

At about 19:48 of the 1st episode of _5-toubun no Hanayome ∬_ , after Uesugi
found out the culprit, he put the test paper on Ichika's head.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/puuIs.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/puuIs.png)

Is it socially acceptable to put something over/on other's head in Japan?

I think this might show a sense of superiority in most cultures. At least in
where I live (not Japan), it's generally badly offensive to do this except the
case of (grand)parents patting their children. As [this
post](https://www.japan-
guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0+134716#:%7E:text=Any%20touching%20in,a%20close%20friend.:%7E:text=Any%20touching%20in,a%20close%20friend.)
says:

> Any touching in Japan is very rare among adults, bordering on creepy and/or
> extremely rude, but teenagers often do it to show their affection,
> especially friends who are the same gender. If you're both adults I think
> it's creepy for him to touch your head and you should probably avoid him,
> but if you're teenagers it's likely to be a sign that he likes you and/or
> considers you to be a close friend.

Since Uesugi didn't intend to show his love nor feel closed to the quints,
there is no good reason for him to do so.

Is this supposed to be a hint that Uesugi is socially inept?


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Is this supposed to be a hint that Uesugi is socially inept?


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> it's badly offensive to do this except the case of (grand)parents patting
> their children

This is exactly what Fuutarou is doing. Fuutarou is being like a 'parent' here
in that Fuutarou is the kateikyoushi after all.

It's playful. They're already pretty close friends at this point in the
series. It's like calling 1 of your close friends 'airhead' or something.

Edit 1:

This might be a different story if Fuutarou did this may be in, say, S01E06 or
something during their overnight tutorial. Even if they were being playful
with Fuutarou (eg checking if Fuutarou's heart is racing), I don't think
Fuutarou would feel close enough to them to be playful. But if ever Fuutarou
were similarly playful, I don't think it would be socially inept.

Edit 2:

Wait actually Fuutarou does do something similar in S01E06.

(The ff spoils only s1. But I'm marking as spoiler to preserve the spoilerous
nature of the identity of the 'culprit' in S02E01.)

> Fuutarou pats Ichika on the head. Of course here it's rewardingly instead of
> punishingly like in S02E01.

> [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/trdM3.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/trdM3.jpg)

> But notice Fuutarou is still in like a 'parent' role here as Ichika's
> kateikyoushi even while acknowledging Ichika as the onee-san of the quints
> besides being the literal 1st born.

> cf S01E01

> [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4VAoe.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4VAoe.jpg)

> where Ichika is the like 'parent' when Ichika and Fuutarou 1st meet re how
> Ichika introduces hself as 'Ichika onee-san'.


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