Aliases
Soba e, Sun Shower, そばへ, Living with Yourself, To be Near You
S1WINTER 2019ONA
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The ad Soba e centers on a boy named Osamu who receives an umbrella as a gift from Sayu, but it goes missing. That umbrella transforms into a girl who goes gallivanting around town on a rainy day.
(Source: Anime News Network)
(Source: Anime News Network)
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 06:23 AM
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
13.4
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: High • Updated 10 hours ago
Top reasons
- Trailer reception (YouTube) - Official trailer has 4,460,710 views
- Committee renewal track record - Lead committee members (Orange) have a smoothed catalogue continuation rate of 18%, above the catalogue average of 14%
- Titles like this rarely return - 7 years with no new entry: of OVAs and specials (first entries) in that position, under 1% got a new season or film within 10 years
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 & Commercial26
Production Feasibility25
Audience Reception48
Strategic Priors36
Fandom Engagement44
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:23 AM
Next scheduledin 14 hours
Renewal FAQ
Sun Shower renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Sun Shower getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Sun Shower has a 13/100 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 Sun Shower be renewed?
- Sun Shower currently scores 13 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 Sun Shower's renewal probability?
- Sun Shower's CourScore is 13 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 | average score | GLOBAL | 58 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 5 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 1,225 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 11 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 268 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 30,256 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 20 | Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 346 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 8,415 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 66.23 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 1,665 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 2,333 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 485 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 114 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mangaupdates | bayesian rating | GLOBAL | 5.85 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 11,381 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 3,017 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 279,263 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 261 | Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 51 | Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 3 | Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.59 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 604 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 61.2 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 61 | Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 7.04 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 383 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 1 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 260,870 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 1,290 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 4,253 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 4,460,710 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |