Anime · RKK
You and I Are Polar Opposites
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Sayumi Suzushiro
Miyu Suzuki (voice)
25 eps
Shogo Sakata
Yuusuke Tani (voice)
25 eps
Yuna Taniguchi
Manami Watanabe (voice)
25 eps
Konatsu Hirabayashi
Aoi Sato (voice)
25 eps
Anji Iwata
Yamada (voice)
25 eps
Miyuri Shimabukuro
Azuma (voice)
25 eps
Cocoro Omori
Nishi (voice)
25 eps
Tomori Kusunoki
Honda (voice)
36 eps
Wataru Katoh
Taira (voice)
30 eps
Miyuki Sahaku
Suzuki's Mother (voice)
10 eps
Genta Nakamura
Suzuki's Brother (voice)
5 eps
Daichi Fujiwara
Morimo (voice)
6 eps
Yuuki Urushiyama
Mini (voice)
4 eps
Riko Akechi
Girl A (voice)
1 eps
Arisa Tsuruno
Girl B (voice)
1 eps
Nobuyuki Sakuma
Homeroom Teacher (voice)
4 eps
Momoko Noji
Tani's Grandmother (voice)
3 eps
Sayaka Kunimatsu
Reina (voice)
1 eps
Yukari Watanabe
Theater Announcement (voice)
1 eps
Hitomi Shogawa
Tani's Mother (voice)
2 eps
Shunichi Maki
Gomapon (voice)
3 eps
Koji Marunaka
Police Officer (voice)
1 eps
Mana Koshirakawa
Mother (voice)
1 eps
Kosuke Echigoya
Principal (voice)
2 eps
Shota Hayama
Boy (voice)
1 eps
Satsumi Matsuda
Girl (voice)
1 eps
Haruki Ishiya
Rihito Oka (voice)
2 eps
Yuuka Morishima
Middle School Girl (voice)
1 eps
Jo Bin
Middle School Friend 1 (voice)
1 eps
Hayato Inomata
Middle School Friend 2 (voice)
1 eps
Kaito Kobayashi
Middle School Friend 3 (voice)
1 eps
Koki Tateishi
Motchin (voice)
1 eps
Saki Takahashi
Taira's ex-Girlfriend (voice)
2 eps
Emiri Suyama
Shoujo Character (voice)
1 eps
Yuki Tamai
Suzuki's Father (voice)
2 eps
Yuuki Yamamoto
Voice guidance (voice)
1 eps
Taiki Yamashita
Suzuki's Friend A (voice)
2 eps
Seitaro Taniguchi
Suzuki's Friend B (voice)
2 eps
Koji Seki
Convenience Store Manager (voice)
2 eps
Souhei Horikane
Sei (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How You and I Are Polar Opposites actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
You and I Are Polar Opposites reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
Suzuki's a high school girl in love, but the guy she's fallen for is nothing like her! While she's cheerful, outgoing, and always trying to fit in, her classmate Yusuke Tani is stoic, quiet, and doesn't seem to care what people think of him. Will Suzuki be able to overcome her anxieties and ask him out, or will she discover that opposites really don't attract?
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02 · Signature episode
First Date!
After their confessions of love are successful, Suzuki and Tani begin dating. Suzuki wants to impress Tani on their first date, a date she's wished for for so long, but she feels like she just keeps spinning her wheels.
- Directed by Moe Nakahara
- Written by Teruko Utsumi
S01E01 · Signature episode
You, My Polar Opposite
Suzuki is always cheerful and energetic, but she often worries about what the people around her think of her. That's why she secretly admires Tani, the quiet boy who sits next to her in class, for always clearly speaking his mind. One day after school, the two of them end up walking home together, and then...
- Directed by Takayoshi Nagatomo
- Written by Teruko Utsumi
S01E03 · Signature episode
Cute and Cool
Knowledge of Suzuki and Tani's relationship slowly spreads through their class. When Suzuki calls Tani "adorable," it leaves him feeling unsettled and wondering what she means by that word.
- Directed by Minoru Yamaoka
- Written by Teruko Utsumi
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E18
Episode 18
S01E17
Episode 17
S01E16
New School Term
- Directed by Kosuke Miyake
- Written by Teruko Utsumi
S01E15
The Year That's Passed, and the Year to Come
- Directed by Kenta Nouda
- Written by Yoshiko Yoshida
S01E14
Dilemma of a Winter's Night
- Directed by Minoru Yamaoka
- Written by Teruko Utsumi
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Toshihiro Takahashi
Executive producer
Yoshihisa Heishi
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Tatsuro Hayashi
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Hayato Saga
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Yusuke Nii
Executive producer
Toshihiro Maeda
Executive producer
Toshio Iizuka
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Mihoko Shibata
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Yuta Furukawa
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Teruko Utsumi
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Yoshiko Yoshida
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Toshihiro TakahashiExecutive Producer
- Yoshihisa HeishiExecutive Producer
- Wataru TanakaProducer
- Tatsuro HayashiExecutive Producer
- Kei TakamotoProducer
- Hayato SagaExecutive Producer
Writing
- Teruko UtsumiWriter
- Yoshiko YoshidaWriter
Direction
- Kenta NoudaDirector
- Takayoshi NagatomoDirector
- Shingo KanekoDirector
- Yoshiaki KyougokuDirector
- Moe NakaharaDirector
- Kosuke MiyakeDirector
Cinematography
- Tomoyuki ShiokawaDirector of Photography
Music
- tofubeatsOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Amazon VideoBuy
- Apple TV StoreBuy
- CrunchyrollStreaming
- Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelStreaming
If you liked this
Similar Series
Series that share this one's texture, not just its genre tags.
Tune In to the Midnight Heart
2026
Sharp comic writing · Animated ambition
Witch Watch
2025
Sharp comic writing · Animated ambition
Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?
2025
Sharp comic writing · Animated ambition
DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO
2021
Sharp comic writing · Animated ambition
We Never Learn: BOKUBEN
2019
Sharp comic writing · Animated ambition
Go for It, Nakamura-kun!!
2026
Sharp comic writing · Animated ambition
You Can't Be in a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends!
2026
Sharp comic writing · Animated ambition
There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless...
2025
Sharp comic writing · Animated ambition
Please Put Them On, Takamine-san
2025
Sharp comic writing · Animated ambition
Yano-kun's Ordinary Days
2025
Sharp comic writing · Animated ambition
Watari-kun's ****** Is About to Collapse
2025
Sharp comic writing · Animated ambition
I Have a Crush at Work
2025
Sharp comic writing · Animated ambition
Where to go from here
Watch Next
Our editors' suggestion for the show you should start tonight — and why.
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
2026
Need something lighter afterwards? Start here.
The Ramparts of Ice
2026
A natural next watch: same ambition, different world.
Marriage Toxin
2026
Need something lighter afterwards? Start here.
Mistress Kanan Is Devilishly Easy
2026
Continue the epic fantasy journey with another world worth getting lost in.
The Ogre's Bride
2026
Another invented world built with the same seriousness — start at episode one.
I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class
2026
A palate cleanser with real writing behind the jokes.
Never stop watching
Related Collections
No related collections yet
This title isn't in a published Nutevio collection yet. It will appear here automatically as soon as it is.
Join the conversation