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“High school otaku Tomoya Aki forms a game circle with beautiful girls, navigating Comiket and complex relationships.”
How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
冴えない彼女〈ヒロイン〉の育てかた
7.44
3,779 rank · 8,548 readers · 74 favorites
Shounen
Harem
School
Comedy
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
High school otaku Tomoya Aki forms a game circle with beautiful girls, navigating Comiket and complex relationships.
The life of Tomoya Aki, a high school otaku working part time to support his BD hoarding. With remarkable luck, he bumps head-first into, Megumi Katou, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Naturally, the meeting twists his life into a complicated torrent of relationships. Eriri Spencer Sawamura, his half-foreigner childhood friend who's always valued her relationship with MC. Utaha Kasumigaoka, a cold, composed renowned literary genius who shoves everyone aside from our protagonist. What is this? An eroge introduction? The tale of a small not quite doujin circle, but not quite indie studio's journey through the tough territory of Comiket and beyond.
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8.5
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Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 7
σ 1.50
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Dec 2018 → Jan 2024
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Before you read this review bear in mind that i read the spin-off " Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: Egoistic-Lily" first before i read this one. (Also there will be some spoilers in this review.)...”
- 7 “tl;dr: A pretty great creation story with interesting and deep characters, though as an adaptation clearly inferior to the anime. Saekano is the story of an incredibly passionate otaku and those...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 42 × 8 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 36m approx
- Published Jan 2013 – Aug 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M21917 catalog