentum and unless she tries something new, only answer she get will be negative one.
I don't really see that happening. She probably shouldn't push right now, but that's with Futaro annoyed at the sisters as a group for all their shenanigans and the younger Nakano business. The last real indication we've had of how Futaro feels is him turning bright pink when he thinks about Nino liking him.
It's been fun.
He legit just blushed last chapter thinking about Miku liking him. Blushing is not even remotely a Nino-only thing.
Oh, no, I'm not saying it is. But neither is he "steeling himself" over any of them just yet.
It's been fun.
No I'd say he's done with Ichika. But I agree that he's not against the idea of getting with Nino, but I think that if it was going to happen he'd have started falling by now. There's no real indication that he thinks she's special compared to her sisters.
CHADhan Player.
If Fuutarou hasn't fallen for anyone yet, how can Nino be in a better position?
In any case, he's kind of tired of their shit for the time being. All we know is Ichika is out.
@Tenzen: Hard to say where Itsuki lies because we still have no idea what her deal is atm.
Edited by BlackYakuzu94 on Apr 23rd 2019 at 2:43:13 PM
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
Her deal is food
40 below keeps the riff raff out.
In any case, he's kind of tired of their shit for the time being. All we know is Ichika is out.
At any rate, as the first half or so of the story has shown, falling in love can take time. It took 59 chapters for Nino to realize she loved Fuutarou. It took Miku and Ichika both until the camping trip to fully realize their feelings. All three had been some level of interested in him before that point, and those feelings grew until they blossomed into love. Fuutarou is progressing towards that blossoming, but he's not there yet.
Based on that, I think Nino has the best chance, or is at least in the lead. I've already made it abundantly clear in previous posts why I think that's the case, so I'm not going to rehash all that. I will say, though, that if you follow Fuutarou's actions and thoughts carefully, pay attention to their context, and what you might expect him to know at a given situation (as opposed to what we, the readers, know), I think you'll pick up on what I did—especially what's happened since the end of Scrambled Eggs. I did, after all, start out thinking the bride was either Itsuki or Miku.
And Itsuki just wants food. That's why she's called Eatsuki. She suki's the eating.
Edited by Outinthecold on Apr 23rd 2019 at 1:53:36 PM
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." —Supposed final words of Union Gen. John Sedgwick
Got my hands on the magazine. I'll update this post with my usual thoughts-in-no-particular-order.
- "This is getting old. I'm done playing along, Miku... no. Ichika." Oh shiiit
- "I have no obligation to play along with your little farce."
- Ichika attempts to claim that she was little Rena. Futaro fakes her out by asking if she remembers the charms they bought five years ago, and she claims she still has hers. Futaro shuts her the fuck down.
- None of the sisters are happy at all. This is very awkward. Nino prompts Ichika to speak up to Miku.
- Futaro refers to the girls as 'Fireteam Five', or possibly just as Group Five, but the idea of a nickname is funnier even if he is annoyed with them.
- The last day's curriculum is split into five courses; Ichika suggests they each pick one and see who ends up with Futaro by luck. Nino is rightfully pissed off, but Miku prefers having a lower chance of seeing him at the moment.
- Suprise, surprise. Ichika continues to be awful. She already knew which course Futaro was going to be on.
- But it looks like she had a sudden change of heart, switching her course with Miku's. "My stomach hurts." Yeah, you deserve it.
Edited by RedSavant on Apr 24th 2019 at 6:24:57 AM
It's been fun.
Yeah, obviously the one who wanted to be with Fuutarou the least ends up with him. 
Also, why the hell does Miku apologize to Ichika and not the opposite?
Yotsuba's like "what am I still doing here again?"
edit: Or I guess switching places with Miku is Ichika's way of apologizing?
Edited by Lyendith on Apr 24th 2019 at 3:32:38 PM
^I guess it must be, yeah. She's not happy about it, but apparently even she has a conscience. And I guess Miku is apologizing for making Ichika feel desperate... which is not something she should apologize for, but it is in-character for Miku.
It's been fun.
Red Lagoon
So yeah I am pretty sure Ichika is (one of) girl(s) from 5 years ago. She could get different result if she didn't cried wolf...
Edited by Tenzen12 on Apr 24th 2019 at 7:43:26 PM
I feel like the Miku ship has sunk here. If he was warming up to feelings for Miku, then why would he get annoyed when he thinks she's dashing off with him somewhere? Granted he realises Miku isn't Miku, but only after he's annoyed.
Red Lagoon
Nah, he was suspicious by default imho. Quints shenanigans warrant that more then enough.
People are way too quick to call Ship Sinking for this series. Either way, no, he knew it was Ichika all along. He figured it out yesterday.
Edited by IniuriaTalis on Apr 24th 2019 at 1:56:09 PM
absolutely true but isn't puzzling out the shipping about 75% of the fun?
Here's a hilarious comment I found on mangadex:
"Long ago the 5 Quints lived together in harmony but then everything changed when the Fuutaro Arrived
Only the 6th sister Rena had the best girl power to stop this but when Fu-Kun wanted her the most she vanished
20 or so chapters later we discovered the new best girl a quintuplet named yotsuba and all though she may seem dense, I believe yotsuba can win over fuutaro!"
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet Unless I grew it. In that case, throw it in the trash.
While the other quints are fighting, bitching, and trying to get one over eachother, Yotsuba reveals her... flotation tanks and her ship truly gets sailing away.
Moral of the story... men are simple; no need for all the drama
Yeah, I think he might be mistaking Ichika's machinations as something the quints are pulling all together, especially since Miku is being cagey around him and Itsuki is also transparently angling for something relating to five years ago. That said, he definitely doesn't trust Ichika at all anymore now, and he shouldn't. I would say she's had a change of heart here, but I doubt it. I'm glad to see her having at least one single pang of conscience, but I wonder how much of that was her realizing that Futaro just wouldn't put up with her even if she was in the same group as him.
It's been fun.
40 below keeps the riff raff out.
Meanwhile, Negi is doing Negi things and doing a quintuplets take on the game Too Many Cinderellas
, aka "Too Many Brides" here. Guess which quint he used.
https://twitter.com/negi_haruba/status/1120615592807915522
At the bottom is a clue as to what the real Cinderella (bride in this case) is not.
Extract whatever information you will from this sort of thing, heh.
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." —Supposed final words of Union Gen. John Sedgwick
The reactions are great, including one from the (apparent) maker of the Japanese version, who say it would be an honor to do a collaboration.
It's been fun.
I was thinking of posting about this yesterday, but then it slipped my mind, so here we go.
First, I admit that I dislike what Ichika's doing now, and I am admittedly biased against her because of it. I do hope that she swapped her place with Miku to help her out and to apologize for what she did. That's almost certainly what she was after, and I hope we get that confirmed next week. But it occurred to me that Ichika could also just be trying to avoid having to speak with Futaro again after he saw through her, and picked Miku because she's the one actively trying to avoid him. I'm hoping that's not the case and that Ichika is working on reversing her downward momentum, but.
It's been fun.
40 below keeps the riff raff out.
I said this before, but I would be fine with an Ichika end if Nino isn't the bride. In fact, she's my second choice. If Negi wants to say, "Screw you, I'm burning it all down!" then I say more power to him—as I flip him the middle finger back. It would liberate me from having to care about this series, and I could appreciate the audacity, even though she is the least deserving quint. It won't happen, though.
At any rate, some other assorted thoughts:
I think at this point, we do have enough information to begin making at the very least some preliminary judgments about the bride's identity. We're 2/3 or so of the way to the end, per Negi. We've got plenty of information.
A plot twist could happen, but fundamentally, the structure of the story so far indicates against something that renders what we know thus far invalid. We get periodic views of the wedding scene, and the eventual bride basically implied to be the bell kisser.
I'm still curious as to the meaning behind the multiple wedding dresses. It's not unheard of for a bride to have multiple ones, but usually, it's just 2 or 3 total in those cases. You have one for the church ceremony, one for the reception, and an extra one for some other purpose. I have heard of a couple of cases where five were used, though. It might be indicative of something we'll learn eventually, or it might be a red herring. The "Bride just wanted multiple ones" is a lame excuse, though. We do know, though, that Negi has at least been explicit about not wanting a harem or otherwise open end. He wants a single, definite winner.
We also know Negi's focused on what's necessary and leaving out as much unnecessary stuff as possible. That's an important thing to think about when looking at all the information and hints we have.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
PS: Holy weird collaborations, Batman! https://twitter.com/5Hanayome_anime/status/1121625414361706496
Edited by Outinthecold on Apr 25th 2019 at 1:39:49 PM
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." —Supposed final words of Union Gen. John Sedgwick