The Quintessential Quintuplets
Ace high-school student Fuutarou Uesugi 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 them to dislike each other. Later that day he's 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 on Itsuki's good side, Uesugi finds out that his problems don't end there: Itsuki is actually a quintuplet, so 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 he pushes on, adamant in his resolve to rid the sisters of their detest for studying and successfully lead them to graduation.
- 2019-2021
- 2 seasons
- FUNimation Entertainment
- Animation, Comedy, Drama
- TV-PG
Ace high-school student Fuutarou Uesugi 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 them to dislike each other. Later that day he's 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 on Itsuki's good side, Uesugi finds out that his problems don't end there: Itsuki is actually a quintuplet, so 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 he pushes on, adamant in his resolve to rid the sisters of their detest for studying and successfully lead them to graduation.
Season 2 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2021
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.
Episode 2
Seven Goodbyes Part 1
There's one week left to the term final. Futaro and the sisters are set on passing this time, but Nino and Miku can't seem to get along.
Episode 3
Seven Goodbyes Part 2
Nino lets a dejected Futaro into her hotel room. Futaro tells her about how he'd run into the girl he met in Kyoto five years prior.
Episode 4
Seven Goodbyes Part 3
While Futaro, Ichika and Itsuki try to find a way to get Yotsuba out of the track club, Nino and Miku talk about Futaro. After Itsuki fails to trick the track club captain, Nino arrives to do it, revealing that she cut her hair. Yotsuba chooses to confront the track club herself, while Nino and Itsuki reconcile. With the sisters finally reunited, the study sessions resume. After unsuccessful results, Fuutarou offers to give them some cheating papers as a last resort. The day of the exams arrives...
Episode 5
Good Work Today
After a chance encounter with Futaro and Raiha, the quintuplets invite them to their new apartment and show Futaro some suspiciously kind hospitality.
Episode 6
Final Exam
Miku plies Futaro with homemade chocolate in an attempt to better understand his tastes. Itsuki encounters one of her mother's former students.
Episode 7
Begin the Offensive
Nino confesses to Futaro, but he ignores it. Futaro wins a trip to Toraiwa Hot Springs, meeting the quintuplets disguised as Itsuki. A sister suggests ending their bond. Itsuki later tells Futaro he's now a friend, not just a tutor.
Episode 8
Scrambled Eggs
Futaro struggles to identify the fake Itsuki until Yotsuba reveals the truth. Nino vows to win Futaro's love, clashing with Ichika. Miku, disguised as Itsuki, is correctly identified by Futaro, delighting her.
Episode 9
Welcome to Class 3-1
The quintuplets look for jobs to help support Ichika for the rent. Miku and Nino compete for an opening at the bakery where Futaro works. They decide via a cook-off, which Nino easily wins. Miku applies to work at the neighboring bakery.
Episode 10
Five Cranes in Return
Futaro is approached by fellow classmate Yusuke Takeda, who reveals that Futaro's class ranking slipped during the finals from Futaro tutoring the quintuplets. Takeda suggests Futaro to stop tutoring, but Futaro defends his choice.
Episode 11
Sisters War: Part 1
Ichika, Nino and Itsuki plot ways to make a move on Futaro during the school trip. Yotsuba is troubled by their change in attitude.
Episode 12
Sisters War: Part 2
24 mins
With desperation only increasing among the sisters, things become rather tense for both them and for Futaro. On top of that, there's an elective tour on the final day of the school trip, where the quintuplets let luck decide their fate.