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All series / Rascal Does Not Dream / Arc 15

Arc 15 of 15 in Rascal Does Not Dream

Arc 15: A Dear Friend

I’ve watched through

Bunny Girl Senpai stops before this arc.

Dreaming Girl (movie) stops before this arc.

Sister Venturing Out (movie) stops before this arc.

Knapsack Kid (movie) stops before this arc.

Santa Claus stops before this arc.

Partly seen by the end of Dear Friend (movie).

What happens

The last of the rewrites comes down to whether Sakuta will deny adolescence syndrome itself. A friend who cannot be seen anymore is looking for a world where the singer lived, and Sakuta has to decide what to keep as memory instead of miracle.

Parts of this arc

  1. The final resolution
  2. Two years later
  3. The farewell song

Where it sits

Arc 15 in Rascal Does Not Dream
FormatVolumesUnitsLanguage
Light novelVol 15v15c01–v15lastJapanese
Light novelVol 15v15c01–v15lastEnglish
AnimeDear Friend (movie)dear-friend—

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