Polar Opposites Episode 9 Gives Taira and Azuma the Whole Episode
The episode answers the review's earlier complaint that the pair got too little screen time, but the full-episode focus exposes how much their own hesitation, not outside obstacles, is what keeps them apart.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Episode 9 of You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 devotes nearly its entire runtime to Taira and Azuma. Azuma finally admits to herself that she loves Taira, but she will not act on it, using college entrance exams as an excuse. She has never confessed to anyone or been confessed to. Taira, meanwhile, has started noticing her crush. Both keep finding reasons to avoid dating. The episode holds a community score of 4.0.
The review's previous installment complained that Taira and Azuma got too little screen time. Episode 9 swings to the opposite extreme, giving the pair nearly the whole episode. The result, the review argues, is honest but agonizing, since both characters are stuck in their own heads about dating.
Azuma's admission that she is in love with Taira is the episode's largest step forward, yet she still talks herself out of acting on it. Taira has picked up on her feelings, and he is good at reading people, but he makes his own excuses. The episode holds a community score of 4.0.
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- Anime News Network You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 Episode 9