New visuals have been released for Akagi Ikumi, Himeji Sara, Mito Miori, and Iwamizawa Nene, characters appearing in the theatrical anime film "Rascal Does Not Dream Does Not Dream of Dear Friend," based on the popular light novel series "Rascal Does Not Dream Does Not Dream of Dear Friend"(Rascal Does Not Dream). The "Rascal Does Not Dream of Dear Friend" anime series will finally conclude with the release of "Rascal Does Not Dream of Dear Friend" on October 16th.
Akagi Ikumi is a second-year nursing student in the Faculty of Medicine at the same university as Sakuta. She is a serious and righteous honor student. She was Sakuta's classmate in middle school, and when Sakuta revealed the existence of adolescent syndrome and became isolated, she was haunted by her own inability to do anything. Her reunion with Sakuta triggered her developing adolescent syndrome, and she was swapped with the Ikumi from "another possible world." After her adolescent syndrome was cured, she took the lead in helping Sakuta search for Kirishima Touko. She is voiced by Aya Yamane.
Himeji Sara, played by Konomi Kohara, is a second-year student at Minegahara High School. She is an excellent student who attends the cram school where Sakuta works part-time as a tutor. After experiencing heartbreak with her childhood friend, she developed adolescent syndrome, which allows her to understand the thoughts of those she clashes with. She repeatedly engaged in behaviors to attract the attention of the opposite sex around her, but her adolescent syndrome was cured through her interactions with Sakuta and Mai. With the determination to confess her feelings again after getting into university, she works as a junior part-timer at the family restaurant where Sakuta works.
Mito Miori is a second-year student in the International Business Department at the same university as Sakuta. She met Sakuta at a social gathering for their introductory seminar and is taking the same classes as him, calling herself a "potential friend." Like Sakuta, she's an eccentric who doesn't own a smartphone and has a fearless personality. She was the only one besides Sakuta who could observe Iwamizawa Nene, who had become invisible to those around her. She is played by Manaka Iwami.
Nene Iwamizawa, played by Reina Ueda, is a fourth-year student in the Faculty of International Liberal Arts at the same university as Sakuta. In high school, she worked as a model in her hometown of Hokkaido. She joined a modeling agency in Tokyo and won the Miss University Grand Prix, but the enrollment of Mai, a nationally renowned actress, and the slump in her modeling career made her increasingly anxious, and she tried to become "Touko Kirishima." She and Takumi Fukuyama, Sakuta's friend at university, have been lovers since high school.
The "Rascal Does Not Dream" series is a light novel written by Hajime Kamoshida and illustrated by Keiji Mizoguchi, with "Adolescent Syndrome," a condition that occurs during adolescence, as its key theme. The original novels have sold over 3 million copies in total. The TV anime "Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai" aired from October to December 2018. The theatrical anime "Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out" on June 23, 2023, and "Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid" on December 1st of the same year. The TV anime "Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus," based on the "College Student Arc," aired from July to September 2025.
