The 10th and final novel of Nagaoka Makiko’s Keiken Zumi na Kimi to, Keiken Zero na Ore ga, Otsukiai Suru Hanashi (You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story) light novel series will be released on March 19th, 2025.
Kadokawa published Nagoaka’s first novel with illustrations by magako in September 2020 and the ninth novel on February 20th, 2025. J-Novel Club publishes the novel series in English under the name You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story, and it will release its seventh novel on May 22nd, 2025.
Noyama Carpaccio adapted the novel series into a manga in February 2022 on Square Enix’s Gangan online website, and Square Enix published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in September 2022 and the seventh volume in January 2025. The manga can be found in English on the MangaUP! Global and Kadokawa’s BookWalker Global websites.
The light novels were also adapted into an anime in October 2023 titled Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me. The anime’s 12 episodes can be found on the Crunchyroll website.
Kashima Ryuuto is a gloomy high-schooler who quietly spends his days watching his crush, the beautiful Shirakawa Runa, from afar. She rules the school and has had no shortage of boyfriends. Although Ryūto is fully convinced she’d never accept him, fate leads him to confess his feelings to her anyway. To his astonishment, she accepts—simply because she’s “available” at the moment—but the surprises don’t end there. She immediately invites him over as if it’s the most natural thing in the world!
This odd couple is different in just about every way—the friends they keep, their hobbies, their love lives—but with every passing day, they grow a little bit closer. This may not be Runa’s first relationship, but their dating story is going to be full of firsts for them both!
