Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata

How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
冴えない彼女〈ヒロイン〉の育てかた
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Light Novel8.12305 votes13 volumes · 120 chaptersFinished

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Die-hard otaku Tomoya Aki never imagined himself falling for a girl in real life until one of his spring breaks, when he experienced a picturesque encounter with a mysterious beauty. Reminiscing about the brief yet enchanting event, he decides to produce a bishoujo game—a game focused on attractive girls—with the sole purpose of capturing the allure of that idyllic scene. Days fly by, and Tomoya enters his second year of high school having made no progress on his game. On top of that, he is shocked to discover that the girl he met is his unremarkable classmate, Megumi Katou. Determined to make his game a reality, Tomoya ropes Megumi into the project and sets out to convince his childhood friend Eriri Spencer Sawamura and upperclassman Utaha Kasumigaoka to help with its development. Tomoya soon finds out, however, that working with friends on such an ambitious project is much more difficult than he initially thought. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Published

Jul 20, 2012 to Oct 20, 2017

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Main characters

Megumi Katou10946 fan favorites
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Birthday: September 23 Age: 16 Height: 160 cm Three sizes: B84-W57-H83 Megumi is the girl in the summer dress that Tomoya Aki met during "fate's summons," on top of the hill. Tomoya feels like she is the most beautiful girl he has seen, and soon after, he is inspired to make a dating sim game, with her as the main heroine. However, he is initially disappointed in her real personality as she is an extremely normal girl, to the point where Tomoya didn't even realize that he was classmates with her. She is also very stealthy, and due to her lack of presence, people forget that she is in the room. However, soon after, Megumi agrees to be the model of the main heroine in Tomoya's game.
Utaha Kasumigaoka4335 fan favorites
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Birthday: January 31 Three sizes: B89-W61-H88 Popular acclaimed writer whom Tomoya Aki is a fan of. Rarely approached and often admired from a distance by her peers. Perfect in aspects any male would want: beautiful, intelligent, graceful, cold, and composed. She joins Tomoya's circle by leveraging her writing talents in order to get closer to him.
Eriri Spencer Sawamura1028 fan favorites
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Birthday: March 20 Three sizes: B79-W56-H86 Tomoya Aki's Japanese-British childhood friend. Popular, intelligent, and elegant. She's a well known figurehead amongst her peers (along with Kasumigaoka Utaha). A naturally gifted artist who holds accolades under her name from a young age. But behind closed doors, her maniac side is shown and the tsundere side takes form. Joins in Aki's efforts even though he "wastes her time with such a stupid project."
Tomoya Aki336 fan favorites
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Age: 16 Birthday: December 18 A hardcore consumer otaku who has a fateful encounter with Megumi prompting him to uncover some inexplicable urge to create a galge focused around her. A donkan by nature, he is practically immune to his surroundings and goes off on his own tangents.