Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend is a Japanese light novel series by Fumiaki Maruto, with illustrations by Kurehito Misaki. The first light novel volume was published by Fujimi Shobo under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint on July 20, 2012. As of November 2018, thirteen volumes and two short story collections have been published. In the twelfth volume, Maruto announced that the series would end in the thirteenth volume, which was released on October 20, 2017. A spin-off light novel titled Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Girls Side was published in three volumes from February 2015 to June 2017. Another spin-off novel titled Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Memorial was published in two volumes from March 2018 to November 2019.
A manga adaptation with art by Takeshi Moriki was serialized from January 9, 2013, to August 9, 2016, in Fujimi Shobo's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age. It has been collected in eight volumes between August 2013 and November 2016. It has also been published in English by Yen Press between January 2016 and December 2017.
A spin-off manga titled Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Egoistic-Lily with art by Niito was serialized from February 4, 2013, to May 2, 2014, in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Young Ace. It has been collected in three volumes. Another spin-off manga titled Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Koisuru Metronome with art by Sabu Musha was serialized from August 24, 2013, to April 25, 2018, in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Big Gangan. It has been collected in ten volumes. A manga adaptation of Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Girls Side was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age magazine from September 9, 2016, to June 9, 2017. It has been collected in two volumes.
Light novels Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata FD Two light novels titled Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata FD (short for Fan Disc) were published featuring more side stories.
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Girls Side
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Memorial
Manga How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Egoistic-Lily
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Koisuru Metronome
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Girls Side
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