Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! Double

Alright let me cut to the chase here.

If you are planning on watching Season 2 for “big titty moments,” don’t even. This season has almost no lewd scenes, in comparison to season 1, and is about Sakurai’s character development in his feelings for Hana.

Me personally, I loved that, as I never watched the show for its “spicy” scenes. I wanted a lighthearted romcom that would get me invested in the characters. If you’re looking for that, you won’t be disappointed.

The only thing keeping me back from giving this a perfect score is sometimes it was extremely unsatisfying and frustrating. I’m talking about the ending. Yes, ... the author/director are dragging it on, with many moments so close to the ultimate love confession (if you’ve read the manga you know it’s just chapters away.)

I think what this show does nicely is characters. For me, there are few shows/manga that have invested me in the personality of the characters quite as much, and after hearing the season 3 is not confirmed yet, I was upset.

Yes I admit, as I said before, the pacing to the confession isn’t great and is dragging on too long (no I don’t think this is a spoiler because we all know it happens eventually, though I won’t say how it happens). Believe me I like for the show to be longer, but it’s kind of a bitchy move to end the season with no confirmation of a third season right before the confession.

In summary, you’ll love the second season if you’re looking for more character development between Hana and Sakurai. So to you horny bastards that are crying about the lack of fan service (I’m not referring to anyone here, mostly just reddit), piss off.

Uzaki season 2 seems to have lost a little of the luster that made season 1 unique. With the main plot now diving into the "will they, won't they" overarching narrative, Uzaki 2 struggles to keep the minute-to-minute interest and fun in the same manner as its previous season. A large reason for this comes down to the dynamic between the characters. This has shifted from a man vs. woman scenario to a matchmaker scenario, taking away a lot of the fundamental building blocks for how Uzaki wrote its stories. In the previous season, for instance, Uzaki and Sakurai were antagonistic toward each other in ... a lighthearted, sometimes flirty manner. The fun was in who would come out on top between the two. Now the focus is less on the two main leads and more on the side characters trying to get them to confess to each other. It's not a bad story but also does not really play out in a similar fashion to previous works for this series. What I'm trying to say is that if you are looking forward to that banter and teasing, you may leave disappointed when you reach the end of this season.

This is the type of anime where you will like most if not all the characters, but there will be no romantic fulfillment to make any of it matter. By the end of this, the main two have been on 100 dates, are exclusive with one another, she sleeps at his place, they both like each other, he knows she likes him, and yet absolutely no real romance (going out, physical intimacy, relationship, anything concrete beyond romance vibes). It is blue balls the anime. In a world where anime getting a sequel season is the exception and when the anime is hardly unique or special ... enough to deserve such a thing in the first place, it's baffling that this anime would be so smug and frustrating to its audience. If ML is going to be such an indecisive fool, at least make them kiss and have him take a step back. Give it some real stakes, some life or drama, rather than banking on more episodes that might not come.

I highly recommend you don't watch this. I honestly believe even with a third season, the most we would get is a confession, with no kissing or displays of affection, but them just struggling to call each other by their first names and that kind of nonsense. With a fourth season, they would just hold hands by the end. What is the point of a romance anime where there is no romance? This would be like if it was a sports anime and they just practice for two full seasons and never play a game against another team. Just pointless and insulting to the viewer. Has romance anime just become a contest for how little progress a couple can make over the course of a season? Light Yagami makes more progress with Misa, a woman he could not care less about, in Death Note than the main two make in two seasons of this. Hell, Naruto makes more progress with Sasuke in one episode than this couple does in 26. I hate this trend. I know the chase is more exciting but you have to give the audience something damnit.