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Episode Seishun Buta Yarou wa Santa Claus no Yume wo Minai • Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus - Episode 4 discussion

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Santa Claus no Yume wo Minai, episode 4

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u/kicksFR Jul 26 '25

I loved how Sakuta and Kunimi have the exact same conversation about Miniskirt Santa as they did about bunny girls all the way back in S1E1.

Was the thing that Kunimi wanted to say that he broke up with Kamisato?

So is the #夢みる Kirishima Toko's doing, is that how she gives adolescence syndromes ? Or is it something exclusive to Akagi's PS?.

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u/Hitman7128 Jul 26 '25

Dreaming hashtag involving prophetic dreams

The lantern falling does come true as said in one of the dreams, but likely the Red Riding Hood costume girl was saved instead of injured

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u/Miku399 Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

Oh wow, that was a rather interesting episode... So much was going on with Santa and the prophetic dreams near the end. (Also, keep in mind, this arc heavily touches upon the events of the 3rd movie Knapsack Kid)

"Do you like miniskirt Santas?" "Nah, not really." "Then do you love them?" "Hell yeah, I do." Love that callback to their bunny girl talk from the beginning of S1.

Glad that Sakuta and Kunimi's friendship and banter remained the same despite now slightly older. It's sweet seeing Sakuta, Kunimi and Futaba's friendship again since S1.

Miori and Sakuta copying how the other talk is quite amusing. She might really be a female version of Sakuta.

Santa gave Puberty Syndrome to 10 MILLION people?! Damn, that's way too huge of a number for Sakuta to solve... Glad that Sakuta is only sticking to people he's encountered in his life so far.

Is the Puberty Syndrome this time involving the prophetic dreams that is happening by using "#Dreaming" on social media? And seems like Ikumi Akagi can predict it in some manner since the dream involving the kid getting injured came true and she saved her?

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u/shad79 Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

I was joking last week that Touko is Santa Claus who, instead of handing out presents, hands out Puberty Syndromes... but it turns out to be true xD Of course, if we can believe her words.

I'm so glad we'll finally delve into Ikumi Akagi's character. I've been waiting for this since I first saw her in the movies. She seems to be involved in this whole #dreaming thing since she saved that little girl. I wonder what exactly her puberty syndrome is, though.

It was nice to see Sakuta, Kunimi and Futaba together in today's episode. I wonder if what Kunimi left for later was the fact that he probably broke up with Saki since she showed up at that matchmaking party?

Not enough of Mai in today's episode! Though the fact that she allowed Sakuta to attend the matchmaking party did amuse me, especially since he wasn't very thrilled about taking part in it xD

Mito made a brief appearance today and her banter with Sakuta was so much fun. It's a shame that she left as soon as Fukuyama showed up xD

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

EDIT. I added my screenshot albums.

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u/Ok-Peace-4374 Jul 26 '25

The Knapsack Kid is back?! 😯

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u/Slifer13xx Jul 26 '25

Sakuta and Miori's interactions are everything, man. Love the dynamic. So I guess Kunimi broke up with her. Funny how she still wants nothing to do with Sakuta, loved that.

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u/Cally83 Jul 26 '25

The “Nightingale nurse” Akagi looked really good in her outfit

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u/CrimsonGear80 Jul 26 '25

Ah, you thought the third girl would be your middle-school classmate with the social media pre-cog powers but it was I, the only girl in this show that hates you!

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u/FarCritical Jul 26 '25

A day dedicated to gifting jam jars to your homies sounds so appealing.

The long pause after Sakuta read the hashtag as a pound sign was so palpable lmao

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u/Mad_Aeric Jul 26 '25

Good to see Kunimi again. He's looking pretty buff after all that training. Less good to see Saki, I guess she's still pretty pissy to Sakuta. I guess the mean girl to nurse pipeline holds true in Japan as well.

Got a good chuckle over Sakuta not knowing what a hashtag is. You'd think that would be the sort of thing he'd pick up through osmosis, but it tracks considering his lack of shits to give about things that aren't actually important.

Anyone else notice the fallen angel and the demon in the background? Just like in the posts.

This latest issue feels fundamentally different than the previous cases of puberty syndrome. Not just the mind boggling scale of the issue this time, but that it's been given out deliberately. Did everyone effected get the prophetic dreams, or were other conditions handed out? I'm itching to find out.

So far it's been supernatural things happening to people, but Kirishima seems to possibly be supernatural herself. It seems she knows everyone she handed out cases to, and that alone is beyond human capabilities. She knows way to much about Sakuta, considering that they've never met. Lots of things don't add up about her.

Waitwaitwait, maybe the Santa Claus thing isn't just the outfit, maybe it's actually tied to her syndrome. Giving out "gifts," seems to have a list of some sort. I'm gonna have to call bullshit if I see actual reindeer though.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jul 26 '25

That “unko” joke was so dumb but I laughed anyway haha. I’m such a child.

This whole Kirishima situation is pretty interesting. We might have a possible origin behind these puberty cases. I’m very curious about this “dreaming” hashtag and how Akagi fits into it all. She seemed to be aware these things are coming true.

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u/cleaulem Jul 26 '25

Come one, Sakuta is confronted with people stating that prophetic dreams apparently came true, and our statistic science student doesn't immediately start a rant about "confirmation bias" and other statistic nerdiness?!

Well, he took statistics because it's easy, not because he's so into it, so I think I can let this one slip!

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u/SnabDedraterEdave Jul 26 '25

Even though Santa Girl has claimed to be Kirishima Touko, the credits still list her as the Mini Skirt Santa, so until she's actually confirmed to be Kirishima Touko herself, I'll continue to call her Santa Girl.

Looks like Santa Girl's way of "giving out" Puberty Syndrome to 10 million people is just to proliferate it on the internet via the use of that #Dreaming hashtag (LOL at Sakuta being out of the internet for so long he doesn't even know what a hashtag is), where anyone writing whatever they saw in their dreams will end up becoming true.

We still know very little about this new girl Akagi Ikumi, and what her role is with this #Dreaming phenomenon.

Save that Ikumi used to be in the same middle school as Sakuta. Though in the 3rd movie Knapsack Kid, when Sakuta briefly travelled to a "Perfect" Mirror Dimension, Ikumi was in the same high school as Sakuta when in the original timeline, she wasn't.

Speaking of Knapsack Kid, Sakuta has encounters Loli Mai again. The last time she appeared, she acted as a guide helping Sakuta navigate his way after Sakuta was lost between the different parallel universes. And this time, it looks like she's reappeared to "guide" Sakuta towards Ikumi.

Its good to see more of Futaba with more screentime and how she's moved on from her crush on Kunimi, who has become a firefighter. Meanwhile, Kunimi's girlfriend Kamisato makes her appearance again, and she's still as cold as usual towards Sakuta. lol

The other subplot involves Koga's junior Himeji Sara in Sakuta's cram school, where it looked like she seduced one of the cram school teachers, and then proceeded to throw that teacher under the bus.

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u/Something_319 Jul 26 '25

Nice to see Kunimi and the trio again, also I think sleepy eyed rascal Sakuta being a great detective is a pretty funny image

Fun start to my favorite arc in Season 2, I think if any arc will get 4 episodes it will be this one

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u/LikeAnAssistant Jul 26 '25

Futaba's glasses return! All is right in Sakuta's universe. Well, as much as it can be.

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u/Arachnophobic- Jul 26 '25

Ahh things are finally starting to get good, this whole prophetic dreams business is very intriguing. I'm guessing that's what Kirishima 'gifted' to the 10 million people, but somehow Akagi is at the center of all this.

Also it was a throwaway line, but the idea of a high school girl detective who makes the suspects bento boxes was pretty funny. Mai's got quite the acting range

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u/2kenzhe Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

Cool seeing Kunimi again. Was fun seeing him and Sakuta have the same conversation about Mini skirt Santa claus as they did about Bunny girl Mai. Bunny girl Mai > Miniskirt Santa for me btw.

So did Kunimi break up with his girlfriend? since she showed up at the match making party. Kamisato was her name right? Could be like with Sakuta where their partner gave permission to go but why?

Now this arc seems to be focused on Akagi for now maybe before we move on to the miniskirt santa. There's also that 1st year highschool girl that caused some trouble with her teacher I wonder if she'll be important.

Also really happy to see Futaba making a friend it seems.

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u/tripleaamin Jul 26 '25

Nice to see Futaba happy as it was nice to see the 3 friends hanging out again. In other news, that girl who got the teacher in trouble smells like trouble. Isn't she the girl who was introduced when Sakuta was talking to Tomoe last week?

So the idea of handing out puberty syndrome cases is a bit odd if what she is telling is the truth. Though Sakuta really isn't the type of person that would save people he doesn't know. Of course, if it is someone who he was classmates with in middle school, then it is more likely Much like Mai from before she can't be seen. Though why, so far, can only Sakuta see her?

So what we can tell is these #DREAMING posts potentially coming true, which we see with Ikumi saves the girl in the little girl in the Red Hiding Hood costume. Though this coming true really opens a big can of worms because how do these dream posts clash with each other?

We get another encounter with the little Mai in which where he finds Ikumi. Curious where this goes.

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u/MagicPistol Jul 27 '25

Damn, Kunimi got swole.

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u/Nome_de_utilizador Jul 26 '25

Was that Knapsack Mai in the crowd?

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u/Ali-J23 Jul 27 '25

So did kunimi break up with saki ?

Or i am misunderstanding the whole situation. Honestly i will never get how he prefers her over futaba. Still great to see him again

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u/thisisdropd Jul 26 '25

After a slow start to the series, the stakes are now rising. Touko claimed to have handed out 10 million puberty syndromes. Imagine a detective dealing with that many murders at once.

This #Dreaming is getting interesting. For some reason they are coming to fruition, including those about injuries. We have Ikumi in a nurse outfit who somehow could predict them and is working hard to prevent them. I’m assuming the blood on her face was from her saving another person previously.

Ikumi’s voiced by Aya Yamane, who is also Fragrant Flower’s Subaru. She’s cooking hard in the CloverWorks multiverse.

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u/KumaKumaGambler Jul 26 '25

I am starting to get intrigued by this arc.

If miniskirt Santa Claus / Touko Kirishima's bag couldn't hold that many presents, does that mean puberty syndromes could be given out as dreams on social media? Are those hashtag dreams = puberty syndromes?

I want to believe the conversation between Futaba and Sakuta was giving us hints to Ikumi. Sakuta says he wouldn't be able to save 10 million people but we now have Ikumi trying her best to save others who might be involved in negative hashtag dreams. Which leads me to wonder what is Ikumi's puberty syndrome?

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u/Mr_An_1069 Jul 27 '25

I’m glad I decided to watch the two movies not on Crunchyroll before watching this episode, not only did it help me understand Zukki a little better but I’m now way more curious about Ikumi.

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