The anime Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus has unveiled a new visual for the His Student Arc, which starts with Episode 8 on August 23. Studio CloverWorks is in charge of the animation for the series, which is available for streaming on Crunchyroll.
Episode 8, titled “Secrets and Promises,” highlights Sara Himeji, the central character of the twelfth novel in the series, titled Rascal Does Not Dream of His Student. The visual includes the tagline: “It’s a promise. That you won’t cure my Puberty Syndrome.”
Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus – His Student Arc Key Visual
The previous two arcs included the Lost Singer arc, which adapted the 10th novel Rascal Does Not Dream of a Lost Singer, and the Nightingale arc, which adapted the 11th novel Rascal Does Not Dream of a Nightingale. Following this arc, the remaining novels left to be adapted will be:
Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus
Rascal Does Not Dream of Girlfriends
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend (final)
The Rascal Does Not Dream light novel series, written by Hajime Kamoshida with illustrations by Keji Mizoguchi, was published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint starting in April 2014. Spanning a total of 15 volumes, the series concluded on October 10, 2024, after 10 years of serialization.
CloverWorks has handled the anime adaptation, which includes the Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai TV series (covering volumes 1-5) and three sequel movies: Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (volumes 6-7), Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out (volume 8), and Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid (volume 9).