Obviously nice to see this updated. Taking time makes sense. Most harem manga have pretty bad endings, but that just means I tend to disregard said endings in favor of a more favorable one. Although I'll admit Yotsuba was one of my favorites, so I wasn't too bothered.

This chapter did seem a bit too much internal monologue, although thankfully you break up your paragraphs so it was easy enough to read. Ichika's identity issues from her acting ability are interesting, and fit. Hope to see a new chapter sooner, but do things at your own pace.

YOU FUCKER I MISSED YOUR STORY SO MUCH

I'm happy because You come back

I'm really glad that you decided to continue the story. Hope to see new chapter soon, but take your time to rest and polish your work.

Nice to have you back, nice chapter and hope you write soon!

Glad to see ya back in action. Honestly though, I reject the ending of Quintessential Quintuplets. As far as I'm concerned, each sister has as much a chance as the others. Though a harem ending is technically possible, because as they said, they're each one/fifth of a whole.

Glad to see that you keep posting!

Yeah, I definitely understand that desire to get a fresh look. I also didn't think you were 'dead' dead, but I read so much that it's better for me to assume a story is dead after a couple months and be happily surprised when it updates than to keep checking in vain for over a year like I used to do.

Dang, I'm kind of surprised they can get any studying done with all those lampshades Ichika is hanging in the room, heheh.

While I like Ichika as a sister, I don't really like lying people, so she's always been a sort of 'meh' to me overall.

Others notice his little pauses? Not as much as he does, clearly, but still enough to be considered a quirk, huh.

I think this is still great even without the game parts, so long as their is still some interaction, like 30%, so that it's not entirely internal dialogue.

my man just took a 6 months break but thats fine ya dont know how much I missed yall stories for real shit

"You're family, it'd be strange for you sisters to not help each other." The boy stated, getting Ichika to smile once more.
"You're right. I'm lucky to have them. Don't you feel the same~?" Ichika teased once more, getting the boy to sigh.

A. I sure am lucky to have such a well paying job thanks to you guys not being good at school.
B. I don't think "lucky" is exactly the right word, but it's not all bad. Mostly.
C. I sure do feel lucky to tutor all of you girls...teaching you helps me study as well.
D. I was thinking you could be getting lucky in a different way.

Once again, poor Nino. Ahh, the pain of being the Tsundere who has to Tsun for all five girls at once, heheheh.

"Ahhhh!" Nino ran off again, being completely done with everything."

Just like this story, apparently. :(

"A-and I need some time to prepare for the next step in our relationship…" She blushed, holding her hands to cover her mouth.

'hol up, something ain't right. That's supposed to go "Wait, I need to prepare my heart." or something.

Heh, I've got it all figured out now. He's suddenly developed the Gamer power...but Raiha is the Game Master! Dun Dun Duuuuun!

Wait...did I actually call it with the Gamer reference?

Poor System-chan, she's so sad that Fuutarou-kun never picks E. Quit the tutoring job and spend more time with System-chan who can print money directly into your wallet.

Honestly surprised it wasn't Tetris over Frogger. That game gets insanely, brutally difficult and for my experience that matches track perfectly.

Poor Nino and her poor confused feelings, heheheh. If only she was more genre savvy like Ichika.

"It's not like I like you or anything!" Nino yelled heatedly."

Welp, might as well go commit sudoku now. Oh, your sisters are here with their own lunches? Welp, too late. Pffftt. Gosh, I laughed so hard at that. Just, such a classic line, but from Nino...perfect.

"Ohh. Ninos an amazing cook, but Miku definitely picked one of the upper tier places to get a bento from. Not that it'd matter as I'd be fine with anything." He thought to himself, idly enjoying the free meals as the girls continued to argue."

Pheeew, at least that man has his priorities in order.

"She had heard about everything that happened earlier that day and already the eldest sister had decided to have some fun."

Oh. Oh no. Just let Nino have him, it would be much kinder than that kind of torture.

Honestly, for an option D kind of thing that breaks Nino's pride I would have went with having her make a non-drugged meal and feeding it to him "aaaahh" style, making her act out the "dere" of her tsundere.