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Due to the financial crisis, many factories in China are forced to close their doors in late 2008.
Zhang Xiaojun loses his job in a shoe factory. One day, a supermarket guard beats him up, thinking Zhang is a thief. In vain, he asks the supermarket manager for financial redress. Zhang’s dearest wish is to return to his village and become a farmer. But right before his departure, the police arrest him. The supermarket manager also has his problems. On a moonlit night, the storylines converge in a teahouse near the city rampart.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Zhang Xiaojun loses his job in a shoe factory. One day, a supermarket guard beats him up, thinking Zhang is a thief. In vain, he asks the supermarket manager for financial redress. Zhang’s dearest wish is to return to his village and become a farmer. But right before his departure, the police arrest him. The supermarket manager also has his problems. On a moonlit night, the storylines converge in a teahouse near the city rampart.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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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
14.9
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: Medium • Updated 12 hours ago
Top reasons
- MAL community size - 427 MAL list entries (watching/completed/planned)
- Titles like this rarely return - 16 years with no new entry: of films (first entries) in that position, 2% got a new season or film within 10 years
- Cross-platform audience rating - Weighted audience rating 0.0
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 & Commercial25
Production Feasibility45
Audience Reception16
Strategic Priors32
Fandom Engagement32
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:25 AM
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Renewal FAQ
Piercing I renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Piercing I getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Piercing I has a 15/100 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 Piercing I be renewed?
- Piercing I currently scores 15 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 Piercing I's renewal probability?
- Piercing I's CourScore is 15 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 | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 171 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 14 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 5,984 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 151,817 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 30 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 27 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 135 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 498 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 250 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 42 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangadex | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 6.69 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 104 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 237 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 11,865 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 17 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Aug 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.2 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 250 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 8 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |