Aliases
Lato, kiedy umarł Hikaru, O Verão em que Hikaru Morreu, صيف وفاة هيكارو, 光死去的夏天, 光逝去的夏天, Der Sommer, in dem Hikaru starb, L'estate in cui Hikaru è morto, 히카루가 죽은 여름, El verano en que Hikaru murió, หน้าร้อนที่ฮิคารุจากไป, Лето, когда погас свет, Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu, The Summer Hikaru Died, 光が死んだ夏, Hikanatsu, Léto, kdy umřel Hikaru
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Two best friends living in a rural Japanese village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. Growing up together, they were inseparable… until the day Hikaru came back from the mountains, and was no longer himself. “Something” has taken over Hikaru’s body, memories, feelings… and everything they know begins to unravel.
(Source: Netflix)
(Source: Netflix)
Last updated
Sep 11, 2026, 09:00 PM
Evidence
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Confirmed
TV seasonOfficial announcement logged Oct 19, 2025, 01:55 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.
Confirmed
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Frozen 36 minutes ago
Top reasons
- Confirmed announcement - Official evidence confirms a sequel announcement.
Runway
Ok
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
Financial & Commercial0
Production Feasibility0
Audience Reception0
Strategic Priors0
Fandom Engagement0
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedSep 11, 2026, 09:00 PM
Next scheduledin 24 minutes
Renewal FAQ
The Summer Hikaru Died renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is The Summer Hikaru Died getting a new season?
- Yes - The Summer Hikaru Died has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will The Summer Hikaru Died be renewed?
- The Summer Hikaru Died has already been confirmed for a new entry - it has cleared the renewal hurdle. See the Announcement Status section for the source citation.
- What is The Summer Hikaru Died's renewal probability?
- The Summer Hikaru Died's CourScore is 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 81 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 5,892 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 141,375 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 9 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| animate | merch rank | JP | 7 | Aug 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| cdjapan | bd rank | JP | 3 | Jul 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 5 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.84 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 24,460 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | manga circulation | JP | 550,000 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | manga latest volume sales | JP | 82,700 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | manga volume trend pct | JP | -23 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangacodex | manga yearly sales | JP | 655,402 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 8.01 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.38 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 29,411 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 80.2 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 0 | Aug 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 119,808 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers delta | GLOBAL | -206 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | posts 7d | JP | 5 | Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 327 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 4,548,265 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 1,700 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 19 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 8 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 357,049 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 7,615 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 10 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 35 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 937 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 95,385 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 11,914 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 78 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 24 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 16,777 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 8,932 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 65.48 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 139,177 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 326,058 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 103,557 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 57,775 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 12,842 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 313 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 196,881 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 547 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 7 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 2,086 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 7 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 7 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 78 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 26.79 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 126 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 44,208 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 885,104 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |