Seishun Buta Yarō wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume o Minai

Seishun Buta Yarō wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume o Minai
Original title	青春ブタ野郎はバニーガール先輩の夢を見ない
transcription	Seishun Buta Yarō wa Banī Gāru Senpai no Yume o Minai

genre	Romantic comedy , fantasy
Light novel
author	Hajime Kamoshida
Illustrator	Keeji Mizoguchi
publishing company	ASCII Media Works
magazine	Dengeki Bunko
First publication	April 2014 - ...
expenditure	10+
Manga
country	Japan
author	Hajime Kamoshida
Illustrator	Tsugumi Nanamiya
publishing company	ASCII Media Works
magazine	Dengeki G's comic
First publication	January 2015 - ...
expenditure	4+
Anime television series
Country of production	Japan Japan
original language	Japanese
year	2018
Studio	CloverWorks
length	25 minutes
Episodes	13 in 1 season
Theme music	君のせい Kimi no Sei from The Peggies
Director	Sōichi Masui
production	Shuko Yokoyama , Yuichiro Kurokawa
music	Fox Capture Plan
First broadcast	October 4, 2018 - December 27, 2018 on ABC
synchronization

Seishun Buta Yaro wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume o Minai ( Japanese 青春ブタ野郎はバニーガール先輩の夢を見ない seishun Buta Yaro wa Banī Garu Senpai no Yume o Minai ) is a light novel series of the author Hajime Kamoshida that published since 2014. Kamoshida has also been writing the manga implementation since 2016 , which is illustrated by Tsugumi Nanamiya .

In 2018, the animation studio CloverWorks produced a 13-part anime series based on the light novel, which appeared in German as Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai . In June 2019, Seishun Buta Yarō wa Yume Miru Shōjo no Yume o Minai ( 青春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢を見ない, English Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl ) was also released, a nearly 90-minute film.

action

Sakuta Azusagawa is a high school student and an outsider at his school since he was blamed for hospitalizing three classmates. His life changes when he sees the teenage actress Mai Sakurajima in a rabbit costume wandering around the library and nobody seems to notice her. Mai is fascinated that Sakuta is the only one who can perceive her presence. Sakuta calls this phenomenon "puberty syndrome" and decides to want to clear up this mystery. He tries to build a relationship with Mai and meets other girls who suffer from the syndrome.

Characters

main characters

Sakuta Azusagawa ( 梓川咲太 , Azusagawa Sakuta ): Sakuta is a student at a high school and is considered an outsider. He owes his bad reputation as a “pig guy ” ( seishun buta yarō ) to the fact that he was held responsible for the admission of three classmates to the hospital. Sakuta does not try to explain the circumstances behind the incident. One day when he met his classmate Mai Sakurajima in a library, he decided to investigate the "puberty syndrome". His younger sister's puberty syndrome has also affected him, leaving him with three major scars. When he can help Mai overcome her syndrome, Sakuta encounters more victims of puberty syndrome.

Mai Sakurajima ( 桜島麻衣 , Sakurajima Mai ): Mai is a teenage actress and is on hiatus due to the high pressure. She goes to the same school as Sakuta. She quickly notices that those around her can no longer perceive her existence, except for Sakuta. To test this, she wanders through a library in a bunny costume . As time goes by, more and more people forget about their existence until only Sakuta knows of their existence. He manages to restore her existence and people's memories of her when he confesses his love for her in front of her classmates at school. They are trying to establish a relationship, which is difficult because of Mai's job. Later, she is affected by her half-sister's puberty syndrome, which leads to the two sisters swapping bodies. Mai is the main character in the first novel.

Tomoe Koga ( 古賀朋絵 , Koga Tomoe ): Tomoe is the main character in the second novel. She goes to the same high school as Sakuta and is in the first year. Koga meets Sakuta for the first time in the park, who tries to find the mother of a little girl, which is why she thinks Sakuta is a lolicon . Tomoe is insecure and asks Sakuta to play her boyfriend so that her classmates don't talk bad about her behind her back. Still, rumors spread about them. She falls in love with Sakuta when she sees him defending her. Her feelings for Sakuta attempt a time anomaly that causes the two of them to relive their last day as a couple over and over again. Sakuta confronts her with her feelings. When she confesses this to him, the anomaly is corrected. Sakuta cannot reciprocate her feelings, but both remain friends.

Rio Futaba ( 双葉理央 , Futaba Rio ): Rio is the main character of the third novel. She is the only member of the school chemistry club and one of Sakuta's few friends. Rio thought puberty syndrome was a myth until she eventually suffered from it herself. Since she considers herself unattractive, the syndrome creates a clone of herself with an opposing character who posts suggestive pictures of her on the Internet to punish her other half. Sakuta manages to merge the two personalities again.

Nodoka Toyohama ( 豊浜のどか , Toyohama Nodoka ): Nodoka is Mai's half-sister and a member of an Idol group. Because of her inferiority complex , she and her half-sister Mai Sakurajima swap bodies. They swap their bodies back after she realizes she doesn't have to be like her half-sister. The exchange of bodies begins after the two sisters reconcile. Nodoka is the protagonist in the fourth novel.

Kaede Azusagawa ( 梓川かえで , Azusagawa Kaede )

Shōko Makinohara ( 牧之原翔子 , Makinohara Shōko ): Shōko is a middle school student and main character in the sixth and seventh novels in the series. She has the same name as his first great love. Both meet for the first time during a rain storm. It is revealed that she is the shōko from Sakuta's episode but had to move away to recover from a heart transplant . After Kaede regains her memories, Shōko appears to him and supports him in overcoming his grief over the loss of his sister, whom he has got to know over the past two years. When Sakuta calms down, Shōko disappears and with her her identity.

Supporting characters

Yūma Kunimi ( 国見佑真 , Kunimi Yūma ): Yūma is Sakuta's best friend and is in a relationship with Saki.

Saki Kamisato ( 上里沙希 , Kamisato Saki ): Saki is Yūma's girlfriend. She hates Sakuta and wishes that he would no longer establish contact with her boyfriend, as she sees both Yūma's reputation and her own reputation at school in jeopardy.

Fumika Nanjō ( 南条文香 , Nanjō Fumika ): Fumika is a reporter and interested in "Puberty Syndrome". She often tries to get Sakuta to interview him because she is convinced that the three scars on his chest are connected to the syndrome and were caused by it.

Implementations

Light novel

The light novel series is written by Hajime Kamoshida and includes drawings by Keeji Mizoguchi . The series is published in Dengeki Bunko by ASCII Media Works . Yen Press secured the rights to an English revision of the novel series.

#	title	Release date	ISBN
1	Seishun Buta Yarō wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume o Minai ( 青春ブタ野郎はバニーガール先輩の夢を見ない ~ Gāru Senpai ~	77951415050 ♠Apr 10, 2014	ISBN 978-4-04-866487-5
2	Seishun Buta Yarō wa Petit Devil Kōhai no Yume o Minai ( 青春ブタ野郎はプチデビル後輩の夢を見ない ~ Puchi Debiru ~ )	77966206025 ♠0Sep 9 2014	ISBN 978-4-04-866808-8
3	Seishun Buta Yarō wa Logical Witch no Yume o Minai ( 青春ブタ野郎はロジカルウィッチチの夢を見ない ~ Rojikaru Witchi ~ )	77981183050 ♠Jan. 10, 2015	ISBN 978-4-04-869173-4
4th	Seishun Buta Yarō wa Siscon Idol no Yume o Minai ( 青春ブタ野郎はシスコンアイドルの夢夢を見ない ~ Shisukon Aidoru ~ )	77992997225 ♠0May 9, 2015	ISBN 978-4-04-865135-6
5	Seishun Buta Yarō wa Orusuban Imōto no Yume o Minai ( 青春ブタ野郎はおるすばん妹の夢を見ない )	78004997450 ♠Sep 10 2015	ISBN 978-4-04-865394-7
6th	Seishun Buta Yarō wa Yume Miru Shōjo no Yume o Minai ( 春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢を見ない )	78034765450 ♠June 10, 2016	ISBN 978-4-04-865891-1
7th	Seishun Buta Yarō wa Hatsukoi Shōjo no Yume o Minai 青春ブタ野郎はハツココ少女の夢を見ない )	78046486600 ♠0Oct 8, 2016	ISBN 978-4-04-892281-4
8th	Seishun Buta Yarō wa Dekake Sister no Yume o Minai ( 青春ブタ野郎はおでかけシスターの夢を見ない ~ Shisutā ~ )	78106208650 ♠10 Apr 2018	ISBN 978-4-04-893585-2
9	Seishun Buta Yarō wa Randoseru Girl no Yume o Minai} ( 青春ブタ野郎はランドセルガールの夢を見ない ~ Gāru ~ )	78124069450 ♠Oct 10, 2018	ISBN 978-4-04-912017-2
10	Seishun Buta Yarō wa Mayoeru Shingā no Yume o Minai} ( 青春ブタ野郎は迷えるシンガーの夢を見ない ~ Gāru ~ )	78177372775 ♠0Feb 7, 2020	ISBN 978-4-04-912850-5

Manga

In addition to the light novel series, Hajime Kamoshida is also writing the manga implementation, which is illustrated by Tsugumi Nanamiya . In Japan, the manga series appears in Dengeki G's Comic published by ASCII Media. Yen Press owns the rights to an English version.

#	Release date	ISBN
1	78046486600 ♠0Oct 8, 2016	ISBN 978-4-04-892480-1
2	78124069450 ♠Oct 10, 2018	ISBN 978-4-04-912068-4
3	78124069450 ♠Oct 10, 2018	ISBN 978-4-04-912070-7
4th	78130023050 ♠10 Dec 2018	ISBN 978-4-04-912258-9

Anime

A 13-part anime series covering the first five volumes of the light novel series was shown on ABC and other television channels between October 4 and December 27, 2018 . The production studio CloverWorks is responsible . Directed by Sōichi Masui while Satomi Tamura designed the characters. The series music comes from the band Fox Capture Plan . The pop-rock band The Peggies played the play-in song with 君のせい Kimi no Sei . The closing song is called 不可思議のカルテFukashigi no Karte and was sung by the respective voice actors of the protagonists of the respective arc.

In North America, Aniplex of America acquired the rights to broadcast the series and had it simulcast via the providers Crunchyroll , FunimationNOW and Hulu . MVM Entertainment showed the series in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland . The series was shown at AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand . In Germany , Wakanim showed the series in simulcast. Peppermint Anime received the rights to a German version of the series.

On June 15, 2019, Seishun Buta Yarō wa Yume Miru Shōjo no Yume o Minai ( 青春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢夢見ない ) was released, a film that covers volumes six and seven of the novel series. The entire crew of the anime series worked on the film. The voice actors stayed the same as in the anime series.

synchronization

role	Japanese voice ( seiyū )	German voice
Sakuta Azusawa	Kaito Ishikawa	Malte Wetzel
May Sakurajima	Asami Seto	Marcia from Rebay
Kaede Azusawa	Yurika Kubo	Alexandra Schenke
Rio Futaba	Atsumi Tanezaki	Sandra Schadt
Tomoe Koga	Nao Tōyama	Rieke Werner
Shoko Makinohara	Inori Minase	Melanie Olbert
Nodoka Toyohama	Maaya Uchida	Paulina Rümmelein
Yūma Kunimi	Yūma Uchida	Felix Mayer
Saki Kamisato	Himika Akaneya	Gabrielle Pietermann
Fumika Nanjō	Satomi Satō	Anke Kortemeier