#gotoubun

[tetrix-anime]

Megami Magazine February 2024 Issue (#285) - Gotoubun no Hanayome∽ (The Quintessential Quintuplets~)

#gotoubun #gotoubun no hanayome #the quintessential quintuplets #itsuki nakano #megami 2024 02 #megami magazine #anime scans #official art

[gabbyp09]

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[my-anime-goods]

Gotoubun no Hanayome∽ (The Quintessential Quintuplets~) - Rockin' Star Collaboration Pop Up Shop in Amnibus Store featuring goods with new illustrations from 7 to 23 June 2024 announced.

#gotoubun #gotoubun no hanayome #the quintessential quintuplets #arma bianca #collaboration #pop up shop #official art #anime

[anytubenews]

"Go-Toubun no Hanayome (The Quintessential Quintuplets)" Nakano Miku Illustration in Megami Magazine 2023 April issue

#gotoubun #5Hanayome #gotoubun no hanayome #The Quintessential Quintuplets #anime illustration #五等分の花嫁 #anime news #nakano miku

[why485]

So, the identify of “Rena” has been confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt, and I think it’s enough of a spoiler to put it under a Read More. I had actually already written a huge post with my reaction to the reveal but it was so long, so full of spaghetti, and so hot a take that I couldn’t post it.

I ended up reading a couple more chapters to see where this goes, and oh boy was that a good idea because there is a hell of a payoff.

I want to get this out of the way first. There is still a potential plot hole with Itsuki being Rena: How did she know about the photo in the wallet during their first encounter? This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot. (Ch.2 raises unflattering questions.) This is besides the point of this post and would require its own, but it feels worth mentioning. Anyway, onto the main post.

So Itsuki being Rena initially made me very upset for so many reasons that I wrote a huge essay which I’m never going to share because it was so embarrassing and full of spaghetti. After hiding it in Drafts, I went back and re-read chapters through the lens of “it has to Itsuki”.

To the mangaka’s credit, it actually does make sense. As I wrote in my previous Rena rant: 

Itsuki could be trying to help Fuutarou come to terms with his past.

I thought that was a red herring, but it seems that really was the case. Itsuki is, by the time of the first Rena encounter, fully aware that she had met Fuutarou in the past. If you go in with that mindset, there are little hints dropped since then that Itsuki has something on her mind. It’s notable too that her demeaner becomes much more positive and supportive of Fuutarou after the hospital visit.

The main reason this bothered me initially is because it makes Itsuki (and the mangaka...) seem really dishonest, and I hated that because the main reason I like Itsuki so much is that her and Fuutarou are both so trusting and natural around each other, and I adore that. I thought that Itsuki keeping this a secret for so long meant that she was lying, even if technically only by omission.

However, to Itsuki’s credit, upon re-reading basically every scene she’s in from the hospital scene to the present (first day of the Kyoto trip), it does come across as if she just never had a good chance to bring it up. It was eating her up inside that she never told him the truth about this, and she was literally just about to tell him until Yotsuba came in and ruined their moment. Reading that all back, it’s much easier to forgive because it’s a big deal and yeah it’d be a heavy conversation.

What really got me upset that first time around though, is that after her failed “I’m Rena” confession, she seems to decide to double down on the identity and it made me scream. The next couple chapters show the consequences of this decision, and oh my god is the payoff satisfying.

Fuutarou is completely done with these games.

I’m sad to see Itsuki so hurt by this, but I’m sorry, play stupid games win stupid prizes. Honestly all the quints, except for Yotsuba, have gone kind of nuts and everything is going totally off the rails. They’re being absolutely vicious to each other right now. Even Ichika is throwing Miku under the bus! What I love about all of this horseplay though is that it (seemingly) is having consequences. I am all here for people doing awful deceptive underhanded things to each other and actually getting punished for it.

Put another way, I think it’s cool how typical anime harem nonsense is causing everybody problems and making everything worse in a way that’s honestly pretty believable. This is going to get a lot worse for everybody before it gets better, and I’m really not sure how this is can even have a happy ending anymore.

#gotoubun #the quintessential quintuplets #i was really happy to see him making friends with takeru and maeda #he deserves his own friend group

[rennebright]

メイドカフェ by Kosmos β [Twitter/X] ※Illustration shared with permission from the artist. If you like this artwork please support the artist by visiting the source.

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[ryuko]

黒崎ココ

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[a-titty-ninja]

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[elemass6]

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[bureikka]

#Gotoubun no Hanayome #The Quintessential Quintuplets #5 Toubun no Hanayome #五等分の花嫁 #Ichika Nakano #Nino Nakano #Miku Nakano #Yotsuba Nakano #Itsuki Nakano #mygif

[dailyfigures]

Nakano Yotsuba ; The Quintessential Quintuplets ☆ Proof

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[tetrix-anime]

Megami Magazine April 2024 Issue (#287) - Gotoubun no Hanayome∽ (The Quintessential Quintuplets~)

#gotoubun #gotoubun no hanayome #the quintessential quintuplets #nino nakano #megami 2024 04 #megami magazine #anime scans #official art

[gabbyp09]

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[my-anime-goods]

Gotoubun no Hanayome∽ (The Quintessential Quintuplets~) - Tree Village Cafe Collaboration featuring goods with new illustrations from 1 April 2024

#gotoubun #gotoubun no hanayome #the quintessential quintuplets #collaboration #official art #anime

[anytubenews]

"Go-Toubun no Hanayome (The Quintessential Quintuplets)" - Autumn-themed illustrations featuring the Nakano sisters

#五等分の花嫁 #anime #anime illustration #anime and manga #gotoubun no hanayome #The Quintessential Quintuplets #5hanayome #gotoubun #anime news

[why485]

I wanted to do another Fuutaroubowl predictions update now that I’m officially halfway through at chapter 62. This also felt like a good checkpoint since it’s just before a huge story arc and a bunch of crazy stuff has just happened!

Ichika - 0% No change in ranking, but there’s a more substantial reasoning behind it. Ichika is both too mature and not selfish enough to pursue a relationship with Fuutarou. She definitely likes him, but will self-sabotage her chances because she doesn’t want to potentially ruin the group dynamic, and she would also rather see her sisters win (mostly Miku) if it has to happen.

Nino - 35% Nino has thrown everything into complete chaos. Within the span of a volume, Nino’s totally changed and I have no idea what she’s thinking anymore and neither does she. She’s very aggressively attacking right now. She wasn’t satisfied with the “ambiguous confession because it was too loud to hear” and so confessed again like 30 minutes later with no ambiguity whatsoever. This definitely raises her chances (15 points), but not too much because it feels too early in the story for this to go anywhere, and because I dunno, would you trust Nino in a relationship? Still, I have to hand it to her for doubling down the way she did. That’s very atypical of manga writing.

Miku - 1% It’s a pity 1%. I love you Miku and I’m cheering you on but there’s no way you can win no matter how hard you try. You’re just too cute.

Yotsuba - 40% She’s just such an unknown. Now that there’s a serious confession in play, I have to point out that Yotsuba was actually the first, way back in chapter 21. It was so early though that Fuutarou was just confused. The thing is, I don’t think she was lying, but I also don’t know why she would say that after knowing him for only like a month at this point. It’s totally possible she was the girl in the photo and actually remembers everything, and the contrast between Yotsuba and Nino’s confessions kind of makes me think she has a chance now so she’s up 10 points.

Itsuki - 65% There’s not too much to say about Itsuki. She still feels like the Taiga to Fuutarou’s Ryuuji. I like her a lot, I think they’d be a great pair, and I’d be totally okay with her winning. That said, she’s almost too close to him at this point. Almost like she’s already family, so I could see that going against her, thus a loss in 5 points.

Quints Harem Ending - 2% Every time they do a flash forward it catches me by surprise and my conspiracies get more and more schizophrenic. What if he’s marrying a symbolic Rena as a stand in amalgamation to represent all 5 of them?!

#gotoubun #the quintessential quintuplets #fuutaroubowl