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Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus
Synopsis
The story
After encountering various girls going through Puberty Syndrome, Sakuta Azusagawa's high school days have come to a close, and he is now a university student. He enrolls at a university in Kanazawa-hakkei alongside his girlfriend Mai Sakurajima, a nationally famed actress. Off campus, he stumbles upon an out-of-season miniskirt Santa. Precognitive dreams, an anonymous online singer, poltergeists buzzing on social media... A mysterious tale with enigmatic phenomenons surrounding girls with wavering hearts starts again. Puberty continues...
DramaMysteryPsychologicalRomanceSupernatural
Episode guide
13 episodes
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06Episode 6Unwatched · AiredAired Aug 9, 202507Episode 7Unwatched · AiredAired Aug 16, 202508Episode 8Unwatched · AiredAired Aug 23, 202509Episode 9Unwatched · AiredAired Aug 30, 202510Episode 10Unwatched · AiredAired Sep 6, 202511Episode 11Unwatched · AiredAired Sep 13, 202512Episode 12Unwatched · AiredAired Sep 20, 202513Episode 13Unwatched · AiredAired Sep 27, 2025Characters & voices
500 credited
Sakuta Azusagawa
Main
Mai Sakurajima
Main
Kaede Azusagawa
Supporting
Rio Futaba
Supporting
Tomoe Koga
Supporting
Nodoka Toyohama
Main
Shouko Makinohara
Supporting
Saki Kamisato
Supporting
Yuuma Kunimi
Supporting
Fumika Nanjou
Supporting
Uzuki Hirokawa
Main
Ikumi Akagi
Main
Ryouko Hanawa
Supporting
Miori Mitou
Supporting
Sara Himeji
Main
Miniskirt Santa
Main
Juri Yoshiwa
Supporting
Kento Yamada
Supporting
Production staff
500 credited
Yoshikazu IwanamiSound Director
Souichi MasuiDirectorSouichi MasuiStoryboard (eps 1, 3, 5, 13)
Jun Shibata2nd Key Animation (ep 5)
Hiroshi KatouArt SupervisorMakiko YamanakaPaint (eps 2, 6)Hiromu ItouBackground Art (ep 2)
Hajime KamoshidaOriginal Story
Atsuhiro IwakamiPlanning
Yasumasa KoyamaSound Effects
Yuuichi OkaAnimation Training Director (OP, eps 1, 4, 6, 7, 10-13)
Masahiro YokotaniSeries CompositionMasahiro YokotaniScript (eps 1-13)
Keiji MizoguchiOriginal Character Design
Satoshi IsonoAnimation Director (ep 11)Sora AmamiyaTheme Song Performance (ED)
Atsushi KomoriKey Animation (ep 12)Reina UedaTheme Song Performance (ED)
Yoshinori ShiozawaArt DesignKonomi KoharaTheme Song Performance (ED)Themes & motifs
AniList community tags
CollegeSetting-Scene92%
Urban FantasySetting-Universe90%
HeterosexualTheme-Romance85%
Male ProtagonistCast-Main Cast79%
Primarily Adult CastCast-Main Cast72%
Female ProtagonistCast-Main Cast50%
ActingTheme-Arts50%
IdolCast-Traits48%
Time SkipSetting-Time48%
CGITechnical46%
POVTechnical35%
KuudereCast-Traits20%
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Current12,881
Planning36,560
Completed37,473
Dropped1,446
Paused2,576
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