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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid

Animation · Drama · Fantasy · 2023

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?

Movie details

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid

2023 Animation · Drama · Fantasy 1h 15m

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7.7 / 10

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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?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Soichi Masui

Written by

Masahiro Yokotani

Kaito Ishikawa

Kaito Ishikawa

Sakuta Azusagawa (voice)

Asami Seto

Asami Seto

Mai Sakurajima (voice)

Yurika Kubo

Yurika Kubo

Kaede Azusagawa (voice)

Nao Toyama

Nao Toyama

Tomoe Koga (voice)

Atsumi Tanezaki

Atsumi Tanezaki

Rio Futaba (voice)

Maaya Uchida

Maaya Uchida

Nodoka Toyohama (voice)

Inori Minase

Inori Minase

Shoko Makinohara (voice)

Court is in session

Put Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.