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We Never Learn: BOKUBEN (2019)

  • Animation
  • Comedy
  • 24 min episodes
  • 2 seasons
  • TV-14 age guide
  • ★ 8.4/10 from 258 ratings

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…!?

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  1. 01

    Three Leaves, Three Colors

    Strong story similarity

    2016 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Futaba Odagiri is incredibly energetic but is also a glutton. Teru Hayama looks like an angel but she is really a demonic class president. Yoko Nishikawa is the daughter of family that used to be a member of the upper class, but after her father's company went bankrupt, they became poor. All three high school girls have the kanji for "leaf" in their name but could not be any different from one another.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  2. 02

    Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and the Inexperienced Me

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    2023 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Ryuto Kashima is the school's gloomy introvert, and he's got a crush on Runa Shirakawa, the popular girl. After losing a bet to classmates, he confesses his feelings to Runa one day. Shocked and secretly just as inexperienced as Ryuto, Runa agrees to date him. The relationship grows between two people who are as similar as they are different. Will their young love blossom? Time will tell!

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: anime and japanese high school
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  3. 03

    Aharen-san wa Hakarenai

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    2022 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Socially awkward Aharen-san has personal boundary issues, either getting too close or too far from her classmates. When fellow student Raido picks up an eraser she drops, Aharen-san decides they’re now best friends. Whether studying, playing the arcade, or just eating lunch—she’s along for the ride. What follows is an impromptu bonding that shows affection can blossom in the unlikeliest of places!

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    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  4. 04

    Nichijou: My Ordinary Life

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    2011 · 25 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Follow the adventures of three ordinary girls as they make life’s awkward moments a thousand times worse. Along with a colorful bunch of classmates, they learn their most important lessons the hard way. Meanwhile down the street, a pocket-sized professor makes life difficult for a robot who just wants to be normal. But normal is the last thing you can expect in a town where salmon falls from the sky. In fact, the only thing you can count on is your friends, but even they are totally weird.

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    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  5. 05

    The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses

    Strong story similarity

    2023 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Komura starts his school year with a new seat neighbor in homeroom—the bespectacled Mie. Before long, he's nursing a raging crush on his quirky classmate who's always forgetting her glasses! While this might be ideal for Komura to get to know Mie better, will his poor heart give out from the daily strain of being up close and personal with the girl he likes?!

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  6. 06

    Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Considered a genius due to having the highest grades in the country, Miyuki Shirogane leads the prestigious Shuchiin Academy's student council as its president, working alongside the beautiful and wealthy vice president Kaguya Shinomiya. The two are often regarded as the perfect couple by students despite them not being in any sort of romantic relationship.

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    • strong story and style similarity
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  7. 07

    Girlfriend, Girlfriend

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    2021 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Naoya Mukai has loved Saki Saki since grade school, and when she finally accepts his feelings, he's at his happiest. But one day, a cute girl named Nagisa Minase confesses to him! Not wishing to choose only one over another, Naoya chooses to go out with both of them!! What will be of this love triangle that challenges morality itself?

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    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  8. 08

    Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto

    Strong story similarity

    2016 · 25 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Sakamoto is not a normal high schooler. He’s smart, he’s dashing, he’s popular with girls. Much to the dislike of the male population of his school, who tries every trick in the book to mess Sakamoto up. But in the end, Sakamoto comes out of every trap with style and makes himself look cooler. Does he do this for popularity? Is this just who he is? No one really knows, but haven’t you heard? He’s Sakamoto!

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  9. 09

    Kiss Him, Not Me

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    2016 · 23 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Kae Serinuma is a second year high school student and an avid fujoshi who secretly ships her classmates, Igarashi and Nanashima. The death of her favorite anime character causes her to become stressed and lose weight rapidly. Now that Serinuma has become an attractive girl to her classmates, snarky junior Shinomiya and senior Mutsumi, how is she going to deal with them with her constant BL-filled fujoshi mind?

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    • strong shared themes: anime and based on manga
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  10. 10

    Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends

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    2011 · 24 min · Animation · Comedy

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    Kodaka Hasegawa has just transferred to St. Chronica's Academy and he's having a hard time making friends. With his naturally blond hair and fierce looking eyes, people constantly mistake him for a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered loner of a classmate, Yozora, while she's talking to her imaginary friend, Tomo. Since neither of them have any friends, they decide to form a club and start recruiting some. Little by little, lonely classmates join their club to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But, with so many misfits, will the club members really be able to get along?

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: anime and harem
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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