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Rascal Does Not Dream,[a][6] 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 fifteen volumes from April 2014 to October 2024 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint.
| 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 |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | April 10, 2014 – October 10, 2024 |
| Volumes | 15 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hajime Kamoshida |
| Illustrated by | |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Dengeki G's Comic |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | December 1, 2015 – present |
| Volumes | 11 |
| 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 | |
| Original run | 2025 – scheduled |
A manga adaptation with art by Tsugumi Nanamiya has been serialized in ASCII Media Works' seinen manga magazine Dengeki G's Comic since December 2015. An anime television series adaptation of the first five volumes by CloverWorks, titled Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, aired from October to December 2018. An anime film adapting volumes six and seven, titled Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl, premiered in June 2019. Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out, a second film adapting volume eight, premiered in June 2023. Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid, a third film adapting volume nine, premiered in December 2023. An anime television series adaptation of the University Student Arc, titled Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus, is set to premiere in 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.[10]
Yen Press has been publishing light novels in English since April 28, 2020.[11][12]
| 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[13] 978-4-04-866487-5 | April 28, 2020[12] 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[14] 978-4-04-866808-8 | August 18, 2020[15] 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[16] 978-4-04-869173-4 | November 17, 2020[17] 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[18] 978-4-04-865135-6 | March 30, 2021[19] 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[20] 978-4-04-865394-7 | July 27, 2021[21] 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[22] 978-4-04-865891-1 | November 30, 2021[23] 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[24] 978-4-04-892281-4 | May 3, 2022[25] 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[26] 978-4-04-893585-2 | August 23, 2022[27] 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[28] 978-4-04-912017-2 | December 13, 2022[29] 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[30] 978-4-04-912850-5 | March 21, 2023[31] 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[32] 978-4-04-912902-1 | June 20, 2023[33] 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[34] 978-4-04-913936-5 | November 21, 2023[35] 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[36] 978-4-04-914867-1 | August 20, 2024[37] 978-1-97-539160-7 | ||
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| 14 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Girlfriends 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[38] 978-4-04-915131-2 | — | ||
| 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[39] 978-4-04-915132-9 | — | ||
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.[40][41] Yen Press has been publishing the English version of the manga in a 2-in-1 omnibus edition since August 18, 2020.[42]
| 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[43] 978-4-04-892480-1 | August 18, 2020[44] 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[45] 978-4-04-912068-4 | August 18, 2020[44] 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[46] 978-4-04-912070-7 | December 15, 2020[47] 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[48] 978-4-04-912258-9 | December 15, 2020[47] 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[49] 978-4-04-913570-1 | November 21, 2023[50] 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[51] 978-4-04-913894-8 | November 21, 2023[50] 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[52] 978-4-04-915373-6 | — | |
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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[53] 978-4-04-915951-6 | — | |
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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[54] 978-4-04-915372-9 | — | |
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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[55] 978-4-04-915640-9 | — | |
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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[56] 978-4-04-915961-5 | — | |
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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.[57]
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 channels.[58][59][60][c] The series was 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.[61] The anime series adapts the series' first through fifth volumes. The opening theme is "Kimi no Sei" (君のせい) by the Peggies. The ending theme is "Fukashigi no Karte" (不可思議のカルテ), with each arc using versions by Asami Seto, Yurika Kubo, Nao Tōyama, Atsumi Tanezaki, Maaya Uchida, and Inori Minase under their character names.[7][62] Aniplex of America has licensed the series and it is streamed on Crunchyroll, Hulu, FunimationNow, and Netflix.[63][64][65] Aniplex of America released a complete Blu-ray set on November 19, 2019, with English subtitles.[66] In Australia and New Zealand, the series was simulcast on AnimeLab,[67] and in Southeast Asia on Aniplus Asia. MVM Entertainment acquired the series for distribution in the UK and Ireland.[68] Nearly six years after its premiere, an English dub of the series was announced on August 23, 2024.[69]
An anime film adaptation, titled Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl, premiered on June 15, 2019.[70] The film adapts the series' sixth and seventh volumes.[71] The staff and cast reprised their roles from the anime.[72]
During the Aniplex Online Fest event in September 2022, it was announced that a sequel adapting the eighth and ninth light novel volumes has been greenlit.[73] It was later revealed to be two films; Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out, the first film which adapts volume eight and was released theatrically in Japan on June 23, 2023,[74] and Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid, the second film adapting volume nine, which premiered on December 1, 2023.[75] The films feature the main staff and cast of the previous anime adaptation. Both films were released in U.S. theaters by Aniplex of America, in association with Fathom Events; the English-subtitled screening for the films premiered on March 24, 2024, and an English dub screening premiered the following day.[76]
An anime adaptation of the University Student Arc (the tenth volume and onwards) was announced in December 2023.[77] It was later revealed to be a television series titled Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus that is set to premiere in 2025.[78]
| No. | Title[d] | Director | Original air date | Ref. | |
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| 1 | "My Senpai is a Bunny Girl" "Senpai wa Banī Gāru"(先輩はバニーガール) | Kazuya Iwata | October 4, 2018 | [79] | |
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On the 29th of May, Sakuta Azusagawa wakes up from a hazy dream and finds a journal which describes how, on the 6th of May, he met a senior from school wearing a bunny girl costume in the public library. Her name, however, has been mysteriously erased from the journal. Mai Sakurajima, a teen celebrity, had gone to the Fujisawa Library wearing a sensual bunny outfit that day to test if people there could still see her. However, only Sakuta noticed her presence, but she advised him to forget her once he left. While on hiatus from her job as an actress on commercials and TV shows, she enters school midway through the school 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 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" "Hatsu Dēto ni Haran wa Tsukimono"(初デートに波乱は付き物) | Kazuki Horiguchi | October 11, 2018 | [80] | |
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Rio Futaba explains her understanding of "Adolescence Syndrome" using quantum mechanics and the Schrödinger's cat paradox. Sakuta continues discussing with Mai about her situation. Sakuta reveals he learned about Mai's conflict with her manager (also her mother) from reporter Fumika Nanjo, with the cost of offering a photo of his unusual chest scars. Mai immediately contacts Fumika, requesting the latter not to publicize Sakuta's photo by offering her an exclusive interview about her decision to return to entertainment – but not through her mother. Mai then agrees to spend a day with Sakuta but denies it is an actual "date". Before it begins, Sakuta gets involved in a misunderstanding with first year Tomoe Koga over a lost child in a park, during which the two kick each other's buttocks, delaying his meeting with Mai. When they go out together, Mai makes an appointment to meet with her mother to inform the latter about her decision. However, Mai discovers that even her mother cannot see her, or even remember her. Sakuta then decides to take Mai to a faraway city, in order to see if anyone still remembers, but the attempt ends in vain. At night, they decide to rest in the same room at a hotel. When Mai is taking a bath, Sakuta contacts Yuma and Rio and finds that at least 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 (shown in the beginning of episode 1), but Sakuta chooses not to. | |||||
| 3 | "The World Without You" "Kimi Dake ga Inai Sekai"(君だけがいない世界) | Masahiro Shinohara | October 18, 2018 | [81] | |
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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 had encountered before his "date", 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; like Schrödinger's cat, her existence cannot be confirmed by those who refuse to acknowledge her. As such, Sakuta attempts to stay awake as midterm exams approach. However, as he passes days on end without sleeping, he begins to lose his composure, but keeps stabbing himself with a pencil and drinking 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 run outside his classroom. His memories with her over the past weeks begin flooding in, and he realizes that he loves her. In front of the school, he confesses his affection to her, overriding the Syndrome. Mai appears before him again, and chastises him for his decision. Now recognizable to her classmates again, Mai announces the truth about Sakuta's syndrome. | |||||
| 4 | "There Is No Tomorrow For A Rascal" "Buta Yarō ni wa Ashita ga Nai"(ブタ野郎には明日がない) | Shōhei Yamanaka | October 25, 2018 | [82] | |
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On June 27, Sakuta proceeds through his day by eating lunch with Mai, who accepts his feelings for her, and encounters Tomoe being asked out by Maezawa, a member of the basketball club. However, June 27 begins to repeat as 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 not behaving the same as the day repeats, leading him to Tomoe. While hiding in a desk, Tomoe explains her best friend had a crush on Maezawa, hence her reluctance to accept his confession, and the reason for her to be hiding from 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 have another June 27th, Sakuta wakes up to discover it is June 28, meaning that he must amend his relationship with Mai. Tomoe later proposes she and Sakuta enter a fake relationship until the start of summer break. Sakuta agrees after seeing Tomoe's distress at the thought of her losing her friends and comparing this to how his sister Kaede felt when a similar occurrence happened to her. Later that night, as Sakuta is trying to figure out how to explain the situation to Mai, Mai surprisingly comes to his apartment and asks why he hadn't come to explain himself yet about Tomoe. | |||||
| 5 | "All the Lies I Have for You" "Arittake no Uso o Kimi ni"(ありったけの嘘を君に) | Norihito Takahashi | November 1, 2018 | [83] | |
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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, Yuwa 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, with Tomoe assuring that she will do her best to be his best friend. | |||||
| 6 | "This World You Chose" "Kimi ga Eranda Kono Sekai"(君が選んだこの世界) | Kazuya Iwata | November 8, 2018 | [84] | |
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On July 18, the day before summer break, Sakuta and Tomoe agree to discontinue 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 repetition of July 18. 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 as the events of episode 4 repeat, 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 oddity is that the Shoko whom Sakuta had met was older than this girl; she had been in high school during the time Sakuta was in middle school. | |||||
| 7 | "Adolescence Paradox" "Seishun wa Paradokkusu"(青春はパラドックス) | Ryūta Ono | November 15, 2018 | [85] | |
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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" "Ōame no Yoru ni Subete o Nagashite"(大雨の夜にすべてを流して) | Shōhei Yamanaka | November 22, 2018 | [86] | |
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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 Yuwa, and explains she desires to cease to exist, as the other Rio leads the better life. 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" "Shisutā Panikku"(シスターパニック) | Daisuke Tsukushi | November 29, 2018 | [87] | |
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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 expectations levied on them by their respective parents, 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" "Konpurekkusu Konguratchurēshon"(コンプレックスこんぐらっちゅれーしょん) | Norihito Takahashi | December 6, 2018 | [88] | |
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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 run out to sea and 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 on Mai's cabinet, 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 for her. In an after-credits scene, Nodoka moves in with Mai following an argument with her mother, while Mai's relationship with Sakuta goes public. | |||||
| 11 | "The Kaede Quest" "Kaede Kuesuto"(かえでクエスト) | Kazuki Horiguchi | December 13, 2018 | [89] | |
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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, in the same press conference, she urges the public that she wishes for them 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" "Samenai Yume no Tsuzuki o Ikiteiru"(覚めない夢の続きを生きている) | Kazuya Iwata | December 20, 2018 | [90] | |
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Sakuta explains Kaede's condition to Mai and Nodoka: due to the 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" "Akenai Yoru no Yoake"(明けない夜の夜明け) | Hidetoshi Takahashi | December 27, 2018 | [91] | |
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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, whom he had met when he was younger, 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, stunning her. 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. In a post-credits scene, Sakuta and Kaede pack their bags at the hospital when he thanks her and she states her interest in going to school, knowing she is no longer alone. | |||||
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