The retail descriptions for the 11th volume of Yomi Hirasaka and illustrator Buriki's Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Haganai) light novel series reveal that the volume will serve as the series' epilogue.

The light novels' story begins with Kodaka — a half-Japanese/half-British transfer student whose delinquent-like blonde hair and fierce eyes scare people — and a seemingly perpetually sullen girl named Yozora. The two decide to form Rinjinbu, a club for misfits with hardly any friends.

Hirasaka and Buriki launched the light novel series in 2009, and Kadokawa's Media Factory imprint published the 10th volume (pictured at right) in June 2014.

The light novel series inspired two television anime, video anime spinoffs, and a live-action film. Funimation released the two TV anime seasons on home video.