| Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend | |:--:| | Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata | | 冴えない彼女の育てかた | |  | | [](https://anilist.co/anime/20657) [](https://myanimelist.net/anime/23277) [](https://anidb.net/anime/10538) [](https://kitsu.app/anime/saenai-heroine-no-sodate-kata) [](https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/saekano-how-to-raise-a-boring-girlfriend) [](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=16141) | | [](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3612626) [](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/69367) [](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/saekano-how-to-raise-a-boring-girlfriend) | ## Watch Order #### **Personal recommendation:** Season 1 (EP 01-12) → S00E01 (OVA1) → S00E02 (OVA2) → Season 2 (EP 01-11) → Movie #### **Release (airing) order:** S00E01 (OVA1) → Season 1 (EP 01-12) → S00E02 (OVA2) → Season 2 (EP 01-11) → Movie ## Contents | | Season 1 | Season 2 | Movie | | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | --: | | **Video** | 1080p AV1 10-bit | 1080p AV1 10-bit | 1080p AV1 10-bit | | **Audio #1** | **Japanese** Opus 2.0 128 kbps | **Japanese** Opus 2.0 128 kbps | **Japanese** Opus 2.0 128 kbps | | **Audio #2, 3** | *_**Audio Commentary**_ Opus 2.0 64 kbps | *_**Audio Commentary**_ Opus 2.0 64 kbps | *_**Audio Commentary**_ Opus 2.0 64 kbps | || | **Subtitles** | | || | **English** | ✅ ASS _[[FFF](https://nyaa.si/view/1290062)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[Sumire](https://nyaa.si/view/1290062)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[SCY-Circle](https://nyaa.si/view/1362655)]_ | | **Arabic** | ✅ ASS _[[WinoXa](https://bin.disroot.org/?7db58f01fe2d5412#9dtD8aeZSqXSyveCTXWXrqazXjNfagVzp3vRXf1yUGfm)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[WinoXa](https://bin.disroot.org/?7db58f01fe2d5412#9dtD8aeZSqXSyveCTXWXrqazXjNfagVzp3vRXf1yUGfm)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[WinoXa](https://bin.disroot.org/?7db58f01fe2d5412#9dtD8aeZSqXSyveCTXWXrqazXjNfagVzp3vRXf1yUGfm)]_ | | **German** | ✅ ASS _[[CR](https://nyaa.si/view/1292996)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[CR](https://nyaa.si/view/1292996)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[TTGA](https://www.opensubtitles.org/en/subtitles/8797045/saenai-heroine-no-sodate-kata-fine-de)]_ | | **Spanish** (Spain) | ✅ ASS _[[CR](https://nyaa.si/view/1292996)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[CR](https://nyaa.si/view/1292996)]_ | ❌ | | **Spanish** (Latin America) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ ASS _[[averdinzr](https://www.opensubtitles.org/en/subtitles/8386372/saenai-heroine-no-sodate-kata-fine-ea)]_ | | **Farsi / Persian** | ✅ ASS _[[AnimWorld](https://subtitlist.com/subs/saekano-how-to-raise-a-boring-girlfriend-2015/season-1)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[AnimWorld](https://subdl.org/subtitle/99942446/saenai-heroine-no-sodatekata-2017/)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[AnimWorld](https://subdl.org/subscene/list/saekano-how-to-raise-a-boring-girlfriend-fine-saenai-heroine-no-sodatekata-fine-saekano-the-movie-finale/)]_ | | **French** | ✅ ASS _[[matheousse](https://nyaa.si/view/1303012)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[matheousse](https://nyaa.si/view/1303012)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[Team Arcedo](https://nyaa.si/view/1303012)]_ | | **Italian** | ✅ ASS _[[CR](https://www.opensubtitles.org/en/ssearch/sublanguageid-ita/idmovie-367925)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[CR](https://www.opensubtitles.org/en/ssearch/sublanguageid-ita/idmovie-367925)]_ | ✅ SRT _[[DeepL](https://www.opensubtitles.com/en/subtitles/japanese-1080p-bluray-it)]_ (machine translation) | | **Japanese** | ❌ | ✅ ASS _[[Kamigami](https://jimaku.cc/entry/452)]_ | ❌ | | **Japanese** (SDH) | ✅ [SRT](https://jimaku.cc/entry/275) | ✅ [SRT](https://jimaku.cc/entry/452) | ✅ [SRT](https://jimaku.cc/entry/999) | | **Portuguese** (Brasil) | ✅ ASS _[[Infinite Fansub](https://infinitefansub.com/projeto/saenai-heroine-no-sodatekata-1)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[Infinite Fansub](https://infinitefansub.com/projeto/saenai-heroine-no-sodatekata)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[Infinite Fansub](https://infinitefansub.com/projeto/saenai-heroine-no-sodatekata-fine)]_ | | **Russian** | ✅ ASS _[[Gerale & Komugi-chan & Ryuji](https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4964254)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[GerKo & Ryuji & Tousaka Jun](https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6584719)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[GerKo & Ryuji & Tousaka Jun](https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6584701)]_ | | **Vietnamese** | ✅ ASS _[[Clip-sub](https://subtitlist.com/subs/saekano-how-to-raise-a-boring-girlfriend-2015/season-1)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[Crazy-SoL](https://subtitlist.com/subs/saekano-how-to-raise-a-boring-girlfriend-2015/season-2)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[H0aDang](https://subtitlist.com/subs/saekano-how-to-raise-a-boring-girlfriend-fine-2019)]_ | | **Chinese** (Simplified) | ✅ **ASS _[[Airota](https://nyaa.si/view/763382)]_ | ✅ **ASS _[[Kamigami&Mabors](https://nyaa.si/view/1079991)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[Mabors-Sub&Kamigami&KTXP](https://nyaa.si/view/1287773)]_ | | **Chinese** (Traditional) | ✅ **ASS _[[Airota](https://nyaa.si/view/763382)]_ | ✅ **ASS _[[Kamigami&Mabors](https://nyaa.si/view/1079991)]_ | ✅ ASS _[[Mabors-Sub&Kamigami&KTXP](https://nyaa.si/view/1287773)]_ | | | | **Chapters** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | **Covers** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | _Episode thumbnails_ | **(*) Audio commentary:** Movie, S1, and S2's final episodes each feature two commentary tracks - #1 Cast Commentary, #2 Staff Commentary. S02E08 features a Primary Commentary and a Meta Commentary, which is a "commentary on commentary" format in which four voice actors discuss the episode while also reacting to the previous commentary recorded by two other voice actors. **(******)** **Chinese subtitles:** All fonts are muxed in except for a few used in S1 & S2's Chinese subtitles which, if included, would add another 36 & 60 MB to each episode. So I only added the fonts used in the dialogue. You can download the rest of the fonts [here](https://files.catbox.moe/k5w9ih.7z). **General note:** All subtitles have been checked to make sure at least the dialogue is in sync with the audio. For languages other than English, I don't guarantee frame-perfect sign sync, though. ### Extras - Creditless OPs and EDs - Full S02E11 Staff Commentary, which continues an additional 10 minutes after the episode ends ## Sources **Series (S1 & S2):** - video and main audio: [Mysteria](https://nyaa.si/view/1290062) (Beatrice-Raws video) - commentary audio: [BDMV](https://nyaa.si/?f=0&c=0_0&q=%28Saekano%29%7C%28saenai+heroine%29+bdmv) **Movie:** - video and main audio: [SCY-Circle](https://nyaa.si/view/1362655) - commentary audio: [Beatrice-Raws](https://nyaa.si/view/1288483) **Subtitles:** see Contents above **Chapters:** [Mysteria](https://nyaa.si/view/1290062) & [SCY-Circle](https://nyaa.si/view/1362655) **Covers:** TheTVDB ## Encoding | Type | Tool | Settings | | :-- | :-- | :-- | | **Video** - AV1 | [**SVT-AV1-PSY** v3.0.2](https://github.com/psy-ex/svt-av1-psy) + **[Av1an](https://github.com/rust-av/Av1an)** + [**Auto-boost algorithm** v2.5](https://github.com/trixoniisama/auto-boost-algorithm)| ```--crf 30 --preset 4 --enable-dlf 2 --qp-scale-compress-strength 2 --film-grain 4 --enable-tf 2 --spy-rd 2 --hbd-mds 1 --luminance-qp-bias 25 --fast-decode 2``` | | | | **NCs:** ```--crf 25``` & ```--aggressive``` boosting | | **Audio** - Opus | [**EZ CD Audio Converter** v11.5](https://www.poikosoft.com) (**libopus** v1.4 / **libopusenc** v0.2.1) | ```VBR``` ```128 kbps``` / ```64 kbps``` ## Playback It is highly recommended to watch any AV1 release with an up-to-date media player. I personally recommend the **[mpv media player](https://thewiki.moe/tutorials/mpv)**, but [MPC-HC](https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases) or [VLC](https://www.videolan.org/vlc) also support AV1 playback. ___ | Comparisons / Screenshots | MediaInfo | Direct Download | | :--: | :--: | :--: | | [SlowPics - JPBD vs. Beatrice-Raws (source) vs. Encode](https://slow.pics/c/5zi9WV6p) | [EP 01](https://bin.disroot.org/?813a37ff5704bedb#6DzDT1p5QNoENhW2ahZ8AK8yRHz3AFuiHLfeNZ4YjyEV) | [Anime Tosho](https://animetosho.org/view/rigav1-saenai-heroine-no-sodatekata-s01-s02-ovas.n1970519) w/ attachments | ___