Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend reveals a Memorial Visual featuring Nodoka Toyohama ahead of the anime's conclusion. The film premieres in Japan on October 16, 2026.
The series released a memorial visual featuring the heroines of the series, with the previous one featuring Rio Futaba and now a new visual featuring Nodoka Toyohama.
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— アニメ「青春ブタ野郎」シリーズ公式 (@aobuta_anime) April 5, 2026
メモリアルビジュアル
豊浜のどか ver. 公開🎤
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あたし、お姉ちゃんみたいになれないけど
アイドルは続ける
『青春ブタ野郎はディアフレンドの夢を見ない』
10月16日 劇場公開
“青ブタ”完結へ―― https://t.co/XV7r81lRPD #青ブタ
The voice cast includes:
- Asami Seto as Mai Sakurajima
- Kaito Ishikawa as Sakuta Azusagawa
- Reina Ueda as Mini-Skirt Santa
- Yurika Kubo as Kaede Azusagawa
- Nao Toyama as Tomoe Koga
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Rio Futaba
- Maaya Uchida as Nodoka Toyohama
- Inori Minase as Shoko Makinohara
- Sora Amamiya as Uzuki Hirokawa
- Aya Yamane as Ikumi Akagi
- Konomi Kohara as Sara Himeji
- Manaka Iwami as Miori Mito
A promotional video was also released:
Rascal Does Not Dream is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida and illustrated by Keiji Mizoguchi. It began publication in April 2014 under ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko imprint, with English releases licensed by Yen Press.
The series was later adapted into an anime produced by CloverWorks, with its first television season, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, airing in October 2018. This was followed by sequel films, including Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl and later installments continuing the story.
The light novel series has officially concluded with a total of 15 volumes, with the final volume, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend, released on October 10, 2024, marking the end of the story after over a decade of publication.
Crunchyroll describes the story:
Puberty syndrome—abnormal experiences rumored on the internet to be caused by sensitivity and instability during adolescence. This year, Sakuta Azusagawa, a high school student near Enoshima, encounters several girls experiencing this phenomenon. One day, he meets a bunny girl in a library—Mai Sakurajima, a famous actress on hiatus whom no one else can see. As Sakuta searches for answers behind her invisibility and other strange cases, he becomes involved in a series of mysterious and emotional encounters tied to adolescence.
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