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| Rascal Does Not Dream | |
 The cover of the first volume Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, featuring Mai Sakurajima | |
| 青春ブタ野郎 (Seishun Buta Yarō) | |
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| Genre | |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Hajime Kamoshida |
| Illustrated by | Kēji Mizoguchi |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
| Original run | April 10, 2014 – July 10, 2025 |
| Volumes | 15 + 1 extra |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hajime Kamoshida |
| Illustrated by | |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Dengeki G's Comic |
| Original run | December 1, 2015 – present |
| Volumes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai | |
| Directed by | Sōichi Masui |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Masahiro Yokotani |
| Music by | Fox Capture Plan |
| Studio | CloverWorks |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | ABC, Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11, Mētele, AT-X |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 4, 2018 – December 27, 2018 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Anime film | |
| Anime television series | |
| Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus | |
| Directed by | Sōichi Masui |
| Written by | Masahiro Yokotani |
| Music by | Fox Capture Plan |
| Studio | CloverWorks |
| Licensed by |
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| Original network | Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11, ABC, Mētele, AT-X |
| Original run | July 5, 2025 – present |
| Episodes | 9 |
Rascal Does Not Dream,[6][a] known in Japan as Seishun Buta Yarō (Japanese: 青春ブタ野郎; Rascal, lit. "Teenage Pig") or AoButa (青ブタ), is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida and illustrated by Kēji Mizoguchi. ASCII Media Works published sixteen volumes from April 2014 to July 2025 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by various illustrators has been serialized in ASCII Media Works' seinen manga magazine Dengeki G's Comic since December 2015.
An anime television series adaptation by CloverWorks, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, aired from October to December 2018. An anime film, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl, premiered in June 2019. A second anime film, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out, premiered in June 2023. A third anime film, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid, premiered in December 2023. A second anime television series, Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus, premiered in July 2025.
High school student Sakuta Azusagawa's life takes a turn for the unexpected when he meets teenage actress Mai Sakurajima, dressed as a bunny girl, wandering through a library and not being noticed by anyone else there. Mai is intrigued that Sakuta is the only one who can see her, as other people are unable to see her, even when she is dressing normally or attempting to stay away from celebrity life. Calling this phenomenon "Adolescence Syndrome" (思春期症候群, Shishunki Shōkōgun),[b] Sakuta decides to solve this mystery, while continuing to get closer to Mai and meeting other girls who suffer from Adolescence Syndrome as well.
Rascal Does Not Dream is written by Hajime Kamoshida and features illustrations by Keji Mizoguchi. ASCII Media Works published fifteen volumes from April 2014 to October 2024 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. The original title of each volume is set according to the syntax Rascal Does Not Dream of... (青春ブタ野郎は...の夢を見ない, Seishun Buta Yarō wa... no Yume o Minai). In April 2024, it was announced that the series entered its final arc, with the final volume, volume 15, published on October 10 of the same year.[15]
Yen Press has been publishing light novels in English since April 28, 2020.[16][17]
| No. | Title | Original release date | English release date | ||
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| 1 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Seishun Buta Yarō wa Banīgāru Senpai no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はバニーガール先輩の夢を見ない) | April 10, 2014[18] 978-4-04-866487-5 | April 28, 2020[17] 978-1-97-539935-1 | ||
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| 2 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Petite Devil Kohai Seishun Buta Yarō wa Puchidebiru Kōhai no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はプチデビル後輩の夢を見ない) | September 9, 2014[19] 978-4-04-866808-8 | August 18, 2020[20] 978-1-97-531254-1 | ||
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| 3 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Logical Witch Seishun Buta Yarō wa Rojikaru Witchi no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はロジカルウィッチの夢を見ない) | January 10, 2015[21] 978-4-04-869173-4 | November 17, 2020[22] 978-1-97-531256-5 | ||
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| 4 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Siscon Idol Seishun Buta Yarō wa Shisukon Aidoru no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はシスコンアイドルの夢を見ない) | May 9, 2015[23] 978-4-04-865135-6 | March 30, 2021[24] 978-1-97-531258-9 | ||
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| 5 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Home Alone Seishun Buta Yarō wa Orusuban Imōto no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はおるすばん妹の夢を見ない) | September 10, 2015[25] 978-4-04-865394-7 | July 27, 2021[26] 978-1-97-531260-2 | ||
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| 6 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl Seishun Buta Yarō wa Yumemiru Shōjo no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢を見ない) | June 10, 2016[27] 978-4-04-865891-1 | November 30, 2021[28] 978-1-97-531262-6 | ||
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| 7 | Rascal Does Not Dream of His First Love Seishun Buta Yarō wa Hatsukoi Shōjo no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はハツコイ少女の夢を見ない) | October 8, 2016[29] 978-4-04-892281-4 | May 3, 2022[30] 978-1-97-531264-0 | ||
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| 8 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out Seishun Buta Yarō wa Dekake Shisutā no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はおでかけシスターの夢を見ない) | April 10, 2018[31] 978-4-04-893585-2 | August 23, 2022[32] 978-1-97-531266-4 | ||
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| 9 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid Seishun Buta Yarō wa Randoseru Gāru no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はランドセルガールの夢を見ない) | October 10, 2018[33] 978-4-04-912017-2 | December 13, 2022[34] 978-1-97-531268-8 | ||
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| 10 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Lost Singer Seishun Buta Yarō wa Mayoeru Shingā no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎は迷えるシンガーの夢を見ない) | February 7, 2020[35] 978-4-04-912850-5 | March 21, 2023[36] 978-1-97-531851-2 | ||
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| 11 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Nightingale Seishun Buta Yarō wa Naichingēru no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はナイチンゲールの夢を見ない) | December 10, 2020[37] 978-4-04-912902-1 | June 20, 2023[38] 978-1-97-534350-7 | ||
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| 12 | Rascal Does Not Dream of His Student Seishun Buta Yarō wa Mai Suchūdento no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はマイスチューデントの夢を見ない) | December 9, 2022[39] 978-4-04-913936-5 | November 21, 2023[40] 978-1-97-537527-0 | ||
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| 13 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus Seishun Buta Yarō wa Santakurōsu no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はサンタクロースの夢を見ない) | July 7, 2023[41] 978-4-04-914867-1 | August 20, 2024[42] 978-1-97-539160-7 | ||
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| 14 | Rascal Does Not Dream of His Girlfriend Seishun Buta Yarō wa Gārufurendo no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はガールフレンドの夢を見ない) | August 9, 2024[43] 978-4-04-915131-2 | June 10, 2025[44] 979-8-85-541829-3 | ||
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| 15 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend Seishun Buta Yarō wa Dia Furendo no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はディアフレンドの夢を見ない) | October 10, 2024[45] 978-4-04-915132-9 | January 6, 2026[46] 979-8-85-542243-6 | ||
| + | Rascal Does Not Dream of Beach Queen Seishun Buta Yarō wa Bīchikuīn no Yume o Minai (青春ブタ野郎はビーチクイーンの夢を見ない) | July 10, 2025[47] 978-4-04-916404-6 | — | ||
A manga adaptation drawn by Tsugumi Nanamiya began serialization in the January 2016 issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Comic magazine, which was released on December 1, 2015.[48][49] Yen Press has been publishing the English version of the manga in a 2-in-1 omnibus edition since August 18, 2020.[50]
| No. | Title | Original release date | English release date | |
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| 1 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai 1 Seishun Buta Yarō wa Banīgāru Senpai no Yume o Minai 1 (青春ブタ野郎はバニーガール先輩の夢を見ない 1) | October 8, 2016[51] 978-4-04-892480-1 | August 18, 2020[52] 978-1-97-535962-1 | |
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| 2 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai 2 Seishun Buta Yarō wa Banīgāru Senpai no Yume o Minai 2 (青春ブタ野郎はバニーガール先輩の夢を見ない 2) | October 10, 2018[53] 978-4-04-912068-4 | August 18, 2020[52] 978-1-97-535962-1 | |
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A manga adaptation drawn by Tsukumo Asakusa began serialization in the May 2018 issue of Dengeki G's Comic magazine.[2]
| No. | Title | Original release date | English release date | |
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| 1 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Petite Devil Kohai 1 Seishun Buta Yarō wa Puchidebiru Kōhai no Yume o Minai 1 (青春ブタ野郎はプチデビル後輩の夢を見ない 1) | October 10, 2018[54] 978-4-04-912070-7 | December 15, 2020[55] 978-1-97-531801-7 | |
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| 2 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Petite Devil Kohai 2 Seishun Buta Yarō wa Puchidebiru Kōhai no Yume o Minai 2 (青春ブタ野郎はプチデビル後輩の夢を見ない 2) | December 10, 2018[56] 978-4-04-912258-9 | December 15, 2020[55] 978-1-97-531801-7 | |
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A manga adaptation drawn by Tsukako Akina began serialization on the ComicWalker website on August 1, 2020.[3]
| No. | Title | Original release date | English release date | |
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| 1 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Logical Witch 1 Seishun Buta Yarō wa Rojikaru Witchi no Yume o Minai 1 (青春ブタ野郎はロジカルウィッチの夢を見ない 1) | December 26, 2020[57] 978-4-04-913570-1 | November 21, 2023[58] 978-1-97-537339-9 | |
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| 2 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Logical Witch 2 Seishun Buta Yarō wa Rojikaru Witchi no Yume o Minai 2 (青春ブタ野郎はロジカルウィッチの夢を見ない 2) | July 27, 2022[59] 978-4-04-913894-8 | November 21, 2023[58] 978-1-97-537339-9 | |
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A manga adaptation drawn by Akuro Yoshibe began serialization on the G's Channel and ComicWalker websites on April 30, 2023.[4]
| No. | Title | Original release date | English release date | |
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| 1 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Home Alone 1 Seishun Buta Yarō wa Orusuban Imōto no Yume o Minai 1 (青春ブタ野郎はおるすばん妹の夢を見ない 1) | November 10, 2023[60] 978-4-04-915373-6 | November 25, 2025[61] 979-8-85-542280-1 | |
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| 2 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Home Alone 2 Seishun Buta Yarō wa Orusuban Imōto no Yume o Minai 2 (青春ブタ野郎はおるすばん妹の夢を見ない 2) | August 9, 2024[62] 978-4-04-915951-6 | November 25, 2025[61] 979-8-85-542280-1 | |
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A manga adaptation drawn by Eranto began serialization on the G's Channel and ComicWalker on April 30, 2023.[5]
| No. | Title | Original release date | English release date | |
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| 1 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl 1 Seishun Buta Yarō wa Yumemiru Shōjo no Yume o Minai 1 (青春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢を見ない 1) | October 10, 2023[63] 978-4-04-915372-9 | January 20, 2026[64] 979-8-85-542577-2 | |
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| 2 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl 2 Seishun Buta Yarō wa Yumemiru Shōjo no Yume o Minai 2 (青春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢を見ない 2) | March 8, 2024[65] 978-4-04-915640-9 | January 20, 2026[64] 979-8-85-542577-2 | |
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| 3 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl 3 Seishun Buta Yarō wa Yumemiru Shōjo no Yume o Minai 3 (青春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢を見ない 3) | October 10, 2024[66] 978-4-04-915961-5 | January 20, 2026[64] 979-8-85-542577-2 | |
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A manga adaptation of Rascal Does Not Dream of Siscon Idol, illustrated by Jun Miyazaki, began serialization on the G's Channel on December 25, 2023.[67]
| No. | Title | Original release date | English release date | |
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| 1 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Siscon Idol 1 Seishun Buta Yarō wa Shisukon Aidoru no Yume o Minai 1 (青春ブタ野郎はシスコンアイドルの夢を見ない 1) | June 10, 2025[68] 978-4-04-916578-4 | — | |
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A 13-episode anime television series adaptation, titled Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, aired from October 4 to December 27, 2018, on ABC and other networks.[69][70][71][c] The series is animated by CloverWorks and directed by Sōichi Masui, with Kazuya Iwata as assistant director, Masahiro Yokotani handling series composition, and Satomi Tamura designing the characters. The band Fox Capture Plan composed the series' music. Satomi Tamura also served as the chief animation director along with Akira Takata.[72] It adapts the first five light novel volumes. The opening theme song is "Kimi no Sei" (君のせい; lit. 'Your Fault'), performed by the Peggies. while the ending theme song is "Fukashigi no Karte" (不可思議のカルテ; lit. 'Mysterious Chart'), with each arc performed by Asami Seto, Yurika Kubo, Nao Tōyama, Atsumi Tanezaki, Maaya Uchida, and Inori Minase as their respective character names.[7][73]
An anime film adaptation, titled Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl, premiered on June 15, 2019.[74] The staff and cast reprised their roles from the anime.[75] It adapts the sixth and seventh light novel volumes.[76]
During the Aniplex Online Fest event in September 2022, an anime sequel adapting the eighth and ninth light novel volumes was announced.[77] It was later revealed that the sequel would consist of two films; Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out, adapting the eighth volume, was released theatrically on June 23, 2023,[78] and Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid, adapting the ninth volume, premiered on December 1 of that same year.[79] Both films reprise the main staff and cast of the previous anime adaptation.
An anime adaptation of the University Student Arc (tenth volume onwards) was announced in December 2023,[80] which was later revealed to be a television series, titled Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus, premiered on July 5, 2025, on Tokyo MX and other networks,[14] with the staff and cast from the anime series and films reprising their roles.[13] The opening theme song is "Snowdrop", performed by Conton Candy,[14] while the ending theme song is "Suiheisen wa Boku no Furukizu" (水平線は僕の古傷; lit. 'The Horizon Is My Old Wound'), performed by Sora Amamiya, Aya Yamane, Konomi Kohara and Reina Ueda as their respective characters.[81]
Aniplex of America licensed Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, streaming it on Crunchyroll, Hulu, FunimationNow, and Netflix,[82][83][84] having released a complete Blu-ray set (with English subtitles) on November 19, 2019.[85] In Australia and New Zealand, the series was simulcast on AnimeLab,[86] and in Southeast Asia on Aniplus Asia.[87] MVM Entertainment acquired the series for distribution in the UK and Ireland.[88]
In addition to the two films that were released subtitled in US theaters by Aniplex of America, in association with Fathom Events on March 24, 2024, an English dub screening of Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out & Knapsack Kid, commissioned by Burbank-based Bang Zoom! starring Erica Mendez, Stephen Fu and Kayli Mills with ADR direction handled by Michelle Ruff, premiered on March 25, 2024.[89] Aniplex of America released the films individually on Blu-ray in the US in 2024.[90][91] Crunchyroll streamed both films in English and Japanese on August 2, 2025.[92]
Nearly six years after its premiere, an English dub of Bunny Girl Senpai was announced on August 23, 2024,[93] and premiered on December 3 that same year with the cast of the films reprising their roles.[8]
On June 17, 2025, Aniplex of America announced it would stream Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl on Crunchyroll with the English dub that premiered in December 2024 at Anime Frontier. It released on June 19, 2025, with the cast from the series and other films returning.[94]
On July 25, 2025, Aniplex of America announced it would stream an English dub of Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus on Crunchyroll the next day, with the main cast returning, plus new cast members.[95]
| No. | Title [96][d] | Directed by [96] | Storyboarded by [96] | Original release date [c] | Ref. | |
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| 1 | "My Senpai is a Bunny Girl" Transliteration: "Senpai wa Banī Gāru" (Japanese: 先輩はバニーガール) | Kazuya Iwata | Sōichi Masui | October 4, 2018 | [97] | |
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On May 29, Sakuta Azusagawa wakes up from a hazy dream and finds a journal which describes how, on May 6, he met a senior from school wearing a bunny girl costume in the Fujisawa Library. Her name, however, has been mysteriously erased from the journal. Mai Sakurajima, a teen celebrity, went to the library wearing said costume that day to test if people there could still see her. When Sakuta noticed her presence, she advised him to forget her once he left. While on hiatus, she enters school midway through the year, after the students have already formed their social circles. To maintain the status quo, no one has befriended her and her existence remains largely ignored. However, she has lately realized through experiments that aside from school, there were other areas where people have also become unable to acknowledge her existence. Those areas continue to grow and is becoming an inconvenience. Believing that she has the "Adolescence Syndrome", an urban legend about special powers that affected his sister Kaede in the past, Sakuta tries to help figure out what was happening to prevent her from disappearing completely from peoples' memories. | ||||||
| 2 | "On First Dates, Trouble Is Essential" Transliteration: "Hatsu Dēto ni Haran wa Tsukimono" (Japanese: 初デートに波乱は付き物) | Kazuki Horiguchi | Junichi Sakata | October 11, 2018 | [98] | |
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Rio Futaba explains her understanding of Adolescence Syndrome using quantum mechanics and the Schrödinger's cat paradox. While having a discussion with Mai, Sakuta reveals he learned about Mai's conflict with her manager, who is also her mother, from reporter Fumika Nanjo. After Mai contacts Fumika, she agrees to spend a day with Sakuta but denies it is an actual "date". Before it begins, Sakuta gets involved in a misunderstanding with Tomoe Koga, a first-year student, over a lost child in a park. When Sakuta and Mai later hang out together, the latter makes an appointment to meet with her mother. However, Mai discovers that even her mother does not remember her. Sakuta then decides to take Mai to a faraway city in order to see if anyone still remembers, which is unsuccessful. That night, they decide to rest in the same hotel room. When Mai is taking a bath, Sakuta contacts Yuma and Rio and discovers they still remember Mai. Sakuta and Mai sleep on the same bed and discuss whether Sakuta will eventually forget her too. Mai proposes to kiss with Sakuta, but the latter chooses not to. | ||||||
| 3 | "The World Without You" Transliteration: "Kimi Dake ga Inai Sekai" (Japanese: 君だけがいない世界) | Masahiro Shinohara | Sōichi Masui | October 18, 2018 | [99] | |
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The next morning, Sakuta reveals he was unable to sleep next to Mai. At school, he discovers his peers, including Yuma and Tomoe, the girl he previously encountered, have forgotten about Mai, as they have all slept. Rio proposes the school's atmosphere and sleeping caused the students to no longer remember her. As such, Sakuta attempts to stay awake as midterm exams approach. When he begins to lose his composure, he constantly stabs himself with a pencil and drinks energy drinks to keep himself awake. While studying with Mai on the third sleepless day, she induces him into sleeping with pills and tearfully bids him farewell, thanking him for doing his best to try to remember her as he dozes off. On the last exam day, Sakuta has forgotten about her. However, his memories of her return upon spotting a kanji they had studied together in his exam sheet, prompting him to leave the classroom. Realizing that he loves Mai, Sakuta loudly confesses his feelings outside of school. Mai soon appears to chastise him. Now recognizable to her classmates again, Mai announces the truth about Sakuta's syndrome. | ||||||
| 4 | "There Is No Tomorrow For A Rascal" Transliteration: "Buta Yarō ni wa Ashita ga Nai" (Japanese: ブタ野郎には明日がない) | Shōhei Yamanaka | Hideaki Kurakawa | October 25, 2018 | [100] | |
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On June 27, Sakuta proceeds through his day by eating lunch with Mai, who accepts his feelings for her, and later notices Tomoe being asked out by Maezawa, a member of the basketball club. However, Sakuta finds himself stuck in a time loop, which Rio attributes to the phenomenon of Laplace's demon. To break out of the loop, she suggests he try to find whoever is behaving differently, leading him to Tomoe. While hiding under a desk, Tomoe explains she is avoiding Maezawa because her best friend has a crush on him. Sakuta and Tomoe eventually fall on top of each other by accident, angering Maezawa and Mai when they spot the two. Thinking he will be stuck in another loop, Sakuta wakes up to discover it is June 28. Tomoe later proposes she and Sakuta enter a fake relationship until the start of summer break. Sakuta ultimately agrees because Tomoe's dilemma reminds him of a similar situation involving Kaede. That night, as Sakuta wonders how he is going to explain himself to Mai, she surprisingly comes to his apartment and asks why he had not come to talk about Tomoe. | ||||||
| 5 | "All the Lies I Have for You" Transliteration: "Arittake no Uso o Kimi ni" (Japanese: ありったけの嘘を君に) | Norihito Takahashi | Daisuke Hiramaki | November 1, 2018 | [101] | |
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Now pseudo-dating Tomoe, Sakuta is taken aback when she shows up to work in the same restaurant as him as a waitress. While at work, he asks Yuma if Maezawa is a good person, as he wants to know if he should be feeling guilty for him for what is happening. However, Yuma instead tells him that Maezawa tried to get into the relationship with Tomoe while having a girlfriend, and that he has spoken negatively of his past partners, making Sakuta feel better. Tomoe's reputation begins to falter as Maezawa spreads false rumors about her promiscuity while dating Sakuta. Nevertheless, the two go on dates, getting closer to one another. At the train station after school, Maezawa finds and taunts the pair, instigating Sakuta into fighting him. However, Sakuta ultimately humiliates him in front if everyone, and denies the rumors of himself and Tomoe by admitting that he is a virgin. When they leave the scene, Tomoe thanks Sakuta for standing up for her. Sakuta assures Tomoe that they will remain friends upon ending their relationship. | ||||||
| 6 | "This World You Chose" Transliteration: "Kimi ga Eranda Kono Sekai" (Japanese: 君が選んだこの世界) | Kazuya Iwata | Kazuya Iwata | November 8, 2018 | [102] | |
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On July 18, the day before summer break, Sakuta and Tomoe agree to end their "romantic" relationship after a date on the beach. However, Sakuta is pulled another time loop which repeats July 18 multiple times; unlike the first loop, Tomoe is unaware of the cycle. Following a conversation with Rio, he realizes Tomoe has been lying about her feelings, hence the loop. After confirming his suspicions in his fourth July 18, Sakuta takes her to Enoshima instead and confronts her, where she admits she has fallen in love with him, but he respectfully turns her down. The following day, it is June 27 once again, though with Mai kissing Sakuta on the cheek while having lunch. While going home, the two encounter a middle schooler named Shoko Makinohara shielding an abandoned cat from the rain, a doppelgänger with the same name as another girl whom Sakuta had fallen in love with when he was younger. However, the Shoko he encountered was a high schooler. | ||||||
| 7 | "Adolescence Paradox" Transliteration: "Seishun wa Paradokkusu" (Japanese: 青春はパラドックス) | Ryūta Ono | Ryūta Ono | November 15, 2018 | [103] | |
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Shoko begins to regularly visit Sakuta's house to take care of the stray kitten she found, as Sakuta agreed to take care of him for now. During a trip to the library, Sakuta talks with Rio about Shoko when he notices she has her hair up and is without her glasses. After meeting up with Mai, the couple spot Rio entering an Internet café; when Sakuta tries to call her to find her in the building, Rio answers the call, but they spot the Rio in the library without a phone. As such, they corner her and she admits that there are indeed two concurrent Rios in synchronic existence. The Rio from the library goes with them to Sakuta's apartment, where she suggests the duplication is a result of two personalities that move via quantum teleportation. The other Rio also supports the idea, but believes she knows why it happened. During a conversation with Saki, Sakuta learns that Rio has been posting risqué photos of herself on social media. | ||||||
| 8 | "Wash It All Away on a Stormy Night" Transliteration: "Ōame no Yoru ni Subete o Nagashite" (Japanese: 大雨の夜にすべてを流して) | Shōhei Yamanaka | Junichi Sakata | November 22, 2018 | [104] | |
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Rio explains she has struggled with her confidence about her body; while a part of her enjoys the attention, the other dislikes having her appearance be the cause of it, leading to the former manifesting as her clone. Realizing the other Rio was posting the images online while in the train station with Sakuta, Rio receives a threatening message from an unknown user trying to extort her and asks Sakuta to go home with her. That night, Sakuta convinces Yuma to visit and the three play with fireworks on the beach before making plans to visit the fireworks festival. The next day, the Rio at Sakuta's house runs away, forcing him to search for her in the rain; he finds her at school, but collapses from a cold. In the hospital, the clone of Rio confronts Sakuta about a picture they took on the beach with the other Rio and Yuma, and explains she desires to no longer exist as she is jealous of the other Rio. However, Sakuta reassures Rio about being herself. She later calls her other self and agrees to go to the festival, unifying them once again. | ||||||
| 9 | "Sister Panic" Transliteration: "Shisutā Panikku" (Japanese: シスターパニック) | Daisuke Tsukushi | Yoshikazu Miyao | November 29, 2018 | [105] | |
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The new school term has begun, though Sakuta, who has been barred from going on public dates with Mai due to her agency's policies, is unable to find her. Upon spotting her on the street, he discovers she has swapped bodies with Nodoka Toyohama, an idol and Mai's younger half-sister. They agree to live with their predicament, with Mai assuming Nodoka's activities, and vice versa. As the two try to adjust to their new lives, Sakuta learns the siblings harbor a grudge toward each other because of the expectations levied on them, with Nodoka especially resentful of having to live in her older sister's shadow. During a video shoot, Nodoka collapses in what is typically a routine act for Mai, as it proves to be too overwhelming for her. Mai later gives Sakuta the key to her house and orders him not to open a certain cabinet. At Mai's house, Sakuta comments on Nodoka's effort, and while she is bathing, he approaches the cabinet. | ||||||
| 10 | "Complex Congratulations" Transliteration: "Konpurekkusu Konguratchurēshon" (Japanese: コンプレックスこんぐらっちゅれーしょん) | Norihito Takahashi | Norihito Takahashi | December 6, 2018 | [106] | |
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Sakuta finds an aluminium box inside Mai's cabinet. When he returns home, Kaede greets him in her school uniform, while Mai gives him tickets to Nodoka's idol group's upcoming concert. Although Mai excels in the performance, Nodoka is distraught when she observes her mother praising Mai, something she did not do with her. At the beach, Nodoka attempts to drown herself, before Sakuta catches her and tells her that Mai does indeed love her. Back home, Nodoka demands an explanation, so Sakuta gives her the box he found, which contains letters she wrote to Mai when they were younger; Mai explains she read and kept them to motivate her through the stress of her work. She adds Nodoka's mother has worried for her happiness as she tries to live up to expectations, urging her to pursue her own goals. As they embrace, the two revert to their original bodies. Rio proposes the phenomenon is a variation of quantum teleportation from Nodoka wanting to be like her older sister and possibly Mai's jealousy of her younger sister. Nodoka later moves in with Mai following an argument with her mother, while Mai's relationship with Sakuta goes public. | ||||||
| 11 | "The Kaede Quest" Transliteration: "Kaede Kuesuto" (Japanese: かえでクエスト) | Kazuki Horiguchi | Kazuki Horiguchi | December 13, 2018 | [107] | |
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At a press conference, Mai elaborates on Sakuta's role in her life and influencing her decision to return to acting. However, she urges the public to respect his privacy. Inspired, Kaede decides to organize a list of goals she wants to accomplish by the end of the year, which include answering the phone, going outside, and going to school. Sakuta receives a letter from the Shoko from his past. With Sakuta's help, Kaede begins to achieve each of her goals, with Mai helping her accomplish her goal of answering the phone. Confident, she is able to step outside their apartment with Sakuta's help. As the days pass, they eventually manage to go to the park, and the beach. While playing at the beach, she runs into Kotomi Kano, her childhood friend, yet she has no memories of her. Sakuta reveals that Kaede has lost her memories of her past. | ||||||
| 12 | "Life is a Never-Ending Dream" Transliteration: "Samenai Yume no Tsuzuki o Ikiteiru" (Japanese: 覚めない夢の続きを生きている) | Kazuya Iwata | Kazuya Iwata | December 20, 2018 | [108] | |
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Sakuta explains Kaede's condition to Mai and Nodoka: due to cyberbullying, Kaede started to experience dissociative amnesia. Worried about her, their mother suffered a mental breakdown, making her unable to accept what had happened to her daughter, and Sakuta received the scars on his chest. When reading a note Kotomi left for her in the book she had loaned to her, Kaede collapses as her past recollections slowly start to return, though at the risk of forgetting her current life. The Azusagawa siblings try to go to Kaede's school, but the trauma returns when Kaede spots other students. Instead, the two visit a zoo to cheer her up, with Sakuta gifting her a year-round pass to visit the zoo's panda exhibit. At night, Sakuta tricks Kaede into believing they are taking a shortcut home, but instead leads her to the school. With no one around, Kaede is comforted by the trip and proclaims she is ready to attend school again. The next morning, however, Kaede's old self has returned at the price of her recent memories. | ||||||
| 13 | "The Dawn After an Endless Night" Transliteration: "Akenai Yoru no Yoake" (Japanese: 明けない夜の夜明け) | Hidetoshi Takahashi | Sōichi Masui | December 27, 2018 | [109] | |
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While visiting Kaede in the hospital, Sakuta breaks into tears and regrets his inability to save the life she just lost, causing his scars to reopen. An older Shoko soon treats his injuries. As he is bathing, she reads entries from Kaede's diary that she began writing shortly after her initial memory loss; expecting to regain her old memories and Sakuta to respond negatively, Kaede created her list of goals to provide him with happy recollections once she reverted to her past self, further devastating Sakuta. The next day, Sakuta spots a note left by Shoko before finding out both versions of her have disappeared entirely; Rio suggests Shoko was an illusion created by Sakuta. Mai frees up time to visit Sakuta at home, but storms away angrily when she finds Shoko's note. Sakuta promptly follows her to her filming location. On an impromptu date, Mai apologizes for not being there to help him through his crisis, to which he answers he is simply happy to have her by his side. As Sakuta and Kaede pack their bags at the hospital, he thanks her and she states her interest in going to school, knowing she is no longer alone. | ||||||
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| 1 | "Puberty Continues" Transliteration: "Shishunki wa Owaranai" (Japanese: 思春期は終わらない) | Aika Ikeda | Sōichi Masui | July 5, 2025 | |
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Sakuta, now studying a statistical sciences course at the Kanazawa-Hakkei campus of Yokohama City University, is invited to a student orientation event on September 30 by his course mate, Takumi Fukuyama. At the event, a girl named Miori Mitou starts a conversation with Sakuta, already aware that he is Mai's boyfriend. As they leave, Miori brings up Adolescence Syndrome again. On October 3, Sakuta attends a Spanish class with Miori, as well as Uzuki Hirokawa, an idol singer enrolled in the same program. After the lecture, Uzuki's idol group colleague, Nodoka Toyohama, pulls Sakuta aside—she confesses that she and Uzuki had a disagreement about their group's future after hearing Uzuki received a solo offer. The next day, when Nodoka confronts Uzuki again after class, Uzuki apologizes for the conflict, displaying such a clear grasp of the situation that Nodoka is left speechless. | |||||
| 2 | "What Flavor is the Atmosphere?" Transliteration: "Kūki no Aji wa Nani no Aji?" (Japanese: 空気の味は何の味？) | Takashi Yasui | Takashi Yasui | July 12, 2025 | |
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On October 5, Sakuta observes Miori and Mai becoming friendly after attending an English class together. Later, he consults Rio Futaba regarding Uzuki's unusual behavior. Before his shift at the family restaurant, his sister Kaede, who also works there, shows him a commercial featuring Uzuki, who has gained sudden popularity due to her singing a cover of a popular song by Touko Kirishima in the commercial. The following day, Sakuta notices Uzuki wearing a mask and hat to conceal her face on the way to university and soon discovers the reason for the laughter directed at her. By October 18, Nodoka expresses concern to Sakuta about Uzuki's poor rehearsal the prior day. While commuting, Sakuta sees Uzuki on the same train and realizes she remains aboard past their stop. He barely reenters the train before the doors close and follows her to the final station, Misakiguchi. There, they rent bicycles and ride together. After discussing Uzuki's career, Sakuta decides to take her to the Budokan. | |||||
| 3 | "Idol Song" Transliteration: "Aidoru Songu" (Japanese: アイドルソング) | Aika Ikeda & Hidetoshi Takahashi | Sōichi Masui | July 19, 2025 | |
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On October 22, Mai waits for Sakuta to complete his shift at the family restaurant before picking him up and driving them to a concert at Zepp DiverCity in Odaiba, where Uzuki and Nodoka would be performing with their group, Sweet Bullet. They attend the concert together, and notice Uzuki lose her voice during her performance. Afterwards, the other members of Sweet Bullet learn that Uzuki began receiving solo offers immediately after her commercial aired, but their management did not consult Uzuki regarding them. On their way home from the concert, Nodoka vows to continue performing without Uzuki at their next scheduled performance in Hakkeijima Sea Paradise the following day. Sakuta attends with Kaede and her friend Kotomi - due to rain, the lighting and speakers cut off midway through Sweet Bullet's performance. At that moment, Sakuta notices Uzuki among the audience, and goes to talk to her, finding out that she had never missed a performance until she lost her voice. The audience begins to disperse after seeing Sweet Bullet perform a cappella. After encouragement from Sakuta, Uzuki goes to re-join her group on stage. The weather clears up and the speakers and lighting turn back on, allowing Sweet Bullet to complete their concert properly. After the performance, Uzuki announces that she will do a solo debut while also staying in Sweet Bullet. The day after, on October 24, Uzuki drops out of university to focus on her solo career. | |||||
| 4 | "Heroism" Transliteration: "Seigi no Mikata" (Japanese: 正義の味方) | Kosuke Kuremizu | Kosuke Kuremizu | July 26, 2025 | |
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On October 30, after meeting with their old friend Yūma Kunimi outside Katase-Enoshima Station, Sakuta and Rio take the train back to their job at a cram school near Fujisawa Station. Sakuta discusses his recent encounter with a girl dressed as a miniskirt Santa Claus, which only he was able to see. The girl called herself Touko Kirishima and claimed to be responsible for Uzuki's case of Adolescence Syndrome, as well as the case of Ikumi Akagi, Sakuta's former middle-school classmate. The following day, Takumi invites Sakuta to a Halloween dinner party at a venue near Sakuragichō Station, claiming that the girls attending are from the nursing department. Sakuta accepts after receiving permission from Mai to attend. During the event, Sakuta learns about the "#dreaming" trend, in which dreams posted on social media were increasingly becoming prophetic. Sakuta leaves the event after an awkward encounter with Saki Kamisato, Yūma's girlfriend who had also been invited. While still at Sakuragichō, he bumps into Ikumi herself. Ikumi quickly moves to save a younger girl from a lantern that was about to fall on her. | |||||
| 5 | "Dissonant Notes" Transliteration: "Fukyōwaon" (Japanese: 不協和音) | Shun Tsuchida | Sōichi Masui | August 2, 2025 | |
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The day after he witnessed her heroic act, Ikumi approaches Sakuta through intermediaries at the university campus and lets him know of a reunion of their middle-school class on November 27. Later at cram school, Sara Himeji joins one of Sakuta's lessons. After the lesson, and while taking the same elevator down as Sakuta, Sara bumps heads with Sakuta while retrieving her handkerchief. Sakuta returns home to have dinner with Mai, Kaede, Nodoka and Uzuki. Afterwards, Sakuta finds out more about the "#dreaming" trend by looking up posts on Kaede's laptop, while Mai asks Sakuta about his third year of middle school, and whether he forgives his class for what he went through. On November 6, Sweet Bullet hold a concert at the campus grounds as part of a cultural festival, which Sakuta, Mai, Kaede and Kotomi attend as visitors. Sakuta notices Ikumi at a food stall run by the Nursing program with her right arm in a cast, and knows that she failed to heed his warning. After going to talk to Ikumi again, Sakuta notices something move across Ikumi's back, underneath her clothes. | |||||
| 6 | "You and I Within the Realm of Memories" Transliteration: "Kioku Ryōiki no Kimi Toboku" (Japanese: 記憶領域の君と僕) | Takahiro Harada | Takahiro Harada | August 9, 2025 | |
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Following the sudden "poltergeist" attack, Ikumi Akagi is taken to the campus infirmary where she challenges Sakuta to recall a specific middle school event to cure her Adolescence Syndrome. Upon leaving, Sakuta meets Kotomi, who identifies Ikumi as a former high school senior and reveals rumors of Ikumi having a live-in boyfriend during her senior year. On November 8, Sakuta discovers that Miwako Tomobe, Kaede's former counselor, is part of Ikumi's volunteer group. Four days later, Miwako takes Sakuta to see Ikumi after a volunteering activity; another poltergeist attack occurs, leaving notes on Ikumi's arm before she flees upon hearing her ex-boyfriend Seiichi Takasaka's voice, who subsequently explains their relationship's dissolution to Sakuta. After another brief encounter with the miniskirt Santa Claus, Mai appears and accompanies Sakuta to his parents' apartment. There, his parents—acquainted with Ikumi's mother—provide Sakuta's salvaged middle-school yearbook, which he consults to verify the message Ikumi insisted he wrote. | |||||
| 7 | "From Beyond Hilbert Space" Transliteration: "Hiruberuto Kūkan no Kanata kara" (Japanese: ヒルベルト空間の彼方から) | Kateseyama | Kateseyama | August 16, 2025 | |
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On November 27, after his shift, Sakuta Azusagawa travels to his former high school to confront Ikumi Akagi, whom he lured there with an online post, and he correctly deducts that she is the version from an alternate reality he previously visited; this Ikumi confesses that feelings of jealousy and inadequacy consumed her after her reality's Sakuta saved Kaede from her bullies and helped many others with their problems, causing her to fail her university exams. After Sakuta persuades her to return home, she reveals a message on her leg from the original reality's Ikumi, prompting Sakuta to rush to his middle school reunion where he calls out to Ikumi, making her visible again. Ikumi explains her Adolescence Syndrome and admonishes the other attendees for their past ridicule, which leads Sakuta to boast about his life with Mai Sakurajima before departing and later advising Ikumi to move past her guilt. The next day, after Sakuta apologizes to Mai for his boasting, Ikumi delivers a warning from the other reality's Sakuta: "Find Touko Kirishima. Mai is in danger." | |||||
| 8 | "Secrets and Promises" Transliteration: "Himitsu to Yakusoku" (Japanese: 秘密と約束) | Yoshiki Kitai | Koichiro Takatsu | August 23, 2025 | |
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On December 1, the cram school principal requests Sakuta begin tutoring Sara, mirroring his recent dream. Later, he receives a call on his landline from Touko Kirishima, whom he had been trying to reach for days; she claims her only availability is the following afternoon, conflicting with plans for Mai's birthday. Undeterred, Mai drives Sakuta to a mall in Minatomirai, where he buys her a birthday ring. That afternoon, Sakuta meets Touko, who appears in normal attire and leads him to a nearby pâtisserie; over a mont blanc, she admits to jealousy of Mai but denies malicious intent. Afterward, Sakuta brings desserts to his apartment where Mai, Kaede, Nodoka, and Uzuki are celebrating, and later, Mai requests he keep Christmas Eve open for a trip to a hot springs resort in Hakone. The next day, Sakuta awakens from a dream of dating Sara on Christmas Eve, riding the Enoden together. After his shift, Sara greets him at Fujisawa Station, ecstatic to have shared the same dream; she reveals her awareness of having Adolescence Syndrome since Golden Week, challenges him to discover its nature, and hints at a heartbreak that triggered it. | |||||
| 9 | "I Need You" | Takashi Yasui | Takashi Yasui | August 30, 2025 | |
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On December 9, Sakuta encounters Touko Kirishima on campus filming a music video for her song to be released on Christmas Eve; she thanks him for his help and instructs him to return for her live stream on that date. The next day at the cram school, Sakuta learns from student Toranosuke Kasai that he is Sara's neighbor and though he grew up with her and everyone treated them as a couple, he eventually realized around Golden Week that he did not actually love her after falling in love with Rio; he asks Sakuta to look after Sara. Later, at a café, Sakuta relays this to Sara, who questions how one can love someone the way he does. On December 12, Miori suggests to Sakuta that Sara enjoys being the center of male attention and envied by other girls. Two days later, during a separate tutoring session with advanced material, Sakuta fails to explain a complex math problem and calls Rio Futaba for help; after Rio succeeds, Sakuta recommends she tutor Sara instead, prompting Sara to exclaim she "wants" Sakuta before leaving abruptly. The following day, Sakuta discovers the identity of "Touko Kirishima" on his university's beauty pageant website: she is actually a third-year student named Nene Iwamizawa. | |||||
| 10 | "Holy Night" Transliteration: "Seinaru Yoru ni" (Japanese: 聖なる夜に) | TBA | TBA | September 6, 2025 | |
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai takes a supernatural look into the complexities of growing up in the modern age through a psychophysiological phenomenon known as the "puberty syndrome".
