During the event “The Quintessential Quintuplets Special Event 2023‘ it was announced that the manga had been written and illustrated Negi Haruba, Gotoubun no Hanayome (The quintessence of the quintuplets), a new anime project titled “Gotoubun no Hanayome~” And will cover the stories from the original manga that were not adapted to the anime in the previous projects.
Production details and release date will be announced shortly, but it should be noted that this is no April Fool’s joke., as it was announced during an official event and because it is not the first project of this kind. As a matter of fact, horimiya will also have a new anime covering additional stories from the manga that will premiere in the season of Summer-2023 (July-September) in Japan.
Next to, Negi Haruba published the manga in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from the publisher kodansha between August 2017 and February 2020 with a total of fourteen compiled volumes. The work inspired two seasons of anime and a film that ended the story. The work inspired a twelve-episode anime adaptation produced by Tezuka Productions and premiered in Winter 2019 (January-March)followed by a second season in Winter 2021 (January-March) and a May 2022 film, both produced by Bibury Animation Studios.
Summary of Gotoubun no Hanayome
Fuutarou Uesugi is an excellent high school student, but he leads a difficult life. His aloof personality and reclusive nature have left him friendless, and his father is in debt, forcing his family to struggle to survive. One day, during his lunch break, Uesugi gets into an argument with an exchange student who has “claimed her place”, causing them to dislike each other. That same day, he has a unique opportunity to pay off his family’s debts: a job tutoring the daughter of a wealthy family, at a salary five times the market rate. He accepts the proposal, but is horrified to find that the client Itsuki Nakano is the girl he’s met before!
After unsuccessfully trying to get Itsuki’s approval, Uesugi discovers that his problems don’t end there: Itsuki is actually a quintuplet, so in addition to her, he also has to tutor his sisters: Miku, Yotsuba, Nino, and Ichika. “That despite the very real risk of failure, they don’t want anything to do with a tutor. However, his family’s livelihood is at stake, so Uesugi presses on, unwavering in his determination to rid the sisters of their hatred of college and lead them to successful graduation.
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