A year and six days after its first cour began, Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle comes back on 13 October 2026 for the second half of its split run. The gap was longer than planned — the first cour hit a production delay from episode 6 — but feel.’s adaptation returns with the same staff, a new CIDER GIRL opening, a recap episode numbered 13.5 the week before, and a same-day Crunchyroll simulcast. Here is everything confirmed about the release date, broadcast times, music, cast and where to watch.
Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle part 2 release date
The second cour starts on Tuesday 13 October 2026. AT-X goes first at 23:00 JST, with repeats on Thursdays at 11:00 and Mondays at 17:00; TOKYO MX, BS11, Sun TV and KBS Kyoto all follow at 24:30 (0:30 a.m. Wednesday), Fukui Broadcasting airs it at 24:59 and TV Aichi at 26:05.
The AT-X slot at 23:00 JST is 14:00 UTC — 10:00 a.m. Eastern, 7:00 a.m. Pacific and 3:00 p.m. in the UK, all on the Tuesday.
Before any of that, the official site confirms an episode 13.5 recap airing the week before the premiere, catching viewers up on everything the first cour covered. That is a useful on-ramp given how long the wait has been.
Internationally, Crunchyroll’s series page lists the new season as starting 13 October, the same day as Japan. The first cour is there with subtitles and an English dub.
Key facts at a glance
| Title | Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle, 2nd cour (千歳くんはラムネ瓶のなか) |
| Premiere | 13 October 2026 — AT-X 23:00 JST; TOKYO MX, BS11, Sun TV and KBS Kyoto 24:30 |
| Before it | Recap episode 13.5, the week before the premiere |
| Streaming | Crunchyroll from 13 October; ABEMA, d Anime Store, U-NEXT, Prime Video, DMM TV and others carried the first cour |
| Studio | feel. |
| Director | Yuuji Tokuno |
| Series composition | Naruhisa Arakawa |
| Character design | Sumie Kinoshita |
| Music | Yoshiaki Fujisawa |
| Opening / ending | “Saku” by CIDER GIRL / “Doko ni mo Ikenai Mama” by Aruma |
| Source | Light novels by Hiromu, illustrated by Raemz (Shogakukan, Gagaga Bunko) |
| Genres | Romance, comedy, school, drama |
What the story is about
Saku Chitose is the most popular boy at Fujishi High School in Fukui Prefecture: top of the class, good at sport, effortless with people, and disliked by exactly the students you would expect. The series’ trick is that it keeps asking whether any of that is real. Saku plays the role of the golden boy so well that he cannot always tell where the performance stops, and the first cour spent its best episodes on the gap between what he shows people and what he actually carries.
Around him is a group the show takes seriously rather than filing into romance-tropes: Yuuko Hiiragi, the school’s most conspicuous girl and the person who knows Saku best; Mai Toudou; and Asuka Nishino, the upperclassman whose arc the first cour moved into across episodes 11 to 13. The second cour picks up from there, and CIDER GIRL’s comment on the new opening describes its themes as caring about someone, chasing a dream, and going back to face a place you once walked away from.
Music
The second cour’s opening theme is “Saku” by CIDER GIRL, the band’s second contribution to the show — they performed the first cour’s ending, “Kagerou”. There is a nice bit of symmetry to it: the band has said they had wanted to work on the series ever since learning that their music appears inside the original novels. The new ending, “Doko ni mo Ikenai Mama”, is by Aruma, who framed it around the idea that youth is not only about moving forward and finding answers.
The first cour’s opening, “Liar”, was by Kucci. Yoshiaki Fujisawa scores the series.
Cast and staff
Shougo Sakata plays Saku Chitose, with Manaka Iwami as Yuuko Hiiragi, Chika Anzai as Asuka Nishino and Sora Amamiya as Mai Toudou. Sakata and Anzai are appearing together at the advance screening of episodes 14 and 15, which the site announced in August with a talk show and a clear bookmark for attendees.
Production stays with feel., the studio behind the first cour. Yuuji Tokuno directs, Naruhisa Arakawa writes the series composition and scripts, Sumie Kinoshita designs the characters from Raemz’s originals, Ryousuke Naya is sound director, Yousuke Shibuya directs photography and Rumi Maruyama edits.
Trailer
The second cour’s promotional video, published on 11 September alongside the premiere date, is the first place the new CIDER GIRL opening is heard.
Why the wait was so long
The anime began in October 2025 as an announced split two-cour, which normally means a break of a season or two. What actually happened is on the official site’s own on-air page: a notice covering the postponement of episode 6 onward, which pushed the first cour’s back half later than planned. The second cour was confirmed for 2026 in March, and dated to 13 October in July. Whatever the schedule cost, the result is a full year of production runway between halves rather than a rushed turnaround.
Where the novels stand
Hiromu’s light novels run under Shogakukan’s Gagaga Bunko label with illustrations by Raemz, and the series is still going. It has the reputation of being one of the more carefully written high-school novels of its generation — the reason the anime’s adaptation choices get scrutinised as closely as they do. There is also a manga version, now finished.
Alongside the anime, the production has run a “Chiramune Fukui collab” campaign in the prefecture the story is set in, and a cover project in which the cast take on well-known Japanese summer songs; the first, a cover of “Ao to Natsu”, went up in August.
Worth returning for?
If the first cour worked on you, nothing about the second looks like a downgrade: same studio, same director, same writer, and a band that genuinely knows the source doing the opening. The recap episode makes a cold return easy, and Crunchyroll carrying it day and date removes the usual wait. It shares a crowded October with The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World II and Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden — our October 2026 premiere schedule has every date, and the weekly anime schedule tracks episodes as they air.
Frequently asked questions
When does Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle part 2 start?
Tuesday 13 October 2026, on AT-X at 23:00 JST and on TOKYO MX, BS11, Sun TV and KBS Kyoto at 24:30.
Is there a recap before it?
Yes. An episode 13.5 recap of the story so far airs the week before the premiere.
Where can I watch it in English?
Crunchyroll, which lists the new season as starting 13 October and already carries the first cour subbed and dubbed.
How many episodes are in the second cour?
Not announced. The first cour ran 13 episodes, and the second is numbered from episode 14.
Is it the same studio?
Yes — feel., with director Yuuji Tokuno and writer Naruhisa Arakawa both returning.
Last updated 26 September 2026. Broadcast, music and event details come from the official site; the international date comes from Crunchyroll’s own series listing. Anything neither confirms is marked as unannounced.
