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The Quintessential Quintuplets

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  • 2019-2021
  • 2 Seasons
  • FUNimation Entertainment
  • Animation, Comedy, Drama
  • TV-PG
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Fuutarou Uesugi is an ace high school student, but leads an otherwise tough life. His standoffish personality and reclusive nature have left him friendless, and his father is debt-ridden, forcing his family to scrape by. One day during his lunch break, Uesugi argues with a female transfer student who has claimed "his seat," leading both of them to dislike each other. That same day, he is presented with a golden opportunity to clear his family's debt: a private tutoring gig for a wealthy family's daughter, with a wage of five times the market price. He accepts the proposal, but is horrified to discover that the client, Itsuki Nakano, is the girl he confronted earlier. After unsuccessfully trying to get back on Itsuki's good side, Uesugi finds out that his problems don't end there: Itsuki is actually a quintuplet, so in addition to her, he must also tutor her sisters-Miku, Yotsuba, Nino, and Ichika-who, despite the very real threat of flunking, want nothing to do with a tutor. However, his family's livelihood is on the line so Uesugi pushes on, adamant in his resolve to rid the sisters of their detest for studying and successfully lead them to graduation.

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Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Futaro Uesugi
Kana Hanazawa
Ichika Nakano
Ayana Taketatsu
Nino Nakano

Season 2 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Today and Kyoto's Tough Luck and Togetherness

The flu Futaro had caught during the school camp has sent him to hospital, where he discovers his inspection doctor is someone whom he has met before. The five quintuplets all visit the ill Futaro, with Itsuki bringing a luck charm hoping for a speedy recovery. Futaro is then reminded that the girl he met six years ago in the Kyoto trip also bought similar looking ones, which makes him begin to suspect that the young girl he met in Kyoto is one of the five quintuplets. The other day, when Futaro arrives for a tutoring session, he encounters a towel-clad quintuplet. She runs away, throwing a bag of failed exams at him. Futaro ceases to identity the culprit, realizing how hard it is to tell the five apart. Despite the eventual success of finding the culprit Ichika, Futaro still struggles to tell the quintuplets apart. Despite that, his main focus is still to figure out which quintuplet was the young girl he met six years ago in Kyoto.

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Awards

  • 2022 - Annual Award - Comedy Anime of The Year - nominated
  • 2021 - Seasonal Award - Favorite Romance - winner
  • 2021 - Seasonal Award - Favorite Couple Ship - winner
  • 2022 - Annual Award - Girl of The Year - nominated

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