9+ Best Anime Like The Quintessential Quintuplets

The Quintessential Quintuplets is one of the best and most popular romance/harem anime that came out in the last couple of years. The female cast has a surprising amount of depth for its genre, as each of the quintuplets not only has their own body language and personality but also a unique dynamic with the main character, with heartwarming drama and comedic gags serving as the icing on top. So, while you wait for the Quintessential Quintuplets Movie, check out these Best Anime Like The Quintessential Quintuplets!

9. The Fruit of Grisaia

Yuuji Kazami is a transfer student who recently enrolled at Mihama Academy. He wishes to live an ordinary high school life, but this wish may not come true anytime soon because Mihama Academy is the polar opposite. With only the principal and five other students, all of whom are female, Yuuji gets to know them all and learns more about their personalities as socialization becomes inevitable. Slowly, he learns about the truth behind the small group of students who occupy the academy—they all have their own share of traumatic experiences that are hidden from the rest of the world.

Mihama Academy serves as a safe haven for these girls, who are the “fruit” that has fallen from their trees and begun to decay. It is up to Yuuji to act as a catalyst to save them from themselves, but how can he save another when he cannot save himself?

8. Girlfriend, Girlfriend

Naoya Mukai is having the time of his life after one of his numerous confessions is finally accepted by his childhood friend Saki Saki. He goes out of his way to shower affection on his now-beloved girlfriend, ensuring the longevity of their relationship.

However, after months of planning, another girl named Nagisa Minase unexpectedly confesses to Naoya one afternoon. Despite his polite rejection, Nagisa’s irresistible charm and determination continue to entice Naoya. To satisfy both Saki and Nagisa’s desires, Naoya comes up with the crazy idea of dating both of them at the same time, with both girls fully aware. This unprecedented state of affairs eventually leads to bizarre and hilarious situations in whatever they do to maintain their unusual relationship.

7. A Couple of Cuckoos

Nagi Umino and Erika Amano, a studious high school student and a social media star, had nothing in common until they discovered they were twins. When the shocking news is revealed to both of their families, their parents quickly devise a plan with neither Nagi nor Erika’s knowledge: the two should get engaged in order to reunite them with their rightful families and ensure everyone’s happiness.

When Nagi and Erika are informed of this, they immediately reject the absurd plan, refusing to comply with their parents’ wishes. However, with neither party willing to back down, only time will tell how their relationship develops.

6. Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

For years, otaku Tomoya Aki has been obsessed with collecting anime and light novels, becoming attached to various series with captivating stories and characters. Now, he wants to give others the same experience he had by creating his own game, but Tomoya is incapable of doing so on his own.

While directing, he successfully recruits childhood friend Eriri Spencer Sawamura to illustrate and literary elitist Utaha Kasumigaoka to write the script. Tomoya now has a super-group to base his project on, and he meets the beautiful, docile Megumi Katou, who he then models his main character after.

Tomoya creates a new doujin circle with the hope of touching the hearts of those who play their game. What he doesn’t realize is that in order to elicit these emotions, the creators had to go through similar experiences in their own lives.

5. Hayate the Combat Butler

Murphy’s Law states that “anything that can go wrong, will go wrong,” and no better words can describe the unfortunate life of the hardworking Hayate Ayasaki. After his parents abandon him after accumulating a debt of more than 150 million yen, he is sold to the yakuza, beginning his quick escape from a future he does not want. On that fateful night, he comes across Nagi Sanzenin, a young girl whom he decides to kidnap in order to repay his family’s massive debt.

Unfortunately, Nagi believes Hayate is confessing his love to her due to his kind nature and a series of misunderstandings. After rescuing her from real kidnappers, Hayate is hired as Nagi’s personal butler, and it is revealed that she is a member of one of Japan’s wealthiest families.

Hayate, who is highly skilled but cursed with the world’s worst luck, gets right to work serving his employer while dealing with the numerous misfortunes that befall him. Hayate is in over his head in the butler comedy Hayate the Combat Butler, from taking care of a mansion to fending off dangerous foes and even unintentionally wooing the hearts of the women around him.

4. Hensuki: Are you willing to Fall in Love with a Pervert, as long as she’s a Cutie?

In general, many boys, particularly those in their adolescence, desire a girlfriend. Keiki Kiryuu is no different. His days of yearning for a lover appear to come to an end one eventful afternoon when he receives a love letter from an anonymous sender—along with a pair of white panties.

To find out who his secret admirer, dubbed Cinderella, is, he investigates several possible candidates, including his senior Sayuki Tokihara, his underclassman Yuika Koga, and his classmate Mao Nanjou. However, as Keiki investigates who this mystery girl is, he discovers the perverted fetishes hidden behind each candidate’s innocent exterior…

3. Haganai: I Don’t Have Many Friends

When Kodaka Hasegawa learns that he will be transferring to a new school, he is determined to make a good impression and possibly make some new friends. However, Kodaka quickly discovers that he is out of luck when he is labeled as a violent delinquent due to his blond hair and intimidating demeanor. Despite the passage of a month, Kodaka remains alone due to his infamous reputation. However, his life begins to change when he discovers fellow loner Yozora Mikazuki in an empty classroom talking to her imaginary friend.

After sharing stories about their lonely high school lives, Kodaka and Yozora decide to start the Neighbor’s Club to overcome the difficulties of making friends together. Daily activities for people who don’t have friends include learning social skills and how to fit in, which will hopefully allow them to make friends. With the help of the eroge-loving Sena Kashiwazaki and other eccentric outcasts, Kodaka may have finally found people he can call friends in this club full of hilarious oddballs.

2. We Never Learn

Nariyuki Yuiga, a poor third-year high school student, works tirelessly to be nominated for the VIP scholarship, which would cover all of his college tuition fees. In recognition of his efforts, the headmaster bestows upon him a prestigious scholarship.

This scholarship, however, comes with one condition: he must tutor the school’s geniuses in their weakest subjects! The math maestro Rizu Ogata, who wants to study humanities, the literature legend Fumino Furuhashi, who wants to study science, and Yuiga’s sports-savvy childhood friend Uruka Takemoto, who is hopeless at everything else, are among his new students.

In a series of strange and comedic antics, Yuiga tries to teach his three eccentric tutees in Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai. But, as Ogata and Furuhashi’s ambitions clash with their talents, will Yuiga be able to assist his students in realizing their goals?

1. Oregairu

Hachiman Hikigaya is a cynical high school student who exhibits narcissistic and semi-nihilistic tendencies. He is convinced that joyful youth is a farce and that anyone who claims otherwise is deceiving themselves.

Hachiman’s teacher forces him to join the Volunteer Service Club as a novel punishment for writing an essay mocking modern social relationships. The club aims to extend a helping hand to any student who seeks their support in achieving their goals. With only the beautiful ice queen Yukino Yukinoshita as a club member, Hachiman finds himself on the front lines of other people’s problems—a position he never imagined himself in. Will Hachiman’s skewed view of society prove to be a hindrance or a tool he can use to his advantage as he and Yukino use their wits to solve many of the students’ problems?

BONUS: The Royal Tutor

Despite his short, childlike stature, Heine Wittgenstein is a brilliant man who commands respect, equally charming and stern. Thus, the king of Grannzreich has asked Heine to take on a difficult task that has turned away many before him: to become the new royal tutor to four princes in line for the throne.

Each of the four heirs has a distinct and troublesome personality: Licht, the flirtatious youngest prince; his immature older brother Leonhard; Bruno, the studious third prince; and Kai, the oldest and most reserved of the four. Heine attempts to connect with each of the princes in order to groom them for the throne, which results in hilarity. However, Heine’s mysterious past and dark undercurrents in the present may endanger the kingdom’s harmony.

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