Reviews

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.