Shiunji-ke no Kodomotachi Episode 5 Discussion

Seiha can be kind of hard to read, but it's clear she continues to test her own reactions when getting close to Arata. Ouka tries a more friendly approach, but after leaving the game room, it's almost like she's begging for it when she says he should go for it next time.

Looks like Kotono got sick of not letting everyone know how she felt after seeing Arata having close encounters with the other girls time and time again. She's still by far the most boring of the 5.

The ending was the most interesting part of the episode. Clearly a flashforward to the future, where the series gives us a hard confirmation that Arata does get with someone and have a child together. They purposefully left the coloring out of everyone's hair as to not give it away. Putting my personal feelings aside, if I had to guess, it was either Kotono or Ouka. No one else has a chance. The tomboy never wins, Seiha is just too wishywashy, and Banri, who is easily the best choice aside from Minami, doesn't have a chance either, as the beautiful, older onee-san never wins either. They'll either go with the poster girl Ouka or the girl who was upfront with her feelings first, Kotono. Usually the girl who admits her feelings is the one who wins. Everyone else is here just to add some drama. I think the show would be better off with going the harem route, that way everyone is happy.

@Techno_Siren652 I don't think so, it was the original twin Yotsuba who loved the MC that won in the Quintuplets, so in that context, it would be Kotono who originally love this MC that would win in this anime.

cringe. cringe. cringe. pile it up. set it on fire. still cringe. cringiness at its finest!!
The last part was pretty interesting. I really hope the anime gets more exciting from here on.

I so hope Ouka wins this, Kotono or Minami are out of the question xD But this short hair girl at the end :l Bad feeling xD

@ejleon By that logic fair enough I was more going off just when you see all 5 of them, their personalities and how popular they are in the fanbase that Yotsuba would be least likely.

But from a narrative it makes sense she won

Kotono is the only one who actually loves him, with honest feelings and a sincere confession.

While the others are all testing him and have not really been serious about this situation.

Even Ouka’s confession at the theme park was a test, not an actual confession.

Thank you for understanding and explaining, I can respect your position.

By the way, I don’t read the written material, so I’m just going by the current anime.

@ejleon oh yeah me too i comment based only on the anime i don't read the manga, my opinion is based on these last 5 ep i like the series for now it's great, i just fear that kotono will become a character like yotsuba from Quintessential Quintuplets, out of the 5 girls my guy chose the one he hung out with as a child for a day(she had the least amount of screen time and chose her) if he picks kotono i hope they anleast give her more screen time than the other girls, i don't want to see another fumble like Quintessential Quintuplets.

@vankoshtorata

I see ... very interesting, is this how people view the conclusion of Quintessential Quintuplets?

I have a completely different perspective of why Fuutarou ends up choosing Yotsuba in the Quintessential Quintuplets.

In the beginning, Fuutarou spending a day with that girl when he was a kid, initially plays a part in his life, because of him having a crush on that girl in the past, and he really does want to know who she was.

But essentially, it came down to how the girls acted in the current time period with Fuutarou.

When I rewatched the series, every other twin was resistant to Fuutarou being a part of their lives and each of them were selfish, the only twin that was selfless, caring, and helping Fuutarou was Yotsuba.

Even after all the other twins warmed up to him and even fell for him, they were all still selfish and self-centered, with the only twin not playing angles and politics being Yotsuba.

Fuutarou ends up caring for all of the twins, but Fuutarou actually develops feelings for Yotsuba, not because of her being the past crush, but for who she was during the current time period they shared together.

This is why I am like that Fuutarou chose Yotsuba over the others, he chose the twin that genuinely loves him in the present, and whom he also loves.

@ejleon deam when you look at it like that you're right but the other sisters (except nino and ituski) ichika and miku weren't really all that self centered, even tho ichika becomes really self centered later on, miku was kind of an a**hole in the first 2-3 ep (i don't remeber well i watched it a long time ago)
but she was pretty chill with him and my problem is that yotsuba and fuutarou communicated probably the least in the whole show, even if they did talk

they never talked for anything really imprtant, by that i don't mean something like they only talked about their day or stuff, they didn't even talk about that, the only time they talked was for something like where are the others or what are the others doing or when he is teaching her, thats it,
talking about nothing personal or anything,

i know it's not important talk something really deep for them to like each other but it felt like they weren't even in the same series,

but you're statement makes a lot of sense, i guess i neglected yotsuba's character because of her low involvment, i just don't want kotono to have the least amount of screen time if she's to become arata's wife, you're right.

@vankoshtorata

Watching everything in the series, the other twins all had their times of being self oriented, with Fuutarou having to put up with their attitudes and messes, the only one not causing trouble and not having a bad attitude was Yotsuba.

I didn't time all their interactions, but watching it again, after Fuutarou dealt with all the other sisters, it was always Yotsuba that listened and encouraged him.

The reason why Fuutarou spent more time with the other twins, is because they were all resistant to him working for them and all fought against him, so he had to spend more time convincing them, but he didn't need to convince Yotsuba, because she supported and helped him from the beginning.

Having more screen time, doesn't add up to having more impact on Fuutarou, what actually happened and what was said, when they had time with him, meant more to Fuutarou in the long run.

Meaning that what happened and what was said between Fuutarou & Yotsuba, meant more to him, than with the others.