From studying for tests, which they're not good at, to everyday life. The five sisters share many hardships, but the one who is struggling the most is Futaro, who is the one who deals with these five. It's hard enough being a tutor to five students who are achieving disastrous grades, but all of them are extremely unique and don't listen to what he's told... This time, we'll introduce you to Futaro's difficult days.
Futaro is an extremely poor student!
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Speaking of Fuutarou, he leads an extremely poor life. And it's not because he lives alone, but because his family is poor... Whenever he orders lunch at a restaurant, he always gets a "yakiniku set meal, no yakiniku." You might think that's just rice... but by ordering this, you get miso soup and pickles along with the rice for the same price, which is Fuutaro's signature ordering method.
By the way, the person he shared a table with during that meal was...
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When Fuutarou tries to sit down at the restaurant, a beautiful girl comes to the table at the same time, and the two start fighting over the place. In the end, the two end up eating together, but Fuutarou is shocked when he sees the menu of the other person! While I was eating my 200 yen lunch, the girl I was with had a luxurious lunch consisting of 250 yen udon noodles, 600 yen for toppings, and 180 yen dessert, totaling 1,030 yen. I was so shocked that I thought she was a celebrity.
Even after being a tutor for a long time, he can't tell the sisters apart
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Fuutarou has been devoting his life to studying, so he can sometimes be completely incompetent when it comes to other things. Especially when the hairstyles change, it's impossible to tell the quintuplets apart, and I even forgot all of their names, as if I was doing it on purpose. If you're a manga reader, you'll be able to tell who's who in an instant, right?
On the other hand, he also disguised himself and fooled Nino
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Fuutarou is always getting scolded for not being able to tell the sisters apart, but he once disguised himself (for a test of courage) and fooled Nino. His name is Kintaro... a pretty tasteless name, but Nino is completely fooled. Futaro tries his best to make himself disliked. However, it backfires and his likeability increases. Still, he manages to get through the situation somehow.
Nino's liking for Kintaro has increased so much that she has become a complete maiden...
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In reality, Fuutarou is just wearing a blonde wig and looks more like his childhood self, but Nino is completely serious about him! Nino even asked to dance folk dancing with him at night. To be honest, if someone said "I'm happy as long as I have you," with a face like that, most people would be defeated, but Futaro was amazing.
Not a grin! A rare Futaro laughing out loud!
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Fuutarou always has a grumpy look on his face, and even when he laughs, he only smiles with a smirk or a scheming look, but in one scene, he bursts out laughing, which is uncharacteristic of Fuutarou. This is a scene from a date with Yotsuba, and this is probably the first and last time he laughs this much in the series. Yotsuba seemed pleased with this.
By the way, the smile he shows in his daily life is...
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There were a few scenes, but here is one where Fuutarou looks happy. He is happy that he can forget about the quintuplets and concentrate on his studies to his heart's content, but there is still a world of difference from his smile from earlier. He looks happy, but it feels completely different from the big laugh he showed from the bottom of his heart. You can see how precious that big laugh was.
Futaro's costume is too enthusiastic, and Yotsuba is shocked!
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The group is going on a school trip to the forest as part of a school event. Fuutarou was studying on his own when deciding on his role, and unknowingly ended up being forced into the troublesome role of a threat in a courage test. So Fuutarou prepared a pretty serious disguise to get revenge on his classmates who had been chosen for their roles. When Yotsuba saw him for the first time, she screamed in surprise, and even after he revealed his true identity, she cried out loud twice in shock.
When he takes off his mask, Fuutarou becomes just a handsome guy
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When he wears his mask, Fuutarou looks really scary, but when he takes it off, he turns into just a yankee-style blonde pretty boy. He used to be a naughty boy, so blonde hair suits him really well. By the way, this is Kintaro, who Nino, who I introduced earlier, likes. Nino attacks him fiercely, not knowing that he is Fuutarou.
Fuutarou's best disguises are not only for the school trip!
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Needless to say, this disguise was easily seen through. They decided to use the "Doppelganger Strategy," and all five sisters except for Yotsuba, who were late, put ribbons on their heads and entered the school... but as Fuutarou could see, it was too much for them, and they were scolded by a teacher standing at the gate and taken to the student guidance room.
Big Crisis!? Fuutarou is groggy from a cold
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Fuutarou and his friends enjoyed their school trip despite all the challenges. However, a problem occurs for Fuutarou. Before leaving, Fuutarou was nursing Iraiha, who had fallen ill with a fever and was in bed, and it seems that he caught the cold and developed symptoms at the end of the school trip. Due to the troubles caused by Satsuki and Ichika, her condition had worsened to the point where she could not stand or walk on her own.
Who will get the Legend of Musubi?
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The Legend of Musubi is the biggest event of the school trip. The idea was that the two people who hold hands at the end of the campfire would be bound together for the rest of their lives, but the five of them were worried about Fuutarou and sneaked into his room to hold his hand. After that, he would end up marrying one of them... but who would he end up marrying?
Fuutarou's special move is sleeping soundly with his eyes open!
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Fuutarou is on his guard as he watches the growth of the five sisters. He rarely has time to relax in front of the five sisters, and he is always watching over them like a guardian. However, even Futaro couldn't overcome his tiredness and ended up dozing off... He was sitting with his eyes open and his nose in a deep sleep.
Ichika thanks Fuutarou for using her lap pillow as a thank you...
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The main reason Fuutarou was tired that day was the commotion caused by Ichika. So when Ichika saw the exhausted Fuutarou, she sat next to him and put her head on his lap... She must have been very tired and fast asleep, seeing as she didn't wake up even when Fuutarou changed her position and stroked her head. Still, I'm jealous... but her sleeping face was photographed and used as a weakness later.
Very surprising! ? Fuutarou can actually ride a motorcycle
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Fuutarou appears, interrupting the conversation between Nino and her father. He appears on a motorcycle. Despite being poor, he can ride a motorcycle. Could it be that he likes motorcycles? Judging from the way he drives off with Nino in the back, it doesn't seem to be a moped, so it appears he has a license for a small to medium-sized vehicle.
Fuutarou's part-time job is at a restaurant
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Fuutarou has a part-time job in addition to tutoring to make a living, but the part-time job he does is at a restaurant. I often work with cakes and the like and I think my cooking skills are pretty good, but because I have a poor palate I end up saying that most things taste good.
Is this the result of hard work? Fuutarou can divide the cake into five equal parts
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When it comes to cutting the cake, it's usually divided into four, six, or eight parts, which is an even number, but the Nakano family has five sisters. Then Fuutarou cut the cake into five equal parts with a smug look on his face. This was an extra page in volume 6, but it's rare to see Futaro with such a smug look on his face after something as unexpected as his test scores.
This is the voice actor who plays Uesugi Futaro!
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As interesting as the five sisters are, the voice actor for Futaro has been decided to be Yoshitsugu Matsuoka! Speaking of Matsuoka, he is such a famous voice actor that there is no need to explain anything! He is a very famous voice actor who has played many leading characters, including Bell Cranel in "DanMachi". He is quite a unique person, so I would be looking forward to seeing him on a public radio show.
Summary of Uesugi Fuutarou's endless struggles
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Just teaching the five sisters is hard enough, but Fuutarou has even more trouble because all of his favorite subjects are different. But if you think about it objectively, studying with beautiful girls every day isn't so much a hardship as it is actually something to be envious of...I can't wait to see what it's like in the anime!
