We Never Learn: BOKUBEN (2019)

1 - He and a Genius Each Consider a Decision Pertaining to X

Even during summer vacation, Nariyuki and the girls have to study hard at cram school. One day, Rizu gets an abysmal E on one of her tests. Depressed, she shares her grade with the other girls, which causes an uproar. Thats because they mistakenly think shes telling them her bra size.

1 - Genius and X Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

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 hes aiming to get a special VIP recommendation.” But then, as a condition for receiving it, Nariyuki

2 - At Times, an Elder's Pride Is in Direct Opposition to X's Circumstances

The maid cafe where Asumi works is starting a housekeeping service. Nariyuki and Asumi go together to their first clients, who turn out to be people they know, like Mafuyu and Uruka.

2 - A Fish is to Water as a Genius is to X

Uruka Takemoto has been a friend of Nariyukis 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 shes in danger of losing the college scholarship shes counting on. The academys headmaster orders Nariyuki to tutor her

3 - With the Changing Seasons, a Genius Experiences the Sorrow of X

Thanks to her dad, Rizu accidentally cuts her bangs way too short. At first she doesnt care, but gets more embarrassed until she hides her face from Nariyuki and dons a mask.

3 - A Genius Resonates Emotionally with X

The results of Nariyukis tutoring are about to be put to the test with the midterm exams. If the girls dont raise their grades, theyll 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.

4 - Sometimes a Genius Struggles With a Limited X

At the library, a beautiful girl Nariyuki has never seen before sits next to him when hes studying. Hes nervous that hes getting hit on, not realizing the girl is actually Rizu, who has changed her hairstyle at a salon.

4 - What She Wants from a Genius Is X

Fumino is determined to go on a diet after a sudden weight gain. Rizus self-proclaimed rival, Sawako Sekijo, has the wrong idea that the reason Rizu has set her sights on humanities is because shes in love with Nariyuki, and she tries to test Rizus love.

5 - A Heartfelt Gift Sometimes Becomes a Complicated X

At Nariyukis house, Fumino is on her way out after a study session when he gives her a birthday present. However, when Fumino opens it, shes startled to find a bra. What was Nariyuki thinking?!

5 - A Genius in the Forest Strays for X

Ichinose Academys 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 cant stop thinking about her tutor.

6 - Wherefore Might They Fathom the Aspirations of the Immediate X

When Mafuyu cant use the bathtub in her apartment, she goes to a neighborhood bathhouse. On the way, she encounters Asumi and Nariyuki, and ends up in the sauna with Asumi. Its so hot that the two get punchy.

6 - Thus, X Geniuses Never Learn

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 counselors door, hears snatches of the conversation, including the expression illicit sexual conduct.

7 - A Genius Secretly Responds with X to Their Conjectures

Nariyuki, Rizu, and Sawako go to an open campus event. Nariyuki and Sawako both want the other to become closer to Rizu, so they use every excuse in the book to get away so they can leave the other with Rizu.

7 - A Former Tutor's Secret Spot Is X

While Nariyuki and Fumino are talking to each other behind the school, she loses her balance and falls into Nariyukis arms. Rizu apparently sees the hugging part and looks furious.

8 - The Flow of X Never Ends...

Nariyuki is on the verge of failing Physical Education! Uruka tries teaching him how to swim, but shes so bad at teaching that it doesnt do any good.

8 - Sometimes a Genius's Every Action Is at the Mercy of X

After Nariyuki wins a smartphone in a lottery, he cant 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.

9 - The Star of Ultimate Love and the Name of X, Part 1

Parent-teacher conferences are being held at Ichinose Academy. Nariyuki intends to decide his major based on what would be best for his family. Meanwhile, that math professor appears at the Academy.

9 - He Struggles with X in a Forbidden Zone

When Nariyuki is walking by Mafuyus 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.

10 - The Star of Ultimate Love and the Name of X, Part 2

Fumino continues to live with the Yuiga family. One day, his family needs to go out, leaving Nariyuki and Fumino alone. In gratitude for letting her stay over, Fumino attempts to cook and clean, but fails miserably at every turn!

10 - A Lost Lamb in New Territory Encounters X

As a reward for being a tutor, Nariyuki gets to take a short summer course at an entrance exam prep school. Hes 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.

11 - X Descends Like Wildfire at the Festival's Beginning

While Fumino, Rizu, and Uruka all know what their major in college is going to be, Nariyuki still cant decide what he wants to do. Meanwhile, everyone is busy getting ready for Ichinose Academys school festival.

11 - An Illustrious Veteran Sometimes Serves X

Downtown at night, Ms. Kirisu finds Nariyuki as hes about to enter a suspicious café and calls him to a halt. Its the maid café where Ms. Kirisus former student, Asumi, works part-time.

12 - X Treads a Thorny Path as the Festivities Continue…

The school festival is a roaring success! At the swim teams live stage show, Umihara and Kawase perform with Mafuyu in a Full Pure costume for some reason.

12 - Sometimes a Genius Travels Down Memory Lane With X

Nariyuki consults Fumino about how his relationship with Uruka has become awkward, but he claims hes asking for a friend. Right after that, Uruka comes to Fumino to discuss the same issue.

13 - A Post-Festival Celebration of X, Both Dazzling And Lonely

The animal-costumed Nariyukis intrusion onto the stage brings Fuminos play to an ending that has the crowd on its feet. Meanwhile, business is booming at Rizus classs udon shop.

13 - The Light in a Genius's Eye is All X

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 Asumis fathers first-aid tent. In other words, as ever, hes a busy do-gooder.