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The Quintessential Quintuplets (2019)

Series · 24m episodes · Rated TV-14 · In Japanese

Animation, Anime, Comedy, Drama, Foreign (non-English)

Five quirky sisters and one reluctant tutor navigate wholesome high school hijinks and blossoming romance.

Romantic, with wholesome humor. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Streaming on Crunchyroll.

The Quintessential Quintuplets parents guide

Nothing past what a TV-14 promises: some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.

Rated TV-14, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.

Scare
Not scary
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
No gore
Violence
No real violence
Sex and nudity
Mild
Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
Language
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

What is The Quintessential Quintuplets about?

Fuutarou Uesugi is a poor, antisocial ace student who one day meets the rich transfer student Itsuki Nakano. They argue but when Uesugi realizes he is to be her tutor, he tries to get on better terms. While trying to do so he meets four other girls.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

It leaves things open rather than tying them up.

Cast and crew

StarringYoshitsugu Matsuoka, Kana Hanazawa, Ayana Taketatsu, Miku Ito, Ayane Sakura, Inori Minase

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