{"id":131610,"date":"2025-08-17T10:05:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T17:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=131610"},"modified":"2025-08-18T00:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:33:01","slug":"rascal-does-not-dream-of-santa-claus-releases-my-student-arc-visual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/08\/17\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-santa-claus-releases-my-student-arc-visual\/","title":{"rendered":"Rascal Does Not Dream\u00a0of Santa Claus Releases My Student Arc Visual"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A visual for Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus<\/em><\/a>‘ “My Student” arc has been released. The arc begins in the next episode, which will premiere on August 23 JST.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The illustration of Sara Himeji holding out her pinky finger is accompanied by the tagline, “It’s a promise. Not fixing my Adolescence Syndrome.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Rascal Does Not Dream light novel series’ 12th volume is titled Rascal Does Not Dream of His Student<\/em>, and its synopsis is described by Yen Press as:<\/span><\/p>\n

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MINISKIRT SANTA\u2019S COMING TO TOWN! Mai is in danger, and the only clue Sakuta has is a cryptic message from himself saying he needs to find Touko Kirishima. The problem is that even though he knows how to contact her, Touko seems completely uninterested in helping him. There must be another way. The answer might lie with his new student, Sara Himeji, a first-year at Minegahara who may have gotten her own little supernatural present. He\u2019ll have to figure out something quick, because Touko is planning to release a new song and there\u2019s no telling what fresh chaos that might bring\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus <\/em>TV anime is the latest entry in the Rascal Does Not Dream <\/em>anime series, which adapts the supernatural teen drama light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida <\/strong>and illustrated by Keji Mizoguchi<\/strong>. The new show, which marks the start of the \u201cUniversity Arc,\u201d premiered on July 5.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The light novel series started publication in 2014 under the Dengeki Bunko label and released its final main volume in October 2024, with short story collection being released in July 2025. Yen Press describes the premise as:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bunny girls do not live in libraries. This is simply common sense. And yet, that\u2019s exactly where Sakuta finds one in the wild. More bewildering is who the bunny girl is: Mai Sakurajima, a girl one year older than Sakuta, famous at their school for her acting career even though she\u2019s currently on break. To top it all off, it seems like no one else in the library can see Mai at all, no matter what she does or\u2026wears. Wanting to find out more about this mystery and maybe get a little closer to this beautiful upperclassman in the process, Sakuta launches an investigation to discover why an unforgettable bunny girl keeps becoming totally invisible.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Previous anime include 2018\u2019s Rascal Does Not Dream <\/em>of Bunny Girl Senpai<\/em> TV series and three movies: 2019\u2019s Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl<\/i> and 2023\u2019s Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out<\/em> and Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The light novel series has also inspired manga adaptations of its volumes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Staff (returning)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Director: Soichi Masui<\/strong><\/span>
\u2022 Series composer Masahiro Yokotani<\/strong><\/span>
\u2022 Character designer Satomi Tamura<\/strong><\/span>
\u2022 Music composer fox capture plan 
<\/strong>\u2022 Animation production: CloverWorks<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Cast<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Kaito Ishikawa <\/strong>as Sakuta Azusagawa<\/span>
\u2022 Asami Seto<\/strong> as Mai Sakurajima<\/span>
\u2022 Reina Ueda <\/strong>as Miniskirt Santa\/Toko Kirishima<\/span>
\u2022 Sora Amamiya<\/strong> as Uzuki Hirokawa<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: <\/strong>@aobuta_anime<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A visual for Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus‘ “My Student” arc has been released. The arc begins in the next episode, which will premiere on August 23 JST. The illustration of Sara Himeji holding out her pinky finger is accompanied by the tagline, “It’s a promise. Not fixing my Adolescence Syndrome.” The Rascal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":131612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14,1625,626,1543,180,10416],"class_list":["post-131610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-anime","tag-anime-adaptation","tag-cloverworks","tag-kadokawa","tag-light-novel","tag-rascal-does-not-dream-of-santa-claus"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rascal-Does-Not-Dream-of-Santa-Claus-My-Student-Arc-visual-1-e1755449395643.jpeg?fit=850%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-yeK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131610"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131639,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131610\/revisions\/131639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}