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The official website for the television anime of Hiromu and raemz’s Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle (Chitose-kun wa Ramune Bin no Naka) light novel series confirmed on Tuesday that the series’ second cours (quarter of a year) will premiere in 2026.
Following a delay from December, the 11th episode aired first on AT-X on Monday at 11:30 p.m., and then episodes 12 and 13 aired at once on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. All three episodes aired at once on Tuesday starting at 6:30 p.m. on Tokyo MX, and are also airing all at once later on other channels such as BS11, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, TV Aichi, and Fukui Broadcasting. The episodes make up the “Asuka Arc” of the anime.
The anime debuted on October 7 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, Fukui Broadcasting, TV Aichi, and BS11. The sixth episode had been delayed from November 11 to December 2 due to circumstances with production. The series then aired the seventh episode on December 7, the eighth episode on December 16, the ninth episode on December 23, and the 10th episode on December 30. The staff then announced on December 30 episodes 11-13 would air and stream in spring.
Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs.
The anime stars:
Yūji Tokuno (Kiratto Pri☆Chan, Pretty Boy Detective Club) is directing the series at feel., and Naruhisa Arakawa (Kingdom, Elemental Gelade) is supervising the series scripts and co-writing them with original author Hiromu. Sumie Kinoshita (Forest of Piano, Idoly Pride) is designing the characters.
Kucci performs the opening theme song “Liar,” and Cider Girl performs the ending theme song “Kagerō” (Heat Haze).
The staff describes the story:
Chitose Saku attends Fujishi High School, the best preparatory school in the prefecture.
His studies, athletics and communication skills are all at a high level, and he attracts
attention, for better or worse.
He is the envy of everyone, and his friends are all very popular as well.
In the spring of his second year, in a new class.
Saku is asked to convince a withdrawn student to return to school.
Set in Fukui prefecture, an emotional coming-of-age story begins!
Hiromu and raemz debuted the original light novel series in June 2019, and novel volume 9.5 shipped on October 20. Yen Press is releasing the light novels and manga in North America. Manga UP! Global also publishes the manga in English digitally.
Bobcat launched the manga adaptation of the novels on Square Enix’s Manga UP! website in April 2020, and Square Enix published the manga’s eighth and final compiled book volume in March 2025.
Source: Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle anime’s website
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