It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Business Jump from 1994 to 1999, with its chapters collected in seventeen tankōbon volumes.

The story follows a Japanese salaryman Masuo Fugano in a big city, who falls in love with Nagisa Shiozaki, a kindergarten teacher.

One being Kaizuka, a tall muscular physical education high school teacher, and Kujira, a short rich and perverted real estate agent.

Written and illustrated by Noriyuki Yamahana, If I See You in My Dreams was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Business Jump from 1994 to 1999.

Stanton wrote that the series "lacks some of the charm" of other similar works like Maison Ikkoku, calling the characters "amazingly bland" and stating that every romantic drama stereotype is expected.

[7] In comparing the OVA to TV series, King said that in the latter there in more time for character development, more comedy and sight gags and "multiple counts of outright nudity".

Lau compared the series negatively to Love Hina, also criticizing the repetition of its "plot cycle" in its sixteen episodes and calling the animation and art quality "obviously dated".