Sep 26, 2020
"Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!" is one of the most offensive anime I have seen. And by that I don't mean offensive jokes, or gore, or something like that. What I mean is that the show has no respect for its audience. It knows the bare minimum required for its target audience to eat it up, so it does that, and nothing else. There was next to no effort put into this show.
Let's get the Twitter drama out of the way. I do not like Uzaki's design. Not because it's "problematic", but because I just hate characters with massive boobs. But that's just personal preference.
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first thing you might try to say to me is "It's a slice of life comedy! It doesn't have to have deep, complex characters or a riveting plot. It just has to be funny!" And I don't disagree with you. However, the comedy in this show is so lazy, that I'm allowed to look at and critique the other aspects of this show as well. Now what do I mean by lazy? I mean that the jokes present in Uzaki are a compilation of the most common and overused jokes in these types of slice of life romcom shows. They have the indirect kiss (person a takes bite or sip out of something then offers to person b, person b thinks about how it is indirect kiss and gets embarrassed), misunderstandings (person a talks about something, person b thinks they are talking about something sexual, hilarity ensues), and even the ecchi signatures such as girl spilling fluid over herself so you can see boobs, or guy falling onto girl, touching her boobs in the process. There is not a single joke in this show that I couldn't find in 20 other romcom slice of life anime. There is zero effort made to come up with unique jokes, instead it copies jokes done a thousand times.
Now that I have explained why the comedy falls flat on its stupid face, allow me to discuss the other aspects of this abomination.
Story:
It's a slice of life
Characters:
Our male MC, Sakurai, is about as close to a plank of wood that you can get. His most defining features are he has mean looking eyes (never seen that before, *cough* Toradora *cough*), he's a loner, he's athletic, and he likes cats. His entire character is an introduction statement you'd give on the first day of school. Now let's talk about the star of the show: Uzaki. She has big tits, uh, and she likes to pick on Sakurai? That's all that she really has to her. The other characters aren't even worth mentioning because they are just as flat if not more flat than these 2 main characters.
Art/Animation and Sound:
The art is about as generic as you can get. When you ask a person that doesn't watch anime what they think "anime" looks like, the style that they are imagining is probably exactly what this show looks like. The lighting is horrible. Basically every character in every scene has no shadows and no definition to their face. The soundtrack is forgettable, so I won't talk about it. The sound effects used are so bland, and reused multiple times. They even used the generic "record stop" sound effect. No passion was put into anything regarding art, animation, or sound.
*Spoiler for episode 11 ahead*
Before I finish this review, I want to talk about one last thing that really infuriated me. The ending of episode 11 offended me to no end. The fact that the show thinks that it deserves the viewers emotional investment, and for them to actually feel sad is an insult to the viewer. The show did absolutely nothing to deserve the reaction that they desire from the audience, yet they have the gall to do it anyway.
If you thought that "Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!" was funny, then good for you. But if you think this show is a well done piece of fiction, then you have been tricked and exploited.
This is my first review, so I would love to hear some feedback on what I did well and what I can do better. I know that this might seem like more of a rant than a review, but I hope I was able to get my points across regardless. Thank you for reading :)
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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