Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! (Japanese: 宇崎ちゃんは遊びたい！, Hepburn: Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!, lit. “Uzaki-chan Wants to Play!”) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Take. It has been serialized through Niconico Seiga‘s Dra Dra Sharp website since December 2017 and collected in eight tankōbon volumes by Fujimi Shobo as of March 2022. In North America, the manga is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television series adaptation by ENGI aired from July to September 2020. A second season will premiere in October 2022.

Synopsis

Hana Uzaki is thrilled to discover that she is attending the same college as her fellow high school upperclassman, Shinichi Sakurai. However, after a year of watching him just laze around, she comes to the conclusion that he has turned into a loner. She decides to spend as much time with Shinichi as possible, believing that he is an introvert or intimidating, which is uncool and unacceptable. Beginning her project to have Shinichi experience a fun lifestyle, Hana stalks him like an annoying pest. Will Shinichi ever make her understand that he prefers doing things by himself, or will he be won over by Hana’s zany charm?

Manga

Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! is written and illustrated by Take (丈). It began serialization through Niconico Seiga’s Dra Dra Sharp website on December 1, 2017. The series has been compiled into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on July 9, 2018. As of March 9, 2022, eight volumes have been published. In North America, the series is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment, who began publishing it in English on September 17, 2019.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced by Kadokawa on February 3, 2020. The series was animated by ENGI and directed by Kazuya Miura, with Takashi Aoshima handling series composition, Manabu Kurihara designing the characters, and Satoshi Igarashi composing the music. It aired from July 10 to September 25, 2020 on AT-X and other channels. The opening theme, “Negotiation by Comforting” (なだめスかし Negotiation, Nadamesukashi Negoshiēshon, “Soothing Negotiation”), was performed by Kano and Naomi Ōzora, performing as her character, Hana Uzaki, while the ending theme, “Kokoro Knock” (ココロノック, Kokoro Nokku, “Heart Knock”), was performed by YuNi. The anime ran for 12 episodes. On July 3, 2020, Funimation announced at FunimationCon that they had acquired the series, and would stream the series on its website in North America and the British Isles, and on AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand. On September 10, 2020, Funimation announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day. Following Sony‘s acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.

On September 25, 2020, shortly after the first season’s finale aired, it was announced that a second season had been greenlit for production. The second season, titled Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! ω, will premiere in October 2022. Kano and Naomi Ōzora, as her character, Hana Uzaki, are returning to perform the opening theme “Ichigo Ichie Celebration” (いちごいちえCelebration, “Once-in-a-Lifetime Celebration”).

Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Hana Uzaki
宇崎ちゃんは遊びたい！ (Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!)
Genre	Romantic comedy Slice of life
Manga
Written by	Take
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
English publisher	NA Seven Seas Entertainment
Imprint	Dragon Comics Age
Magazine	Niconico Seiga (Dra Dra Sharp)
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	December 1, 2017 – present
Volumes	8 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Kazuya Miura
Written by	Takashi Aoshima
Music by	Satoshi Igarashi
Studio	ENGI
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	AT-X, Tokyo MX, BSS, BS11, ABC, TVA
Original run	July 10, 2020 – September 25, 2020
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! ω
Directed by	Kazuya Miura
Written by	Takashi Aoshima
Music by	Satoshi Igarashi
Studio	ENGI
Original network	AT-X, Tokyo MX, BSS, BS11, ABC, TVA
Original run	October 2022 – scheduled