Nino Nakano

Nino Nakano (中なか野の二に乃の, Nakano Nino?) is one of the main characters of the 5-toubun no Hanayome series. She is the second sister of the Nakano Quintuplets who usually acts as the mother of the family; cooking for them and taking care of their medical needs. Among the five sisters, she is the one who has the highest hostility towards Fuutarou Uesugi and often rebelled against him early in the series.

Why She Rocks

 * 1) Nino is one of the most well-written tsundere characters in anime, right after Taiga Aisaka.
 * 2) While Nino is usually sour and rebellious against Fuutaro, she is mature and responsible to her other sisters.
 * 3) She is considered to be the mother of the siblings. While Ichika is destined to be the eldest of the five, Nino's care for them - such as carrying around bandages because one of them was bound to get injured, clearly shows - the attitude she has with them.
 * 4) Like her other quintuplet sisters, voluptuous and busty, Nino had the most girlish character design and usually possesses many cute accessories.
 * 5) Out of all her sisters, Nino is a great cook.
 * 6) Her character development is very significant, as she gets more matured than before.
 * 7) *She becomes less aggressive and acknowledges her feelings properly to Fuutaro ever since she cuts her hair to medium length.
 * 8) *It takes a while to sink in, but when Fuutaro, disguised as Kintarou, tells her that he doesn't care about studying and just wants her and her sisters to be together, she starts to realize not only that he genuinely cares for them, but also that her own attitude is driving her sisters away.
 * 9) * Nino tries to deny the fact she may be in love with Fuutaro, as they ride together on his motorcycle, she confesses as she's speaking about how it will get lonelier since they all passed their exams.
 * 10) * When she realizes that Fuutaro didn't hear her confession over the wind, Nino was about to leave it at that, but turns around and confesses properly and unambiguously to make sure he hears it this time, stunning and shocking him.
 * 11) Ever since she opened up to Fuutaro, Nino become very bold, and makes various attempts to be closer to him.
 * 12) In chapter 81, Nino criticized Ichika on the latter's attitude and obsession with Fuutaro. While she made it clear she was going to fight for Fuutaro's love with everything she had, the one line she wouldn't cross would be betraying or hurting her sisters on purpose, like Ichika did with Miku.
 * 13) Nino confronts and helps Miku, who has been depressed in her room since Ichika betrayed her trust. Nino tells Miku that she will use this opportunity to make Fuutaro hers if Miku gives up, but encourages her not to do so if she truly loves him.
 * 14) The fact that she isn't not good at hiding her embarrassment at all, makes her all the more cute.

The Only Bad Qualities

 * 1) She's not the likable type when she was first introduced, considering that she drugged Fuutaro's food when he first came to the Nakano's apartment, due to her strong disliking towards him.
 * 2) She does not take it well when Fuutaro chooses Yotsuba. When she shows concern at how she might be feeling after Fuutarou chose the latter over her and her sisters, she gets irritated with this behavior because she sees it as pity and due to a combination of Yotsuba not proactively doing anything to appeal to Fuutarou romantically, and her accepting Fuutarou's confession despite not being love with him and threatens to disown her as her sister. Given that Nino was upset by being rejected by Fuutarou and the afore mentioned, this is hardly surprising.

Trivia

 * The name Nino means "two" (二) (ni) and "from" (乃) (no).
 * Purple rose petals on Volume 3 cover (Nino's volume) means "love at first sight", which is possibly a reference to her affection towards Kintarou, who is in fact Fuutarou Uesugi.
 * Nino owns various dolls on her bed where one particular doll is often seen in the background or as a cameo throughout the series.
 * Nino has a rabbit-themed phone cover.
 * Nino's dream is to open a restaurant.
 * Nino is apparently afraid of needles, a trait she shares with Itsuki Nakano.
 * Nino prefers black tea as it can be customized to her tastes.
 * Nino seems to have a form of attraction towards blonde-haired people as she was attracted to Fuutarou's younger self and she expresses some form of attraction towards Isanari Uesugi.
 * Ayana Taketatsu (Nino's voice actress) is the second oldest of the voice actresses of the sisters.
 * Taketatsu is married to Yūki Kaiji, whom had voiced Eren Yeager, and Ayato Kirishima.