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Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend(TV show/series, 2015-2017)

Original title: "冴えない彼女の育てかた" (Japanese/JA)
TV-14
| 23min per episode | Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 23 episodes

Saekano: How to Raise a Boring GirlfriendRating: 3.3/5 (with 29 votes)
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, known in Japan as Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata and the short form Saekano, is a Japanese romantic comedy light novel series written by Fumiaki Maruto, with illustrations by Kurehito Misaki. Fujimi Shobo published thirteen volumes between July 2012 and October 2017 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. The story follows high school student Tomoya Aki, who recruits a trio of beautiful girls to help him develop a visual novel to sell at the Comiket convention. Saekano has received a manga adaptation in addition to three 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 aired from April 6, 2017 to June 23, 2017, and was streamed exclusively on Amazon Video . A visual novel based on the anime, titled Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata -Blessing Flowers-, was released on April 30, 2015. An film, titled Saekano the Movie: Finale, was produced by CloverWorks and premie... ()
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About Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

Tomoya Aki is an otaku who has a dream. His dream is to create the best visual novel game ever. The main heroine for this game and the inspiration for this dream is a background character named Megumi Kato who somehow stumbles into main character-esque traits in his eyes. To complete the game in time he has to call upon the aid of his anime loving professional friends who aren't so keen on the choice of his main heroine.

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Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Seasons and Episodes

04/13/2017Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend ♭ - 11 episodes
After finally completing the first route of his visual novel, Blessing Software's producer Tomoya Aki is optimistic about the future of his team and achieving their goal of creating the best game of the season. However, they still have a long way to go. For one, Megumi Katou still has an incredibly flat personality and is unable to fit the role of Tomoya's ideal heroine. The other members of Blessing Software, Eriri Spencer Sawamura, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Michiru Hyoudou, often forget she is even there due to her lack of presence and character. Throughout the development of their game, Blessing Software learns the struggles of working in an industry where deadlines must be met and edits are made constantly, and the hardships of working in a group setting.
#1 | 04/14/2017The Way of Two Boring Rivals' Encounter
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
One and a half years ago at Toyogasaki Academy. Utaha confirms that the library is carrying the light novel she wrote Metronome in Love. She leaves and gets stopped along the way by Eriri Spencer Sawamura. We finally get to see how Eriri and Utaha meet. What exactly happened between them?!
#2 | 04/21/2017Turning Point of Earnest and Real
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Utaha and Tomoya go out on a date in Ikebukuro to celebrate the completion of the script. After going around to a book store and movie theater, they have dinner at a restaurant. That's when Utaha asks Tomoya whether she should attend a nearby university or one located in Kansai for college. Tomoya gives her his answer at the end of the date. Hearing it, Utaha decides to take a certain action.
#3 | 04/28/2017First Draft, Second Draft and Great Long Thinking
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Tomoya and the others arrive to meet Izumi, but to their surprise, Iori is there waiting as well. Iori reveals that his Dōjin Team, Rouge en Rouge, is making a new game that is in the same genre as the game Blessing Software is working on, and that Izumi will be in charge of its art. Tomoya believes in his team members, but Iori tells him that he is confident his game's story will be better.
#4 | 05/05/2017New Route of Two Nights and Three Days
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Tomoya has noticed a fatal flaw in the script Utaha had written. While her script reads amazingly as a novel, it does not hold up very well as a game script. As the director, Tomoya decides the script needs to be rewritten and begins revising it. Fortunately, Utaha comes in to help as well after composing herself, and the two of them work together to improve the writing as a game script.
#5 | 05/12/2017Deadline or Awakening
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
With the script rewrites and additional character route, game production has been significantly delayed, and it's becoming apparent that Eriri is running behind with the art. Utaha points out the quality doesn't reflect the time she's putting in. Even so, Tomoya trusts that Eriri will deliver in the end. So Eriri withdraws herself to her secluded family villa in Nasu Kogen to focus on her work...
#6 | 05/19/2017The Deadline Buried in Snow
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Eriri finally finishes the artwork, but she collapses with a fever as she tells Tomoya she's done.
#7 | 05/26/2017The New Plan of Revenge
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
The game Tomoya and his colleagues completed "cherry blessing" gained a lot of popularity on the Internet because of Eriri's art and Utaha's script, leading them to sell out all their copies at their booth, and receive a massive amount of additional orders.
#8 | 06/02/2017The Girl Who Didn't Break the Flag
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Replaying "cherry blessing", Tomoya notices details that makes him realize how dedicated Megumi had been to the game's development.
#9 | 06/09/2017Graduation with a Twist
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Tomoya celebrates Utaha's graduation from Toyogasaki Academy, and tells her that he would like to continue making games with the current members of the team.
#10 | 06/16/2017And the Rivals Will Challenge God
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
After the meeting with Akane, Eriri had every intention of not working for Akane. However, Utaha points out that she agreed with her comment about her slump and that she should think about the opportunity this presents. Some time later, Eriri calls Utaha over and convinces her that she is out of her slump and is able to draw better than ever, while also letting her know that she has accepted the offer to work on Field Chronicles XIII. With Eriri joining, Utaha decides to join the project in more of a supervisor role resulting in both girls leaving the circle. While Tomoya discusses the future of his next project with Iori, Iori lets him know that he and Izumi have left Rouge en Rouge feeling that they could not do what they want by remaining in that circle. Tomoya goes up that slope where he met Megumi a year ago, and Megumi is waiting for him.
#11 | 06/23/2017Resume and Start the Game
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Tomoya is heartbroken by Utaha and Eriri's departure from the Dōjin Team, but Megumi takes the opportunity to ask Tomoya out on a date again. Back at Rokutenba Mall, the two of them go around the different stores reliving their previous date here. They visit a hat store last, and Tomoya buys her a certain hat to thank her for cheering him up and to repay her for the glasses she gifted him earlier.
#11 | 06/23/2017Resume and Start the Game
Tomoya is heartbroken by Utaha and Eriri's departure from the Dōjin Team, but Megumi takes the opportunity to ask Tomoya out on a date again. Back at Rokutenba Mall, the two of them go around the different stores reliving their previous date here.
01/16/2015Season 1 - 12 episodes
01/08/2015Specials - 2 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Saekano" (find it on Amazon)
Made by: A-1 Pictures
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 17 languages: Arabic (AR), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 01/16/2015
Last episode released on: 06/23/2017
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"不起眼女主角培育法"
"How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend"
"Saekano"
"Saekano ♭"
"Saekano 2"
"Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata"
"Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata ♭"
"Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata 2"
"Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata"
"Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭"
"Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata 2"
"Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Flat"
"Saenai Hiroin no Sodatekata"
"Saenai Kanojo no Sodate-kata"
"Saenai Kanojo no Sodate-kata ♭"
"Saenai Kanojo no Sodate-kata 2"
"Saenai Kanojo no Sodatekata"
"Saenai Kanojo no Sodatekata ♭"
"Saenai Kanojo no Sodatekata 2"
"サエカノ"
"冴えない彼女〈ヒロイン〉の育てかた"
"冴えない彼女の育てかた♭"
"시원찮은 그녀를 위한 육성방법"
"How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend"
"How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend .flat"
"How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend 2"
"How to Raise a Novice Heroine"
"How to Train the Ordinary Girl to be a Heroine"
"Saekano .flat"
"Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend .flat"
"Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend 2"

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