“Sakuta helps invisible actress Mai solve Adolescence Syndrome before she vanishes completely, their bond turning to romance.”
Rascal Does Not Dream
青春ブタ野郎シリーズ
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Synopsis
Sakuta helps invisible actress Mai solve Adolescence Syndrome before she vanishes completely, their bond turning to romance.
One day, in the library where Sakuta Azusagawa studies, he runs into an unexpected sight: a beautiful high school girl in a bunny outfit. She turns out to be Mai Sakurajima, a famous former actress and fellow student at Minegahara High. His surprise at seeing Mai wear such risqué attire in the library, however, is nothing compared to the shocking realization that he is the only one who can see her! Reminded of an event from his past, Sakuta offers to help Mai discover the reason behind her invisibility. Despite their initially contentious relationship, the two quickly become close: Mai and Sakuta learn to appreciate each other, and their friendship turns into a budding romance. This further fuels their determination to solve Mai's dilemma. While the investigation progresses, Sakuta attributes Mai's situation to an urban legend known as Adolescence Syndrome: strange phenomena occurring in youth, unexplained by science and often dismissed as delusion. With few promising results, Mai's predicament worsens to the point where being unseen is the least of her worries. Can Sakuta and Mai solve the mystery of her Adolescence Syndrome before she disappears completely?
What people say
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Derived from 5 sampled reviews
What 5 readers settled on.
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σ 1.67 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Jan 2019 → Jun 2024
- 10 “After watching the anime adaptation and absolutely loving it, I felt like rewatching it because it was so good. But I'm not the type of person who really enjoys seeing the same things repeatedly....”
- 9 “I have read the first eight books, and I will say this series tells a coherent story throughout the books, and everything from the second book until the seventh book is linked so it is very...”
- 9 “I have read through volume 3, and this review will be based on that. The basic premise of the series is straightforward. A guy goes around solving supernatural problems, which always involves a...”
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 15 vol ch × vol
- Published Apr 2014 – Oct 2024
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M27505 catalog