Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

Tomoya Aki has spent years immersed in anime and light novels, and he’s ready to give something back: making a visual novel of his own. Ambitious as the plan is, he can’t pull it off alone, so he starts gathering the talent he needs to turn a fan’s dream into a real project.

He brings in his childhood friend Eriri Spencer Sawamura as the illustrator and the acclaimed writer Utaha Kasumigaoka to handle the script, with Tomoya taking the role of director. Still lacking a central spark for the heroine, he meets the quiet, unassuming Megumi Katou and chooses her as the model for his main character. As their new doujin circle takes shape, the line between crafting heartfelt stories and living through the emotions that inspire them begins to blur.