UZAKI-CHAN WA ASOBITAI! Ω

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MANGA ComedyUzaki-chan wa Asobitai!
ANIME ComedyUzaki-chan wa Asobitai!

REVIEWS

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  Mcsuper

  45/100
  Budget Kaguya-sama in Action

  Uzaki-chan, the walking Sugoi Dekai meme is back, and just didn’t feel as fun to watch as Season 1. It felt like budget Kaguya-sama to me, because it resembles that kind of a romcom, just without all the good production value. I never liked anime that were built on misunderstandings, but I’ll give the show this, the misunderstandings made for some decent chuckles sometimes, and that’s a bit better than some other romcoms out there already (looking at you Rent-a-Girlfriend). A constant battle of “do I like him?”, and “do I like her?” is what this show revolved around this season, but I personally found the side characters way more entertaining than the main duo.

  STORY:

  Not much of a story, just the hijinks of Sakurai and Hana, a strange pair that just refuse to get together. Heck, even everyone around them thinks it’s pure comedy how they act when they’re around together. It does get frustrating to watch this at points, with the peanut gallery just staring at this wannabe couple all day long. Do you people have nothing better to do?

  ART:

  With studio ENGI at the helm, it’s hard to expect anything from them, and it’s another rather poorly animated series, with limited movement, and sub-par character design.

  MUSIC:

  I enjoyed the Season 1 OP and ED way more than this season’s, which just felt extremely generic, and the soundtrack was too.

  CHARACTERS:

  The main duo wasn’t the most entertaining, but the side characters were pretty fun to watch, especially the Uzaki family. We have the mom, Tsuki, who constantly gets into misunderstandings around Sakurai, which was hilarious as always, we have the dad Fujio, a typical, overprotective dad, who also works at a gym, we have Yanagi, Hana’s little sister, who really stirred the pot and made things a little spicier for the main duo, and we have Kiri, who had his share of gloomy moments.

  A character that I just still could not stand was Ami, who slobbers at the sight of Sakurai and Hana together. If you’ve seen or read Komi-san, Ami reminds me of Yamai in some way, with some of the things she does. Both these people should be put on some kind of a watch list.

  ENJOYMENT:

  While there was some progress, it felt very slow and painful to watch at times, even with the decent entertainment value.

  THEMATIC EXECUTION:

  The comedy bits can be executed well, but the romance is quite the painful watch, as it’s just not that great throughout. It’s hard to care for these characters sometimes.

  OVERALL:

  I’d just call this cheap entertainment, a low budget romcom with bits of funny humour masking a slog of a romance. Overall, I just found it a bit boring, and the poor animation did not help either. It just feels like a meme at this point rather than a quality show.

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  RebelPanda

  60/100
  Decent romcom fun for the whole family!

  Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! is a standard episodic romantic comedy anime that follows the often raunchy shenanigans of Shinichi Sakurai, a college student, and his high school friend, the lively and energetic Uzaki Hana. Uzaki is a girl who infamously looks like a 12-year-old boy with honking back-breaking baby-busting tata bongos. She would classify as a manic-pixie-dream-girl if that term weren’t overused and grossly misogynistic. Uzaki and Sakari attend college together and spend their days hanging out together, to the latter’s dismay. They get into mischievous (sexual) hijinks and slowly develop romantic feelings for one another.

  In season two, Shinichi and Uzaki are still in college, and their relationship is blossoming. They continue annoying/entertaining one another and learning more about each other while balancing their studies and social lives. Their romantic chemistry is there; Uzaki likes making fun of him while also being attracted to him. Given that he’s ripped, has a job, and is educated, I understand. Shinichi gives her sass right back too. He’s not a cuckold, unlike those other infamous teasing-centric anime.

  The raunchy humor is caused by Shinichi and Uzaki’s follies more often than stupid contrivances, except the spa episode, and I appreciate that because it’s much more cringe-worthy and less head-shaking. Conjuring cringe-humor from the characters’ personalities develops them while remaining tonally consistent. That way, the gags don’t appear unfunny or lazily written. The jokes are as prevalent as ever in this season, though there are sincere attempts at romantic progression. Seeing the two flustered over one another is funny (sometimes unintentionally), while every side character roots for them to get together in the background.

  The show introduces a few new characters, including Uzaki’s father and her little sister, who looks even more gremlin-like than her. Their introductions are so out of the blue it could be called a retcon. Shinichi’s coworker and friend, Ami and Sakaki, are also back to provide comedic relief and support, but they take a backseat to the new side characters. Uzaki’s mom plays a more prominent role this season as she trains Shinichi to cook and continues to assume he’s attracted to her—the joke is pretty stale by now. Your mileage may vary on how much you enjoy the innuendo-riddled dialogue, and it’s varied enough that I appreciated it in small doses.

  Some people find Uzaki-chan’s over-the-top fanservice and cliche slice-of-life plot entertaining and relaxing. It’d be hypocritical of me to shit on all the fanservice since I appreciate the male fanservice. At the same time, others (me specifically) are tired of the predictable plotlines, repetitive humor, and lack of originality. Uzaki-chan is like the lesser-known anime cousin of Family Guy—you’ll see a few funny clips on social media or in compilations, but the actual show itself is primarily predictable, unoriginal, and boring. It’s possibly due to the massive hate the first season earned that Uzaki-chan has gained a niche following and continues to achieve success. When the first season aired in 2020, I vehemently despised it. I wrote a rant so unhinged that it (rightfully) got deleted. After rewatching the first season and watching the second, I’d say it’s actually quite decent.

  The main draw of the animation is plenty of absurd facial expressions, jiggly jugs, and visual gags. Character designs are standard here, other than Uzaki, as previously addressed. Ami looks a little strange, which may be a problem with the animation. Her face is often off-model, and she looks like she has a unibrow. There’s no need for exciting animation cuts here, though it would’ve elevated the script. One aspect of the production that stood out was the Ex-Arm quality CGI cars. The soundtrack is also upbeat and cheerful. The OP and ED are boisterous and catchy and fit the annoying tone of the show perfectly.

  Overall, Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai’s second season is a wholesome and harmless sequel that will make you occasionally grin and maybe even chuckle. Although unoriginal, the characters are endearing, and their relationship is pretty cute. If you are looking for lighthearted and easily consumable romantic anime fluff, this should serve its purpose.

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  Humble

  62/100
  Sorry Uzaki I do not want to hang out

  

  Synopsis

  Season 2 of Uzaki chan wants to hang out is a slice of life/comedy anime based on a loner senpai and his junior wanting to hang out with him.... Yeah, that is it lol. Not actually we all know how this storyline goes, of course they begin to realize the feelings they have developed for each other. Now how will they react to it?

  Season 2 failure?

  The 2nd season of Uzaki-chan wants to hang out was kind of a bust for me. Honestly, I loved the first season, but they steered off the path of what captured viewers to like this anime for the second season. This season focused on developing Uzaki and Sakurai relationship that it forgot the comedy in the anime. There are a bunch of cringe moments where jokes just fell flat and for a 12 episode, they pack too many situations in to make it feel like what is going on? For example, Sakurai, a college student who is a year from graduating, did not know he had a baby sister until he went home to visit his family. Not to mention the end where there was a tiny glimpse of progress when Sakurai held Uzaki’s hand and then it all goes down the drain with him saying “No not yet” We’ve still got lots of hanging out to do. These are college students, right? The one thing I did enjoy is Uzaki’s family, other than her mom we do see some moments we can enjoy with her little sister and her little brother and father. Uzaki’s family was pretty much the highlight of the anime.

  Characters
  

  

  Let us begin with the characters, we see the progress of the main 2 characters realizing that they have feelings for each other. This is all the character progression there is and all that is needed really, but the new characters seemed to have replaced the old characters. We were used to seeing Ami and Itsuhito use their normal gimmicks to give Uzaki and Sakurai some realization of each other and their own feelings, but this was not the case this time. We saw more of Yanagi and Fujio take their place which didn't end as funny as it normally would be. We even see Uzaki’s brother Kiri get his own episode. There is not much to take from the anime characters; none of the side characters are relatable. Most of the scenario’s seemed to be thrown in there without a thought, Yes, I am looking at the Kiri episode.

  Animation & Music
  

  

  Now as for the animation and music there is honestly nothing special about the animation. There is no amazing background or crazy graphics but again none is needed for this anime. The animation was completely fine however the music was awful. I hate the intro. I have skipped it every time after the first two episodes, the ending is no better.

  Conclusion

  To conclude, this 2nd season has nothing on the 1st season. There were multiple reasons for this anime to fail this season. The main one is not being funny, the main reason season 1 was successful was because of the humor and wild and funny times Uzaki and Sakurai had together. Not to mention their friends Ami and Itsuhito always trying to set them up. I do appreciate that the main characters' families being introduced, but they did miss a critical point for Uzaki to meet with Sakurai parents. This is a manga adaptation after all but if they are waiting for the 3rd season for that point good luck! I recommend this anime with a - Eh why am I watching this

  Anime with a score of 60-70 receives a " Eh why am I watching this".

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