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We Never Learn: BOKUBEN
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How We Never Learn: BOKUBEN actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
We Never Learn: BOKUBEN reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
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…!?
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 26 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20192 episodes
Best episode · S00E01 OVA: The Predecessor X with Elegance with the Missing Item on the Beach
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201913 episodes
7.3IMDbNariyuki 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…!?
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201913 episodes
7.1IMDbNariyuki Yuiga keeps teaching his friends Fumino Furuhashi, Rizu Ogata and Uruka Takemoto to improve their grades so they can study the subjects they want. While getting support from his teacher Mafuyu Kirisu and Asumi Kominami, they learn more to get better grades, but also learn more about life and which direction they want to take with their lives.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E02
OVA 2: Church Bells Blessings for X
- Directed by Takahiro Tamano
- Written by Go Zappa
S02E13
A Post-Festival Celebration of X, Both Dazzling And Lonely
- Directed by Fumio Maezono
- Written by Go Zappa
S02E12
X Treads a Thorny Path as the Festivities Continue…
- Directed by Hiromichi Matano
- Written by Go Zappa
S02E11
X Descends Like Wildfire at the Festival's Beginning
- Directed by Hideaki Uehara
- Written by Go Zappa
S02E10
The Star of Ultimate Love and the Name of X, Part 2
- Directed by Masato Kitagawa
- Written by Go Zappa
S02E09
The Star of Ultimate Love and the Name of X, Part 1
- Directed by Shigetaka Ikeda
- Written by Go Zappa
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kozue KananiwaProducer
- Nobuhiro NakayamaProducer
- Kazumasa SanjoubaProducer
- Tomoyuki OhwadaProducer
Writing
- Go ZappaWriter
Direction
- Mihiro YamaguchiDirector
- Tsutomu MurakamiDirector
- Tatsufumi ItohDirector
- Shigetaka IkedaDirector
- Hideaki UeharaDirector
- Fumio MaezonoDirector
Cinematography
- Hideki ImaizumiDirector of Photography
Music
- Masato NakayamaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- CrunchyrollStreaming
- Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelStreaming
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