Monster Strike: Rain of Memories, Monster Strike: Winter Special - Rain of Memories, 映画公開スペシャル「レイン・オブ・メモリーズ」, Monster Strike Winter Special
The stage is set one year before Ren arrives in Kaminohara. Akira has moved to Kaminohara from Sendai, all for the sake of revenge. The wounds that his sister suffered in an MS battle fuel his vengeance.
A lost Haruma is given directions by Akira, revealing a caring side to the usually cold and calculating teen. Haruma observes Akira's violent MS battles, and realizes that Akira fights while reading his enemies' attacks.
Haruma proposes the idea of recruiting Akira to his teammates, Aoi and Minami. Surprised and naturally reluctant, Aoi and Minami decide to trust Haruma. For Haruma has resisted recruiting the fourth member of their team, saving the spot for the right person...
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Last updated
Jul 27, 2026, 10:52 PM
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Official announcement logged Jan 1, 2015, 12:00 AM.
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Monster Strike: Winter Special - Rain of Memories
Monster Strike: Rain of Memories
2016ViewingConfirmedMonster Strike the Anime 2nd Season
Monster Strike 2
2017ConfirmedMonster Strike the Animation: The Fading Cosmos
Monster Strike: Kieyuku Uchuu-hen
2017(×﹏×)Monster Strike The Movie
MONSTER STRIKE THE MOVIE: Hajimari no Basho e
2016ConfirmedMonster Strike the Animation: An Encore and Continuance - Pandora's Box
Monster Strike: Zoku Saishuu-wa Pandora no Hako
2016ConfirmedMonster Strike the Animation
Monster Strike
2015Confirmed
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 18 hours ago
Top reasons
- Studio bandwidth - CONNECT has no other concurrent active productions
- Format continuity - Format (ONA) matches prior mainline entries
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 70.8
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Monster Strike: Winter Special - Rain of Memories renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Monster Strike: Winter Special - Rain of Memories getting a new season?
- Yes - Monster Strike: Winter Special - Rain of Memories has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will Monster Strike: Winter Special - Rain of Memories be renewed?
- Monster Strike: Winter Special - Rain of Memories 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 Monster Strike: Winter Special - Rain of Memories's renewal probability?
- Monster Strike: Winter Special - Rain of Memories's CourScore is 51 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 | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 160 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 22 | May 14, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 19 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 267 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 2,670 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 26 | Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 1,390 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.34 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 64 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 36,144,520 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 20,937 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 356 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 1,540 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 63.7 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 42,100 | Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 1,033 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.08 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 16 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 6.73 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 86 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 3,982 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 12, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 57 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Jul 19, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 3 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 70.77 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 903 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 4,993 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 3,383 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 215 | Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |