The Quintessential Quintuplets
The Quintessential Quintuplets | |
五等分の花嫁 (Go-Tōbun no Hanayome) | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Negi Haruba |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | August 9, 2017 – February 19, 2020 |
Volumes | 14 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Satoshi Kuwabara |
Produced by |
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Written by | Keiichirō Ōchi |
Music by |
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Studio | List of episodes ) |
Anime television series | |
The Quintessential Quintuplets II List of episodes ) | |
Anime film | |
Anime television series | |
The Quintessential Quintuplets∽ | |
Directed by | Yukihiro Miyamoto |
Produced by |
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Written by | Keiichirō Ōchi |
Music by |
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Studio | Shaft |
Original network | TBS, BS11 |
Original run | September 2, 2023 – September 9, 2023[b] |
Episodes | 2 |
Video games | |
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The Quintessential Quintuplets (
The series is published in English by
The series was a commercial success; by December 2022, the manga had over 20 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 2019, the manga won the award for the shōnen category at the 43rd annual Kodansha Manga Awards.
Synopsis
High-school student Futaro Uesugi is an academically gifted student that leads a difficult life—his mother has died, he has no friends, and on top of all that, his father has incurred a large amount of debt.
An opportunity presents itself when the rich Nakano family transfers to his school. Futaro is promptly hired as a highly paid tutor. However, much to Futaro's dismay, he discovers that his five charges—identical
Throughout the series, Futaro develops special relationships with each of the quintuplets. Although Futaro usually harbors no romantic feelings for any of the sisters at all, it is revealed through a flashback that he eventually marries one of them, but her true identity is only revealed near the end of the series. Thus Futaro and the quintuplets happy relationship will continue on forever.
Production
The outline for a story about "a group of
Haruba finished drawing the last chapter on February 10, 2020.[4]
Characters
From the beginning, the initial idea was for the protagonists to be quintuplets, and although there were suggestions for the idea of
The hair colour of the Nakano quintuplets is different when being coloured, which was suggested by Haruba himself, such that they are more distinguishable from each other. The hair colour of the bride in the flashforward is, therefore, a colour-in-between.[3]
Story
The flashforward showing that Futaro will eventually marry only one of the Nakano quintuplets was added in order to eliminate the possibility of Futaro marrying all five of them. It was also decided that all quintuplets would have negative feelings towards Futaro from the beginning, because Haruba wanted to write how their relationships improved from hate to love in the story, except Yotsuba, who acts as Futaro's guide for the development of the story.[3]
While it is often the norm for harem romantic comedy manga to have sexualized depictions of characters, Haruba has said that he tried to avoid this to some extent after Vol. 1. [3] In his opinion, showing panties which are being worn, i.e. panchira, makes characters less mysterious and then less interesting to the readers. To keep the characters interesting, the sexy scenes were intended by him to be ambiguous but not straightforward, leading to readers' imagination. The swimsuit appearance of the Nakanos was finally revealed in Ep. 92 as Haruba thought an episode of swimsuits should exist before finishing the story.[3]
Media
Manga
The Quintessential Quintuplets is written and illustrated by Negi Haruba. Before the serialization, a one-shot manga of the same name had been published in 2017 issue 8 of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine on August 9, 2017, and received positive comments.[5] On December 4, 2019, Haruba announced that the series would end on its 14th tankōbon volume.[6] The series finished on February 19, 2020, with a total of 122 chapters.[7]
The series has been published in English by
The "all-color" version of the manga series began serialization in Kodansha's online manga platform MagaPoke (Magazine Pocket) on February 26, 2020.
Commercial
In October 2017, a television commercial for the manga was released where Ayane Sakura voiced all five girls.[2]
Anime
An
A second season was announced in a special event for the first season on May 5, 2019.[20] Kaori is replacing Satoshi Kuwabara as the director of the season, and Keiichirō Ōchi is returning to write the scripts. Bibury Animation Studios produced this season. It was originally scheduled to premiere in October 2020,[21] but due to issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the anime aired from January 8 to March 26, 2021.[22][23]
After the second season finished airing, a sequel was announced.[24][25] On April 18, 2021, the sequel was revealed to be a film. Masato Jinbo directed the film, with the main staff of the second season returning to reprise their roles.[26] It was released in Japan on May 20, 2022.[27][28]
On April 1, 2023, during "The Quintessential Quintuplets Special Event 2023", a new anime project, titled The Quintessential Quintuplets ∽, was announced. The anime adapts stories that were previously not adapted.[29] The project is a two-episode television special that aired on TBS and BS11 from September 2 to September 9, 2023, following a three-week theatrical screening on July 14, 2023. The special is directed by Yukihiro Miyamoto and animated by Shaft, with Keiichirō Ōchi returning to write the scripts.[30]
For the first season, Kana Hanazawa, Ayana Taketatsu, Miku Itō, Ayane Sakura, and Inori Minase performed the opening theme song "Quintuplet Feelings" (五等分の気持ち, Gotōbun no Kimochi) as the group The Nakano Family's Quintuplets (中野家の五つ子, Nakano-ke no Itsutsugo), while Aya Uchida performed the ending theme song "Sign".[13]
For the second season, the Nakano Family's Quintuplets performed the opening theme song "Gotōbun no Katachi" and the ending theme song "Hatsukoi".[31] Children's Playground Entertainment licensed the series in Southeast Asia and streamed it on Bilibili.[32]
For the side-story special, The Nakano Family's Quintuplets performed the opening theme song "Gotōbun no Mirai" and the ending theme song "Takaramono".
Video games
Characters from the series appeared in a collaboration event in the mobile video game Venus 11 Vivid!! from May 25 to May 31, 2019.[33]
A
A visual novel titled The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬: Summer Memories Also Come in Five (五等分の花嫁∬~夏の思い出も五等分~, Gotoubun no Hanayome ∬: Natsu no Omoide mo Gotoubun) was developed by Mages for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch consoles. It features an original story in a deserted island setting, and was released on March 25, 2021 in Japan.[37]
A visual novel based on the film, titled The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie: Five Memories of My Time with You (映画 五等分の花嫁 ~君と過ごした五つの思い出~, Eiga Gotoubun no Hanayome Kimi to Sugoshita Itsutsu no Omoide) was developed by Mages for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, and was released on June 2, 2022 in Japan.[38]
A virtual reality game titled The Quintessential Quintuplets OMOIDE VR ~Itsuki~ (五等分の花嫁 思い出VR 五月編, Gotoubun no Hanayome Omoide VR Itsuki-hen), also known as The Quintessential Quintuplets Memories VR: Itsuki Edition was developed by NextNinja and Blackc for Steam and Meta Quest.[39] It was released in Japanese and English for Steam on October 12, 2022,[40] and for Meta Quest on December 7, 2022.[41]
Exhibitions
Multiple exhibitions were held across Japan starting from 2019, including Tokyo,[42] Osaka,[43] Niigata[44] and Nagoya.[45] An overseas exhibition was held in Taipei, Taiwan in July 2020.[46]
Reception
Sales
The Quintessential Quintuplets had 2 million copies in circulation by January 2019;[47] it reached 3 million copies in circulation by February 2019;[48] it had over 15 million copies in circulation by April 2021;[49] over 16 million copies in circulation by March 2022;[50] and over 20 million copies in circulation by December 2022.[51]
In Japan, the manga series was the fifth-best selling manga in 2019,[52] and the third-best selling manga in the first half of 2020, behind Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and One Piece.[53]
Critical response
The Quintessential Quintuplets received positive reviews, most notably for its romantic comedy and harem elements.[2] Paul Jensen of Anime News Network found the series enjoyable and rated a 4 out of 5 to the series, as he commented, "The jokes are funny, the characters range from tolerable to likable, the fanservice doesn't go overboard, and there's no creepy or obnoxious plot point to spoil the party. There's nothing revolutionary about it, but it does a lot of basic things well without showing any major flaws, and that's enough to make this premiere good clean (well, clean-ish) fun."[1] Patrick Frye of Monsters And Critics noted that there was "little to no ecchi shenanigans or degrading fan service and the girls move beyond the initial stereotypes and become fleshed-out characters that create a fun dynamic with the main character, Futaro Uesugi. Audiences are tired of watching a lucky everyman stumble his way through unlikely scenarios. Instead, Futaro's no-nonsense attitude wins the day." Kyle Rogacion of Goomba Stomp praised the plot of the anime but criticized its art style and fanservice gags.[54] The series has a current score of 4.6 out of 5 stars on Crunchyroll as of November 2020.[55]
Awards and nominations
The series was nominated for the Next Manga Award 2018, organized by Niconico. It received 16,106 votes, eventually ranking eighth overall.[56] In May 2019, it won the award for Best Shōnen Manga at the 43rd annual Kodansha Manga Awards, alongside To Your Eternity.[57] On the award ceremony of the 43rd annual Kodansha Manga Awards, as one of the judges, Ken Akamatsu praised The Quintessential Quintuplets as "The ultimate complete version of harem bishōjo romantic comedy" with "very high quality of illustration".[58]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
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2018 | Next Manga Award | Manga | The Quintessential Quintuplets | 8th place |
2019 | Kodansha Manga Award | Shōnen Manga
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The Quintessential Quintuplets | Won |
Notes
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External links
- Official manga website (in Japanese)
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Official English manga website at Kodansha Comics
- The Quintessential Quintuplets (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia