{"rewrite":{"id":"r_841172418258b866e5565d5d","clusterId":"c_d2c12f53ca60fb4b4fe249dd","slug":"rainy-day-serenade-gets-side-story-in-kiss-this-november","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Rainy Day Serenade Gets Side Story In Kiss This November","summary":"The December issue of Kodansha's Kiss magazine announced on Friday that Haruka Kawachi's Rainy Day Serenade will receive a spinoff manga titled Namidaame to Serenade: Gaiden in the next issue on November 25. The side story follows a heartbroken Kikunoshin at the Fuji Sakura cafe. The original manga ran in Kiss from 2014 and ended in November 2025, with a final 14th volume shipped in February. An anime adaptation is planned for 2027.","whyItMatters":"Kawachi is returning to the property months after closing the main serialization and before the 2027 anime arrives, which keeps the Fuji Sakura setting in Kiss while the adaptation is still in production.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe side story runs in the same magazine that carried the original, and it lands roughly a year after the main manga stopped. Kodansha\u0026#39;s final 14th volume shipped in February, with Kodansha USA Publishing handling English releases as two-in-one omnibus editions.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gaiden chapter centers on Kikunoshin, who is heartbroken, and a sudden commotion at the Fuji Sakura cafe he frequents. The anime adaptation is set for 2027. Kawachi\u0026#39;s other serializations include Musashino Rondo in Shodensha\u0026#39;s Feel Young, which inspired a live-action series in April 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Rainy Day Serenade ended with volume 14 in February, and the Gaiden spinoff follows a heartbroken Kikunoshin at the Fuji Sakura cafe, so the side story works as a return to a setting while the 2027 anime is still ahead.","twitterPost":"Rainy Day Serenade: Gaiden follows heartbroken Kikunoshin at the Fuji Sakura cafe, revisiting a setting the main story closed with its 14th volume in February.","threadsPost":"Rainy Day Serenade: Gaiden follows a heartbroken Kikunoshin at the Fuji Sakura cafe. The main story had already ended with its 14th volume in February, so the side story works as a return to a setting that closed, not a continuation, while the 2027 anime stays ahead.","newsletterBlurb":"Kodansha's Kiss will run a Rainy Day Serenade spinoff, Namidaame to Serenade: Gaiden, in its next issue on November 25. The side story follows a heartbroken Kikunoshin at the Fuji Sakura cafe. The original manga ended in November 2025 and an anime adaptation is planned for 2027.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-25/rainy-day-serenade-manga-gets-spinoff-series-in-november/.243186\",\"title\":\"Rainy Day Serenade Manga Gets Spinoff Series in November\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4281,"outputTokens":651,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792985676,"createdAt":"2026-10-26T03:28:39.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-26T03:33:34.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-26T03:33:34.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d2c12f53ca60fb4b4fe249dd","canonicalTitle":"News\nRainy Day Serenade Manga Gets Spinoff Series in November","representativeArticleId":"a_415f5eae2e09441fdbcdd29d","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Rainy Day Serenade\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-26T02:25:05.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-26T02:25:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-26T03:33:34.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-25/rainy-day-serenade-manga-gets-spinoff-series-in-november/.243186","title":"News\nRainy Day Serenade Manga Gets Spinoff Series in November"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Rainy Day Serenade"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null,"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["rainy-day-serenade"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"rainy-day-serenade","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":4,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}