Underplayed Gems

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2019)

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl poster
Original title
青春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢を見ない
Directed by
Sōichi Masui
Genre
science fiction, romance film, romantic drama fiction, Drama, Psychological, Romance
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 602 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A high school student faces a supernatural condition that causes a girl he knows to physically age backward. He must help her confront a traumatic event to stop the regression.

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What happens

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl is a 2019 Japanese animated supernatural romantic drama film based on the sixth and seventh volumes of the light novel series Rascal Does Not Dream written by Hajime Kamoshida and illustrated by Kēji Mizoguchi. It is a sequel to the anime television series Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, which adapts the first five volumes of the series. The film was originally released in June 2019 in Japan, and received limited theatrical releases in other regions in late 2019. A sequel film, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out, was released in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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