{"id":725816,"date":"2026-05-06T13:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-spotlights-shoko-in-newest-visual\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:40:18","slug":"rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-spotlights-shoko-in-newest-visual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-spotlights-shoko-in-newest-visual\/","title":{"rendered":"Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend Spotlights Shoko in Newest Visual"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">memorial visual<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anime<\/a> film has been unveiled, spotlighting Shoko Makinohara in a bridal dress, surrounded by yellow flowers. The anime film is scheduled to be released in Japan on October 16, 2026.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155426\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"155426\" src=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/05\/05\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-spotlights-shoko-in-newest-visual\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-shoko-memorial-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-shoko-memorial-visual.jpeg?fit=1000%2C1409&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1409\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rascal does not dream of a dear friend shoko memorial visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a92025 \u9d28\u5fd7\u7530 \u4e00\/KADOKAWA\/\u9752\u30d6\u30bf Project  &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-shoko-memorial-visual.jpeg?fit=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-shoko-memorial-visual.jpeg?fit=696%2C980&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-155426\" alt=\"rascal does not dream of a dear friend shoko memorial visual\" width=\"350\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-shoko-memorial-visual.jpeg?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-shoko-memorial-visual.jpeg?resize=727%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 727w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-shoko-memorial-visual.jpeg?resize=768%2C1082&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-shoko-memorial-visual.jpeg?resize=696%2C981&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-shoko-memorial-visual.jpeg?resize=298%2C420&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-shoko-memorial-visual.jpeg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a92025 \u9d28\u5fd7\u7530 \u4e00\/KADOKAWA\/\u9752\u30d6\u30bf Project<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">A video featuring the character and the visual were also released.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201c\u9752\u30d6\u30bf\u201d\u5b8c\u7d50\u3078\u2015\u2015 \u30e1\u30e2\u30ea\u30a2\u30eb\u30d3\u30b8\u30e5\u30a2\u30eb\u30e0\u30fc\u30d3\u30fc\u3010\u7267\u4e4b\u539f\u7fd4\u5b50Ver.\u3011\uff5c\u5287\u5834\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u9752\u6625\u30d6\u30bf\u91ce\u90ce\u306f\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2\u30d5\u30ec\u30f3\u30c9\u306e\u5922\u3092\u898b\u306a\u3044\u300d\u30102026\u5e7410\u670816\u65e5(\u91d1)\u516c\u958b\u3011\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xpjVGySL_Zc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><b>Soichi Masui <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(reprising) is directing the anime film, with <\/span><b>Masahiro Yokotani <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> composer for the TV anime) as story composer, <\/span><b>Satomi Tamura <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(reprising) as character designer, and <\/span><b>fox capture plan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (reprising) as music composer. <\/span><b>CloverWorks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is in charge of the animation production.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Meanwhile, the anime\u2019s voice cast includes:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Kaito Ishikawa <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Sakuta Azusagawa<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Asami Seto <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Mai Sakurajima<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Sora Amamiya <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Uzuki Hirokawa<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Aya Yamane<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Ikumi Akagi<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Konomi Kohara<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Sara Imeji<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Manaka Iwami <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Miori Mito<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Reina Ueda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Nene Iwamizawa\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Rascal Does Not Dream<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> light novel series is written by <\/span><b>Hajime Kamoshida <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and illustrated by <\/span><b>Keji Mizoguchi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, who both worked on<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Pet Girl of Sakurasou<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The series is published by ASCII <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Works, with the volumes being released under the Dengeki Bunko imprint.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The light novel\u2019s first volume, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, was published on April 10, 2014. A total of 15 volumes have been published as of July 2025, with the latest volume being a short story collection. A second short story collection will be released in Japan on October 9, 2026. Yen Press licensed the light novels and manga adaptation for English release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The anime adaptation began in 2018 with the TV anime series <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It was followed by three anime films, with one being released in 2019 and two in 2023. Another TV anime series titled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was released in July 2025. Crunchyroll is currently streaming the anime series and films.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142266\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"142266\" src=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/12\/14\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-movie-reveals-teaser-visual-fall-2026-release\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-teaser-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rascal-Does-Not-Dream-of-a-Dear-Friend-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=852%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"852,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend teaser visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rascal-Does-Not-Dream-of-a-Dear-Friend-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rascal-Does-Not-Dream-of-a-Dear-Friend-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=696%2C980&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-142266\" alt=\"Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend teaser visual\" width=\"350\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rascal-Does-Not-Dream-of-a-Dear-Friend-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rascal-Does-Not-Dream-of-a-Dear-Friend-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=727%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 727w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rascal-Does-Not-Dream-of-a-Dear-Friend-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=768%2C1082&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rascal-Does-Not-Dream-of-a-Dear-Friend-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=696%2C980&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rascal-Does-Not-Dream-of-a-Dear-Friend-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=298%2C420&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rascal-Does-Not-Dream-of-a-Dear-Friend-teaser-visual.jpg?w=852&amp;ssl=1 852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a92025 \u9d28\u5fd7\u7530 \u4e00\/KADOKAWA\/\u9752\u30d6\u30bf Project<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">latest entry<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rascal Does Not Dream <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">anime series. It shares its title with the original light novel series\u2019 15th and final main volume, which Yen Press describes as:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the truth about Miori and Touko Kirishima comes to light, Sakuta must make a choice that will decide everything\u2026for him\u2026for Mai\u2026for Shouko\u2026for Miori\u2026and for Touko. Only one thing\u2019s for sure\u2014whatever h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens, this will be his final bout of Adolescence Syndrome!<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><b>Sources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aobuta_anime\/status\/2050894387060879668\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rascal Does Not Dream Official Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/news\/latest\/2026\/5\/3\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-anime-film-shoko-makinohara-visual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crunchyroll News<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n                (function(d, s, id) {\n          var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n          if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n          js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n          js.src=\"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9&appId=269442613521839\";\n          fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n        }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n        <\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The anime film is scheduled to be released in Japan on October 16, 2026.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a92025 \u9d28\u5fd7\u7530 \u4e00\/KADOKAWA\/\u9752\u30d6\u30bf Project A video featuring the character and the visual&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":725817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rascal-does-not-dream-of-a-dear-friend-shoko-memorial-visual-1-e1778001824872.jpeg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-725816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime-manga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}