Overview
A light novel by Fumiaki Maruto for Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. The 1st volume published in July 2012, to be completed in 2019. Total of 13 volumes plus 7 volumes of short stories. Total of 20 volumes.
Illustrations are by Kurehito Misaki. Abbreviated name is "Saekano".
Story
Tomoya Aki, a male high school teenager who works part-time to fund his otaku lifestyle (light novels, manga, anime, video games like visual novels and dating sims, and related merchandise) encounters a beautiful girl one day during spring vacation. A month later, he finds out that the girl is his classmate, Megumi Kato, who is hardly noticeable to her classmates. Hoping to create a visual novel computer game, he turns to school beauties Eriri Spencer Sawamura for designing the art, and Utaha Kasumigaoka for writing the game scenario. Tomoya then recruits Megumi to star as the "heroine" (the main character's love interest) of his game, thus forming the development team "Blessing Software", in which the three most renowned students in the school (Tomoya, Eriri, and Utaha) work on one of the least noticeable (Megumi). The series follows their adventures in developing the game and their plans to sell it at the Comiket convention, as well as the emotional entanglements among the team.
Characters
Tomoya Aki (VA: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka) ... Protagonist. Second year student at Toyogasaki High School.
Megumi Katou (VA: Kiyono Yasuno) ... In charge of the main heroine. She is a second-year student at Toyogasaki High School.
Eriri Spencer Sawamura (VA: Saori Oonishi) ... Ace of the art club. A second-year student at Toyogasaki High School.
Utaha Kasumigaoka (VA: Ai Kayano) ... The most brilliant student in the school. She is a third-year student at Toyogasaki High School.
Izumi Hashima (VA: Chinatsu Akasaki) ... Tomoya's junior.
Michiru Hyoudou (VA: Sayuri Yahagi) ... Tomoya's cousin. She is the electric guitarist and vocalist of the band “icy tail”.
