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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.
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Aug 30, 2026, 12:10 PM
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
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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
60.8
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 12 days ago
Top reasons
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 79.7
- Cross-platform popularity index - Aggregate reach of ~121,153 followers
- Crunchyroll Like Index - 105,609 likes / 106,510 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 & Commercial74
Production Feasibility45
Audience Reception80
Strategic Priors45
Fandom Engagement25
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedAug 30, 2026, 12:10 PM
Next scheduled12 days ago
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 61% 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 61 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 61 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
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| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 80 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 4,460 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 127,447 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 7.64 | Aug 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 13 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 901 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 105,771 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 3,928 | Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 78 | Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 43 | Aug 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 59 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 7,749 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 588 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 81.11 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 58 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 204,362 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 366,103 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 96,574 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.58 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 6,034 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 12 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 38,285 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.36 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | entry likes | GLOBAL | 81 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 85 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 16 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 101 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 70,512 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 1,161 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 816,093 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 33 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.59 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 36,638 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 80.9 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 80 | Jul 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 11.97 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 99 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 126 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 30,852 | Jul 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 818 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 0 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 33,832 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 633,419 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,721 | Jun 29, 2026, 12:00 AM |