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Rascal Does Not Dream of… Light Novel #12
青春ブタ野郎はマイスチューデントの夢を見ない
優等生な教え子は、何でもお見通し? ちょっと不思議な青春物語・第12弾
12月1日、咲太はアルバイト先の塾で担当する生徒がひとり増えた。姫路紗良――峰ヶ原高校の一年生で、成績優秀な優等生。
「今日からお願いします。咲太せんせ」
3日前に咲太が見た夢と一言一句同じ挨拶をする彼女もまた、霧島透子から思春期症候群をプレゼントされていた。紗良はそれを「治さないでほしい」というが、一体どんな思春期症候群を発症しているのか。「麻衣さんが危ない」というメッセージも気がかりな中、面倒なことになったと頭を抱える咲太だったが……。
教え子のため、そして麻衣とのクリスマスデートの平穏を守るため! 師走の咲太が東奔西走する、シリーズ第12弾。
12月1日、咲太はアルバイト先の塾で担当する生徒がひとり増えた。姫路紗良――峰ヶ原高校の一年生で、成績優秀な優等生。
「今日からお願いします。咲太せんせ」
3日前に咲太が見た夢と一言一句同じ挨拶をする彼女もまた、霧島透子から思春期症候群をプレゼントされていた。紗良はそれを「治さないでほしい」というが、一体どんな思春期症候群を発症しているのか。「麻衣さんが危ない」というメッセージも気がかりな中、面倒なことになったと頭を抱える咲太だったが……。
教え子のため、そして麻衣とのクリスマスデートの平穏を守るため! 師走の咲太が東奔西走する、シリーズ第12弾。
344 pages, Paperback
First published December 9, 2022
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May 31, 2025
This series follows a formula that I am starting to find a little stale. The characters and pacing kept this an enjoyable read, but this volume lacked the emotional punch that the best books in the series had.
December 13, 2023
Wow.
At some points, I wasn't really *feeling* the college arc here and there. Some moments felt off, some felt pointless, and I just overall wasn't really sure if this part of the story was going to be as good as the high school arc.
But MY GOD! "Rascal Does Not Dream of His Student" completely changed my mind on that! This novel is not only the best entry in the college arc so far, it is also one of the best entries in the entire series!
I was constantly enthralled while reading this one. I found it incredibly difficult to put down every single night that I read it. Kamoshida's writing is once again nothing short of perfect, the way the narrative, and the words themselves, flow is just magnificent, as expected.
But even with that expectation, I was still blown away by how interesting this entire novel was. The adolescent syndrome victim this time around really flips the usual structure of the series on its head, and it works so phenomenally well. I thought I wasn't going to like Sara at first, but I ended up becoming really enthralled with her. She functions as an amazing parallel to Sakuta and Mai, and her personality is probably the most unique and interesting in the series so far, I was so excited to see where her character would go throughout my time reading. And by the end of the book, I was left wanting to read even more. I'm not joking when I say the final line of the book gave me goosebumps and left me desperate to know what was going to happen next.
I cannot wait for the next novel! But until then, I guess I'll just have to read this one over and over again, something I'm very happy to do.
At some points, I wasn't really *feeling* the college arc here and there. Some moments felt off, some felt pointless, and I just overall wasn't really sure if this part of the story was going to be as good as the high school arc.
But MY GOD! "Rascal Does Not Dream of His Student" completely changed my mind on that! This novel is not only the best entry in the college arc so far, it is also one of the best entries in the entire series!
I was constantly enthralled while reading this one. I found it incredibly difficult to put down every single night that I read it. Kamoshida's writing is once again nothing short of perfect, the way the narrative, and the words themselves, flow is just magnificent, as expected.
But even with that expectation, I was still blown away by how interesting this entire novel was. The adolescent syndrome victim this time around really flips the usual structure of the series on its head, and it works so phenomenally well. I thought I wasn't going to like Sara at first, but I ended up becoming really enthralled with her. She functions as an amazing parallel to Sakuta and Mai, and her personality is probably the most unique and interesting in the series so far, I was so excited to see where her character would go throughout my time reading. And by the end of the book, I was left wanting to read even more. I'm not joking when I say the final line of the book gave me goosebumps and left me desperate to know what was going to happen next.
I cannot wait for the next novel! But until then, I guess I'll just have to read this one over and over again, something I'm very happy to do.
February 19, 2024
There’s a lot of deja vu sensations now when I read these books. While the stories are still new and Adolescence Syndrome keeps changing from person to person, kinda feels like we’re repeating things here. Sara’s story was ok, I understand why she behaved the way she did, very common for a high school girl, I think. And it was nice seeing Mai this time helping her get over the Syndrome, if a little unwilling on Sara’s part.
However, I’m not quite convinced with Touko’s character. She hasn’t been around enough for me to truly engage, and whenever she’s around she’s just rude. The fact she can just ‘give out’ Adolescence Syndrome to people randomly through songs is oddly convenient and not very convincing. There’s no reason for it yet, and I don’t know if I have the patience to get to the solution because I really like Sakuta and Mai. They are the healthiest relationship I’ve read in my life, and I’m really tired of random girls trying to get in their way for no other reason than to brag about it. The arc feels very different from when Sakuta was in high school…
However, I’m not quite convinced with Touko’s character. She hasn’t been around enough for me to truly engage, and whenever she’s around she’s just rude. The fact she can just ‘give out’ Adolescence Syndrome to people randomly through songs is oddly convenient and not very convincing. There’s no reason for it yet, and I don’t know if I have the patience to get to the solution because I really like Sakuta and Mai. They are the healthiest relationship I’ve read in my life, and I’m really tired of random girls trying to get in their way for no other reason than to brag about it. The arc feels very different from when Sakuta was in high school…
December 2, 2023
Okay this volume was not my favorite. It was lackluster and I was annoyed by Sara. And I wished Sakuta would’ve told her to go away from the start but he wanted to make sure Mai was safe.. so dealing with a high school girl having a crush on him was all for Mai. He truly loves Mai.
Hell, I LOVE Mai! God, when she showed up on Christmas Eve and changed that “dream”, I was cheering! Mai made it known to Sara that she didn’t stand a chance!!! It was perfect! That was my favorite moment of this volume for sure!!!
And of course, the ending was ominous… I didn’t like that but I will be back next volume with my next review!
Hell, I LOVE Mai! God, when she showed up on Christmas Eve and changed that “dream”, I was cheering! Mai made it known to Sara that she didn’t stand a chance!!! It was perfect! That was my favorite moment of this volume for sure!!!
And of course, the ending was ominous… I didn’t like that but I will be back next volume with my next review!
July 9, 2026
I enjoyed the adolesence syndrome presented in this book a lot, it might be the most unique and creative one yet, so it's a bit of a shame how underused it is. Still I think it works for the story, which is clearly trying to set a lot up for the next volume. Because of that I found reading it particularly enjoyable. Again, the novelty of seeing these characters grow up and take on new responsibilities hasn't worn off. In fact I really like seeing Sakuta take on a teacher role, he shows a healthy care for his students throughout.
I also appreciate that generally the story does a good job balancing the interpersonal drama with the very real problems that come up with dating someone you're teaching. I was worried with one case of this, but that fear was unwarrented, and when the feelings were expressed, the conflict of interest was immediately identified.
That does bring me to one scene which made me particularly uncomfortable, where a 25 year old teacher intends to meet with a first year high schooler. Of course our protagonist stops this meetup, but the internal dialogue implying the man was good natured, and implications the girl was toying with him. Of course, with how it's handled as part of her arc, the girl being manipulative and flirtatious itself is fine, but almost excusing how the teacher responded rubs me the wrong way. Perhaps that's not what was intended by the scene, in the end the teacher is told off, and agrees not to contact the girl, still, calling the teacher good natured stuck with me in a bad way, and is a real shame considering how well handled the rest of the complexity is.
Regardless, the author continues to be a massive tease I look forward to finally getting some answers in the next book, but I earnestly appreciate the slow build so far. I'm sure plenty of scenes which initially seem mundane will come up again, and I look forward to seeing that pay off.
I also appreciate that generally the story does a good job balancing the interpersonal drama with the very real problems that come up with dating someone you're teaching. I was worried with one case of this, but that fear was unwarrented, and when the feelings were expressed, the conflict of interest was immediately identified.
That does bring me to one scene which made me particularly uncomfortable, where a 25 year old teacher intends to meet with a first year high schooler. Of course our protagonist stops this meetup, but the internal dialogue implying the man was good natured, and implications the girl was toying with him. Of course, with how it's handled as part of her arc, the girl being manipulative and flirtatious itself is fine, but almost excusing how the teacher responded rubs me the wrong way. Perhaps that's not what was intended by the scene, in the end the teacher is told off, and agrees not to contact the girl, still, calling the teacher good natured stuck with me in a bad way, and is a real shame considering how well handled the rest of the complexity is.
Regardless, the author continues to be a massive tease I look forward to finally getting some answers in the next book, but I earnestly appreciate the slow build so far. I'm sure plenty of scenes which initially seem mundane will come up again, and I look forward to seeing that pay off.
May 24, 2026
8.3/10
another great read with some strong mai development after a while. this volume was also very emotional and actually had me thinking a lot about the mystery and what sara's adolescence syndrome was
the final chapter when she understood what it means to love, and finding it out by mai instead of sakuta was actually genius and we finally saw mai open up and not act like senjougahara from monogatari with her tsundere energy and very emotionless face(which i love in both characters btw)
also i like how form the start of the collage arc (vol 10) the story has been building up the touko kirishima mystery and we follow sakuta as he slowly uncovers it and i like how there is a goal for him to reach and finally put an end to this thing that has been bothering him
another great read with some strong mai development after a while. this volume was also very emotional and actually had me thinking a lot about the mystery and what sara's adolescence syndrome was
the final chapter when she understood what it means to love, and finding it out by mai instead of sakuta was actually genius and we finally saw mai open up and not act like senjougahara from monogatari with her tsundere energy and very emotionless face(which i love in both characters btw)
also i like how form the start of the collage arc (vol 10) the story has been building up the touko kirishima mystery and we follow sakuta as he slowly uncovers it and i like how there is a goal for him to reach and finally put an end to this thing that has been bothering him
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January 28, 2024
By this point, the characters are all comfortable with each other and things proceed smoothly, even when not exactly to plan.
January 23, 2024
First of all the art for this book sucks and doesn't help with my motivation to continue this story. I am honestly over the concept of adolescence syndrome and really only care about Mai and Sakuta's relationship, which while they do have some moments it is just not enough. Also, their interactions are always so chaste. I'm thinking that I will most likely end my run of this series here. (46K)
February 25, 2026
New girl's superpower is stalking. She uses her power to break men's hearts and/or get them fired. Until she meets our virtuous protagonist who refuses to trade in his supermodel girlfriend for jailbait. Plot aside I agree with hero's loser friend that Christmas is murder for single people. Forget Valentine's, Christmas is peak misery because it't not overtly romantic.
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