This is better than a soap opera. I am loving this story so much!
Well, he beat the interloper, and all the girls passed. The quint's father has begrudgingly rehired Kotaro to continue tutoring, at an even higher pay grade. But... father is not happy. He seems to think Kotaro is going to defile his daughters. I think it's actually the other way around. All five girls are madly in love with him, which is their father's worst fear. He's cold & distant, yet overprotective at the same time. Strange man. We have hints of how the story eventually ends, happily, with a marriage. 5 volumes left. It's still anyone's game. The girls are pulling out all the stops to win Kotaro's affections. Even he is now starting to realize he has feelings of love welling up. So what are the girls going to do? Art, excellent. Dialogue, excellent. Characters, loveable, admirable, believable, relatable, adorable.