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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