If you loved Revue Starlight: Rondo Rondo Rondo, try Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Revue Starlight: Rondo Rondo Rondo, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

bittersweetforeign gemtender

What Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid is

Sakuta meets his girlfriend’s doppelgänger in a middle-school disguise then gets summoned by his ailing mother who’s just reemerged from isolation. A time-loop romance about second chances and sibling guilt. Kaede shoulders the weight.

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