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[mx-sinisters]

@animangacreators; challenge fifty-three

winter 2026 ▶ you and i are polar opposites

[weathertheraine]

Taira be cute with us!!

[serosimpno1]

THE CUTIES!!!! I love you and I are polar opposites and MHA so I just HAD to draw these two together :D

[edbugzbite]

i have genuinely never related to a character more than her

[do-u-know-this-autisticcharacter]

Do You Know This (non-canon) Autistic Character?

Yuusuke Tani from You and I Are Polar Opposites (manga)

Yes, I know him and see them as autistic

Yes, I know him, but I don't see them as autistic

I've heard of him

I don't know him, but they seem autistic

I don't know him, but they don't seem autistic

I don't know him

Remaining time: 16 hours 52 minutes

Propaganda:

I think it could be easily argued that he's canonically autistic but I haven't finished the anime/manga yet & can't say with 100% certainty.

But Tani:

- Is blunt, states his opinions clearly, doesn't tell white lies. He's more likely to omit things than to lie. Though he will be like "I'm fine", "it's nothing" if he's embarrassed or so. He also doesn't read between the lines and it takes him time to realize when others are implying something. This combo often catches people off-guard.

Monologue from him: "Up until now, I went through life taking things people said to me literally, completely missing everything under the surface. It didn't matter to me if my intentions were conveyed properly through my words*. I never gave it a second thought. Expressing my thoughts verbally and understanding others hoping to do the same is difficult to figure out. I can't help but worry that there's still a lot I'm missing."

*As in word choices where "You can go, there isn't much for you to do in the library" SOUNDS like he's trying to convince someone to leave the library when that's not how he meant to come across.

- Has some extent of flat effect; Monotone, no obvious expressions most of the time, especially in contrast to his peers.

- After going to the cinema, he recalled the names of characters and locations in the movie perfectly, but the metaphors and abstract/emotional stuff went over his head. His girlfriend points out these little details and the meaning of them, and he goes "oh, so that's what those meant", implying he noticed the details but didn't connect them to the whole emotional picture. An example of a different thought process and memory.

- Wears the same things often. While his girlfriend dresses up for their dates, he shows up in something that looks exactly like his school uniform. Not because he doesn't care enough to dress up but because it's his default (he probably would dress "nicer" if it was asked of him). It's also pointed out that he looks exactly like he did in middle school, save for a new pair of glasses.

- He works at the school library which is a nice job for autists. The room is quiet most of the time, he probably gets to deal with systems, data, sorting media, research.

- And finally, he also has a cat that he loves and cats are always labeled as autistic lol.

[pienpi]

maaaay i req an Azuma Shino theme from You and I Are Polar Oppositessss ? 😕😕😕😕😕🤤🤤🤕

Order up !!

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Hope ya like it hehe

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OMG I JUST REALIZED I MADE THE (almost) EXACT SAME DIVS I’M SO SORRY

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[fablesandghosts]

You and I Are Polar Opposites - S01E01

[boku-no-anime-phase]

You and I are polar opposites manga spoilers ahead!!! 🚨

Just yapping about some of my thoughts after finishing it last night

Honestly, not to have Taira and Azuma together by the end of the series is a crazy decision. I'm not saying it's a bad decision, I'm saying it's a decision with a LOT of guts and backbone--to spend what felt like ~40% of the second half with them (sooooo much less time with Yamada and Nisshi for example! And honestly not that much with our main characters either!!), and then not to continue the manga long enough for them to get together, is gutsy as hell.

I'm actually really glad I had their manga ending spoiled for me (otherwise I would have been VERY UPSET) but I agree with the people who aren't mad about the manga ending. They both have, and Taira especially has, a LOT of development to go through before he can be ready to be in a relationship that's healthy; and jumping into an unhealthy relationship would be antithetical to Azuma's character arc. We don't want to see that. She herself even, at multiple points, was like "dating him wouldn't make this all better" which is an extremely mature insight especially for someone with her history. I think this time will be really good for them, and I can't see them not staying in touch, you know? Taira has just realized that Azuma is someone he can be vulnerable in front of and, speaking from experience as someone with a history of struggling to open up, those relationships are extremely precious and not easily let go of. Plus Azuma is a determined shonen protagonist in her mission of staying in touch.

I think the way they were handled really cemented this for me as a story that was a lot more grounded than I expected when I picked up the anime. I was surprised how it felt like the story matured along with the characters, until we could get scenes and arcs like "Suzuki and Tani navigating where their dreams for the future clash with their desire to stay together" and "Nisshi working out her inability to articulate her desires about anything in a thankfully safe environment with a thankfully safe boyfriend" and "Azuma developing feelings but recognizing that acting on them would be a bad call" and "Taira finally figuring out what's wrong with himself and owning up to his problems on his own (and recognizing that he's not in a position to accept someone's romantic love yet)."

Seen from another angle, leaving so many open questions at the end of the series is a GALAXY-BRAIN move by the author. That's one way to guarantee your fanbase stays rabid!!! Don't quite give them what they want!! 😂