Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend

Synopsis

Continues the story of Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus

After acing his university entrance exams, Sakuta Azusagawa meets up with Mai Sakurajima, his girlfriend, at their new campus. He starts easing into college life through campus activities and forging new friendships. But this calm routine gets shaken when Uzuki Hirokawa, Sakuta’s friend and fellow Sweet Bullet idol, starts acting strangely. When another Sweet Bullet member, Nodoka Toyohama, asks for help, Sakuta spots the telltale signs of the elusive Puberty Syndrome. Uzuki is buckling under the weight of a sudden surge in popularity and whispers of going solo. As Sakuta hunts for a way to help Uzuki, yet another case of Puberty Syndrome begins to creep out from the sidelines.

In this installment

This theatrical follow-up continues the events of Seishun Buta Yarou wa Santa Claus no Yume wo Minai. "Actually, I’m Touko Kirishima." When the crowd learned that the famously mysterious, wildly popular online singer was in fact the nation’s beloved actress Mai Sakurajima, they erupted with excitement. That scene matched exactly what Sakuta Azusagawa had seen in his dream on Christmas Eve. Starting with Mai’s shocking revelation on April 1, the impossible happenings that everyone once dreamed about keep occurring one after another. The social media hashtag "#Yumemiru"—where dreams become reality—has disappeared. As Sakuta struggles with the gap between the reality in front of him and his own perception, he receives a message from an alternate-reality version of himself. —Stop Touko Kirishima, —Before reality is rewritten. To return the world to its original state, Sakuta sets out to find Touko Kirishima. This is a story about overcoming the "Adolescent Syndrome".