Manga: Quintessential Quintuplets 2

The Quintessential Quintuplets Vol 2 
Rating: 4/5
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Source: Copy courtesy of the publisher in exchange for an honest review! 

Thrown into the midst of five beautiful sisters who hate studying, Futaro must figure out how to keep them from flunking out of school. But he has to start from the beginning and earn each girl's trust first! His effort to befriend the sisters starts off rocky, but he bonds with Miku over her love of Sengoku Period warlords. It all seems for naught, though, when a bath-related mishap with Nino threatens everything Futaro's worked to accomplish! Will he be able to prove his innocence and gain their trust? Maybe a fireworks festival will brighten their moods! 

We open the volume on to an impromptu trial for poor old Futaro, but hey, at least Miku is on his side. Although it did briefly seem like Nino was going to bond with him, and we do get some insight in to her but nope. She's more determined than ever to get rid of him. 

Futaro does spend some time with Itsuki this volume, which makes for some funny moments as they're hanging out with his little sister before they all head out to the fireworks festival with the other Quints. You'd think it'd be cute and chill, but there's a sense of tension that has you on edge as the Quints race to find each other to watch the fireworks together. 

Like I said, the volume gives us some serious insight in to Nino a couple of times throughout, as well as displaying the sisterly bond between all of them. We also seem him hanging out with Itsuki again, but he does spend some time with Nino as well as Miku and it's obvious one of them has a crush on him. There's also a sense of something not quite right thanks to Ichika and what was going on with her, and what she was hiding but we do see her get a little closer to Futaro although there wasn't quite the focus on any particular Quint that there was in the first volume, I felt. 

We get a lot of understanding of certain characters, a longer look at two of the Quints, there's some cute moments, some funny moments and some heartwarming moments all packed in to this volume. It's rounded out with an ending that brings a source of intrigue involving all of the character's pasts, and that should be a mystery thread that'll be present in coming volumes!