The series revolves around Toyogasaki Academy high school students and members of a doujin group named Blessing Software who strive to create a visual novel based on a hopelessly ordinary classmate. It has since received a manga adaptation as well as two spin-off manga- Egoistic-Lily written by Maruto with illustrations by Niito and Koisuru Metronome also written by Maruto with illustrations by Sabu Musha-plus a spin-off light novel titled Girls Side with illustrations by Kurehito Misaki, a visual novel for the PS Vita titled Blessing Flowers developed by 5pb, and an anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures, the second season of which, titled Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Flat, airs in spring 2017. Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, also called Saekano for short, began as a romantic comedy light novel series written by Fumiaki Maruto with illustrations by Kurehito Misaki and published under Fujimi Shobo’s Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint since 2012.