You and I Are Polar Opposites
You and I Are Polar Opposites is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by. It was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website from May 2022 to November 2024, with its chapters later being collected in eight volumes. The series follows Miyu Suzuki, an outgoing high school girl, and her relationship with her crush Yusuke Tani, an introverted boy.
An anime television series adaptation produced by Lapin Track premiered in January 2026.
Plot
Miyu Suzuki and Yusuke Tani are two high school students who are polar opposites of each other—Suzuki is an energetic and outgoing girl who tends to follow the crowd, even when she does not feel like doing so, while Tani is a quiet and introverted boy who bluntly speaks his mind. Because of this, Suzuki has fallen head over heels in love with Tani, but is unable to really make her feelings known to him, and is unaware that Tani also has a crush on her, though initially it seemed he did not reciprocate at all. After she confesses her love to him, the story follows Suzuki and Tani in their developing relationship, as well as their friends' issues.Characters
;Miyu Suzuki;Yusuke Tani
;Kentaro Yamada
;Natsumi Nishi
;Shuji Taira
;Shino Azuma
;Aoi Sato
;Manami Watanabe
;Rikako Honda
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by, You and I Are Polar Opposites was initially a one-shot published on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website on January 7, 2021. It was serialized in the same website from May 2, 2022, to November 25, 2024. Eight volumes were published from July 2022 to March 2025.In June 2022, Shueisha began releasing the series in English on its Manga Plus platform. In October 2023, Viz Media announced that it licensed the series for English publication.
Novel
A novel written by Shunto Saiba, titled You and I Are Polar Opposites: Sunny & Rainy, was published in Japan on November 2, 2023. It chronicles the events of a single day from the perspectives of three groups.Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on November 25, 2024. It is produced by Lapin Track and directed by Takayoshi Nagatomo, with series composition handled by, who also served as animation producer, characters designed by Mako Miyako, and music composed by Tofubeats. The series premiered on January 11, 2026, on the programming block on all JNN affiliates, including MBS and TBS. The opening theme song is "Megane wo Hazushite", performed by, and the ending theme song is "Pure", performed by Pas Tasta featuring. Crunchyroll is streaming the series. Medialink licensed the series in Greater China, South and Southeast Asia for streaming on the Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.Episodes
Reception
In 2022, You and I Are Polar Opposites was nominated in the Next Manga Awards in the Web Manga category, and ranked second out of 50 nominees. It ranked 34th on the 2022 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine. The series ranked ninth in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga for male readers, tying with Midori no Uta: Shūshū Gunfū. The series ranked third in the 16th Manga Taishō, tying with Onna no Sono no Hoshi; it ranked seventh in the 17th edition in 2024. The series ranked twelfth in the National Bookstore Employees Recommended Comics of 2023 list; it was also ranked second in the 2024 list. The series ranked sixth in the 2023 Tsutaya Comic Award. The series, alongside The [Strange House (manga)|The Strange House], won the Men's Comic Prize at NTT Solmare's "Minna ga Erabu!! Denshi Comic Taishō 2024" competition in 2024.The manga has been well received by critics. Louis Kemner of Comic Book Resources positively compared the series to My Dress-Up Darling, noting the similarities in the lead characters' chemistry and the story's use of the "opposites attract" romantic paradigm.