Following the events with Shoko Makinohara, Sakuta is celebrating Mai's graduation, studying for his university entrance exams, and seeing his sister Kaede return to school.

The counselor points out her absences and that an online-based high school may be better, which Kaede retreats to her room after hearing while Sakuta and their father ponder the choices.

Still unsure about the online school, Sakuta attends an orientation class and discovers it may be a good fit for Kaede after seeing testimonials from other students including idol Uzuki Hirokawa.

At the nurses office, Kaede tells him she did well on the tests she took thanks to the tutoring, but ran into a former classmate which brought back her memories of bullying; with her bruises returning.

[2] It was confirmed to be released as a theatrical film in December 2022, featuring a returning staff, including director Sōichi Masui, scriptwriter Masahiro Yokotani and character designer Satomi Tamura.

[4] Around one year after the end of the production of the television series and the previous film, in an event Masui was asked about his interest about making the sequel by the producer of the anime.

When the production of the previous film just finished, Masui knew there were the eighth and ninth volumes of the novel series and wanted to make the sequel already at that time.

[14] A third film in the series, titled Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid, adapting volume nine, premiered on December 1, 2023.