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We Never Learn: BOKUBEN

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. \n \nAmong his pupils are “the sleeping beauty of the literary forest,” Fumino Furuhashi, and "the Thumbelina supercomputer," Rizu Ogata–two of t...
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  1. S1 E1 - Genius and X Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
    April 5, 2019
    24min
    13+
    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...
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  2. S1 E2 - A Fish Is to Water as a Genius Is to X
    April 12, 2019
    24min
    13+
    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 goin...
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  3. S1 E3 - A Genius Resonates Emotionally with X
    April 19, 2019
    24min
    13+
    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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  4. S1 E4 - What She Wants from a Genius is X
    April 26, 2019
    24min
    13+
    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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  5. S1 E5 - A Genius in the Forest Strays for X
    May 3, 2019
    24min
    13+
    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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  6. S1 E6 - Thus, X Geniuses Never Learn
    May 10, 2019
    24min
    13+
    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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  7. S1 E7 - A Former Tutor's Secret Spot Is X
    May 17, 2019
    24min
    13+
    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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  8. S1 E8 - Sometimes a Genius's Every Action Is at the Mercy of X
    May 24, 2019
    24min
    13+
    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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  9. S1 E9 - He Struggles with X in a Forbidden Zone
    May 31, 2019
    24min
    13+
    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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  10. S1 E10 - A Lost Lamb in New Territory Encounters X
    June 7, 2019
    24min
    13+
    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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  11. S1 E11 - An Illustrious Veteran Sometimes Serves X
    June 14, 2019
    24min
    13+
    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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  12. S1 E12 - Sometimes a Genius Travels down Memory Lane with X
    June 21, 2019
    24min
    13+
    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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  13. S1 E13 - The Light in a Genius's Eye Is All X
    June 28, 2019
    24min
    13+
    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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