宇崎ちゃんは遊びたい！

UZAKI-CHAN WA ASOBITAI!

ANIME

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
12
RELEASE
September 25, 2020
LENGTH
24 min

DESCRIPTION

Sakurai Shinichi’s one wish is for a little peace and quiet. But Uzaki Hana–his boisterous, well-endowed underclassman–has other plans. All she wants is to hang out and poke fun at him. With the help of her chipper charm and peppy persistence, this might just be the start of a beautiful relationship!

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

CAST

Hana Uzaki
Naomi Oozora
Shinichi Sakurai
Kenji Akabane
Tsuki Uzaki
Saori Hayami
Ami Asai
Ayana Taketatsu
Akihiko Asai
Yousuke Akimoto
Kuso Cat
Itsuhito Sakaki
Tomoya Takagi
Kiri Uzaki
Yuuko Sanpei
Instructor
Junko Oka
Narrator
Shinichi Yamada
Ramen-ya no Tenshu
Akkyun
Masashi Yamane
Miho Miho

EPISODES

Dubbed

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REVIEWS

AdolCrimsonWanderer
1/100
The more I hear her screechy voice, the more unbearable it gets
It's been 2 years since 3D Kanojo: Real Girl happened. Why does that matter you ask? well you see, 3D Kanojo was really irritating back when it first aired, depicting certain social topics in a very infuriating way to the point of being very disrespectful: From a bad depiction of a socially akward person to manipulative romance, terrible "friends" and parents, stupid misunderstandings and what not. That anime tried to tell a tale of a socially awkward person and failed at it horribly, what does this have to do with Uzaki-chan wa asobitai? well, they're pretty similar, not just in the way the characters are portrayed, but in the way that both are very irritating, and out of those two, Uzaki-chan gets the cherry on the top for being the most infuriating piece of media I've watched in my life. Up to this day I don't get why I do this to myself, I guess it's a masochist sport, but sometimes I feel like I have to contribute with a different view of something that is often overlooked, that way maybe I can help others decide whether or not something is worth their time talking about the things they might dislike.

This anime starts like your usual harmless Slice of Life RomCom, it starts from Uzaki's PoV as she greets her senpai Sakurai, cheering for a successful year in college. Time goes on and Uzaki notices that Sakurai spends his time alone, doing the things he likes in the space everyone respects. Out of curiosity, she then, decides to try to enter in Sakurai's life the next year by teasing him. On paper there's nothing wrong with this, it's like Teasing Master Takagi-san, but with college students and lewd stuff, however, the way this anime attempts to create a romcom is what went wrong. This anime manipulates the viewer into thinking that the way Uzaki treats Sakurai is cute, which, is not the case. Let's view it in Sakurai's shoes instead, Sakurai is minding his own business, enjoying life the way he wants, and then, suddenly, a girl comes in and starts bothering him and starts asking questions like "why are you always alone? do you not have friends or anything", then, proceeds to mock him due to the way he spends his time and proceeds to be a bitch about it. Is it really that hard to understand when people wants AND enjoys to be by themselves? No, instead, This show crams Uzaki into Sakurai's life like if he was a freak of nature which personality should be fixed, forcing their relationship. Still not convinced? let's twist the story this way, let's say that Uzaki is a boy, and Sakurai is the girl. What would your reaction be if Uzaki were the boy teasing the girl instead? Gross and creepy right? Most people ALWAYS side with the girl and of course, people will sympathize more with Uzaki cuz she's a girl and it's cute when girls want to ~~hang out with~~ stalk a guy, no matter if the guy wants her or not. See the problem now? Uzaki is an annoying girl, that is clingy and pushy towards a boy that just want to mind his own business, is it too hard to respect that? I know, Sakurai's dumb ass could have just rejected her, he does show his annoyance, but he does nothing with it, which, is one of the things that bothered me the most and shouldn't be ignored. This anime also spams you with exhaustive "jokes" with Uzaki's awful smug face like: "HAHAHAHA, OMG YOU'RE SUCH A LONER, COME ON, YOU'VE GOTTA LIVE SEMPAI" "OMG THAT'S SO VERY LONER OF YOU, TO BE EXPECTED OF YOU SEMPAI" Yadda yadda yadda.

The way this anime depicts introverts as freaks of nature that should be forced to "live" the way everyone else "lives" their life just because introverts are simply not "living it" is extremely irritating. As an introvert myself, I love to spend time alone and that's not a bad thing, being overwhelmed with attention is not good, it's stressful. Also, enjoying time alone doesn't mean that introverts don't like to interact with others, in fact, I do like it when I hang out with my friends, but they understand when I don't want to hang out. People shouldn't be afraid of saying "no" to others, those who respect your decision are true friends, those who don't aren't worth your time. Now, I understand that the young Japanese population is very shy and need an incentive to open themselves to others, but there's a difference between giving a small push and straight up force your way into their lives. I highly doubt ANYONE would like it if someone they're not interested in, forces their way in and overwhelms their life by being extremely annoying, pushy and clingy, the last thing they'll achieve is to be a part of their lives. This anime forces their relationship a lot, everyone ships them as if they were meant to be with each other, Sakurai's "friends" constantly mock him for "not taking the initiative" and teases him into thinking he's an idiot for not going a step further with Uzaki. This honestly pisses me off to immeasurable amounts.

Ecchi on this anime is dumb, repetitive, exhausting and irritating. Most of the jokes consists of shaming Sakurai in public with very suggestive scenes and dialogues. To create drama IN PUBLIC of things that can be misunderstood is uncalled for, Sakurai's dignity as a citizen could have been compromised just as Tsutsui from 3D Kanojo, but since everything is a joke on this anime it doesn't even matter and Sakurai has no other choice but to accept it. Misunderstandings on romance anime can be fun depending on the context and the characters, but this anime goes beyond stupidity with them, we're talking about freaking adults here, not horny highschool students, how does Uzaki's mom think that Sakurai wants to grope her breasts without considering the fact that she has a cat on her lap? Not just that, Uzaki's breasts are big enough to satisfy him, I could have taken it if Uzaki's breast were medium size, but no, they had to create a dumb misunderstanding that shouldn't have happened if these characters had common sense, but they don't. This anime is unfunny and most of the jokes are exhausted to the point of being unbearable, if someone is able to endure "OMG HAHAHA YOU'RE SUCH A LONER SEMPAI" more than 10 times, good for them, but this is a bit too much, the more I hear her screechy voice with that awful smug face, the more unbearable it gets.

Animation quality is not great, it serves it purpose just fine, but nothing memorable, there was this fireworks episode that could have been really endearing if Uzaki weren't such an annoying girl, but all the emotional weight is thrown to the gutter thanks to her. Talking about her, the sound department is deplorable, Uzaki's VA did a great job at being exceedingly annoying, most of the times the characters are screaming and that is not nice to anyone's ears, not a single music was memorable, the OP is annoying and the ED... is just there I guess.

Man, I'm tired...

I'm tired of how rom/coms are portrayed nowadays.

I'm tired of screechy, clingy, annoying anime girls.

I'm tired of stalker girls seen as cute in anime media.

I'm tired of forced anime relationships with 0 chemistry.

I'm tired of stupid misunderstandings.

I'm tired of illogical ecchi scenes

I'm tired of anime portrayal of "friends"

When will be the day where we see a new Rom/Com that isn't just a stupid waifu wars or waifu pandering garbage with no substance at all?
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SpaceCowboy35
50/100
Mediocre Rom Com Devoid of Anything Worthwhile
The show doesn't really do anything for me, like at all. I'm not super into big tits in general so this show has left me out in the cold with hot girls that being said, Sakurai is a fucking hunk though. This show has little to no plot, normally that isn't an issue for me because slice of life shows are carried by their characters. But the characterizations are lackluster at best, Sakurai is a less interesting version of the Toradora mc, Uzaki is cute sure but she has nothing else to her, and all of the side characters are cardboard cutouts. So with bad characters and zero plot, what can possibly save this show from mediocrity?
In short, no
The music and visuals are average at best and forgettable at worst. The weird haha funny meme cat was never funny and looks terrible, it acted like a silent laugh track over clips of nothing happening. All the side characters are supposed to be stand-ins for the audience enjoying watching the chemistry of these two but none of what happens is interesting, funny, or remarkable so I have no idea why they bother. I'm struggling to even think of things to say about this show. I don't even remember anything that happened between the characters, there is zero point to watching this over any other show of its genre. This isn't really an issue but the CGI cars look terrible. The backgrounds look as generic as anything else airing right now. Uzaki's mom is really cute but she gets so little screen time, the jokes with her are the only ones that actually land in the entire show. She is the only consistently characterized character in the entire show and it really shows. She is the only good part about this show but with like 10 minutes of screen time in total it isn't worth it. Why this got green lit for another season is beyond me, I barely finished this one because it was just white noise to me. There are much better shows to watch, even with a season as week as this one. As much as I wanted to like this show its just so average that I can't even defend it for a second. Holy shit how long do these things need to be. Watch better shows like Toradora, Kare Kano, and the monogatari series. You all deserve a better show to watch than this mediocre average black hole of creativity and talent. I cannot comment on the manga so I do not know if this is a failed adaptation or just a bad adaption of a bad manga. That being said, I've heard its very popular for reasons that I will never fully understand, maybe its because the giant tits intimidate me but I love Tsubasa Hanekawa so maybe its the shitty characters.

The twitter drama surrounding this is stupid as well, let art be art. Restrictions on what you can and can't draw are exactly the things that piss me off the most.

tl;dr watch something else this show blows
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suflors
70/100
Pretty decent funny romcom that gets way more hate than it deserves
Uzaki-chan is a fairly standard romcom with a simple basis of a loner getting harassed by his overly energetic underclassman who wants to hang out. This kind of story has been done many times before and will be done many more times, so why should you watch this one? It's pretty fun.

It's very easy to dislike this anime, maybe you're just not a fan of silly romcom anime, maybe you feel infuriated because Uzaki's breasts are large, maybe you think she's annoying as hell. If you do think things along these lines, I wouldn't recommend bothering,

Uzaki isn't an incredible anime, it's just pretty alright. The jokes are pretty funny, although a handful of them are somewhat ecchi, the characters work, although they may not be the most unique or interesting, the show looks and sounds pretty good, although it may not be too memorable. The show isn't the kind of thing you should sit down to expecting some amazing tear-jerking romance anime with funny moments, it is a show where the comedy aspect overpowers the romance aspect, which is mainly present as a nice, sweet aftertaste to the silly jokes. The silly jokes themselves could be very hit or miss, it depends, do you actually like romcom humor? The jokes mainly consist of Uzaki and Sakurai being pushed into uncomfortable and embarrassing situations by either the fault of one of them or the various supporting characters who exist only to put them in these situations, the latter probably being the best in terms of comedy.

A lot of people seem to have a problem with the show due to Uzaki's annoying attitude and how she pushes Sakurai to do things with her when he would rather be left alone, having actually watched the show, I feel like I can safely say that he doesn't really mind all that much, being bugged to do things with Uzaki, he finds her as annoying as many of the viewers do, but if he really, truly, wanted to be left alone, he could pretty easily make her go away. It is shown in the anime that he actually does enjoy her company, but maybe you, the viewer, do not, and if that is the case, I would suggest just not watching the show. Ultimately, Uzaki and Sakurai care a lot about each other and worry about each other, I would say that there is an actual amount of development between their relationship as well.

In terms of what I like about the anime, there's quite a bit that makes it feel worthwhile to me. The jokes are pretty funny, the chemistry between Uzaki and Sakurai, while it may seem to be very little at first, is at least decent. There are a few emotional moments that, while not incredible, were at least a little bit touching to me. The animation is fairly good, the soundtrack is okay, the opening song is nice. There's not much outstanding to say about this anime, though I do definitely appreciate that it takes place in college and work settings instead of the much overdone high school and middle school settings, definitely makes the atmosphere a lot more comfortable and relatable to me.

Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! is a fairly fun anime, and if you just want to have a laugh at funny embarrassing romcom shenanigans, give it a try! I definitely enjoyed it, and will be watching season 2 as well.

~~Uzaki-chan's design actually is pretty good, it's okay to say you just don't like tits and short hair, nobody will judge you.~~
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