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Rainy Day Serenade Manga Gets Spinoff Series in November

The December issue of Kodansha's Kiss magazine announced on Friday that Haruka Kawachi's Rainy Day Serenade (Namidaame to Serenade) manga will receive a spinoff manga series titled Namidaame to Serenade: Gaiden (Rainy Day Serenade Side Story) in the magazine's next issue on November 25.

The story follows a heartbroken Kikunoshin who encounters a sudden commotion at the Fuji Sakura cafe he frequents.

Kawachi launched the original manga in Kodansha's Kiss magazine in 2014, and ended it in November 2025. Kodansha shipped the manga's 14th and final compiled book volume in February. Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga, and is releasing the manga in two-in-one omnibus volumes.

The series is inspiring an anime adaptation in 2027.

Kawachi launched the Musashino Rondo manga in Shodensha's Feel Young magazine in 2020. Shodensha published the manga's first compiled book volume in September 2021, and the fifth volume in July 2025. The series inspired a live-action series in April 2025.

Kawachi's Natsuyuki Rendezvous manga received an anime adaptation on Fuji TV's Noitamina block in 2012, the same year the manga ended.

Kawachi launched the Request o Yoroshiku (Welcome Your Request) manga in Feel Young in September 2014 and ended it in 2019. Shodensha published the manga's fifth and final volume in 2020.

JManga published Kawachi's Sekine's Love manga in English.

Source: Kiss magazine December issue