Dustin Cabeal 6/27/17 Dustin Cabeal 6/27/17

Review: Saekano: How To Raise A Boring Girlfriend – Flat (Season 2)

By Dustin Cabeal

The problem with a lot of anime, especially of the harem variety, is that they’re great for six episodes and then not so much. That was true of the first season of How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend which started with a solid introduction to the characters and the premises and then sat on its ass for the last six. With the second season, it was in reverse, sitting on its ass in the beginning and then cranking out the story at the end.

Dustin Cabeal 4/18/17 Dustin Cabeal 4/18/17

Review: Saekano: How To Raise A Boring Girlfriend S2 E.00-01

By Dustin Cabeal

The first season of Saekano was very enjoyable up until the Cousin character was added. After that, it just became a dense man surrounded by beautiful women and not fighting off their advances, but just playing dead and each of them taking turns trying to pounce him while the others fought each other. It ceased being enjoyable at that point, but I finished the season hoping that they would lay the groundwork for something more. That something more was just that “hey, we haven’t made that game yet… so we’re going to keep doing that.”