Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend ♭
201711 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.
Episode 1
The Way of Two Boring Rivals' Encounter
Apr 14, 201722m
TMDB rating 7.0TMDB
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?!
Episode 2
Turning Point of Earnest and Real
Apr 21, 201722m
TMDB rating 7.0TMDB
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.
Episode 3
First Draft, Second Draft and Great Long Thinking
Apr 28, 201722m
TMDB rating 6.0TMDB
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.
Episode 4
New Route of Two Nights and Three Days
May 5, 201722m
TMDB rating 3.8TMDB
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.
Episode 5
Deadline or Awakening
May 12, 201722m
TMDB rating 6.0TMDB
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...
Episode 6
The Deadline Buried in Snow
May 19, 201722m
TMDB rating 4.2TMDB
Eriri finally finishes the artwork, but she collapses with a fever as she tells Tomoya she's done.
Episode 7
The New Plan of Revenge
May 26, 201722m
TMDB rating 6.0TMDB
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.
Episode 8
The Girl Who Didn't Break the Flag
Jun 2, 201722m
TMDB rating 4.0TMDB
Replaying "cherry blessing", Tomoya notices details that makes him realize how dedicated Megumi had been to the game's development.
Episode 9
Graduation with a Twist
Jun 9, 201722m
TMDB rating 6.0TMDB
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.
Episode 10
And the Rivals Will Challenge God
Jun 16, 201722m
TMDB rating 3.5TMDB
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.
Episode 11
Resume and Start the Game
Jun 23, 201722m
TMDB rating 7.0TMDB
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.