While I think it was interesting to see a rom-com anime be closer to modern relationships than the detached from reality shoujo sugar-coat you see a lot, Out Dating Story still sort of drifts away from reality as it moves into a lot of its more dramatic character plots.
Alternative Titles:
- Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me
- Keikenzumi na Kimi to, Keiken Zero na Ore ga, Otsukiai suru Hanashi.
- 経験済みなキミと、 経験ゼロなオレが、 お付き合いする話。
Year Anime Premiered: 2023
Animation Studio: Engi
Number of Seasons: 1
Source Material Country of Origin: Japan
Source Material Available: Light Novel, Manga
Is It Officially Licensed Past Where The Anime Ends?: Light Novel: Yes, Manga: No
Is It Fan Translated Past Where The Anime Ends?: Light Novel: Yes, Manga: Yes
Entry Last Updated: May 11th, 2024
Where to Start The Our Dating Story Light Novel After The Anime?
If you finished the Our Dating Story anime and want to continue the story with the light novels, you can start at Novel 4, Chapter 2.
The final episodes adapt Novel 4 Chapters 1 through 3, but only adapts the first chapter in full, the others are just partial adaptations.
Is The Our Dating Story Light Novel Over?
The Our Dating Story light novel is complete. It ended with Novel 10 in 2025.
Where to Start the Our Dating Story Manga After The Anime?
Our Dating Story also has a manga. If you want to continue the Our Dating Story manga after the anime, you can start at Volume 7, Chapter 31.
Do note that, while the manga reached the major plot point the series ended with, the events are fairly different from the anime as the anime started sort of doing the story in its own way by the end. Strongly consider reading the manga from the beginning.
Is the Our Dating Story Manga Over?
The Our Dating Story manga is still ongoing. Since launching in 2022, it usually releases two volumes per year.
What to Expect When Reading Our Dating Story?
The Our Dating Story adaptation was pretty good at first, but it increasingly went off the rails as it went on, and did so in a way that suggests they aren’t going to make another season. I strongly recommend reading the series from the beginning since the anime makes a lot of changes to the story later in the series.
An anime series adapting its way through three full novels does mean that a lot of little details were skipped, particularly with the side characters.
Will Our Dating Story Have a Season 2?
Unfortunately, there was no announcement of a second season of Our Dating Story. While it was relatively well-received, romance adaptations are always sales-boosters and are not usually full adaptations.
The anime ended in an open, but still pretty satisfying sort of spot. It left them open to do more, but a lack of announcement as well as the changes they made later in the story to make the anime feel more satisfying is not encouraging.
