Seishun Buta Yarou wa Randoseru Girl no Yume wo Minai

As Sakuta Azusagawa waits for Mai Sakurajima at the beach on her high school graduation day, he encounters a version of Mai from her child acting days. However, when Mai finally arrives, her younger self disappears, leaving him confused. Sakuta spots an unfamiliar scar on his body when he returns home, which confirms his suspicion—he is involved in another case of the inexplicable Puberty Syndrome.

Not long after, Sakuta and his sister, Kaede, receive a call from their father. He tells them that their mother, who had been recently discharged from the hospital, wants to see her daughter once more. Experiencing strange occurrences while visiting his mother with Kaede, Sakuta must find a way to solve the Puberty Syndrome abnormalities.

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Sakurajima, Mai Main

Seto, Asami Japanese

Azusagawa, Sakuta Main

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Futaba, Rio Supporting

Tanezaki, Atsumi Japanese

Azusagawa, Kaede Supporting

Kubo, Yurika Japanese

Koga, Tomoe Supporting

Touyama, Nao Japanese

Makinohara, Shouko Supporting

Minase, Inori Japanese

Toyohama, Nodoka Supporting

Uchida, Maaya Japanese

Kunimi, Yuuma Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Mai's Mother Supporting

Ohtsu, Airi Japanese

Akagi, Ikumi Supporting

Yamane, Aya Japanese

Ono, Shinobu Producer

Nara, Shunsuke Producer

Kurokawa, Yuuichirou Producer

Masui, Souichi Director, Storyboard

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Oct 18, 2025

MNexon

Recommended

Story (8) :
This movie feels very relatable, especially for older brothers. It’s full of emotional moments, and I learned a lot from the message it gives family always comes first. Sakuta does everything he can to take care of his sister, and he really shows his true feelings throughout the movie. That made the story feel deep and meaningful.

Characters (9):
The characters are amazing. Their personalities are warm and supportive, and they show real care and love for each other. It’s nice to see how they help one another emotionally, which gives us lessons we can use in real life too.

Visual (8):
The animation looks great. Everything ... is clean and fits the mood of the story well.

Audio (9):
The soundtrack is perfect for every scene. It matches the emotions and makes the story even more powerful. And the voice actors really played it well

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 5, 2025

patkarunungan

Mixed Feelings

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It's been a while since I watched the Bunny Girl Sempai movies prior to this, and I must say it's just an okay watch.


§ Overview

Whilst waiting at the beach for Mai, Sakuta finds a younger version of Mai, a kid with a knapsack, hence the title. After some time, she disappears and the real Mai appears and is ready for her high school graduation. Later on, Sakuta has to deal with his mom.


§ Remarks

This younger version of Mai holds the key to dealing with Sakuta's experience of adolescence syndrome, which manifests similarly to Mai's experience in season 1. This movie, for the most part, is ... boring. It doesn't engage you as much as the earlier movies.

The earlier scenes were mostly for build-up. Once you reach the climax, it's a bit emotional and makes you give this somehow a pass, but the damage of the boredom has been done.

The animation and visuals, for the most part, are just serviceable. There's nothing in it worth mentioning.


§ Conclusion

I have mixed reactions to this. If this were a self-contained story, I would not recommend this or I would recommend this to wile away the time. But since this is connected to the Bunny Girl series, it is a necessary watch, especially if you will watch the upcoming university arc. I can't guarantee that you will enjoy it though. Your mileage may vary.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Jul 29, 2025

447799

Not Recommended

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This movie shouldn't exist. This is a testament that Seishun Buta Yarou fans will like anything the franchise produces, no matter how bad it is. We really can't go any lower than this. At this point, you may wonder if they are actively trying to make a bad anime to test if the fans will still enjoy it no matter what.

Firstly, there's a serious problem with the plot: nothing happens. Whenever you watch a movie, you expect something to happen, otherwise why waste 1 hour on this. But no, bunny girl can go without it. For the first half, it's just the same characters saying ... the same things, interacting in the same way they have been in previous installments. There are no new characters, no development and not even a memorable scene to justify the movie. You could say it's just like a slice of life which the point is to see the characters interacting and living their lives, without a need for an overarching theme, but the problem is it doesn't work when the characters are insufferable and there's barely any variation in their interactions from previous installments. Firstly, the main couple is absolutely awful. Mai and Sakuta are already bad characters by themselves, but they are even worse as a couple. Every single interaction is embarrassing, the desperate attempt at deadpan humor always falls short, the contrived romance is pathetic. Sakuta proves over and over again that he is a pitiful, deplorable little man, and yet he is portrayed as mature and dependable. It brings back the point of the self inserter who wants to believe a high tier girl like Mai will fall for a ne'er-do-well. Futaba is just spitting flapdoodle about quantum mechanics, saying it may be the cause of the adolescent syndrome at hand (wasn't it always like that? What's new?). Koga's role is to say Sakuta has baito and to call him a baka (have we not seen it before?). Toyohama appears for literally no reason. The only character who barely has a development is Kaede who starts to progress after the prequel events. In the second half of the movie, we finally get to see what it is about. It's about Sakuta's mother. There's just a little issue: why would anyone care about this character that was never important, nor was her relationship with Sakuta and Kaede? It's just a side character without any depth. The result is melodramatic scenes which the viewer can't empathize with, producing a cringeworthy effect. It's just paroxysm without buildup. Finally, there's a major misfortune in the announcement of this feature, Sakurajima Mai is used as bait. The teasers portray Mai and her kid version like it's a crucial point in the story, but she is actually just a side character in this piece.

Art and animation are the same as the prequels, which is subpar and uninspiring. For the sound, the most they could do was a new version of Fukashigi no Carte.

Ketsuron, a film that tries to keep the same quality as other Bunny Girl Senpai titles, which is substandard, but fails at it. This film settles a new low bar, overcoming the second title, Seishun Buta Yarou wa Yumemiru Shoujo no Yume wo Minai, and becoming the ultimate mark of Seishun Buta Yarou fiasco as a franchise.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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