Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
The cover for the first light novel volume featuring Eriri Spencer Sawamura
冴えない彼女（ヒロイン）の育てかた (Saenai Hiroin no Sodatekata)
Genre	Romantic comedy, Harem
Light novel
Written by	Fumiaki Maruto
Illustrated by	Kurehito Misaki
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
Original run	July 20, 2012 – present
Volumes	12 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written by	Fumiaki Maruto
Illustrated by	Takeshi Moriki
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
English publisher	NA Yen Press
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Monthly Dragon Age
Original run	January 9, 2013 – present
Volumes	8 (List of volumes)
Manga
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Egoistic-Lily
Written by	Fumiaki Maruto
Illustrated by	Niito
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Young Ace
Original run	February 4, 2013 – May 2, 2014
Volumes	3 (List of volumes)
Manga
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Koisuru Metronome
Written by	Fumiaki Maruto
Illustrated by	Sabu Musha
Published by	Square Enix
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Big Gangan
Original run	August 24, 2013 – present
Volumes	6 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Kanta Kamei
Written by	Fumiaki Maruto
Music by	Hajime Hyakkoku
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Aniplex of America
Original network	Fuji TV (Noitamina)
English network	SEA ANIPLUS HD
Original run	January 9, 2015 – March 27, 2015
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Game
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata -Blessing Flowers-
Developer	5pb. and Guyzware
Publisher	5pb.
Music by	Abo Takeshi and Shiki
Genre	visual novel
Platform	PS Vita
Released	April 30, 2015
Light novel
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Girls Side
Written by	Fumiaki Maruto
Illustrated by	Kurehito Misaki
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
Published	February 20, 2015
Anime television series
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend ♭
Directed by	Kanta Kamei
Written by	Fumiaki Maruto
Music by	Hajime Hyakkoku
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Licensed by	Amazon.com (streaming)
Original network	Fuji TV (Noitamina)
Original run	April 6, 2017 – present
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)

Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (Japanese: 冴えない彼女(ヒロイン)の育てかた, Hepburn: Saenai Hiroin no Sodatekata^?), also known in the short form Saekano (冴えカノ^?), is a Japanese light novel series by Fumiaki Maruto, with illustrations by Kurehito Misaki. Fujimi Shobo has published twelve volumes since July 2012 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. It has received a manga adaptation in addition to two spin-off manga adaptations. An anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired between January 9 and March 27, 2015 on Fuji TV's noitamina block, which has been licensed by Aniplex of America. A second season began airing on April 6, 2017.

Tomoya Aki, a male high school teenager who works part-time to fund his otaku lifestyle (anime, dating sims, and related merchandise) encounters a beautiful girl one day during spring vacation. A month later, he finds out that the girl is his classmate, Megumi, who is hardly noticeable to her classmates. Hoping to create a visual novel computer game, he turns to school beauties Eriri Spencer Sawamura for designing the art, and Utaha Kasumigaoka for writing the game scenario. Tomoya then recruits Megumi to star as the "heroine" (the main character's love interest) of his game, thus forming the development team "Blessing Software", in which the three most renowned students in the school (Tomoya, Eriri, and Utaha) work on one of the least noticeable (Megumi). The series follows their adventures in developing the game and their plans to sell it at the Comiket convention, as well as the emotional entanglements among the team.