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Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

Name: Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Cast: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Kiyono Yasuno, Saori Onishi, Ai Kayano, Sayuri Yahagi

冴えない彼女の育てかた

2015–2017 · 2 seasons, 23 episodes · 23m episodes · Animation, Comedy · Fuji TV · Japan · Rated TV-14 (US)

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.

Based on the novel by

Fumiaki Maruto

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Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Kiyono Yasuno, Saori Onishi, Ai Kayano, Sayuri Yahagi, Chinatsu Akasaki

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