Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata (冴えない彼女の育てかた,Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata) is a Japanese light novel series written by Fumiaki Maruto and illustrated by Kurehito Misaki, published on Kadokawa's Fantasia Bunko. The first volume was published on July 20, 2012 and marks Maruto's debut as a novelist. It is the original source for the entire Saekano related media. The series finished in October 2017, with thirteen volumes and one short story collection have been published.