The Top 15 Romance Anime Like The Quintessential Quintuplets

The Quintessential Quintuplets is one of the most popular harem romance anime in recent years.

It may be because of its enjoyable comedy, and tender moments with the various harem girls trying to win over the protagonist, but the success is undeniable.

And that is precisely why if after watching it your thought is “I want more”, we understand you 100%.

But we have already looked ahead and collected for you the best anime to watch if you liked The Quintessential Quintuplets, also arguing the reasons why.

15. Oresuki: Are You the Only One Who Loves Me?

Oresuki

Oresuki is an interesting harem romance anime that goes to twist the classic formula by making it more interesting.

On the same day, the main character Joro finds himself witnessing two declarations of love towards his best friend Taiyou by the two most beautiful girls in school.

It’s here that he implements his evil plan: introduce himself into the love plot to console and make his own the girl who will be rejected.

But this seemingly perfect plan is destined to be complicated by the arrival of Pansy, who is in love with Joro. The problem? Taiyou is in love with her!

Oresuki with its mind-blowing love plot manages to be an interesting romance anime. You can watch it to stay with the romance themes of The Quintessential Quintuplets while also switching things up a bit.

14. Girlfriend, Girlfriend

Girlfriend, Girlfriend is a little-known harem anime, but one that might be enjoyable if watched after The Quintessential Quintuplets.

Naoya receives a declaration of love from Nagisa, a beautiful and friendly girl. The problem? Naoya is already dating Seki.

The solution? Convince the two to enter into an open relationship. But the arrival of other girls who want to join the harem will complicate matters.

Girlfriend, Girlfriend is a peculiar harem, light and absurd, with funny characters. It’s not bad, but quite generic.

13. Domestic Girlfriend

Domestic Girlfriend

Domestic Girlfriend is an ecchi romance anime that contains deep psychological and more mature themes than The Quintessential Quintuplets.

Natsuo, the main character, ends up consummating his first sexual intercourse with Rui, a girl he met that same day after school.

The girl, however, decides to reject him completely after the act, saying she’s only interested in the carnal act, not wanting a relationship.

Afterward, the boy feels guilty for losing his virginity to a girl he does not particularly like, plus he feels as if he has betrayed his crush on his high school teacher, Hina, much older than him. But a strange triangle then arises that will lead to Natsuo, Rui, and Hina becoming part of the same family.

Domestic Girlfriend if we want is a more mature version than The Quintessential Quintuplets.

It shelves comedy to make room for mature themes, with many reflections on adult relationships.

12. Rent a Girlfriend

Rent a Girlfriend

Rent a Girlfriend is one of the latest romance-harem anime released, which made a lot of buzz upon its release.

Kazuya is an ordinary college student who has just been dumped by his girlfriend for another guy.

To make himself feel better, he decides to use an app called Diamond to hire a girlfriend-for-hire, Chizuru Mizuhara. But the harem will slowly grow more and more, with comedy and romance moments.

Rent a Girlfriend has been much discussed, both positively and negatively. It’s a decent romance harem, which like The Quintessential Quintuplets relies on comedy and tender moments with the different harem girls.

Rather, its characters have been discussed, especially the protagonist Kazuya, who is considered a poorly-written character.

Still, it remains a good recommendation, in line with the theme of this article.

11. The Fruit of Grisaia

The Fruit of Grisaia

The Fruit of Grisaia is a romance with harem and sentimental elements that unlike The Quintessential Quintuplets is based on drama and not comedy.

The Mihana Academy is a special school that accepts students with unique backgrounds and educates them away from the outside world.

Yuuji Kazami, a former murderer who wants to leave his past behind, joins this school. Here he will find five other students, all girls, making Yuuji the only male in the academy.

The Fruit of Grisaia will be based on the past of these 5 girls, who will gradually open up to Yuuji which will help them overcome their traumas.

As you may have noticed, the similarity is striking: That of the main character helping the girls with their problems. The difference, however, is that it’s in a dramatic key.

Watch it if you’re interested in almost the opposite of The Quintessential Quintuplets, to reverse perspective.

10. Ouran High School Host Club

Ouran High School Host Club

Ouran High School Host Club is your choice if you want to reverse the point of view from The Quintessential Quintuplets.

Haruhi Fujioka is a girl who after much effort has managed to enroll in Ouran Academy, one of the most prestigious academies in Japan.

After finishing classes, to find a quiet place, Haruhi enters a seemingly empty room, only to stumble upon the headquarters of the renowned Host Club.

Haruhi however surprise drops a valuable vase, and to repay the debt she’s forced to start working as an employee at the host club by disguising herself as a boy.

You know the drill: all the guys will try to conquer Haruhi, going on to form a big reverse harem, and this is how the anime will develop, between comedy and romance.

Ouran High School Host Club is one of the best reverse harems you can find, and like The Quintessential Quintuplets, it makes comedy its strong point.

9. My Girlfriend and Childhood Friend Fight Too Much

My Girlfriend and Childhood Friend Fight Too Much

Abbreviated as Oreshura, this is another romance-harem anime that we are sure you may enjoy if you’re a fan of The Quintessential Quintuplets.

Eita is a boy who after being abandoned as a child is taken in by Chiwa Harusaki’s family. Therefore, he studies steadily every day to become a doctor and repay his debt to them.

This reduces to zero his time and interest in love, which Eita considers only a waste of time.

However, this monotony will be interrupted by Masuzu, the beautiful silver-haired girl in his class, who will blackmail him into making him her fake boyfriend so as not to attract any more unwanted attention.

But Chiwa has been secretly in love with him since they were children! How will it end?

Oreshura is a good harem romance with well-written characters, a good love plot, and good comic interludes. We are sure you will enjoy it if you have enjoyed The Quintessential Quintuplets.

8. To LOVE-Ru

To LOVE-Ru is one of the icons of harem romance from the 2010s, which has now unfortunately lost popularity.

The story revolves around Rito Yuki, a high school student like any other who is unable to confess his love to Haruna Sairenji.

One day, however, while taking a bath, Lala, a naked alien girl, appears in front of him.

Lala has escaped from her planet because of the arranged marriage her father wants to subject her to, and finding herself in front of Rito, she decides she wants to take him as her groom.

The father decides that the ceremony can take place only if the boy proves himself worthy of protecting his daughter, or else the planet will be destroyed.

To LOVE-Ru is almost a must if you like romances with harem and ecchi themes. Its story is fun, and that touch of the supernatural makes it even better.

7. Love Hina

Love Hina

Love Hina is a criminally underrated romance anime from the 2000s.

Keitaro Urashima is a 19-year-old boy desperately trying to get admitted to the prestigious Tokyo College. But not being an ace in his studies, he’s been rejected several times.

To continue pursuing his dream, Keitaro is forced to get a part-time job: he ends up as a janitor in a women’s college dormitory whose female tenants will give him a hard time, especially the beautiful Nasuregawa.

Love Hina is a good romance harem, which we recommend if you want to see something less modern than The Quintessential Quintuplets. The animations are characteristic of the 2000s when it came out, and the story knows how to entertain.

The characters are slightly too stereotypical, but nothing too debilitating.

6. Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

Saekano is a moderately successful romance-harem anime that may be right for you.

The main character Tomoya meets during spring break a beautiful girl who he discovers is his classmate named Megumi.

Impressed by her, he decides to make her the protagonist of the video game he’s developing together with Eriri Sawamura as an illustrator and Utaha Kasumigaoka as a scriptwriter.

Thus Blessing Software is born, with the aim of finishing the game as soon as possible.

Saekano is an interesting anime, combining the classic comedy and harem of The Quintessential Quintuplets with nerdy elements from video games, so we recommend it.

5. Nisekoi – False Love

Nisekoi

Nisekoi is a must-have recommendation if you’re looking for a good romance-harem anime in The Quintessential Quintuplets style.

It tells the story of Raku Ichijou, the heir to a powerful Yakuza family. He’s a typical teenager that many years ago made a promise to a girl that gave him a pendant, saying that they will marry once adults.

Raku tries desperately to find the girl with a key that will open his pendant and he also has a huge crush on his old friend Kosaki Onodera.

However, Raku is dragged back to reality by the appearance of a rival gang of his family, the American Bee Hive Gang. The 2 clans decide to settle by pairing Raku with the daughter of the enemy’s leader, Chitoge Kirisaki.

But even if it’s a false love, who knows if this act can produce real feelings as the story goes on.

Nisekoi is in our opinion one of the best romance anime with comedy you can find.

It has many similar traits to The Quintessential Quintuplets, such as the main character helping the girls to be better and many comic moments alternating with romantic ones.

4. Maison Ikkoku

Maison Ikkoku

Based on a seinen manga by Rumiko Takahashi, Maison Ikkoku is a great classic of the 1980s and the father of all harem-romance anime stories.

Yusaku Godai, the protagonist of the events, is a young high school student who aspires to enter a prestigious college.

To prepare himself best and quietly for the difficult entrance exam, he rents an apartment at the extravagant Maison Ikkoku boarding house.

The boarding house is run by Kyoko Otonashi, an extremely charming woman older than him with whom Yusuke has an immediate love affair.

Maison Ikkoku is a major cult hit in the romance genre, making history and shaping the genre as we know it today.

It’s the genesis of anime like The Quintessential Quintuplets, so it would be crazy to exclude it from this list.

3. OreGairu

My Teeen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

OreGairu is a recommendation that can hardly be missed when it comes to romance. It’s an innovative and different love story that everyone should watch and a very good romance anime for beginners.

It tells the story of Hachiman Hikigaya, an antisocial high school student with a distorted and pessimistic view of social life that leads him to be alone.

That is until his teacher forces him to join the institution’s volunteer club, which is attended and run by the prettiest and one of the most popular girls in school, Yukino Yukinoshita.

The 2 will find that they have much in common, but joining the club with Yui, another attractive girl, will start a love triangle.

OreGairu has similarities with The Quintessential Quintuplets in being based on comedy and the anti-social protagonist who helps the girls be the best versions of themselves.

But it’s also different, showing a story centered on breaking out of one’s bubbles and opening up to the world.

2. Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Rascal does not dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

With Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai we change genres and move on to something more serious and psychology-focused than The Quintessential Quintuplets.

The plot revolves around Sakuta Azusagawa, a high school boy who keeps to himself and has only two friends.

This is caused by the fact that rumors are circulating about him allegedly assaulting some boys. One day, while walking around the library, he runs into a girl dressed as a bunny.

The girl’s name is Mai Sakurajima, his senpai older than him as well as a professional and popular actress. The two will begin to discover each other, opening doors to their various past experiences.

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai is a complex romance that goes to give more attention to its psychological aspects related to trauma rather than romance.

It has comic and vaguely harem elements, but definitely should not be seen for that. As a similarity, we can find the comparison between the two main characters. Both Uesugi and Sakuta will help the girls in their anime very much.

1. We Never Learn

We Never Learn

We Never Learn is a great romance-harem anime that’s incredibly underrated and has so many elements in common with The Quintessential Quintuplets.

Nariyuki Yuiga is determined to work hard to obtain a scholarship. But no matter what he does, he never seems to be able to surpass his two classmates: Rizu Ogata, a genius in science subjects, and Fumino Furuhashi, incredibly skilled in literary subjects.

But the school principal offers him a deal: If the boy can get the two girls approved for college, he will get him the scholarship he always wanted.

The trick? Rizu plans to enroll in the Faculty of Literature, while Fumino plans to enroll in the Faculty of Science, the opposite of what they’re brought into.

The harem, which started with these two girls, will increase as the story continues, with the school teacher Mafuyu Kirisu and Asumi Kominami.

In addition to the harem aspect with comic and romantic moments, We Never Learn also has the common aspect of being study-centered.

In both series, the main character is poor, and he teaches the girls for his benefit and then grows attached to them.

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Yorozuya

Passionate about Japanese culture for years, serial devourer of manga, anime, and videogames that have now become part of my routine. My favorite series? Goodnight Punpun and One Piece.

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