Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

Very good anime, great anime in terms of comedy in which I recommend watching it

I only watched this anime to see what all the twitter crybabies were complaining about and what the big deal was. Little did I know I would find one of my new favorite animes. Uzaki is loud and obnoxious in the best way. I'm completely invested in the relationship between her and Sakurai. Even the side characters are entertaining and charming in their own ways. Can't wait for season 2.

So again, thank you cancel culture. Without you crying like toddlers who just crapped themselves I wouldn't have discovered this gem.

It follows the eponymous Hana Uzaki who is at first delighted to be at the same college as her classmate from high school Shinichi Sakurai. But when she sees that he has a rather mundane lifestyle, she decides to take it upon herself to hang out with him.

I get that there was some slight controversy of the series because of some moral guardians being critical of Uzaki's design. If not for her...assets, she would easily be confused for maybe a high school or elementary school kid. Her being short not helping matters. But...the show establishes that she is a young adult as in reaching her 20s at best.

Pushing the controversy aside, thus far the characters are very enjoyable. There's Uzaki herself for starters. She is energetic and preppy as well as a Grade A troll who loves to mess around with Shinichi. She has the potential to be annoying, but she squarely falls under the "not too obnoxious" side for me partially because it is a more funny kind of annoying wherein the character or characters are the ones being irritated by her antics.

But she also has her good side. There are moments where she does unwittingly drive Shinichi off the deep end and she apologizes. Ultimately she does have a good heart where she wants to ensure that Shinichi does live fully. Shinichi is a good foil. He tends to want to be by himself and enjoy that time and when Uzaki intervenes, you can understand his frustration with her. But he does find himself slowly enjoying being around Uzaki. Despite this, he does have a softer side such as loving cats and dogs. It's unfortunate that because of the perpetual scowl on his face, he comes off as imposing.

Supporting characters include Ami, her father, and Shinichi's only friend. Ami works for her father at his cafe where Shinichi works largely because of how attractive he is. Which comes across as interesting in terms of Ami: she lusts after Shinichi because of his physique, but much like her father, she is a passive watcher of Uzaki and Shinichi taking an interest in seeing their relationship bloom.

Sakaki is Shinichi's friend who is a ladies' man who also takes an interest in the relationship because he wants Shinich to get a girlfriend which puts him in conflict with Ami due to him wanting to take an active approach in getting them together. He's kind of sleazy to me, but that's from a minor glance. He may get better over the course of the series.

The animation and voice work is also good as well as the sound effects. Overall, a good watch.

When Hana Uzaki discovers that she will be going to the same college as Shinichi Sakurai, a boy who was a year above her at high school, she is delighted. However she soon discovers that he is introverted and doesn't appear to be getting involved with much; his somewhat intimidating appearance doesn't help. After a year she determines to get him out of his shell and doing more... whether he wants to or not.

I thought this series was a lot of fun. Hana and Shinichi's contrasting characters were a good combination. Sometimes she may be a little overbearing but not excessively so and this drives much of the comedy. The story is simple enough; it is very much character driven with most things happening to provide a laugh. In this it succeeds. The character designs are good although some may be put off by Uzaki's appearance; she looks quite a bit younger than one would expect for a college girl despite having an ample chest! One would expect this to suggest a fan service heavy series but, while there is some, is isn't excessive. As well as good protagonists there are plenty of fun secondary characters, especially the protagonists' families. Overall I'd recommend this to anime fans, especially those who enjoyed the likes of 'Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro'.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.

Lots of people say that Uzaki is too annoying. I'll start off by saying yes she is annoying, but that's kind of the whole point. She's clearly interested in the protagonist and bothering him is her way of showing affection. Just like how any mother could tell you that the girl that's bothering you at school has a crush on you. thats exactly what this is. If watching that seems appealing to you then you'll love this show, but if not it might not be for you.