Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and the Inexperienced Me
Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and the Inexperienced Me
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Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and the Inexperienced Me

6.9
Yr 2023
Rt 24m
Status Ended
Animation Comedy
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Series Brief

Overview

Ryuto Kashima is the school's gloomy introvert, and he's got a crush on Runa Shirakawa, the popular girl. After losing a bet to classmates, he confesses his feelings to Runa one day. Shocked and secretly just as inexperienced as Ryuto, Runa agrees to date him. The relationship grows between two people who are as similar as they are different. Will their young love blossom? Time will tell!

Critical Reception

What critics are saying

Score 63 /100

Critical reception for Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and the Inexperienced Me was generally mixed to moderately positive. Reviewers appreciated the show's wholesome core theme and focus on self-worth, highlighting how the main leads attempt to foster a healthy relationship despite their contrasting backgrounds and romantic experience.

Favorable commentary noted that the anime managed to present familiar high school romance tropes from a fresh perspective, avoiding many overused genre traps throughout its run. Critics praised the dynamic between the two leads as endearing and found the overall narrative to be a sweet, pleasant watch with a satisfying conclusion.

Conversely, some critics felt the series leaned into safe storytelling and missed opportunities to fully explore its central premise. With low dramatic stakes and predictable character arcs, critics described the show as pleasant but unremarkable, offering likable characters in a comfortable, if somewhat routine, romantic comedy framework.

“It presents a good moral about self-worth and gives some hope that, perhaps together, the two of them will be able to build a healthy relationship—despite his inexperience and her own flawed views.”

“This unique blend made the series stand out, presenting a type of romance commonly seen in anime but with a fresh perspective.”

“I enjoyed this series for most of its run because it avoided falling into the usual traps too often.”

“There is no major drama happening here, even the momentary romantic triangle is easily resolved. Nothing came as a big surprise to me or blew my mind, but it wasn't terrible either.”

Transmission Paths

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Why fans love it

High school social hierarchies usually dictate that the gloomy introvert and the popular girl exist in entirely different orbits. This 2023 romantic comedy upends that formula when a simple lost bet forces an unexpected confession. The resulting relationship relies on a shared, hidden lack of experience that blindsides both characters as they navigate their new social standing.

While Natsuki Hanae anchors the protagonist’s jittery perspective, the animation leans into the irony of their situation. The series finds its rhythm by dwelling on the gaps between how the students are perceived by their peers and who they are when they are alone together. It captures the specific, clumsy tension of two people who are outwardly opposites but internally struggling with the exact same insecurities.

Production Board

Crew

Series Composition
Hiroko Fukuda
Writer
Hiroko Fukuda Takayo Ikami Hiroaki Nagashima
Storyboard Artist
Atsuko Tonomizu Shinichi Watanabe Naoki Hishikawa Sota Yokote
Other
Asaka Otomo
Director
Kentaro Mizuno Shinichi Fukumoto
Producer
Ayaka Nishimae Kouji Sawahata Toshinori Fujiwara Ten Kimura Keiichi Ando
Director of Photography
Yusuke Yamamoto
Original Music Composer
Kei Haneoka
Assistant Director
Li Yuanli
Executive Producer
Haruki Satomi Kazunari Okuma Sou Yurugi Takashi Watanabe Sho Tanaka
Sound Mixer
Shuuji Suzuki
3D Animator
Tatsuya Yamagishi
Theme Song Performance
Maaya Uchida AliA
Editor
Rina Oguchi
Character Designer
Yosuke Ito
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Keywords

romance school high school student school life anime japanese high school high school girl high school romance based on light novel
Technical Sheet

Details

First Aired
October 06, 2023
Status
Ended
Episode Runtime
24 minutes
Origin
JP
TMDB Votes
55