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Male tsundere: If I have to... Yes or something, I guess. I don't really care.

Officiant: And do you, female tsundere, take male tsundere as your lawfully wedded spouse, in dere and in tsun, not that you really love him or anything?

Female tsundere: I'm the only one who'd marry a jerky perv like him, so, I guess.

I'm not sure when exactly I was clued into this super cute high school romance manga, but I've been a huge fan ever since. It follows a pair of high schoolers who are, as the title teases, polar opposites, but nevertheless are attracted to each other and make a good couple.

And then, slowly, you see another polar opposite pairing growing. And another is being teased.

I love that this series is absolutely mundane. There's nothing here that strikes a person as being wildly unrealistic. There's nothing supernatural, there's no wildly wealthy characters or stupidly powerful student council. There is angst, but it's realistic angst.

And it has this guy:

Meet Taira. You know how relatable a lot of people found Ishigami from Kaguya-sama? Taira is like that, but more realistic. He doesn't have that massive moment of trauma: he's experienced many little moments over the years, moments that taught him to keep his mouth quiet and do nothing to make people notice him.

He's come a long way since his first appearance, when he was saying some incel-ly sort of things, but he grew from that immediately. He's still got a way to go, but he knows he's got problems and he wants to deal with them, even if he has no idea how to.

Anyway, it's a great series, you should read it, here's chapter 1.

The instant that Saiki and Teruhashi become a couple, they also become the parents of the friend squad.

Saguru: Excuse me, I've been told that this outfit is 'really cool.'

Kaito: By who?

Saguru: A six-year-old boy.

Kaito: ...

Conan: Because you want to help people?

Mitsuhiko: Kind of. But mostly because Watson was a doctor. And since you're a detective, we can be like Holmes and Watson. (grins)

Conan: That's nice. (covers eyes)

Mitsuhiko: Are you okay, Conan?