The BEST episodes of We Never Learn: BOKUBEN season 1

Every episode of We Never Learn: BOKUBEN season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of We Never Learn: BOKUBEN season 1!

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…!? As Nariyuki’s life is turned upside down by these quirky girls who just never learn, he must do everything he can to get them accepted into college! The stage is set for this romantic comedy featuring prodigies who never learn when it comes to studying and love!

Last Updated: 10/21/2024Network: Tokyo MXStatus: Ended
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A Lost Lamb in New Territory Encounters X
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7.64
33 votes

#1 - A Lost Lamb in New Territory Encounters X

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/9/2019

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 Asumi Kominami, an academy alumni who is still studying to get into a university.

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An Illustrious Veteran Sometimes Serves X
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7.56
36 votes

#2 - An Illustrious Veteran Sometimes Serves X

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/16/2019

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.

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The Light in a Genius's Eye is All X
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7.55
31 votes

#3 - The Light in a Genius's Eye is All X

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/30/2019

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 other words, as ever, he's a busy do-gooder.

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Thus, X Geniuses Never Learn
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7.54
41 votes

#4 - Thus, X Geniuses Never Learn

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/2019

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, hears snatches of the conversation, including the expression "illicit sexual conduct."

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A Genius Resonates Emotionally with X
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7.45
42 votes

#5 - A Genius Resonates Emotionally with X

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/2019

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 Nariyuki, though, so they become even more resolved to study hard for the exams.

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Sometimes a Genius Travels Down Memory Lane With X
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7.39
33 votes

#6 - Sometimes a Genius Travels Down Memory Lane With X

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/2019

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 issue.

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Genius and X Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
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7.30
56 votes

#7 - Genius and X Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2019

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, especially as he’s aiming to get a "special VIP recommendation.” But then, as a condition for receiving it, Nariyuki is ordered to tutor Fumino and Rizu so that they’re accepted at their first-choice university. Nariyuki rolls up his sleeves but is dismayed to find that Fumino wants to be a science major and Rizu a liberal arts major, the exact opposite of where their talents lie. Moreover, they seem to have no aptitude whatsoever for the subjects they’re interested in. Nariyuki advises the geniuses to change their minds, but...

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He Struggles with X in a Forbidden Zone
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7.29
34 votes

#8 - He Struggles with X in a Forbidden Zone

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/2/2019

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 his last visit.

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A Fish is to Water as a Genius is to X
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7.29
48 votes

#9 - A Fish is to Water as a Genius is to X

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/2019

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 in danger of losing the college scholarship she's counting on. The academy's headmaster orders Nariyuki to tutor her, too. Uruka hates studying but suddenly becomes eager when she hears that Nariyuki is going to be her tutor. Actually, she's been in love with Nariyuki since middle school which is when he started helping her. Aware of her fellow mentees, Fumino and Rizu, Uruka secretly gets fired up.

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A Former Tutor's Secret Spot Is X
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7.27
33 votes

#10 - A Former Tutor's Secret Spot Is X

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/19/2019

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.

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A Genius in the Forest Strays for X
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7.23
35 votes

#11 - A Genius in the Forest Strays for X

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/2019

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 about her tutor.

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What She Wants from a Genius Is X
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7.22
40 votes

#12 - What She Wants from a Genius Is X

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/28/2019

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 because she's in love with Nariyuki, and she tries to test Rizu's "love."

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Sometimes a Genius's Every Action Is at the Mercy of X
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7.17
35 votes

#13 - Sometimes a Genius's Every Action Is at the Mercy of X

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/26/2019

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 effective and quickly puts the method into practice.

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