Chapter 88

A Certain Boy and I ① (とある①) is the eighty-eighth chapter of the 5-toubun no Hanayome manga series.

Cover Page

 * Color Spread: Nakano Quintuplets in sleepwear
 * Color Page: Fuutarou and Young Nakano playing around Kyoto
 * Title Page: same as Color Spread.
 * Announcement:
 * 4.5 million Japanese volume sales announced
 * 5-toubun no Hanayome Fanbook and Exhibition event announced.

Story Impact

 * Fuutarou's and Yotsuba's original motivation to study is for the sake of their little sister and late mothers, respectively.
 * Yotsuba is the first sister to "change" her looks, and her sisters followed suit (starting with Itsuki) in middle school.
 * Yotsuba's reason for her change in look is so that other people (originally Fuutarou) won't mistook her for her sisters again.
 * Rena passed away sometime after her and the quintuplets' visit to Grandpa.
 * Itsuki trying to replace her mother's place/role originated from losing her mother and wants her to stay with the sisters.

Chapter Notes

 * Yotsuba met with Fuutarou in the Kyoto Station.
 * Yotsuba bought the charm together with Fuutarou in Kiyomezudera.
 * Yotsuba used to call Fuutarou as "Fuutarou-kun."
 * Fuutarou's daily allowance was 5 yen.
 * Yotsuba explained Nakano's family poor condition to Fuutarou. Itsuki also stated this in Chapter 41.
 * Raiha was in 1st year of elementary school during Elementary School Kyoto Trip.
 * Fuutarou's "being someone necessary" originated from Yotsuba's speech and goals.
 * Fuutarou's reason/motivation to study is for her little sister's sake, while Yotsuba's is for her mother's sake.
 * Maruo went to Kyoto just for the sake of finding the lost daughter of Rena's.
 * Nino gave Fuutarou the nickname "Fuu-kun" to during Elementary School Kyoto Trip.
 * Ichika met Fuutarou and talk to him during the night he stayed in the sisters' place.
 * Rena Nakano's health were gradually worse, implying she was suffering from an unknown illness (for her cause of death).
 * Nino saw Fuutarou from afar during the night he stayed in the sisters' place.
 * Yotsuba was the first one to wear an accessory (to differentiate herself from her sisters), during their visit to Nakano's Grandpa.
 * Yotsuba's reason for her change in look is so that other people (originally Fuutarou) won't mistook her for her sisters again.
 * Yotsuba used to have the best grade among the Nakano Quintuplets (once she tried hard).
 * Itsuki was the second one to wear an accessory and look different from her sisters.
 * Another mention of Gotoubun Principle, said by Rena Nakano.
 * Rena passed away sometime after her and the quintuplets' visit to Grandpa.
 * Itsuki trying to replace her mother's place/role originated from losing her mother and wants her to stay with the sisters.
 * Nakano's Grandpa was sick around the time Rena Nakano's funeral (apparently due to previous Yotsuba's change in look).
 * Maruo adopted/took care of the sisters starting Rena Nakano's funeral.
 * Ichika was the first one to cut her hair.

Characters
List of characters in order of their appearance:
 * Young Nakano
 * Fuutarou Uesugi
 * Nakano Quintuplets
 * Rena Nakano
 * Maruo Nakano

Trivia

 * Nino's statement in Chapter 14 gets explained in this chapter, she only saw Fuutarou from afar, this is why she felt like have seen the boy in the picture before.
 * Ichika's statement in Chapter 66 gets explained in this chapter, she chatted with someone Yotsuba wanted to befriend.
 * Negi's Shoe Panel:
 * Page 21: arrival
 * Many tourist attractions in Kyoto were recreated in this chapter. The place where Fuutarou and Yotsuba prayed at was based on in Kyoto, Japan.