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77% Critic Match
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid
7.7 / 10• 2023• 1h 15m•NR• Japanese
AnimationDramaFantasy
Storyline
Finally, the day of Mai's high school graduation has arrived. While Sakuta eagerly waits for his girlfriend, an elementary schooler who looks exactly like her appears before him. Suspicious, and for all the wrong reasons... Meanwhile, Sakuta and Kaede's father suddenly calls, saying that their mother wants to see her daughter. She was hospitalized because Kaede's condition had been too much for her to bear, so what could she possibly want now?
Cast & Crew
Kaito Ishikawa
Sakuta Azusagawa (voice)
Lead
Asami Seto
Mai Sakurajima (voice)
Yurika Kubo
Kaede Azusagawa (voice)
Nao Toyama
Tomoe Koga (voice)
Atsumi Tanezaki
Rio Futaba (voice)
Maaya Uchida
Nodoka Toyohama (voice)
Inori Minase
Shoko Makinohara (voice)
Yuma Uchida
Yuma Kunimi (voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Soichi Masui's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
