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Assassins Kazuki Kurusu and Rei Suwa meet Miri, a girl looking for her father on Christmas Day. Kazuki, Rei, and Miri unexpectedly end up living together.
Follows Kazuki Kurusu, a criminal contractor/coordinator who lives with his best friend, Rei Suwa, a professional assassin who has been raised from childhood to be a contract killer. Kazuki is outgoing and loves gambling and women, while Rei is a man of few words who spends his off time playing video games. One day, the two buddies end up caring for Miri Unasaka, a four year old girl whose father is a mafia boss, after Miri accidentally wanders into a firefight in a hotel while looking for her father.
Follows Kazuki Kurusu, a criminal contractor/coordinator who lives with his best friend, Rei Suwa, a professional assassin who has been raised from childhood to be a contract killer. Kazuki is outgoing and loves gambling and women, while Rei is a man of few words who spends his off time playing video games. One day, the two buddies end up caring for Miri Unasaka, a four year old girl whose father is a mafia boss, after Miri accidentally wanders into a firefight in a hotel while looking for her father.
Last updated
Jul 28, 2026, 06:01 AM
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Renewal pulse
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore
61.9
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 14 hours ago
Top reasons
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 79.7
- Cross-platform popularity index - Aggregate reach of ~120,275 followers
- Crunchyroll Like Index - 104,840 likes / 105,739 reactions on recent episodes
Runway
Anime original
This is an anime original, not an adaptation, so there is no source material to run down - renewal turns on sales and popularity rather than runway.
Financial & Commercial75
Production Feasibility46
Audience Reception81
Strategic Priors52
Fandom Engagement25
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedJul 28, 2026, 06:01 AM
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Renewal FAQ
Buddy Daddies renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Buddy Daddies getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Buddy Daddies has a 62% renewal probability. This score is updated daily and blends fandom momentum, streaming signals, source-material runway, and franchise history. Check back regularly for the latest forecast.
- Will Buddy Daddies be renewed?
- Buddy Daddies currently scores 62 out of 100 on Courcast. Signals driving this estimate include online discussion volume, sequel history within the franchise, and platform engagement data - all recalculated daily. Titles scoring above 70 are considered Very Likely to receive a continuation.
- What is Buddy Daddies's renewal probability?
- Buddy Daddies's CourScore is 62 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single daily-updated probability out of 100.
Latest signals
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 13 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 80 | Jul 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 104,840 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 70,512 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 21 | Apr 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 815,443 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 795 | Jul 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 899 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 1,158 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 3,882 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 78 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 30,852 | Jul 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 96 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 39 | Jul 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 16 | Jul 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 101 | Jul 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 85 | Jul 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | entry likes | GLOBAL | 79 | Jul 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 7.64 | Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.36 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 580 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 95,937 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 81 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 80 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 57 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 363,275 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 38,260 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 7,689 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 4,675 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 125,182 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.59 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 202,380 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 52 | Jul 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 38 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 10.55 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 119 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 81.14 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 36,385 | Jul 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |