The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬

Alternate Titles

五等分の花嫁∬
Gotobun no Hanayome ∬

Synopsis

Second-year high school student Futaro Uesugi gets excellent grades but comes from a poor family. One day, he meets transfer student Itsuki Nakano who asks him to help her study. However, he refuses and is met with her wrath and anger. Shortly thereafter, Futaro hears from his sister Raiha about a high-paying part-time job tutoring the daughters of a wealthy family. Wanting to help clear his family’s debt, he accepts the job only to find out that his job is tutoring Itsuki and her four twin sisters!

Itsuki and her sisters are all gorgeous girls, but they are also all troublemakers who have no interest in studying and are on the verge of flunking out of high school. Futaro is tasked with helping them improve their grades up until graduation, but first he has to gain their trust! Can he win these mischievous girls over before they have him poisoned, arrested, or worse?

Background

The Quintessential Quintuplets is a manga series written and illustrated by Negi Haruba that serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from August 2017 to February 2020. The manga is published in English by Kodansha USA under their Kodansha Comics imprint.

The series has spawned two video games, the first being the mobile game The Quintessential Quintuplets: The Quintuplets Can’t Divide the Puzzle Into Five Equal Parts (Gotobun no Hanayome Itsutsuko-chan wa Pazuru o Gotobun Dekinai) which was released in 2020, and the second being the visual novel The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬: Summer Memories Also Come in Five (Gotoubun no Hanayome ∬: Natsu no Omoide mo Gotoubun) that will be released on PS4 and Nintendo Switch in March 2021.

The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬ is the second season of the anime adaptation and was announced during a special event in May 2019. The anime is being produced by Bibury Animation Studio and features Kaori as director with Keiichiro Ouchi writing the script, Masato Katsumata as character designer and chief animation director, Akihito Ogiyama as art director, and Hanae Nakamura and Miki Sakurai handling the music. The opening theme song is "Gotobun no Katachi” and the ending theme song is "Hatsukoi," both of which are performed by The Nakano Family's Quintuplets, which is comprised of the five main characters. The anime was originally scheduled to premiere in October 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It premiered on Jan. 7, 2021 on TBS and Sun TV and is being streamed online through Funimation and Crunchyroll.

Characters

Futaro Uesugi (Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka)
Futaro is a second-year high school student and the top student in his class. He comes from a poor family and in order to pay off his family’s debts he becomes a tutor for the five Nakano sisters. He’s always getting himself in over his head.

Ichika Nakano (Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa)
Ichika is the eldest of the quintuplets. She is a very caring older sister but tends to spend a lot of time at home. She is an up-and-coming actress who is making strides to make her dream come true. She is also a bit of a klutz.

Nino Nakano (Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu)
Nino is the second born of the quintuplets. She has a strong personality which sometimes gets her into fights. She loves her sisters and is a good cook with excellent girl power. She is the type who goes after what she wants.

Miku Nakano (Voiced by: Miku Ito)
Miku is the third born of the quintuplets. She has a mysterious and quiet personality and tends to hide her feelings. She is good at impersonating her sisters and is sometimes asked to take their place. She is a woman of history who loves Sengoku warlords.

Yotsuba Nakano (Voiced by: Ayane Sakura)
Yotsuba is the fourth born of the quintuplets. She is full of energy and always tries her best. She has trouble saying no and often helps out the sports club. Her trademark is the ribbon she wears on her head.

Itsuki Nakano (Voiced by: Inori Minase)
Itsuki is the youngest of the quintuplets. She is clumsy, serious, and hardworking, and can sometimes be. She’s also a foodie who loves curry.

Music

• Opening Theme Song: "Gotobun no Katachi" by The Nakano Family's Quintuplets
• Ending Theme Song: "Hatsukoi" by The Nakano Family's Quintuplets

International Streaming

• Funimation
• Crunchyroll

• Anime Site (Japanese)
• Twitter (Japanese)

• Original Creator: Negi Haruba
• Director: Kaori
• Series Composition: Keiichiro Ouchi
• Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Masato Katsumata
• Art Director: Akihito Ogiyama
• Color Design: Aiko Matsuyama
• Director of Photography: Daisuke Chiba
• Editing: Mutumi Takemiya
• Sound Director: Hajime Takakuwa
• Music: Hanae Nakamura, Miki Sakurai
• Music Production: Nichion
• Sound Production: Dax Production
• Animation Production: Bibury Animation Studio