Chapter 76

A Battle Amongst Men (の) is the seventy-sixth chapter of the 5-toubun no Hanayome manga series.

Summary
Fuutarou and the Nakano Quintuplets are having the National Mock Exam. Takeda, despite having a cheat sheet, choose not to use it because he want to fight Fuutarou fairly. In the end, Fuutarou ranks 3rd and earn Maruo's praise.

Story Impact

 * Takeda's background story is revealed.
 * Fuutarou ranks 3rd in the National Mock Exam.

Chapter Notes

 * Isanari Uesugi likes to drink milk (first shown in Chapter 2).
 * Takeda's father is the School Chairman.
 * The School Chairman is acquainted with Maruo Nakano.
 * Takeda's dream as a child is to be a physician like his mother.
 * The documents Takeda receives from his father is the mock exam's answer sheet.
 * Takeda tears apart the answer sheet because he wants to beat Fuutarou fairly.
 * Takeda's dream is to be an astronaut.
 * Ebata is shown once again to call Maruo "Master."
 * Ichika ranks 146,079th out of 250,762 participants. Her English score is 60/200 and Math score is 75/200.
 * Takeda ranks 8th in the National Mock Exam, while Fuutarou ranks 3rd.
 * Fuutarou gets perfect score for the first four subjects, but not for the last one, because he fell asleep in the middle of the exam. Fuutarou might get perfect score if he's awake.
 * Maruo praises Fuutarou's hard work.

Characters
List of characters in order of their appearance:
 * Raiha Uesugi
 * Fuutarou Uesugi
 * Isanari Uesugi
 * Itsuki Nakano
 * Yotsuba Nakano
 * Nino Nakano
 * Miku Nakano
 * Ichika Nakano
 * Takeda
 * School Chairman (first appearance)
 * Ebata (voice only)
 * Maruo Nakano

Quote

 * "Sorry, but it's not one-on-one, there are six of us on this side" - Fuutarou Uesugi
 * "Because I have a dream, I wil defeat you with my own abilities! Results brought about by resorting to cheap tricks hold no meaning!" - Takeda
 * "That resolve of his, is impressive" - Maruo Nakano

Trivia

 * This is the first time Maruo praises Fuutarou.
 * Nakano Quintuplets Formation:
 * page 2: Ichika, Miku, Nino, Yotsuba, Itsuki
 * page 17: Nino, Itsuki, Miku, Yotsuba, Ichika
 * Negi's Shoe Panel:
 * page 19: togetherness