

Kono Danshi, Ningyo Hiroimashita., This Boy Caught a Merman, この男子、人魚ひろいました。, This Boy Picked Up A Merman
They say look before you leap and make sure you can swim before you go in the deep water, but when a picture of his late grandfather falls into the ocean, Shima jumps in after it without thinking. Nearly drowning as a result, he is instead saved by a very perfect stranger... one whose strangeness extends to only being human from the waist up!
For Shima, who's always felt like a fish out of water himself, it's more than just a revelation, and the young man and merman quickly begin to bond in ways neither anticipated. And yet, it's going to be far from easy sailing. After all, Shima and Isaki aren't just from opposite sides of the tracks, they're from entirely divergent species, and swimming in separate gene pools may make maintaining a long term relationship a whole different kettle of fish!
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Last updated
Jul 27, 2026, 06:21 PM
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CourScore
48.8
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Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated yesterday
Top reasons
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 71.0
- Cross-platform popularity index - Aggregate reach of ~6,545 followers
- Key staff availability - Director Soubi Yamamoto has no other concurrent active productions
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.
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This Boy Caught a Merman renewal questions
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- Is This Boy Caught a Merman getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, This Boy Caught a Merman has a 49% 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 This Boy Caught a Merman be renewed?
- This Boy Caught a Merman currently scores 49 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 This Boy Caught a Merman's renewal probability?
- This Boy Caught a Merman's CourScore is 49 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.
Fresh telemetry
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| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 33 | Jun 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 10 | Jun 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 42,437 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 862 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 31,463 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 10,532 | Jun 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 9,878 | Jun 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 10,532 | Jun 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 6 | Jul 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.15 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 7.05 | Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 73.17 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 12,003 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 43 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 3,445 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 7,660 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.8 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 68 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 28 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 92 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 80 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 3,547 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 9,351 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 72.4 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 1,707 | Jul 21, 2026, 12:00 AM |