Gotoubun no Hanayome should not return, they say

2024-04-30
Gotoubun no Hanayome should not return, they say

As previously reported, the "Gotoubun no Hanayome (The Quintessential Quintuplets)" franchise has announced its return to the anime industry with a new project that will feature a completely original story by author Negi Haruba. Although it hasn't been revealed if it's a new series or a movie, there is one detail that has already been revealed: the plot.

Gotoubun no Hanayome should not return, they say

According to the official statement, it is "a new original story that will tell the honeymoon between Futaro Uesugi and the quintuplets." However, this description raised more than one eyebrow. Let's remember that "Gotoubun no Hanayome" doesn't have a "harem ending", so it doesn't make any sense to talk about a group honeymoon.

In fact, this announcement has also confused the Japanese themselves, who were quick to comment on the matter with their theories:

  • "Isn't a single girl supposed to win in the end?"
  • "A story where each of the girls tries to seduce a married man. I don't understand the point of the sisters continuing to meddle in the married lives of Futaro and Yotsuba, what's the case?"
  • "The solution is simply to make routes where each one of them has its victory. These production people just have no idea what to do."
  • "I guess I don't understand any of this over-exploited history anymore."
  • "Harem anime really have the most ridiculous stories. It's a shame that Gotoubun no Hanayome ended up spreading like this."
  • "I don't know much about this franchise, but the anime and manga industry is used to unnecessarily over-exploiting and extending its most successful stories. Surely this is the case."
  • "It's impossible to keep selling us the idea that someone is going to win, the final goal of the work has already been achieved, what's the point of continuing?"
  • It's like a way to keep humiliating the rest of the sisters, why can't we just see that they made their lives after losing the battle? What's the point of continuing to beg Futaro for his attention at this point?"
  • "The fact that the sisters are following Yotsuba on their honeymoon seems to me to be most terrifying and nonsensical."
  • "This is the fault of the shitty otaku. They don't want the losing girls to make their lives and get their own partners because "it would be NTR." They themselves ruined the genre with their expectations."
  • "I never thought an anime with such shitty designs would be so successful. Not if it's going to be an OVA or a movie, but definitely the narrative quality is going to suck."
  • "So does it mean that the girls they lost are unable to move on with their lives and want to keep begging Futaro? How else do they want to humiliate them?"
  • "I've never seen this show before, but do readers understand that losing girls have every right to seek out other men and not be obsessed with the protagonist?"
  • "Wasn't this a manga about knowing which quintuplet won the romantic battle? Now that we know it's Yotsuba, what's the point of continuing?"

Source: Yaraon!