| Rascal Does Not Dream Series | |
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| Information | |
| Kanji | 青春ブタ野郎は...の夢を見ない |
| Rōmaji | Seishun Buta Yarō wa ... Yume wo Minai |
| Genre | Comedy, Romance, School, Supernatural |
| Light Novel | |
| Written by | Hajime Kamoshida |
| Illustrated by | Keiji Mizoguchi |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| Original run |  April 10, 2014 – July 10, 2025  April 28, 2020 - Ongoing
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| Volumes | 15 + Extra |
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Seishun Buta Yarō Series (青春ブタ野郎シリーズ, Seishun Buta Yarō Shirizu; lit. "Youth Rascal Series"), and sometimes abbreviated as Aobuta (青ブタ), is a light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida, and illustrated by Keiji Mizoguchi which was published in 2014 by ASCII Media Works. Yen Press acquired the license to publish the novel in English in April 2020, under the title of Rascal Does Not Dream Series.
The series is complete with 15 released volumes between April 2014 and October 2024.
A extra volume was published in Japan in July 2025.
An anime series adaptation premiered in October 2018, and it also has three animated films. A second season of the anime premiered in July 2025.
Popular and Sales
In November 2018, it was announced that the series had reached one million copies sold. To mark this milestone, new special covers were released for the first eight volumes of the light novel.[1]
In December 2020, it was reported that the series had reached 2 million copies sold. And April 2024, the series had sold over 3 million copies.[2]
Synopsis
Bunny girls do not live in libraries. This is simply common sense. And yet, that's exactly where Sakuta finds one in the wild. More bewildering is who the bunny girl is: Mai Sakurajima, a girl one year older than Sakuta, famous at their school for her acting career even though she's currently on break. To top it all off, it seems like no one else in the library can see Mai at all, no matter what she does or...wears.
Wanting to find out more about this mystery and maybe get a little closer to this beautiful upperclassman in the process, Sakuta launches an investigation to discover why an unforgettable bunny girl keeps becoming totally invisible.
Characters
Main
- Sakuta Azusagawa
- Mai Sakurajima
- Tomoe Koga
- Rio Futaba
- Nodoka Toyohama
- Kaede Azusagawa
- Shoko Makinohara
Suporting
- Ikumi Akagi
- Nene Iwamizawa
- Yuuma Kunimi
- Saki Kamisato
- Uzuki Hirokawa
- Sara Himeji
- Miori Mitou
- Rena Kashiba
List of Volumes
Unlisted volumes
The following list contains volumes or stories written by the author himself, but not included in any of the volumes.
Extra Stories
- Title: Rascal Does Not Dream of Beach Queen, Part 1
- Written novel. Included in the Blu-ray/DVD of the anime "Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Vol. 1".[3]
- Título: Rascal Does Not Dream of Beach Queen, Part 2
- Written novel. Included in the Blu-ray/DVD of the anime "Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Vol. 5".[4]
Cover White Christmas
- Title: Rascal Does Not Dream of White Christmas
- Written novel. Extra benefit for visitors during the first week of the film "Seishun Buta Yarō wa Yumemiru Shōjo no Yume wo Minai" (2019) release in Japan.
Also called "Special Volume 7.5".
Cover Animal Land
- Title: Rascal Does Not Dream of Animal Land
- Written novel. Extra benefit for visitors during the first week of the film "Seishun Buta Yarō wa Odekake Sister no Yume o Minai" (2023) release in Japan.
Also called "Special Volume 8.5".
Cover Spring Days
- Title: Rascal Does Dream of Spring Days
- Written novel. Extra benefit for visitors during the first week of the film "Seishun Buta Yarō wa Randoseru Girl no Yume o Minai" (2023), release in Japan.
- Title: Rascal Does Not Dream of a Tropical Summer
- Written novel. Extra story from the special volume Seishun Buta Yarou wa Beach Queen no Yume wo Minai Plus, published on July 10, 2025.
- Title: Rascal Does Not Dream of Valentine
- Written novel. Included in the Volume 1 Blu-ray of the anime "Seishun Buta Yarō wa Santa Claus no Yume wo Minai".[5]
- Title: Rascal Does Not Dream of White Day
- Written novel.Included in the Volume 2 Blu-ray of the anime "Seishun Buta Yarō wa Santa Claus no Yume wo Minai".[6]
Audiobooks
Since 2020, an audiobook that reads the novel aloud has been distributed on Audible.
Trivia
- The title of each volume begins with the phrase Rascal Does Not Dream of... (青春ブタ野郎は…の夢を見ない, Seishun Buta Yarō wa)
- Unlike the light novel and manga versions, the anime adaptation is more censored and lighter.
- During the first week of the anime films' release in Japan, moviegoers were given bonus stories written by author Hajime Kamoshida.
See also
- Manga
- Anime
- Seishun Buta Yarō wa Yumemiru Shōjo no Yume wo Minai (movie)
- Seishun Buta Yarō wa Odekake Sister no Yume o Minai (movie)
- Seishun Buta Yarō wa Randoseru Girl no Yume o Minai (movie)
- Seishun Buta Yarō wa Santa Claus no Yume wo Minai (anime second season)
References
External links
- Dengeki Bunko (電撃文庫) - 「青春ブタ野郎」シリーズ (in Japanese; in English: Youth Rascal Series)
- Yen Press - Rascal Does Not Dream (light novel) (in English)
| Volumes | Volume 1 • Volume 2 • Volume 3 • Volume 4 • Volume 5 Volume 6 • Volume 7 • Volume 8 • Volume 9 • Volume 10 |
| Others | Anime • Manga |