

When I say 'series' I mean in the American not British sense. [Like the
British series Hustle has 8 'series' instead of 8
'seasons'.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustle_\(TV_series\)#Series_overview)
So not that kind of series.

On Wikipedia:

[Kuroko no
Basuke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kuroko%27s_Basketball_episodes)
and [Takagi-san](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Teasing_Master_Takagi-
san_episodes) each have 1 anime adaptation consisting of 3 seasons (excluding
movies). You can see that's how they're listed in the sidebars of their resp
original pages: [Kuroko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuroko%27s_Basketball)
and [Takagi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teasing_Master_Takagi-san).

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k3nOn.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k3nOn.png)

[The Quintessential
Quintuplets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quintessential_Quintuplets) and
[Kaguya-sama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaguya-sama:_Love_Is_War) each
have more than 1 anime adaptation. TQQ has Gotoubun no Hanayome and then
'Gotoubun no Hanayome ∬'. Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War?
and 'Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic'. In the main Wikipedia pages
they are listed in sidebars as like separate adaptations.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bhEhP.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bhEhP.png)

So eg 'Gotoubun no Hanayome ∬' looks not really like a '2nd season' but more
like a sequel series. I don't mean parallel spin-offs like [Once Upon a Time
in Wonderland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Wonderland)
or sequel spin-offs like [Yu-Gi-Oh! GX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu-Gi-
Oh!_GX). I mean something like idk maybe
[revival](https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/110320/whats-the-term-
for-some-sequel-where-we-see-the-characters-in-the-original-but) seasons like
[Heroes Reborn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_Reborn_\(miniseries\))
that's treated as a sequel series instead of 5th season. What's going on?


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Why are 2nd seasons sometimes listed as 2nd series?