Questions tagged [the-quintessential-quintuplets]
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What happened to Itsuki's report card?
The codes on the top left of their cards matched, at least first few number, 102-660202... The number of students taking the exam matched, 234516. So we can tell they took the same exam.
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What is this metal object that Nino is rubbing against her face in Gotoubun no Hanayome?
See the picture for what I'm referring to. At the end of S02E03 of Gotoubun no Hanayome (aka Quintessential Quintuplets), Nino is lounging around in her residence, rubbing these metal-looking balls ...
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What did Uesugi mean by his hand gesture?
In the second episode of The Quintessential Quintuplets, while talking to Miku, Uesugi showed this hand gesture:
What did he mean by that? Is this a common gesture in Japan or just a weird gesture of ...
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Why is there a letter 'R' on the rooftop?
In the ending part in Episode 1 of The Quintessential Quintuplets, there is an upper case of letter 'R' on the rooftop of the department where the quints live.
It looks pretty much like the landing ...
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How did Uesugi find out the truth in the past?
At around 8:20 in Episode 4 of The Quintessential Quintuplets, Ichika asked Uesugi,
Hey, don't you want to find out if girls truly wear nothing under their yukatas?
Uesugi said,
I already know.
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Why did Yotsuba say 'are you actually a boy'?
At around 17:50 in Episode 10 of The Quintessential Quintuplets, Uesugi failed to lift a log, then Yotsuba said, 'are you actually a boy, Uesugi-san'.
But, wait! Let's take a closer look at how ...
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What's bad about gaining weight?
At around 4:40 in the 1st episode of The Quintessential Quintuplets, Uesugi said that eating too much would make Itsuki gain weight, and then Itsuki get pissed.
Isn't gaining weight as a teenage very ...
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Why did the nurses think Uesugi was the bastard son?
At about 3:05 in the 1st episode of 5-toubun no Hanayome ∬, Uesugi said that the nurses thought he was the hospital director's bastard son.
Then Nino confirmed that her father paid for the expenses.
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Why do Nino and Miku need to fight for the TV?
At about 3:20 in the 2nd episode of 5-toubun no Hanayome ∬, Nino and Miku are fighting over the TV.
Do parents in Japan forbid their children from having computers or tablets?
If not, Nino and Miku ...
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Is this supposed to be a hint that Uesugi is socially inept?
At about 19:48 of the 1st episode of 5-toubun no Hanayome ∬, after Uesugi found out the culprit, he put the test paper on Ichika's head.
Is it socially acceptable to put something over/on other's ...
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2 versions of The Quintessential Quintuplets where Nino's eyes are coloured differently (S02E10)
I happened to obtain 2 separate versions of The Quintessential Quintuplets and I noticed in S02E10 when Nino wants to group up with Fuutarou, Nino's eyes are coloured differently...
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Why are Yotsuba and Ichika so friendly towards Fuutarou in the first episode of 5-toubun no Hanayome?
In the first episode of 5-toubun no Hanayome, only Yotsuba and Ichika have a friendly attitude toward Fuutarou, while the other 3 girls are cold or hostile towards him.
I wonder whether the reason is
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Is this intended to be a sign that Uesugi is socially awkward?
At around 11:30 in Episode 6 of 5-toubun no Hanayome ∬, Ichika offers to buy books for Uesugi. Uesugi just waits outside the store while Ichika is paying the check, then, when Ichika is done paying ...
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What's with Nino's reaction that make Miku jealous?
At around 13:40 in Episode 6 of 5-toubun no Hanayome ∬, Uesugi said that he needed to go to toilet, then Nino said, 'sure, catch up with us later'. Then Miku gave Nino an unfriendly look.
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Is academic performance in high school related to IQ in Japanese's eyes? [closed]
I thought it was common sense that a student's academic performance is just a reflection of how much time and effort he/she has put into study. Yet Uesugi seems to think that the difficulty the ...
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What's so good about being called by her first name?
In Episode 3 of 5-toubun no Hanayome ∬, when Kintarou called Nino by her first name, she blushed.
This blog says
Unlike many western cultures, in Japan people generally don’t call one-another by ...
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Can wearing wooden sandals in childhood form a lifelong separation between the hallux and the Index toe?
In the anime The Quintessential Quintuplets, the quintuplets have halluces separated from Index toes.
Yotsuba's feet, from Season 1:
Itsuki's feet, from Season 2:
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Why does Miku's colleague refer to Miku by last name but addresses Miku by 1st name?
From S02E10 of The Quintessential Quintuplets
Above, we see that Miku is working part-time at some bakery. Yotsuba is visiting Miku at the bakery where Miku has just started working part-time. Miku's ...
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Why does the quintuplets' father hate Fuutarou?
In the 5th episode of the 2nd season of The Quintessential Quintuplets, the quintuplets' father says he hates Futarou.
Why does he hate Fuutarou? He seems to have met Fuutarou before and know about ...
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Why is Raiha Uesugi much taller in 1 particular scene?
In S01E04, Raiha is about up to the quints' lower necks.
In S02E11, Raiha's (relative) height seems to be about the same.
But in S02E02, Raiha is somehow almost as tall as Itsuki, like up to Itsuki'...
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Itsuki and Raiha - some meme about eating
What is going on here in this meme please? Source: Eatsuki pleading with Raiha after running away
Well it says
おなかが空きましたぁ i.e. Onaka ga sukimashitaa i.e. I'm hungryy (double y I guess).
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Is the dad Isanari of the Uesugi siblings, Fūtarō and Raiha, named after Izanami or Izanagi given the kids are named after Fūjin and Raijin?
The kids' names are Fūtarō (Fuutarou) and Raiha.
As we see here referencing this, they are named after the gods, resp, Fūjin (Fuujin) and Raijin.
I notice the gods have Izanami as a parent, and then ...
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Are there Japanese 2 player variations of Sevens/Fan Tan/Domino/Shichi Narabe (7並べ)? [closed]
And in particular, when you play with 2 players do you deal out all the cards the from the deck? Or is there some undealt part that players draw from during the game? I mean, if you deal them all then ...
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1st episode: Why does Raiha call Itsuki by 1st name (presumably without knowing the existence of the other quints until S01E04)?
What I understand is that the quints are called by their 1st names, in situations where they would normally be called by their last names, for obvious reasons (that they're quints. Extend in general ...
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In the s1 finale, who is Miku talking to on the phone?
I'm asking because we see that Miku is talking on the phone with either Itsuki or Ichika. Who is it?
We know (s1 spoiler)
Is it perhaps clarified in the manga?
Guesses: (s1 spoiler)
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Are the Uesugi siblings, Fūtarō and Raiha, named after the Japanese gods of wind and thunder, resp, Fūjin and Raijin?
Their names are Fūtarō (Fuutarou) and Raiha. The gods are Fūjin and Raijin. Is there some Japanese article that possibly talks about this?
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Attire for a Japanese wedding: Why does Raiha attend Fuutarou's wedding in school uniform? (S1 finale)
In the s1 finale, we see Raiha and the dad of Fuutarou and Raiha attending Fuutarou's wedding.
Based on the clothes that Raiha and their dad wore in the earlier scene, it seems like they were already ...
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Why was Itsuki about to eat alone in the 1st episode?
In the 1st episode/the pilot/premiere, we see that Itsuki was about to eat alone when Fuutaro 1st meets Itsuki. The next day (same episode), Itsuki eats with the other quints. Why didn't Itsuki eat ...
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Raiha chases the quints and Fuutarou with some thing
In the s1 intro, Raiha chases the quints and Fuutarou with some thing. What is this? It doesn't seem to show up in the whole of s1 and s2.
(Ideally, I'd combine all 3 images below in 1 image, but it's ...
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Do Itsuki or Miku (or the other quints?) ask their dad why their tutor Fuutarou is a student in their own school and year level?
In the pilot episode/series premiere, Itsuki and Miku think out loud complaining that their tutor is a student in their own school and year level, instead of a graduate of a bachelor's/associate's ...
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How could Nino blackmail Fuutarou with the photo without possessing it or any copies of it?
In S01E10 Legend of Fate Day 2, part of the
School Camping Trip Arc, Fuutarou pretends to be h relative 'Kintarou' from the photo of Fuutarou and the girl out of fear that Nino would blackmail h with ...
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The Quintessential Quintuplets (aka 五等分の花嫁) : Is 届くんです (it reaches) a mondegreen that should be 五等分です (It's divided into five equal parts)?
In animesonglyrics, you can see in the season 1 opening (Gotoubun no Kimochi) for the anime adaptation of The Quintessential Quintuplets
the Romaji: Go-tōbundesu, demo (...) --> the Kanji of which ...
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Japanese Scoring System on Public High School Examinations: Quintessential Quintuplets season 2
In 5 Toubun no Hanayome, Fuutarou is assigned to help a rich businessman's quintuplet daughters pass their examinations and graduate. Unfortunately, they all suck at academics, or get distracted by ...
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What is this symbol called which is used to denote "II" in the second season of "The Quintessential Quintuplets"?
The Japanese title for "The Quintessential Quintuplets 2nd season" is 5-toubun no Hanayome ∬. I assume "∬" to be number 2 or "II". But this symbol looks more like the ...
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