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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
Oct 28, 2026, 06:18 AM
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Renewal pulse
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore
57.0
CourScore measures renewal signals out of 100. It is not a calibrated probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 11 hours ago
Top reasons
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 79.7
- Crunchyroll Like Index - 106,562 likes / 107,465 reactions on recent episodes
- Trailer reception (YouTube) - Official trailer has 636,057 views
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 & Commercial66
Production Feasibility34
Audience Reception73
Strategic Priors59
Fandom Engagement44
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:18 AM
Next scheduled5 hours 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 57/100 renewal signal score. 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 57 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. Scores from 70 indicate strong renewal signals; scores from 85 are labelled very likely.
- What is Buddy Daddies's renewal probability?
- Buddy Daddies's CourScore is 57 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 signal score out of 100.
Latest signals
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 80 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 4,479 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 130,043 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 7.64 | Oct 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 13 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 903 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 106,562 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 3,981 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 78 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 24 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 35 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | -0.08 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 60 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 7,816 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 601 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 81.09 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 58 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 206,700 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 369,459 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 97,285 | Oct 27, 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 | 38,351 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.36 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | entry likes | GLOBAL | 83 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 85 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 16 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 101 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 70,516 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 1,162 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 817,067 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 48 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 164 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.59 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 36,936 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 80.9 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 80 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 18.92 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 101 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 124 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 30,445 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers delta | GLOBAL | -123 | Oct 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 962 | Oct 21, 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 | 33,823 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 636,057 | Oct 27, 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 |