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Summary
Breaking the romantic trend, You And I Are Polar Opposites features open communication. Tropes are subverted when conflicts are quickly resolved through honest dialogue. The series has the potential to be adapted into an anime due to its attractive characters that resemble action heroes.
The first six chapters of an innovative romance series called You and I are two polar opposites is available for free on Jump Shonen app for a limited time after running exclusively on manga publisher Shueisha's Manga PLUS app internationally and Shonen Jump+ in Japan during 2022. Currently, the first three chapters are available For those who haven't subscribed yet, this is the perfect opportunity for potential new junior readers to check out the series..
This will be especially interesting for veteran romance manga readers, as You And I Are Polar Opposites subverts almost every major shojo and shounen romance story in its first chapter and immediate sequels. there. Miyu Suzuki, who suffers from a disease that seems to make most high school students in shojo miserable because she can't confess to the boy she likes, surprisingly gained courage at the end of the first chapter.
Her lover, Yusuke Tani, broke all the stereotypes associated with quiet, clumsy people like him in the same short period of time. He not only accepts Miyu's progress but also takes the initiative, which is what helps Miyu commit. Furthermore, that first move was pretty big because it involves actively holding her hand.
You and I are two polar opposites that have a communicative couple
Created by Kocha Agasawa
Incredibly, that sudden act of holding hands was not only unexpected for obvious reasons but also because the scene focused on Miyu struggling with whether or not she was holding Yusuke's hand. In most cases, the build-up will take much longer and may even be sidetracked to prolong the suspense until the next chapter. However, this has never happened. Aside from a few random comments, the manga gives no hints that Yusuke had feelings for Miyu before that point. The aforementioned random comments only imply that, instead of completely disliking her as Miyu's friends suspected, he was just pleasantly indifferent.
Despite the surprising subversion of a lot of the rules for any given first chapter, You And I Are Polar Opposites quickly adopts an innovative formula that persists for several chapters, with the manga almost resolving it. every form of potential conflict is immediately laid out at the beginning of each section.
These developments are part of a different kind of dynamic that's almost unprecedented in any romance series. Suzuki and Tani actually communicate with each other and say exactly what they're thinking. Almost every problem in shojo and shounen romance is caused by mutual misunderstandings that could have actually been fixed if the couple hadn't lacked communication.
Highlights strengths that are often overlooked in Romance Manga
Despite being an often misunderstood and overlooked genre, this series attempts to paint love from a different perspective.
Many of these forms of potential conflict rely on other established tropes, such as the ostracized boy who avoids his popular girlfriend at school because he thinks being seen with her might ruin her social standing when in reality she just doesn't care. and just wanted to be with him. So when they solve these problems by actually communicating, the subversion is even more pronounced. Understandably, the lack of overall or quick resolution of any form of major conflict could certainly have a negative impact on reader enjoyment, but, to put it more appropriately, the series still fiercely true to its name by portraying them as polar opposites that compensate for the lack of conflict.
You And I Are Polar Opposites also begins to explore friendship in these first six chapters. This is one of the most overlooked strengths of romance anime; In You And I Are Polar Opposites, the first character to receive this treatment is Taina, and his contribution to this story is based more on his own internal reaction to the exclusive relationship. of Suzuki and Tani as he interacts with them and their other social friends. circle. The journey he went through made Taina right grapples with his own biases before realizing something surprising about himself and the relationship between Suzuki and Tani.
The main character is very similar to Shonen's most iconic and beloved action heroes
What's interesting is that You And I Are Polar Opposites plays with many different types of characters
Additionally, You And I Are Polar Opposites makes a humorous call out for Shounen manga in chapter #2 despite being part of that demographic, which may hint at why the series is out there. on the Shonen Jump app. The determination and determination that Suzuki harbors to become the strongest girlfriend causes her friends to caution her that she should not try too hard to become a “super shounen”.
While there are many romances aimed at the Shonen demographic, romance is often attributed to shojo and josei for obvious reasons, which is exactly what the aforementioned scene suggests, so there's Suzuki's dominant personality seems to match the personalities of the characters in the film. Most of the famous and beloved action heroes helped make it into the Shonen Jump app.
Although Shueisha created MANGA Plus to expand its audience, past precedent indicates that such series are added Jump Shonen app increases the chances that they can get an anime adaptation. While this is good news for fans of You And I Are Polar Opposites, it is also a clear indication of the fact that, although there are romances available to Shounen readers, there are still there is a huge appeal to characters that espouse the persona of action heroes. Hopefully this will attract more readers You and I are two polar opposites different from what it actually is confront shojo and josei pranks.