The Hidden Gem That is Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

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Originally released in Late 2018, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, also known as Seishun Buta Yarō, performed pretty well, but it’d be easy to forget the show’s initial warm reception based on the show’s relative obscurity. Not to mention, fans can expect a second season to debut sometime in, hopefully, the near future. Within the last four years, the series experienced the same fate as the titular bunny girl and was forgotten by many, even with a waifu as iconic as Mai Sakurajima. Still, its current rating on MyAnimeList is proof that it’s worth checking out. Currently sitting at 8.26, it’s hard to believe it was forgotten so easily, but just what is this sci-fi, slice-of-life series many anime fans may have missed or left behind?

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai does many things that one would expect from a good series, regardless of the genre. It revolves around an interesting concept, delivers genuine characters, and structures its several plot arcs well. What other show excels in introducing a new theme and superbly covering a different character’s whole arc every three to four episodes?

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The main dilemma of the series revolves around a fictional phenomenon called “adolescence syndrome”, also referred to as “puberty syndrome”. In the show, this experience affects different youth as they transition between different points in their adolescence. Granted, the name is pretty on the nose, but the actual events are much deeper. When this syndrome affects an individual, it alters reality in some way, either for that individual or for the world around them. Each of these events that the protagonist, Sakuta Azusagawa,