We Never Learn: BOKUBEN (2019–2020) User Reviews

We Never Learn: Bokuben

[Tweekums · 8/10 · 8 July 2019]

This anime series in centred on Yuiga Nariyuki, a high school student who needs to tutor three girls if he is to qualify for a university scholarship. The girls are each very successful in one area but for one reason or another wish to concentrate on the subjects they are weakest at when they go to university; against the advice of their teachers. Luckily they are all hard working. Inevitably over the course of the series romantic feelings develop.

As this was released the season after the not dissimilar 'The Quintessential Quintuplets' I thought they might be too similar for this to stand out; thankfully it is different enough. The characters are all likeable and even though it is clear from very early on that it will be a harem show it doesn't become too 'ecchi'. The characters are all likeable with distinctive designs and the animation is solid. The story involves the sort of escapades on expects in such series which means when it is over it may be forgotten in the crowd of other series but while watching it is a lot of fun so overall I'd definitely recommend it to fans of the genre.

The final episode doesn't wrap up the story but promised 'To be continued'. According the Wikipedia the second season will start in October; I'll be looking forward to it.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.

They didn't learned and it worked

[RaymanHortse · 7/10 · 6 February 2021]

This anime had the bad luck to came in the same time as The Quintessential Quintuplets wich are very simmilar in the formula.

I've never thougth that an anime based on study were going to be this funny. It starts slowly introducing us to the 3 main cast and that helps to understand what their goals are. But we have to remember one tiny detail... it's a comedy harem so we're going to have a humor that many won't be able to handle; as it keeps going it turns wilder and wilder making us think what were they thinking. For me the best character is Rizu wich i can't hate no matter what. Everyone has it's spot to shine and demostrate what they want or how the joke works on them. But not all is laugth and jokes, it has it's serious moments too and they work as well as the jokes.

There are not a lot of things that i don't like but i can say 2 characters are not very well developed; first is the teacher she has a strictic attitude and practically never changes and some jokes of her are forced and maybe you'll laugth but not as other more dinamic. The other character is Asumi wich for me has a kind of ugly design compared to other characters, but this is just my personal opinion.

A solid watch, 2 seasons of pure enjoy, jokes, motivations and waifus of course. It is one of those that you won't regret on see.

Simple but complete

[Cafelar · 8/10 · 3 May 2020]

A hard-working boy trying to earn his college credits, a simple storyline, but one that captures each character presented. Genius in search of love, and creativity in search of logic.

It is very worth watching, you will fall in love with each one and hope for who should have the final romance.

Rom-com , Harem at it's finest.

[vm-16790 · 10/10 · 10 December 2020]

This is one of the best anime I've ever seen not because of Harem and everything but character of protagonist. Seriously I've learn so much form him I strongly suggest to read its manga.

We never go forward with the story

[henrysama_hw · 6/10 · 26 February 2021]

The premise of the anime is interesting, the animation work is competent, but it fails upon delivering a substancial experience that will make this show stand out from the crowd. The whole high schooler having to deal as a teacher thing can lead to so many possibilities of story telling in a romantic comedy. The anime "The quintessential quintuplets" proves that you can make a harem anime that treat its characters with respect and make wholesome and funny moments that will drive the story forward. Which is not the case with "We never learn". I was having some fun with the anime and the tipical absurd romantic comedy cenarios until I realised that the show had no intention of developing ANY of the characters relations. The results are the same will-they/won't-they cliche jokes over and over again leaving us with only a few and far between touching moments. You can enjoy the simplicity of the story but if you're looking for anything more than a simple story with the same pattern repeating over and over again, you better look for something else.