You and I Are Polar Opposites

You and I Are Polar Opposites (正反対な君と僕) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōcha Agasawa. It was originally published as a one-shot in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ service in January 2021, before being serialized in the same website starting in May 2022. It has been collected into six tankōbon volumes as of March 2024.

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 doesn't feel like doing so, while Tani is a quiet and introverted boy who bluntly speaks his mind. Because of this, Suzuki has grown to have a crush on Tani, but is unable to really make her feelings known to him. The series follows Suzuki and Tani in their developing relationship, as well as their friends' own issues.

Characters

 * Miyu Suzuki (鈴木 みゆ)


 * Yusuke Tani (谷 悠介)

Manga
Written and illustrated by Kōcha Agasawa, You and I Are Polar Opposites was initially a one-shot published on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ service on January 7, 2021. It began serialization in the same website on May 2, 2022. The first tankōbon volume was released on July 4, 2022. As of March 2024, six volumes have been released.

In June 2022, Shueisha began releasing the series in English on its Manga Plus website and app. In October 2023, Viz Media announced that it licensed the series for English publication.

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.

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.

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, won the Men's Comic Prize at NTT Solmare's "Minna ga Erabu!! Denshi Comic Taishō 2024" competition in 2024.

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.