Artist's commentary
Nino-chan
I read The Quintessential Quintuplets for the first time the other day. It was very interesting, moving, and the best work I've ever read. That's why I drew my favorite character, Nino. I wanted to draw her in school uniform, so I made the situation after school, and I imagined her making handmade chocolates and trying to give them to him like Valentine's Day. I also love the fact that Nino is proactive in love, fashionable, and has high girl power.
(Spoilers below.)
What I personally thought was the most amazing thing about reading The Quintessential Quintuplets was its compositional skills. From the detailed storyline to the foreshadowing and the panel divisions, every aspect of the story was very carefully crafted, making it a very rewarding read. I was particularly impressed by the fact that the author took the preconceived notion that the heroine with the most individual appearances is the one who will end up getting married in the end, which is often the case in romantic comedies, and skillfully displaced the reader's perspective and Futaro's perspective to create a brilliant mislead. This style makes the shock of the revelation as a mystery solving story bigger, and at the same time, as a romantic comedy, it makes the defeated heroine an attractive character. In fact, I think that Nino and Miku are two of the most popular heroines in the world, even though they lost early on. It was also interesting that I had a different impression when I read it again not from the reader's point of view but from Futaro's point of view. I've talked about it for a long time, but for me, The Quintessential Quintuplets was a wonderful work. If I have the chance, I'd like to draw another quintuplets.