# We Never Learn (2019)

> A desperate high school senior tutors two supposedly flawless super-geniuses who turn out to be hopelessly clueless outside their specialties.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/74249

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 26
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy, romance
- Network: TOKYO MX, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, BS11
- Cast: Ryota Osaka, Haruka Shiraishi, Miyu Tomita, Sayumi Suzushiro, Lynn, Madoka Asahina
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9883676/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: breezy, playful, affectionate, lighthearted

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series as mixed-to-positive, valuing its comedic take on the harem and romcom format while finding its romantic premise familiar.

## Synopsis

We Never Learn: BOKUBEN (2019) is a Japanese animated school romantic comedy produced for TOKYO MX and regional Japanese broadcasters, adapted from a manga and presented as a two-season, twenty-six-episode anime. Nariyuki Yuiga, voiced by Ryota Osaka, is a high school senior whose scholarship hinges on tutoring his struggling classmates for entrance exams. His pupils include Fumino Furuhashi, voiced by Haruka Shiraishi, and Rizu Ogata, voiced by Miyu Tomita, two celebrated super-geniuses who turn out to be helpless outside their pet subjects. The engine of each episode is the gap between their polished reputations and their everyday ineptitude, played out in study sessions, exam pressure, and the rivalries of a crowded cast. Set in a contemporary Japanese high school, the show moves at a brisk pace through lighthearted comic setups and escalating romantic tension. Its tone is breezy, playful, and affectionate, with a harem-style ensemble and a steady stream of gentle mishaps. Fans of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Horimiya, and Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai will find similar pleasures in its school-life romance and comic misunderstandings.

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