“Kaede Azusagawa battles past trauma while choosing between online school and pursuing a normal high school life.”
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out
青春ブタ野郎はおでかけシスターの夢を見ない
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Synopsis
Kaede Azusagawa battles past trauma while choosing between online school and pursuing a normal high school life.
Sakuta Azusagawa's little sister, Kaede, is wrapping up middle school and needs to make an important decision. The school counselor believes it is in Kaede's best interest to attend an online high school, given her history of being a shut-in and her crippling phobia of traditional classrooms. However, Kaede wishes to enroll in Minegahara High School, just like her brother, as she desperately hopes for a typical high school experience. She pleads with Sakuta; his girlfriend, Mai Sakurajima; and Mai's half-sister, Nodoka Toyohama, to help her study for the entrance exam—and they enthusiastically agree. But her envisioned high school life does not unfold as planned. With her unresolved trauma coming to a head, Kaede grapples with the conflict of determining what sort of future path she truly wants to embark upon.
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Community consensus
Derived from 38 sampled reviews
What 38 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.80 · split reception
5.8 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 2.5
↑ 0.50
Running avg · Jun 2023 → Feb 2026
- 9 “This movie shines by giving Kaede wonderful character development and adds meaningful content to the story that I thoroughly enjoyed. However, it doesn't quite reach the exceptional heights of the...”
- 8 “Great film with crucial character development that left me eager for the next installment, but I didn’t personally enjoy it since I came for Mai and Sakuta and the focus had shifted. Subtitles were...”
- 8 “The last movie went crazy with the supernatural premise. There was a bunch of time-traveling, dreamverses and life altering emotional beats. This movie is just: girl decides what school to go to....”
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- Format 1 × 73′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 13m all episodes
- Aired Jun 2023 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-22838 catalog
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- Aniplex of America Licensor