Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Arc Review

Okay first, ignore the title. I know. It sounds like exactly the kind of show you'd skip, but that's genuinely the point. The bunny suit is in episode one and it's never really about the bunny suit. It's about a girl who's slowly becoming invisible to the world around her, and the one guy who still sees her. That hook alone kept me watching.

Sakuta is a refreshing main character. He's not dense, not a pushover, actually funny in a dry way. Mai is even better, the kind of female lead who feels like a real person rather than a prize to be won. Their back and forth carries the whole show and honestly I'd watch an entire season of just those two being sarcastic at each other.

The thing to know going in is that it's anthology style. Each arc is a different girl, a different problem, a different flavor of teenage loneliness dressed up in light sci-fi logic. Some of those arcs hit hard. Others felt like I was waiting to get back to the characters I actually cared about. Your mileage will vary depending on how quickly you warm up to each new focus character.

The last arc though. I won't say anything except that it goes somewhere genuinely uncomfortable and doesn't try to clean it up neatly. That surprised me.

If you like romance that actually has something to say and doesn't mind being a little slow about saying it, this is worth your time. If you need things to happen and look cool while happening, probably not your show.