Episode guide
We Never Learn: BOKUBEN: Season 1
13 episodes · first aired Apr 7, 2019
Nariyuki Yuiga is in his last and most painful year of high school. In order to gain the “special VIP recommendation” which would grant him a full scholarship to college, he must now tutor his classmates as they struggle to prepare for entrance exams. Among his pupils are “the sleeping beauty of the literary forest,” Fumino Furuhashi, and "the Thumbelina supercomputer," Rizu Ogata–two of the most beautiful super-geniuses at the school! While these two were thought to be academically flawless, it turns out that they’re completely clueless outside of their pet subjects…!?
- 1 Genius and X Are Two Sides of the Same Coin Apr 7, 2019 · 24m There are two geniuses at Ichinose Academy: Fumino Furuhashi, a liberal arts prodigy, and Rizu Ogata, a scientific whiz. Nariyuki Yuiga is a talented student who has contempt for them…
- 2 A Fish is to Water as a Genius is to X Apr 14, 2019 · 24m Uruka Takemoto has been a friend of Nariyuki's since middle school and is a swimming prodigy who should have a brilliant future ahead of her, but her academic grades are so bad that she's…
- 3 A Genius Resonates Emotionally with X Apr 21, 2019 · 24m The results of Nariyuki’s tutoring are about to be put to the test with the midterm exams. If the girls don’t raise their grades, they’ll get a new tutor. The three of them want to keep…
- 4 What She Wants from a Genius Is X Apr 28, 2019 · 24m Fumino is determined to go on a diet after a sudden weight gain. Rizu's self-proclaimed rival, Sawako Sekijo, has the wrong idea that the reason Rizu has set her sights on humanities is…
- 5 A Genius in the Forest Strays for X May 5, 2019 · 24m Ichinose Academy’s famous three-day, two-night study training camp has begun. Nariyuki and the students study hard at the boarding house in the mountains, but Rizu can’t stop thinking…
- 6 Thus, X Geniuses Never Learn May 12, 2019 · 24m Nariyuki is summoned by Mafuyu Kirisu, the girls’ former tutor, who interrogates him about the camp incidents. A worried Fumino, waiting outside the student guidance counselor's door…
- 7 A Former Tutor's Secret Spot Is X May 19, 2019 · 24m While Nariyuki and Fumino are talking to each other behind the school, she loses her balance and falls into Nariyuki’s arms. Rizu apparently sees the "hugging" part and looks furious.
- 8 Sometimes a Genius's Every Action Is at the Mercy of X May 26, 2019 · 24m After Nariyuki wins a smartphone in a lottery, he can't wait to use it for apps like the dictionary, schedule managing, and the like. He also learns that studying in the bathtub is…
- 9 He Struggles with X in a Forbidden Zone Jun 2, 2019 · 24m When Nariyuki is walking by Mafuyu's apartment one day, she invites him in because she apparently had seen a cockroach. He goes inside and finds the place just as messy as it was during…
- 10 A Lost Lamb in New Territory Encounters X Jun 9, 2019 · 24m As a reward for being a tutor, Nariyuki gets to take a short summer course at an entrance exam prep school. He's eager to take the course in order to improve his results, but he meets…
- 11 An Illustrious Veteran Sometimes Serves X Jun 16, 2019 · 24m Downtown at night, Ms. Kirisu finds Nariyuki as he's about to enter a suspicious café and calls him to a halt. It's the maid café where Ms. Kirisu's former student, Asumi, works part-time.
- 12 Sometimes a Genius Travels Down Memory Lane With X Jun 23, 2019 · 24m Nariyuki consults Fumino about how his relationship with Uruka has become awkward, but he claims he's asking "for a friend." Right after that, Uruka comes to Fumino to discuss the same…
- 13 The Light in a Genius's Eye is All X Jun 30, 2019 · 24m When Nariyuki goes to a festival, he runs into Uruka and strolls with her past the food stalls, helps Rizu deliver food, and takes an injured Mafuyu to Asumi's father's first-aid tent. In…