
We Never Learn: BOKUBEN — Season 1
For Nariyuki Yuiga, senior year is proving to be his toughest challenge yet. Desperate for a coveted scholarship – one that hinges on a prestigious recommendation – he's reluctantly taken on the role of tutor, guiding his classmates through the grueling college entrance exam prep. His students include two extraordinary girls: Fumino Furuhashi, a brilliant literary enthusiast often described as the "sleeping beauty" of their school, and Rizu Ogata, an astonishingly intelligent coder nicknamed “the Thumbelina supercomputer.” But these seemingly perfect prodigies harbor a surprising secret – they’re utterly lost when it comes to everything *outside* their areas of expertise!

Ichinose Academy boasts two exceptional students: Fumino Furuhashi, a gifted liberal arts scholar, and Rizu Ogata, a brilliant mind in science. Nariyuki Yuiga, himself a capable student, harbors a degree of disdain for them, particularly as…

Nariyuki has been friends with Uruka Takemoto since their middle school days. A swimming prodigy with a promising future, her academic performance is dangerously poor, threatening the college scholarship she desperately needs. Consequently,…

Midterm exams loom, and the true measure of Nariyuki's tutoring will soon be revealed. Failure to improve their grades will mean a change of instructors for the girls. Determined to retain his guidance, however, they redouble their efforts,…

A recent and unwelcome increase in weight has spurred Fumino to resolve on a diet. Meanwhile, Sawako Sekijo, who considers herself Rizu’s rival, mistakenly believes Rizu’s choice of humanities is motivated by affection for Nariyuki. Consequ…

The annual three-day, two-night study retreat at Ichinose Academy is underway. Nariyuki and the students are immersed in their studies at the mountain boarding house, yet Rizu finds herself constantly preoccupied with her tutor.

Mafuyu Kirisu, the girls’ former tutor, requested an audience with Nariyuki and proceeded to question him intently regarding the events at the camp. Outside the student guidance counselor's office, Fumino listened with growing apprehension,…

A quiet conversation unfolded between Nariyuki and Fumino in the shadowed space behind the school. As they spoke, Fumino stumbled, her balance failing, and she found herself enveloped in Nariyuki's arms. Witnessing this embrace, Rizu appear…

Following his lottery win of a smartphone, Nariyuki eagerly anticipates using it for practical applications: dictionaries, scheduling tools, and similar utilities. He also discovers a purported study technique involving the bathtub and prom…

One afternoon, as Nariyuki strolled past Mafuyu’s apartment, she beckoned him inside, citing a sighting of a cockroach. He stepped over the threshold to find the dwelling in much the same state of disarray as he remembered from their previo…

For his work as a tutor, Nariyuki receives a perk: a brief summer course at a prestigious preparatory school. He’s keen to seize the opportunity and sharpen his own academic performance. However, his plans are complicated by an encounter wi…

Night had fallen over the city, and Ms. Kirisu spotted Nariyuki just as he was about to step into a café that seemed vaguely unsettling. She called out to him, halting his advance. It was the maid café where Asumi, a former student of hers,…

Nariyuki sought out Fumino’s counsel regarding the growing discomfort in his connection with Uruka, though he framed his inquiry as purely hypothetical. Moments later, Uruka herself appeared before Fumino, eager to discuss precisely the sam…

At the festival, Nariyuki encountered Uruka and they wandered together, passing the rows of food stalls. He assisted Rizu with her deliveries and then tended to an injured Mafuyu, guiding him to Asumi’s father's medical tent. It was, in ess…


