Thank you so much for reporting this bug! Apparently this was also the reason why in cpu vs cpu, p1 would win 9 times out of 10, because it would lock player 2 for a frame and automatically make p1 counter. I was working on impoving the ai and was wondering why that was happening, then I aaw your comment and decided to investigate this first.
Thanks again, after fixing this, Cpu vs cpu is also now on equal footing! Shot 2 bugs with one stone!