Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend .flat

After finishing the first route of their visual novel, Blessing Software producer Tomoya Aki feels newly confident about the circle’s future and their aim to deliver the standout game of the season. With momentum on their side, the team pushes deeper into development—only to find that progress brings its own complications.

Megumi Katou, meant to embody Tomoya’s ideal heroine, still comes across as disarmingly “flat,” and her quiet presence is so easy to overlook that even Eriri Spencer Sawamura, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Michiru Hyoudou sometimes forget she’s there. As the project moves forward, the group runs headfirst into the realities of game creation: constant revisions, looming deadlines, and the friction that comes with trying to work together.