Aliases
Hataraku Onii-san! No 2!, Working Buddies! 2, 働くお兄さん! の2!, Hataraku Oniisan! no 2!, 働くお兄さん！の2！, Working Buddies! No 2!, Working Buddies! 2!
SUMMER 2018TV_SHORT
Part of this franchise
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
22.6
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 9 hours ago
Top reasons
- Format continuity - Format (TV_SHORT) matches prior mainline entries
- Reddit discussion momentum - 12 weekly Reddit threads, compared with current activity
- Titles like this rarely return - 8 years with no new entry: of short series (later entries in a franchise) in that position, 4% got a new season or film within 10 years
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 & Commercial27
Production Feasibility50
Audience Reception33
Strategic Priors32
Fandom Engagement50
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:21 AM
Next scheduledin 15 hours
Renewal FAQ
Working Buddies! 2 renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Working Buddies! 2 getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Working Buddies! 2 has a 23/100 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 Working Buddies! 2 be renewed?
- Working Buddies! 2 currently scores 23 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 Working Buddies! 2's renewal probability?
- Working Buddies! 2's CourScore is 23 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 | 60 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 6 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 1,444 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 25 | Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 9 | Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 606 | Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 53 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 62 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 357 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 7,759 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 67.06 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 2,632 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 4,338 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 1,096 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 251 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.17 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 13,200 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 462 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 343,805 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 292 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 2 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 12 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 178 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 12 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 12 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.42 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 964 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 64.4 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 60 | Aug 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 4.03 | Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 3 | Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 9 | Jun 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 682 | Aug 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 56,091 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 270 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 175 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 17,114 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | May 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | May 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 14,292 | May 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 14,292 | May 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |