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Protocol: Rain

TV·2023–2023·1 season, 12 episodes·HTB·Animation, Comedy, Drama·23m

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Shun Tokinoya is a high school sophomore who works at the FOX ONE e-sports cafe. He gives up his passion for gaming after losing his father in an accident. Upon hearing the cafe is in debt, Shun puts his guilt aside and assembles a team to compete in the Xaxxerion Championship. Together they face stiff competition to win the prize money. Watch Shun and his friends band together in epic battles!

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Protocol: Rain S01E05Single-Minded Determination: Logic GateS01E05 · 7.0
  2. 02Protocol: Rain S01E06Lingering Memory: One Time Programmable ROMS01E06 · 7.0
  3. 03Protocol: Rain S01E09Crumbling New Life: Latch UpS01E09 · 7.0

Castfull cast & details

Kensho OnoKensho OnoShun Tokinoya (voice)Sora AmamiyaSora AmamiyaYu Saegusa (voice)Inori MinaseInori MinaseNozomi Inazuki (voice)Momo AsakuraMomo AsakuraMio Tokinoya (voice)Ryohei KimuraRyohei KimuraAkito Sendo (voice)Tomokazu SugitaTomokazu SugitaRyusei Nagamine (voice)Yoshitsugu MatsuokaYoshitsugu MatsuokaMutsuki Naito (voice)Kaede HondoKaede HondoSeshiru Sato (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2023Aired 6.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Protocol: Rain S01E01Cold RebootOctober 8, 2023 4.3
  2. S01E02Protocol: Rain S01E02Foreordained Chance Encounter: MultiplexerOctober 15, 2023 4.5
  3. S01E03Protocol: Rain S01E03Our Beginning: Astable MultivibratorOctober 22, 2023 4.5
  4. S01E04Protocol: Rain S01E04A Promise That Connects: 3 Way HandshakingOctober 29, 2023 6.0
  5. S01E05Protocol: Rain S01E05Season's bestSingle-Minded Determination: Logic GateNovember 5, 2023 7.0
  6. S01E06Protocol: Rain S01E06Lingering Memory: One Time Programmable ROMNovember 12, 2023 7.0
  7. S01E07Protocol: Rain S01E07Innocent Reminisces: Solidstate MemoryNovember 19, 2023—
  8. S01E08Protocol: Rain S01E08Turning Point: Flip FlopNovember 26, 2023 6.0
  9. S01E09Protocol: Rain S01E09Crumbling New Life: Latch UpDecember 3, 2023 7.0
  10. S01E10Protocol: Rain S01E10Unyielding Wish: XORDecember 10, 2023—
  11. S01E11Protocol: Rain S01E11All or Nothing: Schmitt TriggerDecember 17, 2023 7.0
  12. S01E12Protocol: Rain S01E12Promise: ProtocolDecember 24, 2023 7.0

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