> Inept at dealing with people, Koyuki Higawa maintains a wall between herself and others. She spends her time in high school away from others, all alone. At least until she encounters Minato Amamiya who keeps closing the distance between them for some reason. The aloof Koyuki, the popular Miki, the boundary-less Minato, and the easygoing and kind basketball team member Youta. This is the story of these somewhat complicated four and their tantalizing, bumbling youth.
Airs April 2nd
Source:
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/655631
Weak_Season_Of_Anime2026-01-10 04:24
By the same mangaka as ***You and I Are Polar Opposites*** that's airing this season. Haven't actually read this one yet but I enjoyed Polar Opposites so I'll probably check this out.
RPO7772026-01-10 05:24
Definitely do. I've read both series. I absolutely love-love-loved Polar Opposites and I'm extremely excited about the anime starting on Sunday. But of the two manga, Ramparts is probably my favorite.
They're both similar in that they are both multi-perspective series with parallel narratives and ensemble casts. As with Polar Opposites, the secondary characters are so strong, some readers prefer the secondary characters/romances to the main storyline.
The biggest difference I would say is Ramparts is like, WAY darker.
Agasawa started writing Ramparts as an amateur, starting the series when she was still a regular office worker. But Ramparts turned into such a smash hit that Jump pulled her in to write Polar Opposites.
Agasawa commented in an interview that because she started writing and planning Ramparts as an amateur, the work is considerably more "pointed" (togatteiru) meaning, it's not smoothed out and refined to be enjoyable to a broader audience.
Like Polar Opposites notable doesn't have any truly despicable/distateful characters. Ramparts does, which is pretty different. And it grapples with themes like bullying and social isolation in ways that are very powerful.
They both have Agasawa's really incisive observations about different types of personalities and what makes people tick and motivates people.
Highly, highly recommend Ramparts--I think most people that loved Polar Opposites would like it.
Kirosh22026-01-10 13:58
Like the other commenter said, Ramparts of Ice is great.
Another good way to describe it in a way that's easy to understand for people that like Polar opposite would be if Taira and Azuma are the main characters of a series.
JustSD2026-01-10 04:29
[Apparently it’s going to air exclusively on Netflix.](https://x.com/netflixanime/status/2009823766122045709?s=46) (thankfully it’s looking to be airing weekly and from the looks of it, around the same time as it’s release in Japan)
awesomenessofme12026-01-10 04:36
Oh, nice. I was worried it was going to fall between the cracks when it comes to dubbing if it ended up on Crunchyroll. (Although now I guess you can never be sure that Netflix won't totally bungle the dub for no reason, but I'll remain optimistic.)
Time_Fracture2026-01-10 07:29
It placed 2nd in Manga We Want to See Animated ranking in AnimeJapan 2023, so yeah I see why Netflix picking this up. Just hope the overseas region didn't get delayed by a month like Kaoru Hana. Best scenario is Dungeon Meshi, but realistically Sakamoto Days.
[The website](https://korinojoheki-pr.com/) stated that the Netflix release is available in other streaming sites as well.
AwesomeNino2026-01-10 10:30
Thank goodness, since I've a Netflix subscription I'll definitely give it a try after seeing the positive comments on it
Throwaway7853202026-01-10 04:42
Looks like it's 26 episodes if the translation is correct?
Summer_19_2026-01-10 07:53
Why are her legs looking bone thin? 🙈
Edit: grammar
AwesomeNino2026-01-10 10:29
Maybe due to vitamin D or Ca+2 deficiency
IXajll2026-01-10 11:16
And her feet are huge af in comparison, I hate it.
TechnicalIncrease6952026-01-10 10:43
Hopefully the anime would bring more attention to the manga because I've been wanting to read this for so long but the translation is no where near catching up to the raws yet
BaytaCosmico2026-01-10 13:20
Started reading this after some very strong recommendations and while I haven't gotten very far, can confirm that it really is very good. One of the best depictions of ND I've come across in any media. Really looking forward to the anime.
And to Polar Opposites anime (same author) tomorrow.
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> Inept at dealing with people, Koyuki Higawa maintains a wall between herself and others. She spends her time in high school away from others, all alone. At least until she encounters Minato Amamiya who keeps closing the distance between them for some reason. The aloof Koyuki, the popular Miki, the boundary-less Minato, and the easygoing and kind basketball team member Youta. This is the story of these somewhat complicated four and their tantalizing, bumbling youth.
Airs April 2nd
Source:
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/655631
They're both similar in that they are both multi-perspective series with parallel narratives and ensemble casts. As with Polar Opposites, the secondary characters are so strong, some readers prefer the secondary characters/romances to the main storyline.
The biggest difference I would say is Ramparts is like, WAY darker.
Agasawa started writing Ramparts as an amateur, starting the series when she was still a regular office worker. But Ramparts turned into such a smash hit that Jump pulled her in to write Polar Opposites.
Agasawa commented in an interview that because she started writing and planning Ramparts as an amateur, the work is considerably more "pointed" (togatteiru) meaning, it's not smoothed out and refined to be enjoyable to a broader audience.
Like Polar Opposites notable doesn't have any truly despicable/distateful characters. Ramparts does, which is pretty different. And it grapples with themes like bullying and social isolation in ways that are very powerful.
They both have Agasawa's really incisive observations about different types of personalities and what makes people tick and motivates people.
Highly, highly recommend Ramparts--I think most people that loved Polar Opposites would like it.
Another good way to describe it in a way that's easy to understand for people that like Polar opposite would be if Taira and Azuma are the main characters of a series.
[The website](https://korinojoheki-pr.com/) stated that the Netflix release is available in other streaming sites as well.
Edit: grammar
And to Polar Opposites anime (same author) tomorrow.