Aliases
Winter Ballad, Winter Love Story, Fuyu no Sonata, Winter Sonata, 冬のソナタ, 겨울연가
S1FALL 2009TV
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Based on the Korean Drama of the same name, Yoo Jin falls in love with Joon Sang as a young girl. After losing him in an accident, she decides to marry her childhood friend. However, Yoo Jin meets someone looking exactly like her lost love, putting her in a bind. The program featured 23 members of the original Korean cast voicing the characters and was broadcast with Japanese subtitles.
Note: Includes episode 0.
Note: Includes episode 0.
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:25 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
16.8
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
- Domestic episode engagement (Niconico) - 2,343,019 episode views on Niconico (JP domestic)
- Cohort rating percentile - 52th percentile within season cohort
- Titles like this rarely return - 17 years with no new entry: of series (first entries) in that position, under 1% got a new season or film within 10 years
Runway
Unknown
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
Financial & Commercial45
Production Feasibility24
Audience Reception56
Strategic Priors42
Fandom Engagement50
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:25 AM
Next scheduledin 13 hours
Renewal FAQ
Winter Sonata renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Winter Sonata getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Winter Sonata has a 17/100 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 Winter Sonata be renewed?
- Winter Sonata currently scores 17 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 Winter Sonata's renewal probability?
- Winter Sonata's CourScore is 17 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 | 62 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 27 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 4,583 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 6.88 | Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 13 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 53 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 16,022 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 35 | Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 5 | Aug 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 2,351 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 5,605 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 70 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 55 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 6,086 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 25,662 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 15,160 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 8.13 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 122 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 8 | Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 1,529 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | bd sales avg | JP | 2,900 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 274,582 | Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 15,274 | Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 2,343,019 | Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.19 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 4,137 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 73 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 3.4 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 36,144,520 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 42,100 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 218 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |