Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! (宇崎ちゃんは遊びたい！) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Aoshima. It has been serialized through Niconico Seiga's Dra Dra Sharp website since December 2017 and collected in six tankōbon volumes by Fujimi Shobo as of March 2021. 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 has been announced.

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?

Characters

 * Hana Uzaki (宇崎花)
 * A second year college student who attends the same college as Shinichi. Despite her curvaceous figure, Hana is sometimes mistaken as an elementary school student due to her short height. A cheerful and outgoing person, she is frustrated that Shinichi spent his college days mostly alone during her first year at college. As such, she decides to help him get out of his loner lifestyle by accompanying him wherever he goes, much to Shinichi's annoyance and embarrassment. As the time passes, Hana starts to develop feelings for Shinichi, but she is oblivious to this.
 * A second year college student who attends the same college as Shinichi. Despite her curvaceous figure, Hana is sometimes mistaken as an elementary school student due to her short height. A cheerful and outgoing person, she is frustrated that Shinichi spent his college days mostly alone during her first year at college. As such, she decides to help him get out of his loner lifestyle by accompanying him wherever he goes, much to Shinichi's annoyance and embarrassment. As the time passes, Hana starts to develop feelings for Shinichi, but she is oblivious to this.


 * Shinichi Sakurai (桜井真一)
 * A third year college student who is Hana's upperclassman. The two of them first met when they were members of the swimming club during high school. Most of the girls in the college are afraid to approach him due to his scary looks. Shinichi is often annoyed by Hana's antics, especially those that come at his expense, but tolerates them as long as she is having fun during her college life. He works part time at a café near their college and is popular among the customers because of his athletic physique and work ethic.
 * A third year college student who is Hana's upperclassman. The two of them first met when they were members of the swimming club during high school. Most of the girls in the college are afraid to approach him due to his scary looks. Shinichi is often annoyed by Hana's antics, especially those that come at his expense, but tolerates them as long as she is having fun during her college life. He works part time at a café near their college and is popular among the customers because of his athletic physique and work ethic.


 * Ami Asai (亜細亜実)
 * A fourth year college student who attends the same college as Shinichi and Hana. She also works at her father's café. Like her father, she watches Shinichi and Hana from afar to see if their relationship will progress even further. She also has a muscle fetish towards Shinichi since the first day he worked at the café.
 * A fourth year college student who attends the same college as Shinichi and Hana. She also works at her father's café. Like her father, she watches Shinichi and Hana from afar to see if their relationship will progress even further. She also has a muscle fetish towards Shinichi since the first day he worked at the café.


 * Itsuhito Sakaki (榊逸仁)
 * Shinichi's friend at the college he attends. He is good at sports and popular among girls at the college. When he finds out that Shinichi and Hana often hang out together, Sakaki joins forces with Ami so that he can help the two advance their relationship to the next level.
 * Shinichi's friend at the college he attends. He is good at sports and popular among girls at the college. When he finds out that Shinichi and Hana often hang out together, Sakaki joins forces with Ami so that he can help the two advance their relationship to the next level.


 * The Master (マスター)
 * Shinichi's boss at the café he works at, his real name is Akihiko Asai. He is also Ami's father. Knowing that Hana often visits Shinichi whenever he works at the café, he decides to watch both of them from afar with his daughter, wondering if their relationship will advance to the next level.
 * Shinichi's boss at the café he works at, his real name is Akihiko Asai. He is also Ami's father. Knowing that Hana often visits Shinichi whenever he works at the café, he decides to watch both of them from afar with his daughter, wondering if their relationship will advance to the next level.


 * Tsuki Uzaki (宇崎月)
 * Tsuki is Hana's mother. She considers Shinichi's look to be scary from the day she met him and is often mistaken that Shinichi has taking an interest in her since the day he visited the house, not knowing that he only wanted to pet Hana's cats.
 * Tsuki is Hana's mother. She considers Shinichi's look to be scary from the day she met him and is often mistaken that Shinichi has taking an interest in her since the day he visited the house, not knowing that he only wanted to pet Hana's cats.

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, 2020, six 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), 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), 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.

On September 25, 2020, shortly after the first season's finale aired, it was announced that a second season had been greenlit for production.

Other media
The Japanese Red Cross has used Hana's image to promote blood donation campaigns in 2019 and 2020, with the manga's creator Take also donating blood.

Reception
The manga series ranked on the top 20 web manga list at Da Vinci Magazine and Niconico's Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards in 2018.