10 years have passed. Following an injury that put Goro's career as a pitcher into a standstill, he prepares to restart his baseball career as a fielder. His family struggles with his decisions; especially his daughter Izumi, who doesn't know enough about her father to understand why he is so absent from their lives. Goro will stop at nothing until he's in the game once again; everything is now for the sake of the only gift he has to offer his children: Baseball.
Last updated
Sep 11, 2026, 06:30 AM
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2018, 12:00 AM.
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Major: Message
2011ViewingConfirmedMAJOR SECOND Season 2
Major 2nd Season 2
2020(×﹏×)MAJOR 2nd
Major 2nd
2018ConfirmedMajor: World Series
2012ConfirmedMajor S6
2010ConfirmedMajor S5
2009ConfirmedMajor S4
2008ConfirmedMajor: Yuujou no Ikkyuu
2008ConfirmedMajor S3
2007ConfirmedMajor S2
2006ConfirmedMajor S1
2004Confirmed
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 16 hours ago
Top reasons
- Strong renewal expectation - Strong signals suggest renewal is expected.
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Major: Message renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Major: Message getting a new season?
- Yes - Major: Message has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Major: Message be renewed?
- Major: Message 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 Major: Message's renewal probability?
- Major: Message'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.
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 79 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 62 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 7,402 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| ann | rating | GLOBAL | 7.47 | Aug 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 24 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 110 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 2,346 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 20 | Aug 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 3,147 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 1,245 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 78.35 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 7 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 37,379 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 44,441 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 5,681 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 297 | 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 |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 772 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 1,384 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 1,134 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 566,478 | Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 161 | Aug 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Aug 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 19 | Aug 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Aug 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Aug 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.82 | Aug 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 3,480 | Aug 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 81.5 | Aug 7, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 81 | Sep 4, 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 | 14 | Jun 6, 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 | 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 |