Quintessential Quintuplets is what I'll describe as something that had amazing potential, yet it really failed to deliver at the end of the series.

Story: To start the plot basically moves from seeming like a continuous story; though at a certain point; (around 75%), the story of the Manga completely shifts into becoming something totally different from what was going on during most of the story and moves into what I would describe as an overrated fan-fiction. The problem with QQ is that it throws curveballs at every end; and despite it allowing it to create unique scenarios of unexpectedness, when the entire story is written in this curveball effect, (rather than using it only for the best scenarios), the entire story as a whole becomes less meaningful. The pacing was good and at times the story would be classified as a masterpiece though when the ending became forced and was extremely illogical; that really decreased the story as a whole.

I wish I could give this story section more than one rating per volume; but I'll just say Volumes 1-10 are 10/10, and volumes 11-14 are 1/10; but for the sake of rating the story as a whole I'd give it a

Story: 4/10.

Art: The art for this story was unique and each of the scenes are very clean and well-done. Characters Designs as a whole really allowed each character to stand-out despite having the same face and body and it was relatively easy to tell who was who by their design. The backgrounds for the manga were simply amazing. The only thing that may be a fault are moments when Fuutarou has to guess individual quints in the series where the girls are all looking the same; but otherwise the art really was distinctive.

Art: 10/10, if you are looking for a visual treat, this is something that will interest you.

Character: The main characters are the 5 sisters who are quints, as well as the MC Fuutarou. Each of the 5 girls despite this being a Harem manga don't just exist for romantic interest with Fuutarou and they all have their own unique characters flaws, backstories, and interests. As for the MC himself, he develops into being cold and later moves on with his life. Though this is also something that despite starting good, turns out worse as the story progresses with the characters all being important to having one character in particular being completely ignored and having terrible development compared to the rest. The supporting cast was very minimal; however, they all seemed to move the story in some way and help both the girls and Fuutarou change in some way. There is a problem though with the story of making these girls more individualist rather than a collective and that is by the end of the story the characters felt less like sisters and they became more like acquaintances who happen to have the same parents.

Character: 8/10, I really would like to give this a 10/10; however, due to the characterization heavily declining in the later arcs I'll stick with 8/10.

Enjoyment: In general I enjoyed most of the series; however, knowing what I know about the story now; I will likely never re-read this Manga again. The series had some very emotional parts; however, in general I feel like Negi was overdoing it with the playing of the readers intelligence to the point where it became bad. The series was very memorable and even though it was relatively mediocre in it's enjoyable there were parts of the story that I absolutely loved. Though the ending really caused to heavily enjoy the series a lot less.

Enjoyment: 5/10, it's fine, but not exactly something I'd recommend for the enjoyment factor alone.

Story: 4

Art: 10

Character: 8

Enjoyment: 5

Overall: 7

I'm probably being too generous in my rating of an overall of 7, but in general the Manga was good; I only wish that the last 4 volumes quite simply were either better or didn't exist.