You and I Are Polar Opposites (正反対な君と僕)

Where shall we go during winter break this year?

And by the way, the year ends today, Yuusuke-san!

It went by so fast!

Yeah, it was over in a flash.

We met up, but we don't have any plans. What should we do?

We just wanted to see each other, so anything is fine.

Oh! That's true!

A stroll for now

Just think, we weren't even friends when this year started.

Doesn't that feel weird?

Until we sat next to each other, we hadn't really spoken.

I kept stealing glances at you, though.

My apologies.

For real. This is a year I'll never forget.

Yeah. Me, too.

I even thought that if I buy a car someday,

I might use this year as the license plate number.

I'm sorry. I've never even considered that.

That's all right. That's all right!

The boundless joy of having your feelings reciprocated after confessing to your crush

is something that only the confessor can know!

Why are you phrasing it like that?

You can't know which of us fell in love first, can you?

What?

Let me just say this...

When I first asked you for your contact info, I was already in love with you.

Huh?

What?

See?

Well, if it was me...

I'd gauge the mood and take a photo in the chaos...

That was true, then?

I'm just gonna go with the flow and ask...

When did you start liking me, Yuusuke-kun?

Mortified...

She asked, but it's stressing her out

Her face has turned a crazy color.

Um...

When would that have been?

SLOW

Wait!

It's not... that I don't remember.

The moment when I realized how I felt

and the time when I was in love but didn't know it yet aren't the same.

And my feelings developed slowly, but steadily...

So I can't tell you the precise moment.

So much detail!

I love you!

Koinu Shopping District

I want to hurry up and reach an age where I can walk around late at night.

I want to cheer and do my first shrine visit when the new year starts!

Want to do that next year?

Huh?!

Oh, but I'll still only be seventeen then.

Born in March

Oh. That's right.

Cleaning

Your family does their first shrine visit with relatives, right?

Yeah. My cousins' family always comes on New Year's Day.

We spend it lazing around and...

That reminds me, when I left today, my mom and dad said,

"Say hi to Tani-kun for me!"

"Tell him we hope next year's great for him!"

Well, the next time we meet will be next year!

I hope next year is great for you.

I hope next year is great for you, too!

Dating...

Learning about her...

You're welcome anytime

Being accepted by her...

I'll put this here

Accepting her...

Compared to the beginning...

I love her even more now.

YOU AND I ARE

POLAR OPPOSITES

Tani

Aunt Kayoko says they won't be able to come over tomorrow.

What? Really?

Cousins

Uncle

Aunt

Kayoko

One of their kids caught a cold in kindergarten and then they all got it.

Oh, dear.

Really?

It's a shame, but it can't be helped.

Um...

I've been dating someone. Would it be okay to invite her over?

New Year's Comedy Festival

Live Broadcast

Laughs

Hehe

When it comes to comedy, you can't beat rhythm-based jokes, right?

No one thinks that.

I liked the guy who had the globe.

Tani-kun

Incoming Call

I'm gonna go take this!

Hello?

Suzuki-san?

"Suzuki-san"?

Um, about tomorrow...

Oh. Your cousins are coming over, right?

Well, they can't make it.

Oh! Do you wanna hang out, then?

Do you want to come over?

What?

What brought this on all of a sudden?

Well, it's just...

I started wanting to tell my family.

Tani-kun

The fact he has a girlfriend Is this really okay? Meeting his parents for the first time? He hadn't told them before? The fact he has a girlfriend Is this really okay? Meeting his parents for the first time? He hadn't told them before? Is this really okay?

A sudden development?!

FIDGET FIDGET

Then, the pencil case keychain? And the bear mascot?

And the new gloves and scarf you recently got?

They're all because you got a girlfriend?

How did you notice so many details?

I haven't seen her in a while, so I'm looking forward to this.

What?

Sorry, I'll be arriving late

Read

There's no need to rush

I'm almost there

I'm about to turn the corner

BOOM

Happy New Year!

Happy New Yea...

What happened to your hair?

Is it weird?

No, it's not weird. I was surprised, though.

R-Really? Th-That's okay, then.

You don't have to be so nervous.

Did you hear me?

Oh! I'm sorry I'm late.

No, you don't have to worry about that.

I see.

More than being nervous...

she seems depressed.

My, my. Welcome!

It's been a while, hasn't it? Happy New Year!

Am I imagining it?

Miyu-chan, welcome.

Huh?

I'm sorry. I lost focus for a moment.

It's nice to meet you. Thank you for looking after Yuusuke.

Not at all. He's the one who looks after me.

What was that pause just now?

Please, come in.

Th-Thank you!

THWOOM

Are you all right?

I-I'm all...

Um, this is now worthless...

b-but I brought some sweets. Happy New Year.

O-Oh! Thank you for going to all that trouble.

I picked the weirdest timing to say Happy New Year.

What do I do?

She seems really incredibly uncomfortable.

Wah, wah... Wah...

Wait. Is it really okay for me to be sitting?

Should I be helping with something?

It's all right. Please don't worry.

Yuusuke, is the folding chair all right?

Yeah.

I-I'll use the folding chair!

No, you won't. You're our guest.

Please relax and enjoy.

Miyu-chan, how many mochi do you want in your ozoni?

We have a good deal of it, so I'd like it if you ate a lot.

Oh, then I'll have two... I'll have three, please!

Yuu-chan made the mochi, you know?

No, I just made it into balls.

Thank you for this meal.

This is amazing!

This is a real, traditional New Year's.

What?

Oh, I mean... You pounded your own mochi, and even the traditional food is homemade.

At home, we're more casual about these kinds of things,

so I was just amazed by all of this.

R-Really?

We've done things this way for so long that we just sort of keep doing them.

You're making me blush.

What do you want to do about today's shrine visit? Will the two of you go together?

We'll do that.

There's a shrine here in the neighborhood.

We go there every year. Let's go together.

Will do!

My cousins and I always do our first shrine visit together after lunch.

It's an annual event, then.

Hey, um...

Are you all right?

What?

I asked you over because I wanted you to come,

but if I've forced you to be overly considerate and pushed you too hard,

I'm sorry.

Oh, and I was holding it back, too.

Yesterday The Night of 12/31

You're meeting Tani-kun's parents?