English Dub Season Review: You and I Are Polar Opposites Season Two
Overview:
Six months have passed since the polar opposite classmates Miyu Suzuki and Yuusuke Tani started dating. Through spending time together along with their friends from school, the two have been happier than ever. As the year nears its end, the new couple plans to celebrate Christmas and the New Year together, making memories for years to come.
Our Take(Spoilers):
The last episode of this was bittersweet for a multitude of reasons. It’s rare these days to get a complete anime. You and I Are Polar Opposites is a complete manga, and now we can also say that it’s a complete anime. It also makes me a little sad because, while it didn’t feel unfinished at all, I do still wish that some plot threads were sewn up. It’s not realistic for a story to follow a whole bunch of people’s entire lives in this format. It would have had to be a choice made at the beginning, but I would have liked to have gotten a little bit more of a flash-forward in the epilogue or something. I was leaning towards this being on the same level as Horimiya when it comes to rom-coms, but now I would put it slightly below it.
Most of the voice work in this show between the two seasons was fantastic, but I really need to shout out Celeste Perez. The way she handles the different moods and voice tones of a character like Suzuki is impressive, especially with some scenes in this season. Suzuki is typically a high-energy, upbeat character. But there are a few instances in this season where she lets out a serious side. When that happens, Celeste doesn’t skip a beat, and it forced me to pay extra attention to certain scenes, which I believe was the point.
I feel safe saying that most of us went to high school. Maybe that was in a homeschool environment, I suppose, but for the most part, all of us know what it was like to be in high school. That’s why a story like this resonates with us because most of us have experienced the same thing. We know what it’s like to have close friends and deal with the bitterness of growing apart as the years go by, but we also look back in fondness.
If you loved this show as much as I did and want more, then I highly suggest you check out The Ramparts of Ice. I believe it’s only on Netflix, and it’s a little bit more serious than You and I Are Polar Opposites, but it’s still great and in the same universe. I’m sad to see these characters go, but I’m glad I got to see their full story.
