On 14 January 2024, the official X account of the “Rascal Does Not Dream” (Aobuta) series released the announcement PV for its upcoming previously announced college arc.
Rascal Does Not Dream Series College Arc Anime Adaptation Updates
The official YouTube channel of Aniplex Japan released the announcement trailer for this upcoming anime:
his series will be the direct sequel to the previously released movie “Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid”. Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid officially concludes the high school tales of the “Rascal Does Not Dream” series and this College arc will cover the whole College / University stories of this series.
No release date or staff has yet been announced for this new upcoming anime. Bookmark our website to stay updated in the future!
The exhibition event “Rascal Doesn’t Dream of School Memory – Aobuta Exhibition” will be held from March 12th to 24th at the Event Square on the 8th floor of Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo. There will be exhibits where you can experience encounters with girls who have developed puberty syndrome, such as Mai Sakurajima, who becomes unrecognizable, the physics preparation room where Rio Futaba is, and Shichirigahama where she meets Shoko Makinohara. In addition to Tokyo, events are also scheduled to be held in Nagoya, Osaka, and Kyoto.
The official key visual released for this exhibition depicts a smiling Mai wearing a blue costume.
Additionally, the title of the large-scale event will be held at Chigasaki Civic Cultural Center in Kanagawa on April 7th. This Event is named “Rascal Never Dreams of Sugar Diary” and Voice acting casts Kaito Ishikawa, Masami Seto, Yurika Kubo, Nao Higashiyama, Atsumi Tanezaki, Sora Amemiya, and Aya Endo will be on stage to entertain fans with talks, variety corners, live dubbing, and reading dramas.
Yen Press describes this College arc’s plot as follows:
“Becoming a college student means starting a whole new life…right? Sakuta honestly isn’t sure. Some things have changed, but some things are still the same. His reputation definitely precedes him just like before. Of course, it’s because the entire school knows he’s dating Mai, who’s as busy as ever with her acting career. Sakuta also still lives in Fujisawa with Kaede, but now his sister regularly attends school remotely and splits her time between the apartment and their parents’ home. And Sweet Bullet is giving it their all to reach stardom together, just like always. Except Uzuki’s been acting a little funny, and maybe, just maybe, Adolescence Syndrome might be the culprit again…“
Rascal Does Not Dream, also known as Seishun Buta Yaro or AoButa is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida and illustrated by Kēji Mizoguchi. Since April 2014, ASCII Media Works have published 13 volumes under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. Since April 2020, Yen Press has been publishing the English version of this light novel.
This LN later got a manga adaptation with art by Tsugumi Nanamiya which has been serialized in ASCII Media Works’ seinen manga magazine named Dengeki G’s Comic since December 2015.
It also received the anime adaptation by Studio Cloverworks which covered the whole high school saga in their series and movies. Rascal does Not Dream Of Bunny Girl Senpai was the first adaptation series of this LN which later got 3 sequel movies titled Rascal Does Not Dream Of Bunny Girl Senpai: the Movie, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid which covered whole highschool saga from the Light novel. The college arc of this light novel is announced in December 2023.
Source: Comic Natalie, Official Website of Aobuta
