I decided to write a review of season 2 of this show instead of season 1 because I personally believed I had a little more content on my hands to assess compared to the first season.
Bokutachi Wa Benkyou Ga Dekinai, or more commonly referred to as BokuBen, is your typical high school slice-of-life romcom happily married to a traditional harem-style anime. Thus, it can be conclusively said that this anime is about laughing alongside our quirky cast instead of coming to appreciate the more subtle parts of story writing.
Story
Overall, we get a relatively smooth flow of things. We begin right where the previous season left
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off, and engage right into the shenanigans of our characters. As the year progressed, the plot takes a few ups and downs, but overall remains relatively bland and tasteless. That's what you'd get from a typical high school SOL anime so nothing new there.
Characters
For the sake of simplicity, I will list over each main character from the core four to better talk about character development from this studio.
Nariyuki Yuiga is your typical harem protagonist: Capable, Kind, and ever-so stupidly dense. Unfortunately, while other harem protagonists shine, this one's dull as a rock. Yuiga is so immensely dense that somehow he doesn't pick up any hints whatsoever. "That is a classic thing about harem protagonists", you might say. But this anime goes out of its way to drop these hints and for some hilarious reason Yuiga doesn't pick up at all. Even where his two little siblings, his brother-complex younger sister, and his own freaking mom can pick up these hints, this guy can't. On top of that, the guy's a coward. There will be multiple moments in this anime that could've glossed over so much smoother if he just sucked it up and said the right things instead of keeping them to himself. Instead, he doesn't, and just leaves us readers and watchers with this feeling of innate dissatisfaction.
Fumino Furuhashi is arguably the best written girl in the series. Kind, smart, and the world's best wingwoman, its not that hard to see why the fandom's so crazy about her. In this season we got a deep peek into her background. And although it is revealed she suffers from stereotypical issues we have definitely seen in other anime (trying not to spoil here so bear with me). However, the fact that she eventually didn't even need Yuiga's help to deal with her troubles shows to me that she is the most well developed character of this series and ultimately the one who will win the Waifu Wars for this series.
Uruka Takemoto suffers from the same faults that Yuiga does. She's unfortunately shy, yet she hides it behind her athleticism and tomboyish nature. While we do get a good look at why she admires Yuiga so much. It's not that she couldn't muster enough courage to do so, either. Because throughout the whole series her fellow swim team teammates and even Ace Wingwoman Furuhashi has been giving her love advice. It's just that unfortunately, once she realizes that she has once again failed to break through Yuiga's dense barrier, she straight up gives up. Despite being told so many times to not to. An unfortunate downfall for a more interesting heroine.
Lastly, Rizu Ogata, blessed with academic intuition within the maths, she may seem like your typical know-it-all cold girl, but it glees me to say that the writers wrung her away from that trope and literally gave her emotion. Unfortunately, she was then promptly tossed aside, to be forgotten with the Senpai and the Sensei as a shadow of a harem member. That was what it felt like, at least, as she only remained somewhat significant after her character arc, which was unfortunately at the start and lasted about an episode or two. While the other two girls repeatedly barged themselves in on others' character arcs, Ogata doesn't, and its this neglect that ultimately becomes her downfall in relevance.
Sound and Art
I often like to group these two together because they're the bread and butter of a series and are often partners in crime
Regarding sound in general, the OPs are nicely done as always, showing the bright side of school that many of us unfortunately was not able to witness. it's cheerful, bubbly, and demonstrates all we need to know about our characters. The ED was good, too, with the girls in Chibi-style doing random shenanigans bound to get a laugh out of the watcher. In terms of ambient music, it really works wonders in this anime. The music in the study sessions is calming yet upbeat, for night its peaceful and romantic, and during each character arc it demonstrates the best of our characters' interests. Takemoto's Athleticism, Furuhashi's Astronomy, and Ogata's Business adaptability.
Regtarding Art, it is easy to tell where most of the budget was spent, right at the final festival arc. But overall, the simplified expressions as well as the "ghost reactions" that appear whenever the character's faces aren't in scene are spartan yet splendid. And in moments where a character is peaking, the art focuses on them, exaggerating details and showing just why they are a worthy love interest to Yuiga. Well done, it was absolutely fantastic.
Overall, this is a great anime to watch when you've got a moment for hilarity, it never ceases to amaze just how many situations our main character can get in and its heartwarming to see our characters grow
Alternative Titles
Synonyms: BokuBen, We Can't Study, Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai 2nd Season
Japanese: ぼくたちは勉強ができない!
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Type:
TV
Episodes:
13
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Oct 6, 2019 to Dec 29, 2019
Premiered:
Fall 2019
Broadcast:
Sundays at 00:30 (JST)
Licensors:
Aniplex of America
Source:
Manga
Demographic:
Shounen
Duration:
23 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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#25722
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Popularity:
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Members:
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Jun 10, 2020
I decided to write a review of season 2 of this show instead of season 1 because I personally believed I had a little more content on my hands to assess compared to the first season.
Bokutachi Wa Benkyou Ga Dekinai, or more commonly referred to as BokuBen, is your typical high school slice-of-life romcom happily married to a traditional harem-style anime. Thus, it can be conclusively said that this anime is about laughing alongside our quirky cast instead of coming to appreciate the more subtle parts of story writing. Story Overall, we get a relatively smooth flow of things. We begin right where the previous season left ... Apr 13, 2022
This is in a literal sense.
There are these girls who excel at specific subjects but suck in others so they confide in a tutor to help them...and no, it's not Quintessential Quintuplets, they aren't related! (though it's the same idea). The main, Yuiga, is a know it all, what subject does he lack in? Love. But that's about to get fixed real quick. Rizu is pretty much Shizune from Katawa Shoujo, very similar face, very similar personality, just different hair. In fact, I was waiting for her to start signing in the beginning. Furuhashi is the cute one with blue hair. They label her as "Sleeping ... Dec 15, 2020
I thought this season was good but it got boring during episodes 6-10, i thought everything else was pretty good, but i will say this, season 1 was better. I think the series is very unique, for a romcom anime and that its worth checking out, i started reading the manga after the anime, and i can say that, this anime for the most part sticks to the original source material, and doesn't cut out important details.
Something i really like about this anime, is that the author, Tsutsui Taishi, makes all the girls likable. Throughout the whole series i have found it hard to ... Aug 5, 2020
SPOILERS (both manga and anime)
I liked this series (and still like it today), but GOD this was adapted poorly. Skipping important moments like the intruduction of Miharu (which they could have put her in a season 3, but NOPE), the sheer fact of the director being a hige Fumino fanboy, who jumped into straight into S3 material (the Fumino mini arc, episode 9-10) and jumped backed to S2 material (the festival arc, episode 11-13) just so have more Fumino screentime. Also, that ending was not only awful, but it was a manga spoiler too. It got better, when the author confirmed that each girl getting ... Feb 3, 2022
Such a great manga, an almost perfect first season, but in the second season they decided to omit too many important stories, memorable events, and with all that it feels like they made such a mediocre ending. They adapted a single route, a good one in my opinion although not the best, and yet they did not even adapt it well, much less completely. This anime needs a third season and OVAs to adapt each route. I did enjoy it, but those last two chapters frustrated me. I could see what they were doing, but it was still disappointing. The manga, (the original work) definitely
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Feb 10, 2022
Sadly the truth is it's much of the same as the first season, a fine typically sweet anime, that adds a few extra social and relationship issues, that try to show bumps along the way.
The comedy is nice enough as the anime goes, and the development of how comfortable characters become with each other shows the development and deepening of their friendships as pretty much 5 people compete for one guy. What subsided a bit is any tension expected between friends where me may get jealous of another, almost as if they trust the MC more, or each other not to make moves due to ... May 25, 2023
English.
In this second season it is the same as the previous one, they do not innovate at all and we see the same plots but you change a little with nothing new, seriously if you have already seen the previous one you will not find anything innovative other than the same plots seen in a different way, yes Compared to the previous one, we can see a little more development in our protagonists for the better, because we see their reasons for wanting to study this career in more depth and those of some are quite good and interesting in my opinion, that is if ... Previous - |