New Year's Day at the Tani House
According to Japanese anime news site Anime Anime, Episode 15 opens with the calendar freshly flipped: Tani has invited Suzuki to his home on New Year's Day. The synopsis keeps the setup simple. Suzuki, caught off guard by the sudden invitation, arrives flustered, and once she is face to face with Tani's family the blunders start stacking up. It cuts off there, so whether she pulls out of the tailspin is something we'll find out when the episode airs.
The episode title, "Yuku Toshi Kuru Toshi" (行く年来る年), is a stock Japanese New Year's phrase meaning roughly "the year going out, the year coming in." A batch of preview stills from the episode was released alongside the synopsis.
Kocha Agasawa's 2.1 Million-Copy Rom-Com
The source material is Kocha Agasawa's romantic comedy manga, which ran on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ app through 2024, has topped 2.1 million copies in circulation counting print and digital, and picked up multiple manga awards along the way. The premise is right there in the title. Suzuki is a relentlessly upbeat girl who can't stop worrying about how other people see her. Tani is a quiet boy who says exactly what he thinks. The series follows the two opposites respecting each other's differences and slowly closing the distance, with plenty of time for the friend group orbiting them.
Season 2 Keeps the Same Team
Season 1 aired from January 2026, and Season 2 carries the production straight over: Takakazu Nagatomo directs at studio Lapin Track, with Teruko Utsumi handling series composition, character designs by Mako Miyako, and music from producer tofubeats. Sayumi Suzushiro (Akira Ono in Hi Score Girl, Uruka Takemoto in We Never Learn) voices Suzuki opposite Shōgo Sakata's Tani, and the full friend-group cast returns, including Tomori Kusunoki as Honda. 7co's "Nekojarashi" plays over the opening, with Mega Shinnosuke's "Unmei no Kimi" as the ending theme.
Looking Ahead
Episode 15 airs Sunday, July 19, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. on the MBS/TBS network across 28 stations in Japan. In Japan, the episode streams on ABEMA and Prime Video from 5:30 p.m. the same day, and the satellite channel AT-X carries the show on Fridays. Internationally, Crunchyroll streams You and I Are Polar Opposites, including Season 2, in regions such as North America, the UK, and Australia. The manga is fully available in English from Viz Media, with chapters also on Shueisha's MANGA Plus service.