“That Way of Living Is Exactly What Makes It the Rascal Does Not Dream Series”: Voice Actor Inori Minase on the Highlights of the Series Finale

— Sakuta and Shoko are gradually growing up, and I think the Rascal Does Not Dream series as a whole is a work that stays close to viewers who are high school or college students, just like the characters. What does "becoming an adult" mean to you, Minase?

Minase: Speaking on the premise that this is just how I feel and not a definitive answer, what makes me feel I've become an adult is "being free." Even if my days are regular when I commute to work, once work is over I have my own time and money to use. I gain the authority to decide things for myself, and with it comes the freedom of everything being my own responsibility.

I think that also includes realizing how much adults protected me until now, and learning my own powerlessness through having been protected and helped by school and friends. Being a free individual while sometimes having to be part of a group, with freedom and constraint mixed together, is what I think becoming an adult means.

— It's about how to live as an individual while also accepting the constraints and unfairness of society.

Minase: On top of that, being yourself can lead people to decide "this is what kind of person they are," so the difficulty is that staying true to yourself isn't always the best thing. How do you find something only you can do and express yourself through it? I think that difficulty is part of being an adult.

— This gave me a renewed sense of the importance of freedom and the responsibility behind it. Thank you very much!

How will Shoko and the other characters who have appeared in the Rascal Does Not Dream series meet their endings? Fans who have followed the series are encouraged to see for themselves in theaters.

Interview, Photography, Text by kato
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