Seishun Buta Yarou wa Yumemiru Shoujo no Yume wo Minai

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Japanese: 青春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢を見ない

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jun 15, 2019

Producers: Aniplex, Tokyo MX, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, BS11, ABC Animation, Kadokawa

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: CloverWorks

Source: Light novel

Genres: Drama, Romance, Supernatural

Theme: School

Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Popularity: #283

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Six months ago, Sakuta Azusagawa had a chance encounter with a bunny girl in a library. Ever since then, he's been blissfully happy with his girlfriend: Mai Sakurajima, that same bunny girl. However, the reappearance of his mysterious first crush, the now-adult Shouko Makinohara, adds a new complication to his relationship with Mai. To make matters worse, he then encounters a middle school Shouko in the hospital, suffering from a grave illness. Mysteriously, his old scars begin throbbing whenever he's near her.

With Shouko's bizarre situation somehow revolving around him, Sakuta will need to come to terms with his own conflicting feelings, for better or worse. With a girl's life in his hands, just what can he do?

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Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai adapts volumes 6 and 7 of Hajime Kamoshida's Seishun Buta Series light novels.

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Adaptation:	Seishun Buta Yarou Series
Prequel:	Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai
Sequel:	Seishun Buta Yarou wa Odekake Sister no Yume wo Minai

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Characters & Voice Actors

Sakurajima, Mai

Main

Seto, Asami
Japanese

Azusagawa, Sakuta

Main

Ishikawa, Kaito
Japanese

Makinohara, Shouko

Main

Minase, Inori
Japanese

Futaba, Rio

Supporting

Tanezaki, Atsumi
Japanese

Koga, Tomoe

Supporting

Touyama, Nao
Japanese

Azusagawa, Kaede

Supporting

Kubo, Yurika
Japanese

Toyohama, Nodoka

Supporting

Uchida, Maaya
Japanese

Kunimi, Yuuma

Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma
Japanese

Hanawa, Ryouko

Supporting

Aikawa, Natsuki
Japanese

Mai's Mother

Supporting

Ohtsu, Airi
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Kida, Kazuya

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Masui, Souichi

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Iwanami, Yoshikazu

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Shinohara, Masahiro

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"Fukashigi no Carte movie ver. (不可思議のカルテ movie ver.)" by Mai Sakurajima (Asami Seto), Tomoe Koga (Nao Touyama), Rio Futaba (Atsumi Tanezaki), Nodoka Toyohama (Maaya Uchida), Kaede Azusawara (Yurika Kubo), Shouko Makinohara (Inori Minase)

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Oct 2, 2019

Krispier

Recommended

This movie is just as good as the first two arcs of the show. The show did get weaker in the later arcs, but this one didn't follow that. It has a lot of good moments and reveals, although it does get confusing. Very strong film, but the ending feels weak. Mai-san is as waifu as ever, and most of the other girls have solid moments. It's dialogue heavy, but it's worth it to pay attention. Still don't understand why this arc needed to be made into a movie, but the length feels about right. Overall, a good addition to the Bunny Girl Senpai story.

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Dec 1, 2019

paradi_GM

Mixed Feelings

"Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl" is the sequel to the 13-episode anime series "Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai" that took the internet and otaku world by storm in the forth quarter of 2018 with its flabbergasting title and premise. Adapted from the light novel series with the same name, at first glance it seemed as if it would be another adaptation of an unreasonably long and clickbait title, however it turned out to actually have a beating heart and an interesting direction to take its viewers to. The chemistry between Azusagawa Sakuta and Sakurajima Mai was reminiscing of ... that of Araragi and Senjougahara from the "Monogatari Series " and the paranormal activities seemed to be inspired from "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", however those would not be the only elements the series borrows from its predecessors, but I digress.

The movie-sequel aims to tackle the arc of Makinohara Shouko, an important character in the life of our bickering protagonist as she was his saviour in time of need during his early years, as well as the catalyst for Sakuta's chest scars to reopen. A truly enigmatic figure, as she was restricted to the sidelines in the main adaptation, given little to none importance until the end of the final arc, when she once again comes to the aid of Sakuta. Come this movie, Shoko is the one in need of assistance from our snarky protagonist as he tries unravel the truth behind her puberty syndrome and find an alternative path to the excruciating choice he's forced to make.

The opening shots send us back to when Shoko was in fourth grade and is shown having troubles completing a paper sheet with her plans and dreams for the future. It is established that her difficulty for filling in the sheet would play an important role as the movie progresses. The movie then cuts back to the present day and the problems arise.

Firstly, the pacing is all over the place as the days are skipped by in order for the movie to just arrive from point A to point B, without much reflection to the events that would unfold. This greatly hinders the emotional revelation during its climax as it leaves the viewer with a sense of "well that happened" instead of "this had an impact on me". It is to be mentioned that the pacing is not always poor, in fact, the beginning of the movie fits perfectly as it steadily builds towards the mid section of the movie. Unfortunately, it does not maintain the same steadiness as it advances and by the end of the movie it finishes in a satisfactory, if abrupt manner.

Secondly, the existence of this movie itself does not justify itself as it achieves nothing that cinematography does. The whole arc gives the impression of an overly extended episode of the original anime. The animation, while good, was nothing spectacular as it remained one the same level as the 13-episode anime series. The scene composition did not improve either and the use of realistic background elements, while it was a nice touch, it did not reach the same artistic expression as other films did. As it stands, "Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl" is a quick money grab designed to lure the fanbase into watching it under the guise of offering a cinematic experience, but delivering an OVA worth of excitement. At least that way it would have fixed the pacing issues.

The final problem with this movie is the convoluted story leading into a redundant conclusion. Throughout its runtime it is given extraordinary importance to the choice that Sakuta is forced to make and it is one that severely affects him when makes up his mind. However, this is immediately dismissed as he gets another chance and Shouko does what she could have done from the beginning, as the movie decides that all the drama the characters went through was all for naught. The story advances in an obvious way, but tries to hide it with empty misdirection so that when the twist happens, the viewer is caught off-guard leaving him in a state of fabricated sorrow thanks to the emotional manipulation of the movie. It tries to replicate what "Steins;Gate" or "The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya" did with its main lead, however it results in a watered down copy of the two.

This is not to say the film is just one giant mess. There are some good moments as well. The chemistry between the characters is back better than ever and the dialogues are just as entertaining and diverting. There is also a very heartfelt conversation between Sakuta and Futaba which proved more emotional than the main twist, thanks to how it was shot and the splendid work of the voice actors. Another upside is present on the audio front. The background music was perfectly fit throughout the film, especially at the end with the insertion of the ED song, as well as the magnificent work of the voice actors.

In conclusion, "Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl" is a heavily flawed movie which little to no reason for existing as it borrows elements from two other more critically acclaimed IPs, which ultimately fails to become its own thing. The film is not a must-watch unless you are a big fan of the original series and desperately want to see more content.

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Nov 30, 2019

Mythologically

Not Recommended

Why is this low budget powerpoint presentation with an incoherent plot sitting at an 8.72? Seriously, besides sound, what redeemable aspect is there here?

I'm not even really sure why I watched this; I knew it would be completely terrible. After the shameless plagiarism, non-existent characterization, and bizarre pseudoscience of the parent show, literally no one with any shred of self-respect or decency wanted a sequel. Yet here it is, and it's somehow exponentially worse than its already terrible prequel.

Let's start off with characters, shall we? The focus character of this movie is nobody's favorite character, Mai Sakurajima But She Doesn't Have a Rabbit Hair Clip. ... Seriously though, they just recycled Mai's character design for Makinohara's grown-up version. Nice!

In terms of characterization, there's not much to say. None of the characters even remotely resemble real humans. They're completely contrived to do whatever is needed to progress the plot. Nothing they do is based on human emotion, and rarely is it ever based on rationality. Although this was a problem in the original show, it's even worse in the movie; none of the characters have any defining character traits whatsoever. Mai really likes Sakuta, Sakuta really likes making sex jokes that no one above the age of 11 finds funny, and that's about it. Instead of giving the characters any sort of personality, hack faux-author Hajime Kamoshida instead decides to have them break down into tears every 4 minutes, because crying is sad, and sad is good. Clearly, he's learning from other successful faux-authors like Makoto Shinkai.

The plot is fucking terrible. Like, who came up with this? Did someone just go, "Hey, you know how Steins;Gate is super successful? What if we just completely ripped off the end of Steins;Gate, except instead of Sci-Fi we just explain it away with a bullshit surface-level interpretation of quantum mechanics?" Time travel isn't something I'd usually complain about since shows usually don't try to explain it with actual science. As with all the scientific explanations of the parent show, Futaba gives you some sort of vague bullshit, and you have to accept it because the author said so.

Moving away from the science aspect, the movie's plot completely falls apart due to abhorrent execution. There's no transitioning between scenes; there's no flow. Things just kinda happen. It's already impossible to be emotionally invested in this pathetically written tearjerker due to how horribly characterized the characters are, but this makes it even worse. The plot follows a fairly simple time-travel formula: nothing happens for the entire first half of the movie, some really bad thing happens out of nowhere, and now the MC has to undo the bad thing. There's nothing interesting about it. The hugely shocking scene about halfway into the movie is just dropped onto you out of nowhere, and literally only serves as a plot device for the MC to realize that his previous attitude was wrong (I'm keeping this in vague terms to avoid spoilers). Despite all of its flaws, with decent execution, the plot could be alright at best. Unfortunately, considering that this movie literally has the flow of a powerpoint presentation, the execution is far, far below decent.

The complete lack of competent pacing makes the already confusing plot even more difficult to follow. Think about what Steins;Gate would've been like if all the worldline stuff wasn't properly explained. You'd have no idea what's going on, right? That's exactly how it feels to watch this entire movie. "Oh, this is happening because of puberty syndrome" is pretty much the only explanation you're ever given. These aren't just the ramblings of someone who hates the franchise; two of my friends, who both enjoyed the movie a good amount, both admitted they had no clue what was happening. There are also like 4 threads asking for explanations about the plot/ending in the movie's forum section.

The art is pretty much the same as the parent show, meaning that it still isn't good. The throw-up-in-your-mouth CGI crowds are also still here, which is really nice. The OST is unmemorable; the voice acting is pretty good.

Overall, barring episode 7 of Babylon, this movie was the least enjoyable experience of my entire life. The entire 90 minutes of this abhorrently paced, incoherent, and ugly insult to cinematography evoked in me not even a single emotion. Even KimiSui was sadder than this disgrace to Japanese cartoons.

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