7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Animation, Drama, Fantasy • 2023 • 75 min
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid (2023)
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid (2023)
Overview
Finally, the day of Mai's high school graduation has arrived. While Sakuta eagerly waits for his girlfriend, an elementary schooler who looks exactly like her appears before him. Suspicious, and for all the wrong reasons... Meanwhile, Sakuta and Kaede's father suddenly calls, saying that their mother wants to see her daughter. She was hospitalized because Kaede's condition had been too much for her to bear, so what could she possibly want now?
Starring Cast
Stephen Fu • Kaito Ishikawa • Yurika Kubo
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
7.8
Overview
Finally, the day of Mai's high school graduation has arrived. While Sakuta eagerly waits for his girlfriend, an elementary schooler who looks exactly like her appears before him. Suspicious, and for all the wrong reasons... Meanwhile, Sakuta and Kaede's father suddenly calls, saying that their mother wants to see her daughter. She was hospitalized because Kaede's condition had been too much for her to bear, so what could she possibly want now?
Starring Cast
Stephen Fu • Kaito Ishikawa • Yurika Kubo
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film explores complex psychological and emotional challenges within a supernatural framework, focusing on personal growth and interpersonal relationships. Its narrative prioritizes individual experiences and emotional resolution, remaining neutral on broader political or ideological stances.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium
The movie features clearly visible diversity in its cast, consistent with its origin. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, without explicit critique or central DEI themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: High
The narrative emphasizes the importance of committed relationships and the enduring bonds within the biological family, even when facing significant challenges. It portrays a strong, supportive heterosexual partnership and the protagonist's dedication to his sister and mother.
LGBTQ: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film does not feature identifiable transgender characters or themes within its narrative. The story focuses on other aspects of adolescence and supernatural phenomena without engaging with transgender identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is a direct continuation within an established anime and light novel franchise. All primary and secondary characters maintain their original, canonically established genders from the source material and previous adaptations. There are no instances of characters being portrayed with a different gender than their established canon.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The animated film adapts characters from an established Japanese light novel series. Characters maintain their original visual and canonical race as depicted in the source material. No character established as one race is portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.8
7.7
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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