The leak we previously reported has just been confirmed with the event “The Quintessential Quintuplets 5th Anniversary Event in Yokohama Arena” revealing that The Quintessential Quintuplets (Gotoubun no Hanayome) will have a new anime called The Quintessential Quintuplets* (Gotoubun no Hanayome *).
The original story is supervised by Negi Harubaauthor of the manga, and the story will tell the honeymoon of Futaro Uesugi and the protagonists, something that was not seen in the original manga.
Along with the new anime, a light novel was also announced that will follow the characters’ daily lives. The light novel will be written by Hajime Asano (creator of Mayo Chiki!) and will also be under the supervision of the manga’s creator, Negi Haruba.
The manga was initially published as a one-shot in Weekly Shonen Magazine in 2017 and became a serialized manga that same year. The manga ended serialization in the magazine on February 19, 2020 and its 14th final volume was released on April 17, 2020.
The manga inspired a 12-episode anime series adaptation by the studios Tezuka Productionsunder the direction of Satoshi Kuwabara that premiered in January 2019. A second season produced by Bibury Animation Studios was shown in 2021. The anime film The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie premiered in May 2022, thus closing the story.
The special The Quintessential Quintuplets ∽ (Gotōbun no Hanayome∽) premiered in July 2023.
In the description of Gotoubun no Hanayome (The Quintessential Quintuplets) we can read:
Fuutarou Uesugi is a poor and antisocial student who one day meets rich transfer student Itsuki Nakano. They argue, but when Uesugi realizes that he must be her private teacher, he tries to improve his bad first impression. As he tries to do this, he is attacked by four other girls. Who are these 5 beautiful girls?
