Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!
Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

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Hello and thanks for having a look!

I've noticed that this manga is yet to receive a review so I thought I'd write my thoughts.


Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! is a wonderful addition to the comedy genre in the world of Manga. It's simplistic concept, ideas and characters give it a lot of room to explore the possibilities when two completely oposite personalities such as the two MCs interact.

Story - 10:

A simple boy-meets-girl tale, it follows the daily college lives of two University students. It's a good ... direction that the mangaka has chosen when he decided to focus more on the two people's everyday activities outside of campus thus not complicating it with school life. The settings range from Sakurai's workplace at a cafe, to Sakurai's home which is constantly invaded by his Kouhai Uzaki to batting cages and movie theatres.

The atmosphere and scenarios that occur are refreshing and lighthearted. The artist knows exactly how to make the reader laugh and gives us the right amount of fan service without making the situations forced unlike so many other works that blatantly provide upskirt and butt shots galore. A few awkward situations are enough to make the story believable and relatable. But of course in order to trully understand the essence of the story, I need to address the characters.

Characters - 10:

Uzaki Hana - By far the most enjoyable protagonist, she's very extroverted and your typical genki girl. However it goes beyond that as her way of trolling her Senpai Sakurai is absolute gold. I found the fact that she used to be in the same school as him before they moved to college to be endearing. She provides good contrast to the loner and stiff type that Sakurai represents, with her exuberance and always manages to eventually melt his dense shut-in icy heart. Doesn't hurt that she's cute and stacked too. Her relationship with the guy is so fun to explore that even the people around them literally ship them. No really! It's an actual running gag in the story!
Sakurai Shinichi - this sour senpai might seem to have a broody disposition. At first. But deep inside, under all of the "I just wanna play video games alone without Uzaki bothering me" grumpiness, he's just a big softie. This is often displayed for example by his love for cats, embarrassment as he tries hard to keep Uzaki out of trouble. I also really like how funny he looks when he gets pi$$ed off when the girl is trolling him. I admit he is not for everybody but you can't help but relate to him if you're also a bit of a shut-in and/or an introvert. You can also see that he secretly enjoys it when Uzaki drags him around and makes him do social things.
Supporting cast - A rather small one, it mostly consists of Sakurai's boss and his daughter Ami who is also working at the cafe. This is where the shipping comes in. It's always fun to picture yourself as them as they root for the two protagonists, hoping for them to get together. And their quirky personalities help carry the situations forward. Then we have Sakaki-kun, Sakurai's best friend who really pushes the situation with being quite blunt and asking them probing questions.

Art - 7:

I'd say the art is nothing special. The backgrounds are quite simplified, the mangaka doesn't seem to focus on it much and the overall character design is pretty standard for the genre. I'd say it really reminds me of D-Frag.

Enjoyment - 10:

If you want something to laugh at and make you feel full of positivity, this is the manga you need to read.

Overall - 10:

I'd recomend it for anyone who likes comedies with some mild of Ecchi peppered in all the right spots.

Its fun.
Doesn't have a complicated plot or anything. Character designs are pretty good. They are pretty smart which seems like breaking the 4th wall but they're not.

Its okay for a short casual read.
If the Author wanted to portray Uzaki to be annoying, he/she does a pretty good job at that. Rest of the characters are good. Only downside is that the chapters come in very slow.

Nothing great. Plenty of Mangas out there with annoying girls.
But this one even for a short while happens to be fun.
Story-7.5/10
Overall-7.5/10
... Enjoyment-9.5/10

To fill in character count let me write some obvious stuff here.
Uzaki is stacked like really stacked. They don't contribute to humour if you don't count the small ecchi stuff and her involvement with Ami. You could say the jugs bring the people in, and they stay for the comedy.
S P O I L E R
The guy is portrayed as oblivious as numerous other mangas initially, but is revealed that he's not. He just wants to be left alone.

Given the spate with which the "teasing-romcom" sub-genre has sprouted up in recent years, I decided to give Uzaki-chan a shot just to see how it holds up with the rest of the pack. (Also, because it's Covid19 and I don't have anything better to do!)

Let's get this out of the way - this manga is not very well executed. We have a large breasted girl who chases and annoys her 6 foot hunk of a senior. The senior is aloof and is, for the most part, a blank slate of a character. Apart from his physique, he has no traits that make him standout. ... The manga proceeds with their interactions and features a side-cast of characters whose main function in the series is to 'make' the protagonists a 'couple'.

What makes this series inferior to others is that the humor is very juvenile and clichéd. Let's take a few examples:
1. Senpai likes cats. Uzaki tries to catch a stray cat for her senpai. She gets stuck in a bush, exposes her panties. Senpai tries to untangle her, passer-by's think they are having doggie-style sex. hahaha.
2. The gang goes to the beach. Senpai has to crack open a watermelon blindfolded. Instead of cracking the watermelon, he grabs Uzaki's breasts. hahaha.
3. Uzaki wants to try alcohol for the first time. Senpai acts as her chaperone but she gets drunk anyway and ends up at his room. She pukes on his mattress. ewww/hahaha.
4. Senpai visits Uzaki's home. Senpai, who likes cats, glances one sitting on Uzaki's mom's lap. Uzaki's mom thinks that he is staring at her breasts. hahaha.

Now such humor in itself is not a bad thing. Heck, there are *far far* worse ecchi manga out there that cater to the male fantasy of boob or ass-grabbing. What makes Uzaki-chan unremarkable is that the characters don't seem to have any emotional connect with each other. To understand this better, take the equally (if not more) popular manga - Karaki Jouze no Takagi-san. It has a similar premise - Takagi teases a boy that she likes. However, beneath the teasing lies affection - Takagi makes it very clear that she not only enjoys teasing him but she also likes helping him (e.g. in his studies or cycling skills). She compliments him and occasionally let's him 'win' at the teasing. And so, the boy despite disliking the teasing, keeps coming back to her. He inwardly confesses that he enjoys her company. She is thus his friend, a romantic-interest, and a tease all rolled into one. Thus, as readers, we get a relationship that is both playful (in its teasing) but at the same time sweet (in its emotion).

Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai lacks this emotion. The characterization is stiff, the teasing comes across more as annoying and Uzaki's intentions seem unbelievable. I personally feel that if a girl is willing to expose herself to the man she fancies, this girl should not have difficulty in telling this man that she likes him romantically.

So, do I recommend this? Not really. Unless your humor preferences are positively correlated with disproportionately large breasts, this is not that great. Mind you - it's not horrible. It's just that, compared to other manga whose main theme is to show a playful relationship between the two lead characters Uzaki-chan is mediocre. And why spend your time in reading something mediocre when there are much better alternatives out there?

So here are my recommendations - read Takagi-san or Shogi-senpai if you want a similar theme but with younger characters. Read Kawaii Joushi wo Komarasetai if you want a similar theme with an older slate of characters.

*Rapid Review*

As of chapter 109:

This is yet another 5/10 romcom. It's quite novel since the main romance is between a very short (and voluptuous) cheerful college girl and a very tall and ripped College dude who's quite shy when it comes to love. The characters are barely developed outside of the main two, this is more of a very meme focused manga. There's only 3-4 locations the manga takes place in, it plays like a sitcom. And the story? What story? It's nothing but the dullest slice of life plot ever. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy, and they talk about it with their friends. ... That's it. Outside of the sometimes funny jokes, this manga is the most inconsequential romcom I've ever read. There's decent romance, but it takes far too long to get anywhere.

Only read this if you like Tall vs short romances.

I'm NOT a contrarian, and if your opinion differs, be civil. Your opinion is as valid as mine. Don't rate this as "confusing" just because you disagree with my view, instead, criticise the actual writing of the review. That's what it's there for. Don't be a child. Thank you for reading my rapid review, have a nice day/night!

Plot
There's no plot. There's our huge booby hyperactive FMC who always likes to tease our loner MC. She will always hang out with him, while saying "oh well, you don't have any friends and are helpless without me, so my gracious self will hang out with the poor lonely you".

Review
When reviewing manga, I prefer to rate it based on what the manga is trying to be. This is a fetish comedy manga with the hook of pretty FMC teasing the normal average self-insert MC. And it does a pretty okay job at that. If you are here for story or ecchi or character development ... or romance or logic etc.., then please move on. This is not that kind of manga.

So, the greatest strength of this manga is its side characters. The families and friends of our main characters are an absolute delight to watch. They are always trying to help our main couple get together or suffering from their own hilarious misunderstandings. FMC's mother is just my favorite, with how often she misunderstands things. As usual, the MC is just your average copy-pasta black haired nice guy. FMC is there to serve as wish-fulfillment for the readers. A big breasted cute girl who will go out of her way to come and hang out with you.

The most boring chapters are when our MC and FMC are alone together. Because the romance (or "teasing") is just.. plain boring. And lets be honest, the author will reset any progress of that chapter anyway, to stretch the series even further. Again, this is NOT a romance manga. This is a comedy manga.

I won't consider this the peak of manga or comedy. But its an okay read (especially when binging) if you just want something funny to pass time. One of the best things about such manga is that there's no story, so you can skip any chapters that you find boring and only read the ones that you like.

Story: 8
Art: 9
Charecters: 8
Enjoyment: 8
Overall: 8

This manga is ecchi Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san.

I am not the biggest ecchi fan. But this was an exception. It follows this college student Sakurai and his Kouhai Uzaki. She is constantly teasing him and hanging around him often times making him frustrated. This manga is fun, this manga is cute, sometimes pretty hot not going to lie... a lot of the charecters, especially the female ones are potrayed... very... interestingly. But that's ecchi for you. Every chapter is constantly making me laugh and makes me exited to see how the story will play out.

Putting the ecchi and ... comedic genius behind, there definitelly IS a story being layed out in the process. It may be suttle but especially in the later chapters we are starting to learn more and more about the charecters as time moves on.

I haven't felt this great reading a manga since I started Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san. I am not an avid manga reader but this is definitely getting me more involved in the manga reading community.

This wasn't a super long review, but I felt like making this review becuase the anime adaptation that I DEFINITELY WILL BE WATCHING is about to come out!

Can't wait! Thanks for reading!

Man a lot of people like to compare this series to Nagatoro-san (understandably) but honestly out of the two I like the story of this manga a lot better. The progression of the plot just over the amount of chapters we have now (at the time of me typing this its 74) has been one of the highlights of reading this for me, the dynamic and love language expressed between the two protagonists is also done in a way that's gently relatable and cute without going overboard with how annoying uzaki can be. Not a masterpiece by any stretch, but I certainly hold this in ... high regard of being a very sweet and enjoyable story about two idiots in love.

Oh boy, I don't even know where to start, this is the WORST shit I've read so far. Even for its own genre it's so bad I beg you: don't read this crap.

Story?
I mean, you know the genre, right? There is no such thing as story, if author will be told to stop they will stop. It's just a """"funny"""" stories compilation that'll be ended when a publisher will say so. Every nonexistent conflict can be solved in just one chapter from any point. Everything is so transparent from the very first chapter, like, why should I even read this?

""""Characters""""
If u dare to call ... them this way. Guess what, EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER is made for the sole purpose of observing the main couple. Not a single pinch of personality.

""""""""""""""""""""Comedy""""""""""""""""""""
And here is where this manga wins the hottest garbage award. You know this joke when the main couple does something silly and everybody's looking? This dumb and unfunny joke type that appears in every title of this genre at least once. Well, HERE that is the main type of """joke""" being used so much it rather motivates to vomit. The other part is your favorite good and old "misunderstandings". Just end me already :DD

Design
That very moment, when side characters aka Uzaki's mom and sister have better design than the main girl. Seriously, this face is disturbing, large af eyes and the absolute absence of nose. Though I want to disagree with recent wave of twitter complaints about her body, I find it rather normal for Japan.
Also I want to tell a few words about senpai. He once was a swimmer at school, since then he did nothing but vidya and his easy cafe job. WHY is he so ripped? One of the most recent chapters features him doing 100kg bench, it isn't a novice, not even an intermediate level. Its not that big of a deal, just a small detail that shows the author's inability to make things logically correct.

Overall
Don't read this. Read Chion, Saotome, Tomo-chan or any other manga of this genre. This title has no story, no characters that could be somewhat relatable or at least interesting to observe, and all Senpai and Uzaki interactions will rather make you feel irritated and disappointed. Just don't

This was actually my first ever manga read. I watched the anime and couldn't get enough. The story stays fresh despite being the same type of thing almost throughout. The story would be a 10 but I am a bit salt at something that is a spoiler. Art is the big drag for this one, and while I personally don't mind, I figure I should be as objective as possible. It is still decent, but definitely not on the level of others. Characters are the main feature, any info I could share would be spoilers, so just know that I highly recommend this one BECAUSE ... of them. This was an easy binge for me, and I enjoyed almost all of it. Overall a very good choice, and I recommend it wholeheartedly.

Honesty when I started it I Liked it a lot 7 to 8. I identify extremely with the ML especially the solidarity part. So I hated the FL on ch38 basically saying "I am doing him a favor" with 0 effects she doesn't deserve to be with him. I know I am taking to seriously but I have been in a similar situation. At the very least it is a gait situation for character development and for the FL to start having a filter but nothing and if it is to early put it later.
Plus an other case where the supporting cast is excellent and ... less 2D that expected and has more agency that the main.
Other than that the art is very good

p.s. sorry for bad grammar I am dyslexic and it is not my first language